Philly Cheese steak haha

Have you ever heard about "Philadelphia cheese steak?" It sounds like a steak filled with philadelphia cream cheese, and I also thought like that. After I've been to Philly, I knew the uncomfortable truth. It is not like what you imagine - Totally not!!! It's more like a "Subway" sandwich. (picture)

Mmmmmmmm. This is a "hoggie" style.

You see that?? How people can call this sandwich as a "STEAK"!!! Still, it's quite famous in Philly and one of attractions people try to do when they go to Philly.

There are two options of cheese steak, one is just normal steak and the other is "Hoggie." Normal one is like a normal subway sandwich with beef and cheese. It tastes like a bit greasy but not that bad. "Hoggie" style has vegetables like onion, pepper, and lettuce. To me, it was better because vegetables make sandwich less greasy.

If you wanna try the cheese steak, I will definitely recommend "hoggie" style!! But, always. it's up to you guys :)

Trip to Chicago!!!!

I went to Chicago last November. It was my first trip after I came to Boston. Actually I came to the US 4 years ago, I only visited a couple of cities of the Eastcoast at that time, so I was really excited before I hit the road.

While I stayed 4 days in Chicago, the best part was when I went to a jazz bar whose name is "Blue Chicago."

What up, Blue Chicago!!!!!

I paid $10 entrance fee but you can stay in the bar until it close at 2:00am. It was not that big and fancy place to listen music, however, atmosphere was really awesome. Everybody in the bar enjoyed music and some people danced in front of performers.

Different local jazz artists perform everyday and you can see the monthly schedule which is posted next to the entrance.

If you are planning to go to Chicago, you should visit one of the jazz clubs!!! It's gonna be unforgettable experience :)

I also posted the picture I took with a basist who played that night.

His performance was really cool!!! I'll never forget that night :)

something you might wanna know about Korea

I think most of you don't know much about Korea well. It is great to have an opportunity to introduce my country.
Korea is located in Northeastern part of the Asian Continent. 

                            

 

The blue one is South Korea, the big red one is China, and the green one is Japan. The Korean peninsular is surrounded by sea and there is North Korea in northern part of the peninsular.

 

The one thing you should exactly know about my country is South and North Korea are totally different countries. Korea has divided since 1953 because there was a big war called "the Korean War."

 

Please don't be confused about that!! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

all about ME

What up, buddies :D
I'm gonna introduce myself.

My name is Juwang Song (my English name is Matthew, so please call me Matt). I'm from Korea and my hometown is Busan, which is the second most important city in Korea.

My hometown has a beautiful beach called "Haeundae." Actually, I lived near the beach and I could see that at home. It was awesome. But, as soon as I entered university, I move to Seoul, the capital of Korea. After that, I lived alone in Seoul before I came to the US.  

This is the picture of Haeundae beach. Isn't it awesome?

I'm a university student in Korea, but I'm almost done. I only have 1 semeter left. When I go back to Korea, I should prepare to graduate and to look for a job. It's gonna be very busy. For this reason, I don't wanna go back to Korea :(

I've lived in Boston for almost 7 months, and I'm gonna go back to Korea this June. I started EC last week, so this week is my second week in EC. I'm taking the Cambridge course now. It's kinda challenging and sketch, but I'm doing my best and trying to enjoy the classes.

I really wanna enjoy my life in boston until I go back! It's great to meet you guys and I'm looking forward hanging out with each other frequently!

See u in the class haha

My English learning experience

I'm gonna introduce to you guys how I tried to improve my English skills.

First of all, I enjoyed watching American dramas when I was in Korea.
It was fun, at the same time, I could learn lots of practical expression and it really helped me to improve my listening.



"How I met your mother" is like a modern version of "Friends"

This is my favorite American drama. It's Hilarious!!!! I highly recommend it!!!

Second and the last(haha only two ways, sorry guys), I talk a lot with my roomies.
One of my roomies is American and the other one is Korean. We hang out together almost every day, so I can practice my speaking while I'm having fun with my roomies(I also learned a lot of slang). I really like it cause I know it's kinda hard to find a chance to talk with native speakers outside of classrooms.  

Yeah, these are two ways how I have improved my English and I'm gonna try hard more!!!! :D