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International Women's Day

I just wanted to share with you one really cool thing from Mexico which happened on 8th March (International Women's Day). Group of climbers went on the mountain Iztaccíhuatl, so they could dress the biggest women in Mexico with purple ribbon. 💜 From  Bernardo Finck Vite  Facebook. Why am I sharing this? Well, we had a long discussion with my friends Tamara, Vianey and Laura about the women rights in Latin America. The thing is that there were many marches and demonstrations all over the world, not just in Mexico, during the begining of March. But people didn't march to celebrate women, but rather to alert people about violence against women and in some cases the marching people where attacked (like in Bishkek or Islamabad). I was questioning if is it actually better to use violence during these events (like in Mexico) if you're the one who is fighting against violence. Well, than imagine that your young daughter was raped and killed. Or that your siste...

My struggles with Korean language

Studying Korean is hard, but it's also fun. Or as we say in Korean:  한국어 공부가 어렵지만 재미있어요 . This sentence is by far the most used and popular sentence when we speak or write essays about studying Korean language between GKS Daegu University students. Nevertheless, it’s true. Nowadays I’m super bored because of coronavirus (still safe in the most dangerous city in Korea, don’t worry 😉 ) I decided to write this blog post about my Korean language struggles and mistakes. Let’s start with my own name. My formal name is Anna, but nobody calls me that way in the Czech Republic (just my boss in hospital used to call me that way). Most of my friends call me Áňa [Anya], Ani or Anče [Anche]. When my mum is super upset with me, she calls me Andula, so obviously I hate it when someone calls me like that. Or Anička [Anichka]. I introduce myself mostly as Áňa [Anya] - I like it and it’s easy to pronounce, but it’s super confusing in Korean. Because there are some words which start with...