On Friday night last week my wife and I received some sad news that her grandfather had passed away.

Now unfortunately I didn't know her grandfather too well, but I did meet him several times and he was a very kind and

gentle man. He was a respected war hero and is loved and cherished a lot by his family.

If you're a regular Quleps listener you'll know that I'm Canadian

but I live and work in South Korea and although I've lived here for nearly a decade now I've never attended a funeral before and this is my first time experiencing

and learning about how they're performed in this country. The funeral ceremony

lasts for three days and it's not finished yet. I'm

recording this episode on Sunday afternoon and the funeral will continue until

Monday. And because of this guys this episode will be a short

one. I'll tell you a little bit about what a funeral is like here in South Korea and

then I'm going to wrap things up. So there'll be no special vocabulary focus or lesson in this episode.

I'm sorry about that, but we'll return to our normal routine again next week.

If you don't know me, my name is Andrew,

and I'm the host of the Culeps English podcast,

and to accompany this episode,

there is an interactive transcript that you can find on our website

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As I mentioned everyone, I'm going to be brief today and out of respect for my wife's family.

I'm going to try to avoid sharing too many personal details.

But early last week we heard that Grandpa's health was declining and that we should mentally

prepare for his passing. And we heard the news late Friday night and went to the funeral home on Saturday morning. Now, like I said, I've never attended a funeral in Korea before so I'm

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