Today, Suneon, Hannah, and I went to 1873 for lunch. It was Suneon's idea, she had never been there before and neither had Hannah. We had a good time together, and it was different from just sitting there talking to each other. Having lunch helped vanish awkward silences that usually occurred throughout our conversations.
Suneon and Hannah decided to try the quesadillas. They had never had them before and I had not either. I heard they were good, so we all tried it. It was pretty good, but I do not think Suneon liked it. She did not say, but I could tell. She only took a few bites, but she ate all her curly fries.
Overall, we had fun. We talked about our Halloween holiday, and they told me about their International student Halloween party. They seemed to have fun there. They also went to a church function for Halloween. Suneon said that her daughters did more than she did during the holiday.
Hannah, had interesting news! She just started driving and will be going to take her drivers license test this weekend or the next. She said she was having a hard time with parallel parking and that she wanted to practice until she was confident enough to know she can do it no matter what. Suneon was excited for Hannah, and wanted Hannah to tell me more "good news." Apparently, Hannah is getting ready to take the test that determines whether or not she can apply for college and enter as a student. She is nervous about this endeavor, but I am confident in her.
It is obvious that Suneon looks up to Hannah even though Hannah is much younger. I can tell that she admires how well Hannah caught on to the language. I encourage Suneon not to give up, because she will get there with time. I tell her that she has improved so much, because now we rarely have awkward pauses and Hannah does not have to explain in Korean anymore. Suneon was just upset, because today in class she had to repeat the word saw and she said it was to hard to get correctly. She spent the entire class period repeating the word to the computer technology system they use in class. She said it never moved on because she did not get the pronunciation right. I told her I understood her and what she was trying to say, and to just give it time.
Suneon is doing great! I am excited and happy for her because she has come such a long way. I hope she continues to stay confident in her abilities and not get discouraged. I try to compliment her and tell her how much she has improved. I think it helps give her more confidence, and she can tell too that she has improved by our fluent conversations.
