Before school started, I remember going around in Portland/Eugene so that I could be associated with the area. As I was mentally being prepared, for the time being, thinking that I would not have any Asian food anymore, I came across this Asian market store. This King’s Asian Market in Eugene, Oregon is on the 2100 W 11th Ave, Eugene OR 97402. In this photo, there is a Chinese letter that says “君怡阁”. The first character of the word means “king”, the second “happy”, and the third “building/house”. Since people that can not speak nor write Chinese would not be able to understand the writing, it does seem intriguing enough for them to come so that way they would buy things that are from Asia, rather than the common stuff they buy in American stores. 

I find this class challenging yet intriguing and interesting at the same time. I am always looking forward to learn more about the three main asian language (Japanese, Chinese, and Korean) that we are learning in class. Although it can be complicated, I can understand how they are all connected, yet not connected at the same time.

However, as a Korean person, while I can understand the Korean language concept, I struggle to understand Japanese and Chinese because I do not understand their language and their cultural idea’s and concepts that well. Although I am taking Japanese 101 in order to understand this class, as well as speak another language in my behalf, it can be difficult to know the difference between the three languages. Though I attend to this class very often and finish my homework on time, every class that I go is just alot to take in under 50 minutes. Despite of the challenges I face, I still go over the past presentation and ask questions to people around me so that way I could get a better understanding of the class.