Summer has come. I like the sea of summer or a cold red-bean sherbet, But I don’t like summer. There is some reasons why I hate summer. First, I hate hot weather. When I walk around on the street in summer, I’m wet with perspiration by dripping sweat. My feel is not good, and also other people feel a temperature-humidity index. Second, I hate a mosquito. When I’m sleeping, the mosquito buzz and buzz at near my ear. I’m really hate this sound, so I have to pull my bedclothes over my head even though the weather is so hot. At last, I hate a continuous rainy spell. I don’t dislike rain originally, and I can’t speak how I hate the rainy season. I almost don’t go out during the rainy season, and I search something that I can do indoors. There is many people who like summer, but I hate summer because of these reasons.         

These days, I’m on a diet. I exercise every day to avoid getting fat. I run around my house during one hour and then exercise with dumbbells. Whithin the house, I play with a hula-hoop and do yoga. In addition, I take a light meal and cut down on the amount of junk food. I’m making a desperate effort to watsh my weight. However, I can’t lose my weight easily. I don’t know the reason. A diet is so hard , and I’m under stress.      

When I go to university or come back home, I take a bus. During about one hour, I can meet various people in a bus. There are children, students, aunty, and the aged. They differ each in many aspects such as their apperance, style, or age. I can’t speak some of them, but I find many different lifestyles. Sometimes, one of them is what I used to do and another is what I ‘m doing and the other is what I ‘ll do. For example, I can look back on my past if I see a child. I can image my future if I see an old man. No matter it’s right or wrong/ true or false, I meet a lot of people everyday and learn various lives from them by this everyday affair.

I have a boyfriend. We have associated since 2003. In fact, however, we heve been seperated fort about two years because he is an airman. He will be discharged from military service after a month, but I have to go abroad to study for one year. After all, we can’t also meet for next year. Even though we couldn’t meet everyday for last two years, we still love each other. Therefore, we have hard problems but can’t part from. From now, I have to do something what I have to do, and he has also his dream. To our future, we will live each for next year. After one year, we will meet again. At that time, I hope that we never part again.  

Today, I watched Korea and Bosnia’s soccer game. The game was a goodwill match, but the passion of Korea team was very great. In the first half of the game, the game ended scoreless. As the second half of the game began, however, Ki-Hyun, Sir score a point and then  Jae-Jin, Cho as well. After all, Korea team won with a score of 2 to 0.  The whole nation were rejoiced to show the game. The news excited everybody. The atmosphere was like when our team won Italia in 2002. I also was very excited. I’m looking for victory in this World cup. I believe that a miracle will occur again. Korea team will never come up to my expectation.  

   I am busy to prepare for getting a job. I have to do my utmost to my goals  before  summer vacation. After First semester finished, I am going to join fitness club. learn swimming,  and take a course during summer session. It will be busy time during summer vacation. It is the most important vacation for me to obtain my goal. I am going to join  study groups. and score up New toeic. to think about upcoming vacation, It is scary.

Suddenly, my friend called me. She said I’ll go New Zealand for a year because of  study. I was so surprised . She is my high school friend. We met with other friends last month. But at that time she didn’t mention about this plan.So I’m in a hurry for her. She will leave next week. We make appointment to see. I think many kinds of things. What is the best  choice to enjoy with her for this week? I want to give her creditable memories.

Maybe everyone likes money as much as me. I want to make lots of money in the future. But I don’t know how can I be rich. Is it right way to work harder then other people? Acctually, my parents work everyday, my mother usually wakes up to make a blackfast at 5 a.m. and my father gose to his work place at 6 a.m. They are really do their best at their job. But I think we are not rich. Do you know why?

I think the luck is very important to be rich. Of course, we have to work hard, but that is not enough to be rich. So we should welcome the luck. Good luck to you guys.

  The government announced that first and second grades students will take a english class at this year. I don’t  agree it. I heard that the mother tongue is firmed at third or fourth grades. So to learn the second language makes first and second grades students confused. I think to learn the mother tongue has to be prior than to learn the second language. For example, a child can’t speak korean, but the child speaks english very well. It is a paradoxical matter. I think it is not powerful matter. However, some people think it is good and hope their children become like it. And they even insist our language should change english. Of course, english is a grobal language, but we protect our language, because the mother tongue includes our spirit and culture. I think we have a pride about our language like France, because to have one’s own language is great power. 

Now, my feeling is somber mood. And that’s no reason. I’m tired out in vain. May be do you have same experience? May be I overstrained for some days. I hear class America study. The class gives a lecture in English and every time students take turn presentation with English. This week my turn has come round. A professor sat a task. It’s large quantity around 25pages. The character may be 8 point. I was too frightened to speak. I was pushed to the wall. Who said if people is close at hand, people do everything. I believe this word because I could do it after all. I was up all night for 2 days. So, I may be melancholy mood.    

Last saturday, I went to up a 관악mountain.

The mountain was packed to capacity. Because May be the day was a weekend. I had decided I went to up the top of the mountain because I was inexperienced. So, I went to up the mountain. But, going up the top of the mountain was very hard. I continually rest from in mid course. Also, I wanted to drink some water but, he said “Drinking many water is not good to you. So, you get hard the more.�? In addition, someone smoked the mountain. That made me discomfort. After all, I went to up the top of the mountain. I imaged if I go to up the top of the mountain, my mind is very good. I thought quite the opposite. Frankly, I had nothing idea. Only I thought I’m very hard and how do I descend the mountain. Now, I felt inconvenience because I didn’t yell. I wonder again I went to up a the mountain however if that happens, surely I’ll yell “Ya—Ho.�?

  The  dispute of Korea & America FTA becomes drastic more and more. The government says that the FTA will give good effects. However, most economy scholars say the FTA will make our economy worse in five years. Farmers and actors are specially oppose it. The gap is not likely to become narrow in the short term.

  I also think that the FTA will threaten our economy, but it can’t escape, because now is the competition period in all parts. Therefore, two aspects all should not persist their view. I think the government should open the conversation and explain their policy to support farmers,actors, and so on. Farmers and actors also make special products to survive, because a continual demonstration is meaningless behavior.

  I went to travel in Australia with my younger sister a year ago. We went to go in Brisbane, Gold coast, Sydney for ten days. It is peaceful and has great surroundings, many parks. We ate the lunch in the park feeling fresh air and sunshine. And we drank a coffee in the open cafeteria front the coast and sightsaw opera house, a weekend market and so on.

  We also experienced difficulties. We took a wrong subway when we went to go from the air port to the hotel. So we wandered for long times. And we made a mistake when we went to go from Brisbane to Gold coast by bus. We took off a wrong place. Fortunately, we looked for the imformation desk. The guide explained us kindly and easily. So we can go to search the Gold coast. These all experience give me unforgetable recollection.

My sister married last Sunday, so this Monday was first day that I spent a day without her. Actually, she and I had spent a time together because we had same hobby that watching TV or listening music so on. She always asked the weather or how to wear when I was in outdoor, so I answered that sincerely. On this Monday, I was cold a little, so I just sent a message to her in order to say that ‘please wear warmly, if you don’t do that, your cold will be serious.’  However, at the time, I recognized that my sister wasn’t here, and then I chuckled alone. Honestly, I was annoying that task giving a message about weather to her, but I became one of my habit.

Capital punishment can’t give a permit by moral and ethical. Many countries abilish the death penalty. That supporters claim that death penalty can repress by potentially criminals are threatened. And danger of incorrigible crimes is removed. But it is extremity. As destruction of the life of a mann, belief that social loss can be compensated is hard to be right.  I think man’s precious life can’t infringe disorderly.

  Yesterday, the TV drama that I had the most enjoyable nowadays was finished. The story of the drama was that a man and woman started to fall in love again after they got a divorce. That is one of the reasons why I like the drama. It’s not common plot as TV dram, so I felt fresh and it’s enough to catch my interests. Also, the main actor and actress have my favorite character style, of course I like the hero as real actor. The more attractive point is just the simple shape without affectation. In addition, calm and soft background sound and sometimes the characters’ narrations of touching words are made me feel the same way as the characters’ emotions.

  I used to think ‘marriage’ is something to fantastic and fascinating life, but it’s more hard topic than my estimation. That means we don’t spend happy married life only a feeling of love. The gap between of the standard of living, religion problem and dissimilarity in character etc. are all important factors. I think this topic doesn’t get close to me, but drama is sometimes good way to think deeply about the principla issue in our life like marriage 

Now, I’m really worrying about my grandmother because she is very sick at the moment. She perhaps passes away tonight. My mother and father are going to meet her before she passes away. However, I can not go right now because I have to do my work tomorrow. Actually, I phoned my boss and told her about my situation. But she answered that I should go to my job place tomorrow because my grandmother is still alive. I can’t understand her, It, this situation, makes me crazy. I just can pray to God for my grandmother. I can’t sleep at all. I can’t do anything. Oh God! Please, save her. 

In the morning, my mom said that your brother is so sick. My brother doesn’t live with  my family.  This is because his school is located in Kang Wan Do. So Whenever he come back home, my mom prepare many kinds of food for him. In the last week, he came back home. But I couldn’t  see  him often beacuse  he stayed up all night in out side with his friends. So mom was so angry. But now, he is sick. My mom is worried him. I think he is impudent.

There are so many holiday in May and June, The Catholic University Birthday, The Electing day,The memorial day, and sunday,  so I am happy. Of course , I am a studrnt , so I have to study. But I need some holiday because I am busy these days. I have to do many homework. In addition, It’s almost time to exam. Time is to fly. Unfortunately I can’t feel mood of May because I was busy. But I am happy. because It is defficult to have chance to learn something  in our life. I got chance . I will enjoy this time.  In campus, there are many flowers and trees. What a beautiful campus it is ! I love our campus and this time.   

 These days, I receive too many spam mails. Some of them are linked to pornographic sites. If the computer is in my room, it wouldn’t matter(The computer in my room is be under repair). I open them, watch a little, and erase them immediately. Of course I wouldn’t click the linked pages, haha.. But, at my home, the computer is in the living room. And sometimes I feel very upset to open my e-mail account. I’m afraid my parents would watch me and think I am doing bad things. Sometimes the senders use famous names such as Jeon Ji-Hyun and Jung Woo-sung. I think such nasty spam mail senders should be punished.

 I learned about making tea from my parents. These days, my parents seem to be drinking regular cups of tea, especially green tea. According to my parents, the steps in making and drinking tea is…First, boiling hot water. Second, pouring boiling water into a bowl and washing it out. Third, putting in tea-leaves and pouring boiling water into the bowl again. Lastly, waiting for about 2 minutes and drinking the tea slowly and carefully.

Making a cup of tea is a very complicated process and takes a lot of time, but it seems to me that tea is just like water, but only it has a slight scent to it. If you simply want to drink a cup of tea, it would be easier to drink instant tea rather than to brew a cup yourself. But, my parents said tea must include the ‘spirit.’

I have thought about how we can reduce cultural differences. As I expected, my final answer is ‘trying to understand each other.’ It is very simple and I think it is the best solution, but unfortunately many people don’t seem to act on it. For example, westerners abhor Korea’s custom of eating dogs. But when Koreans criticize the French custom of eating horses, what can they give in reply? I think people should be free to dress and eat anything (except human flesh), and they should also be free to live anywhere. Westerners rear dogs to ‘see and enjoy’ but we rear them to ‘eat’. Understanding people of other cultures is very difficult. I think the only solution is to educate others to understand and love each other.

Last saturday was my friend’s birthday. so we met with a lot of friends. We bought presents for him. We went to have an eating out in Italian restaurant of the hotel. The restaurant is very well known. The soup was very unique, as it was covered with bread making it looks like a mushroom. The spaghetti we always eat here has several kinds of seafood in them (lobster, shellfish…) and it is a little hot. Of course there were many pizzas. Particular, all the pizzas are very thin and toasted. They are also much softer than other pizzas sold elsewhere. Anyway, we had a good time with special and delicious food.

There is a newly opened pet shop in my neighborhood. On my way home from school yesterday, I stopped in front of the shop and watched many dogs playing with each other. They were really cute. One of the dogs bit his friend’s ears, and the dog that got bitten started whimpering. I was standing almost 30 minutes in front of the shop. I want to raise a dog. But because my family lives in an apartment, it is impossible. When I was in middle school student, I raised a dog. It was a kind of ‘chihuahua’. The color is brown and her eyes were very big. Her name was “Cutty” The dog was especially fond of me. Sometimes I really miss Cutty.

My day is not common, but  not special. I wake up at 8 a.m. and turn on the TV because I have a habit to confirm the day’s weather. After than, I eat breakfast and go to school.  After school, I  go to an academy. My school timetable is complicated, so some day I can’t go an academy. Anyway After academy, I come back home. But it is a long way to home. It usually takes about 1hour by subway. So when I arrive at home, I’m so tired. At that time I don’t want to do anything even if there is a homework. I  need to take a break.

I went to Daejeon in the morning of Saturday to see my relatives.  I went with my family and two maternal aunts. On arriving my uncle’s house, he welcomed us. Our familly have had  a meeting. In the morning of Sunday, after finishing breakfast,  I came back to Seoul again. I’m sorry to see my relatives often. Since I was a junior, I couldn’t go their home because there were too many tasks for me. Anyway we often need to see our relatives.  

 Time is very speedy. I felt march is very slow, but time is likely to pass in an instant after march. I made a plan when 2006 started. After five months now, I think that my behaviors are not satisfied. So I regret about my behaviors that I didn’t practice my plan completely. It often makes me angry and irritated. And nowdays I alwalys think what I really want to do and  can do skillfully. I don’t seek it until now. So I envy my younger brother, because my younger brother likes art and want to be interior designer. So he entered Sun-Hwa art high-school and is very satisfied with his school life. I hope to seek it before to be a senior.

 I saw the documentary about Su-Jin Kang. She is the best ballerina in German ballet theater. She entered it at twenty years old and contiuously is going to do ballet for twenty years. She didn’t play on the stage for two years, because she at first is inferior in it and Asian. So she was in slump . It followed overeating. However, she decided to restart ballet and practice 15 hours. I think her practice time is very amazing. So she undertake a juliet role of “Romeo and Juliet” After the performance, she took clapping for twenty minutes. I think she is very great, because she is the best one in ballet part although she started ballet at fourteen years old and I envy her, because she finds her talent. Finally, I respect her and her continual effort. 

May 31th, the day is a local election’s day. People who have the franchise have to elect necessarily. For that reason, there is too much noises recently from place to place. Also, great and small accidents often occurs. Of course, it is good that take a stump. However, election campaigners  canvass for votes both by day and by night. They don’t care time or place. I really wonder the person who stands for election knows about the fundamental human rights. If he/she knows it, I also wonder they have necessary quality to become a great statesman. An election campaign of Korea has to be changed.      

I have a plan which is about studying abroad during next one year.  So, I’m very busy for preparation lately. From set a school to get a visa, there is many thing that I have to prepare minutely. In addition, I ‘m concerned about  a foreign country life. I’ll live away my family and friend for the first time in my life. I think the life will not easy. Sometimes, I may miss ordinary present-day. However, I want to see wider wolrd, and I hope to accomplish my dream certainly. I will can make a living well. I will hang out. When I return my country, I wish I can get many things.