Well, it has been almost 2 years when i start to learn Korean. i've come across one of the tips to be successful in learning it and it is by knowing how to read hangul... well, i tried it last year.... i have to say it's not too hard to being able to learn it at the first time....i mean it's not hard to start knowing the alphabet's name and shape.... but later on, the thing that i find difficult in learning hangul is to memorize them and casually read them without referring to my notes... well, it can be understood that i dont use hangul in my daily life but the most annoying or frustrating thing is i have a scare even when i just look at any hangul scripts.... i learn it yet i find it a strange thing that i have a tendency to abadon or ignore it... and i dont know if this is related to my original aim of learning Korean which is i want to learn Korean only verbally not as a whole...though i realize it is always a good thing to learn both the verbal and writing elements of Korean. and since i find it difficult to achieve both of this, i think it's better for me to concentrate on verbal aspect only. yeah, i just want to being able to speak and manage to understand when someone speak Korean. but, i dont know if my strategy is good enough for my learning... i have a doubt about it. so, if anyone has some good tips on learning hangul, please share it with me... and i always have a nightmare when i try to 'google' things in all these Korean scripts in the Korean sites.... and 'google translate' do not always translate every single tiny things in these Korean sites which in the end made me give up on using Korean sites...