Thanks to the Summer KBU Overseas Employment Assistance Program, I am clearly aware of my vulnerabilities and strengths. A foreign friend who I made in Singapore told to me. "You're good at English, but why are you in the intermediate class?" Isn't it too easy?" But I didn't feel that English was easy to learn in class. However, when I actually talked to a local Singaporean, it was fun. It wasn't hard!

Through the corresponding language training, I realized that my weaknesses in English are grammar and words, and my strength is speaking. Applying the grammar I learned from Peter teacher, I could clearly see the confusing grammar, and through this, I thought it was the same for cooking, recipes, or English.

There was a reluctance to Korean grammar, but I came across it with Singaporean English and had an attitude to open my mind and accept grammar. It was a huge change for me.

Singapore is a country where people from various countries live and live together. The coexistence of various cultures has come very new to me because Korea occupies most of the Korean people. There were Chinese-Singaporeans, Indian-Singaporeans, Malaysians, and even foreigners who traveled to Singapore. I came to a country called Singapore, and it was impressive that I could experience the culture of Chinatown and Little India in this small place.

In particular, communication in this process came to be interesting. Singapore uses English as its main language, but its pronunciation is slightly different from American English, so it is called 'Singlish'. For example, 22 is pronounced "Tuwenty-two," but they say "Tu-n-Ti-Tu." At first, I didn't understand what you were saying. But in that case, it doesn't end with "I can't understand," it says, "Excuse me. Can you repeat that?I listened to the other person's mouth and words with a request. Of course, there were cases where I did not understand even if I did this. However, because they are literally multi-ethnic, they solved the problem by getting help from people around them (intermediate interpretation). It was thrilling. Moreover, I became friends through this opportunity. I think we would have talked freely in English for 5 to 10 minutes and left a pleasant memory for each other. I was able to learn not only the linguistic aspect but also the attitude toward locals and foreigners.

Most Singaporeans were courteous. Thanks to him, I felt grateful from them and had a time of accumulation.

What I felt as soon as I got off the plane and arrived was that the street was very comfortable. I have researched 'Things I need to know before I come to Singapore' as a task from Professor Peter. I introduced Garden City as the key point of the presentation. This is because the landscape in Singapore's city was amazing. It especially caught my eye today because the harmony between the city and nature is considered important.

Through this, I was able to get a glimpse of history. Singapore implemented a clean and green policy after independence. Thanks to this, you can easily observe large trees and beautiful plants similar to Korean bell flowers when you go outside. There were no signs of crushed cigarette butts or black gum that were common on the street. I thought it was something our country should learn.

When I visited the National Museum in Singapore, I saw a video playing there. It was about how Singaporeans thought about nature. We do a lot of environmental damage even when we eat one food through delivery. For example, coffee alone is a disposable plastic container, disposable straw. They talked about four to five types of trash, including a straw packaging vinyl, a disposable cup holder, and a disposable carrier.

However, I felt that there was a contradiction. This is the part where I talked with the professor. The environment, plants, and cleanliness are important, but recycling is not done properly at all. Even if the food remained, it was also thrown together with recyclable trash in the trash can.

I was rather shocked by this fact. The need for change was felt through the concept of 'separate collection'. It is necessary to educate citizens on environmental awareness.

I frequently went to ①Singshog Market, which is easily to go for a walk,

②Universal Studios that I've only heard of(it was just like a dream),

③swimming pools(cultural centers) operated by Singaporean countries,

④Chinatown, where we can feel the natural taste and atmosphere of China that is incomparable to Korean Chinese restaurants,

⑤twinkled shining Sultan(Little India),

⑥Cloud Forest, where we can see the pool and scientific content in a cool room,

⑦Botanic Garden, where we can feel the beauty of nature as it is,

⑧One of Singapore's trademarks named a statue of Merlion, where you can feel the coolness

⑨cruise that we can enjoy the beautiful night view and the laser show (I saw Marina Bay Sands, Clarky, Art Science Museum, Ferris wheel.),

⑩Vivo City, where you can feel Singapore's goods and city moods,

⑪chili crab, which is expensive, but if you come to Singapore, you must try it.

Also ⑫I visited all the beaches of Sentosa Island, where I could feel the hot sun and very soft sand all over my body.

My daily routine from June 25 to July 10 was as follows.

Every single day, I woke up early in the morning for two weeks, listened to Peter's class, and tasted local food one by one at lunch. In the afternoon class, I made a presentation and went outside to visit Singapore after class at 3:30 p.m.

It was two weeks that looked at Singapore's politics, economy, society, culture, ethnic characteristics, and history. It is no exaggeration to say that I looked around in general.

Above all, I would like to express my gratitude to the person in charge, professors, teachers, and colleagues of the training program.

Thanks to this, I was able to learn hard in Singapore, which is my first overseas trip, and return home safely after living.

I will remain in my mind as a memory that I never forget!

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