Category Archive: KOREA

Give [Almost] Everything, Expect Nothing


Senin pagi, selepas menunaikan sholat Subuh di Masjid Al-Falah, IKMI, Yongdeung-po, Seoul, aku mencoba mendapatkan bus ke bandara sepagi mungkin agar tidak tertinggal penerbangan Incheon-Jakarta pada pukul 10.30. Bukan aku yang akan pulang… Continue reading

Merayakan Ramadhan di Tanah Korea


Hidup di negara asing tentunya menghadirkan tantangan dalam beraktivitas. Budaya dan aturan yang berbeda menuntut kita untuk menyesuaikan diri, dimana pun itu. Semakin menarik ketika kita terbenturkan dengan sesuatu yang wajib bagi kita,… Continue reading

Traveler Apps 2: SeoulBus


On the last post, I was writing about Naver Map that gives us alternatives of routes when traveling from one place to another. If we decide to choose one of them, and it… Continue reading

Traveler Apps 1: Naver Map


As a traveler in South Korea, we do not need to worry about transportation issue. Even though if it is our first time traveling in South Korea, as long as we can read… Continue reading

Common TOPIK Synonyms


Other Collection of Vocabularies: TOPIK Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |  Nouns The following are the very famous words for intermediate level that have similar meanings/synonyms with some other words. Having these words in mind while going to TOPIK test… Continue reading

Combining Clauses into Sentence in TOPIK Intermediate


After 10 multiple choice questions on the Writing part, there will be 2 questions that require us to combine three clauses into one very good sentence. We need to be very careful in… Continue reading

TOPIK Writing (쓰기) Tips


On the first section, after doing the 어휘-문법, then it comes the time for Writing (쓰기). Even though it has similar point (total 100 points) with other components of TOPIK, it has only… Continue reading

TOPIK Grammars (문법) Tips


Together with Vocabulary questions, Grammar makes out half of the questions in the first section of TOPIK test. The Grammar part starts from question number 14 up the the 26th question,  and also… Continue reading

Common TOPIK Nouns to remember


Other Collection of Vocabularies: TOPIK Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |  Nouns After getting more familiar with the Adjectives, Verbs, and Adverbs, now let’s g through noun that are very common in the last TOPIK tests and will probably come… Continue reading

Common TOPIK Adjectives to remember


Other Collection of Vocabularies: TOPIK Verbs | Adjectives | Adverbs |  Nouns In the previous post, we learnt about many common Verbs (동사) on the TOPIK test. Now, we will do very similar things for the Adjectives (형용사). I will… Continue reading