I went to the Seoul Forest last weekend. The place was the forest with a lot of trees and flowers. I was impressed to see this kind of place in the middle of Seoul. Because I always thought Seoul is too busy place with many buildings and cars, I was glad to see the nature which was beautiful. The most interesting part was that I rode a bicycle. I had so much fun. If you want to go on a picnic with your family or friends and take a rest, I highly recommend the Seoul Forest.
Mosquitoes are hideous insects. I dislike them because of several reasons. First, mosquitoes annoy me in the summer especially at night. Sometimes they buzz about my ears ,and it makes me really irritated. I cannot get to sleep for mosquitoes. Second, they look ugly. They have thin and long legs which make me want to vomit. Because I have a phobia about insects, I can not help but escape from them. I think mosquitoes the creepiest insects in the world. Finally, they bite people and leave the terrible marks which are red. These small marks affect me in many ways because they are very ichy. They get really worse if I scratch them, which drives me crazy. Those are the reasons why I hate mosquitoes.
I have a very close friend who is Japenese. His name is Ryo Tanaka. I met him in Calgary last year, and we had so much fun together. Because we were in the same class for more than three months, we often went out for dinner or drinks after class with other classmates. I sometimes went shopping with him because he was a good adviser. For example, when I wasted too much money on unnecessary accessories, he stopped me. He also chose some clothes for me when I couldn’t make a decision. He was also very funny and made a lot of jokes. He told me once that people from Osaka including himself like making funny jokes. However, I often misunderstoond him and took it seriously because we had to speak only in English. We still keep in touch. We call and email each other. Recently he is interested in Korea. He wants to be a Japanese teacher in Korea, so he is studying Korean culture and history. He is a good friend of mine, and I am proud of him.
I listen to music for more than 5 hours a day. I habitually turn on my radio while I am doing my homework or using the computer in my room. I also listen to music when I am on the way to school and back. Because I have a lot of stress, I become depressed easily. However, when I listen to music, it helps me feel better. There are two ways of relaxing my mind with music. First, I listen to peaceful music like classic. For example, my favorite pianist, Yukiguramoto’s music helps me calm. I can think over whatever I am concerned and make things clear. I often make a schedule for the following week every Sunday listening to beautiful music. Second, when I get frustrated, rock music makes me forget the things for a moment so that I can breathe and smile. Fast music like rock helps me think more positively and make myself more confident. Music is my best friend, so I can not imagine living without it.
I am watching the American show, Gilmore Girls, lately. It is a story about a girl named Lorelei and her mom. Lorelei is a sitxteen-year-old girl who is very smart. She is also very kind and fun. When I watch the show, I really envy her because her mom is one of Lorelei’s best freinds. I thought I was quite close to my mom before I saw this show, but Lorelei and her mom were different. They talk everything. There is another reason I like it. There is a Korean girl who is Lorelei’s best friend , so I can hear some Korean languages while I am watching it ,which is very interesting. It also contains many useful expressions that I could learn. Therefore, if you are looking for an American show to learn Enlgish, I highly recommend you to watch it. These are the reasons why I enjoy wacthing the show.
I went to a zoo the other day. Because I loved animals, I had fun looking around and taking pictures of the animals. What I like the most was small animals like dogs. When I was looking at a pretty little puppy, the guide came to me and explained the animal to me. He told me that dogs, cats, and cows breed quickly. He alsp told me if I had any questions about anything , I could always ask him. He was such a nice person. After I saw those animals , I went to another cage which was much bigger than others. There were lions and tigers roaming around the cage. The pamphlet said foxes, lions, tigers, bears, and snakes may attack poeple if they escape. While I was reading the information about them I suddenly heard a noisy sound. A woman was yelling at the guide who was just nice to me because he poured some water on her. He apologized her more than a hundred times, but the woman was still angry. She looked so rich because she was wearing diamonds as shiny jewerly. I thought the skirt that she was wearing must have been very expensive. However, I didn’t understand why she got so upset because she could buy another skirt if she wanted. She must have had bad temper. Anyway I continued looking around. Then, I saw a bunch of various birds. They reminded the article about birld flu from the newspaper which was a serious problem in some areas. Honestly I was afraid of bird flu as soon as I saw many birds. I was sure they were safe enough just to look at, but I didn’t approach them. I heard viruses like germs, HIV, and SARS spread easily in the biology class when I was in high school. I didn’t know exactly about animal viruses, but I suddenly wanted to get out of the zoo and went home. It was quite an exciting day.
I am going to Europe at the end of June with my best friend. It might be dangerous because it is going to be just two of us, but we are going to be careful and have a safe trip for a month. We are talking on the phone everyday and making plans for our exciting trip. We are going to England, German, France, Italy, Switchland, Austrila, Spain, Belgium, and Hungary. We are so excitied about our trip that we can not stop surfing the internet and finding useful information about wonderful places we might want to visit. I have had my heart set on it. I hope we have fun sightseeing beautiful scenes and exotic places.
People should not gamble because they could be addicted to it. Gambling is like taking a drug. If you win the bet, you don’t want to stop betting your money on it hoping to win again. However, it is very dangerous because some poeple gamble their lives away. Even if you consider yourself a lucky person, you should not believe that you are going to make much money by gambling. you can go to a casino just for fun, but I warn you to think wisely and not waste your time and money on betting your money.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who is a famous composer was creative. He was an infant genius with productive imagination when he played the piano. For example, he played the piano when he was three years old and composed music when he was six years old. He made music with inspiration. He did not really spend much time making music like other composers. He rather made music with inspiration without thinking over. He could express his feelings for his love of life making creative phrases. For example, he often wrote a letter to his wife with great expression of love. Those are the reasons why Mozart was imaginative.
Abraham Lincoln who was the sixteenth president in the U.S.A. was a man with strong intention. He studied really hard even though he was in a difficult situation. For example, he passed the test and became a lawyer after studying alone without going to school . He never complained about his being poor. He was a good speaker with enthusiam. For instance, African American in the U.S.A. were so impressed and affected by his speech that his speech eventually made them think themselves differently and realize the meaning of fairness. He believed in justice and executed what he believed. For instance, he freed all the slaves in the south of the U.S.A. by abolishing the segregation policy. He made them be treated equally like white people and gave the country the great freedom.Those are the reasons why Abraham Lincoln had a strong will.
I went to a place on a Children’s Day. I had a wonderful time spending time looking at many things and taking pictures of them. There were various fish. For examples, there were many jellyfish, carp, clown fish, sea horse, shark, gray mullet, sting ray, lobster, shrimp and so on. I could see many unique fish including turtles, otters ,and crocodiles. The colors of them were beautiful. In fact some of them were so cute, but others looked ugly. My favorite fish was clown fish, which reminded me of Nemo a character of the cartoon. It had some vertical stripes on its body, and the colors of the body were orange and white. Of course There were many children since it was a Children’s Day. They were runnig and creaming inside of the place because of the great view.
I actually hadn’t seen her before. I guess it was because either I was too indifferent to my classmates or she had been so quite. My parter was wearing a pink flower shirt ,a dark blue jacket, and a jean which looked good on her. She had big eyes with a double eyelid. She had curly dark brown hair, and it was pretty long. Her tone of the voice was low, and she seemed to be shy. She was wearing pretty gold earings, and they were like a little stars. She seemed to be a nice person with a near smile.
I watched the movie called Island yesterday. This movie was about cloned haman beings, and it gave me something to think about. Science has contributed much to modern technology,and the desire of persuiting something new or convenient for people has never stopped and never plan to do so. The dreams many people had in the past came true. Cloning may be one of them. However, There have been controversial opinions about it. I am sure there are many advantages for people if they make their identical beings. For example, sick people can be cured by using the same organs that the clon has. Nevertheless, the dignity of man is going to be the matter, and if people use it without consciousness, the issue is going to be a big social problem, which eventually would ruin the values of haman beings.
Do you believe in horoscopes? Whenever I read a newspaper, I read a horoscope out of curiosity or just for fun. When it says something good about me, I become happy all day. However, when it says something bad about me, it sometimes affects me, and I become more careful about what I do all the day. It often says something about love. For example, it says I will be bumping inte my future lover soon, which almost seems to be a lie. I think I am deceiving myself if I think horoscopes don’t contain a grain of truth. I try not to believe in this stuff because I feel stupid if I consider it serious, but I found out I shouldn’t close myself off from the possibility that it may be at least partly true. One day, it said I would be in financial trouble soon. Because I don’t make money, I told my dad to be careful about his investment in his business. I think it is way off since it cannot be proved scientically, but it is not easy for me to totally ignore it.
Almost every country has its own way of celebrating a birthday and there must be a distinguishing trait, but the same thing is people are happy on their own birthdays enjoying the day with their family and friends. In korea,a birthday is one of the important days for each person, so people want to make the day special. First, they eat brown-seaweed soup on their birthday. Eating the soup on a birthday has originated from the birth of a child. After having a baby, a mother eats the soup ,which is highly nutritious, because it is good for her circulation of blood and metabolism. People usually have the soup at meals with thier family at home. After that, young people often have a party with thier close friends, drinking and having fun. People in their age of forty or fifty invite their siblings and relatives to the party and then serve up some food. Givinging gifts and cards is also very important. Thesedays many people celebrate a birthday with a cake and they put out a candle with a great blessing.
I am taking the class called Second Language Acquision in this semester, and I have been thinking about the causes and effects when studying the second language. I have studied English for more than ten years, but I still have difficulty studying it efficiently. Many students in Korea seem to have the same problems. Even though they have spent a lot more time and money on English than any other subjects, they are not even sure whether they are doing it well.
Learning the second language would be very difficult for an adult because of language ego. Once language ego establishes in the certain age, people start to care about many things. For example, when a university student who has language ego talks to foreigner, the student might get nervous and be shyer than usual. The problem is he is a very active person with his Korean friends. What makes him uncomfortable is that his being afraid of making mistakes and made fun of by other poeple, and it absolutely disturbs him to study the second language. On the ther hand, if a child meets a person speaking English, the child can act just like himself because he doesn’t have language ego yet. He doesn’t care about dignity or reputation, and it would help him have more confident. What I want to tell you is making yourself comfortable and pleasant is very important when you study the second language. You could be threatned by making mistakes unless you are relaxed.
You need a cake of soap, some lotion, some sunblock cream, some makeup base, some face powder, a cosmetic sponge, a mascara, some eye shadow, some blusher, and a lipstick.
First, wash your face cleanly with the face soap or foam cleansing. Second, Put lotion on your skin and wait two minutes. Third, apply the suncream to prevent your skin from the ultraviolet radiations. Forth, put on makeup base. (If your skin is dark, purple color is good for you, but If you have a red skin, you might use green one.) Fifth, powder your face with a cosmetic sponge. Next, make up your eyes. (Apply eye shadow suitable for your outfits and make long eyelashes with a mascara.) Then, put some blusher on your cheeks. Lastly, put on natural color lipstick.
You need two cups of water, a pack of rice cake, a half pack of fish cake, three spoons of red pepper paste, two or three spoons of suger, some lettuce, some green onion, an onion, and two hard boiled eggs.
First, boil the water into the wok. Second, wash the vegetables until the water boils. Third, put three spoons of red pepper paste( If you would like to eat a spicy dish, you can put more) and suger into the boiling water. Forth, chop the vegetables and the fish cake. Next, Put the rice cake and fish cake into the soup. Then, put the vegetables and two hard boiled eggs into the soup. Finally, boil Dduck Bock Gi until it gets sticky.
A friend of mine is getting married this weekend. She is not exactly my friend because she is 7 years older than me. I met her and her fiance last year in Calgary. I had lived with them for about 2 months. When they were dating, nobody expected them to be a husband and wife because they were so different. It has been only a year since they knew each other, but they seem to be very happy about their decision. After the wedding day, they are going to live in a small town which is close to Edmonton for more than three years since he got a job there. It would be sad because I can’t see them oftenly, but I am really happy for them anyway. Congratulations on their wedding and I hope they live happily ever after.
Have you ever lied? People lie for many reasons, and most of them don’t even feel guilty anymore. Dishonesty, more than anything else, prevents poeple from being persons they can and want to be. The biggest problem of dishonest is people can’t control themselves on the certain lever and it eventually distorys them. Here are some reasons why people should be honesty.
Dishonesty is a vicious circle. One dishonest act leads to another. If it continues to happen, dishonesty becomes almost a way of life. In other words, it forms the worst habit in the world. Next, Dishonest can’t be hidden. Many movies or books can explain it. One of the characters in stories who maybe is cast as the villain lies and gets what she/he wants at the beginning of the story, but he ruins himself because it is revealed in the end. There is no perfect lies or secrets in any circumstance. Dishonesty also ruins relationships. You should not lie unless it is necessary like a white lie. Without trust, good realtionships are impossible.
Telling a lie seems to be trivial ,but it could cause serious matter. Therefore, you should try to be honest,and then you can expect people to tell the truth.
Korean government should not import rice from abroad. Rice has been the staple food for Korean poeple for many years, and we cannot magine having meals without it. Therefore, if the government continues to import rice from other countries such as the U.S.A. and Chile , it will make not only farmers but also korean citizens be in trouble in the future. Nowadays, Korean farmers protest against the law of importing rice. We should know what will happen if the import goes on. It is natural for the farmers to lose their jobs because people are going to buy cheaper products, which are from abroad if they can choose. Then, Nobody is willing to be a farmer anymore ,and of course the present farmers in Korea also will decrease in number. The problem is that because there will be no farmers or farmhouses anymore eventually, if importers raise the price of the rice, we have to import unimaginably expensive rice, which is absurd. When these things happen, regret will not mend matters.
There are many kinds of dishes made of rice in Korea. One of them is Bibimbab, which is traditional food in Korea. Basically, poeple would put whatever they want, but mostly they put about five kinds of vegetables or herbs such as sprouts and garden spinach. Because vegetables are full of vitamins, it is undoubtely good for your health. Moreover, You could mix eggs into rice if you want. It can be spicy if you eat with hot pepper paste. Korean people also eat Kimbab which is very popular and available in anywhere at anytime. It contains danmugi, cucumbers, carrots, ham, razor clam flesh,egg, and so on. You put the rice and the rest of stuff on the see weed and then roll it. It is very easy to make, so many people enjoy eating it espectially when they go on a picnic or when they are too busy to cook something else. Those dishes are popular in Korea, and it is becoming known for poeple from other countries. You should try them because they are not only tasty but also healthy.
Have you seen this movie? Love Actually is one of my favorite movies. I bought DVD a few weeks ago to keep it and watch it whenever I want. I’ve seen it more than five or six times already, but the story is still moving. I have never been bored.
The movie is about Christmas. Everybody has been excited about the big day for about a month . As I experienced, People living in the U.S.A, Canada, and England prepare for the day as soon as celebrating Thanksgiving Day in late November. I can see that through the movie as well. The big day is more about spending time with thier family which is a little different from ours, but there is still common value in terms of being with people we love. People are just happy and enjoy themselves only because Christmas is coming. Telling a girl who is your best friend’s wife that you love her would be a very stupid idea, but the movie says it’s ok only because it’s Christmas, and everyone seems to be forgiving. What I really like the most is about a young boy who is in love with a young girl. At first, I liked his story because he was adorable, but it was not everything. He seems to be too young to fall in love with somebody ,but his being in love is very real and serious. He shows the power of love by playing the drums which is a childlike way of expressing his real feelings
Christmas already passed on three months ago, but I am already waiting for the day hoping to happen something miraculous. This movie truly makes me touched no matter how often I watch it. I think it’s worth buying our favorite movies even though there are many internet sites providing free movies.
Have you been in love? There are many kinds of love. For example, there is love between parents and their children. There is also love among friends. But generally, when we talk about love, it must be about couples. Some poeple don’t even believe in love, and even if they believe in it and love somebody deeply, things still don’t work and they might get hurt. Loving somebody and being loved by her/him is not something you can do without efforts. Here are some ways to love your partner.
You should compliment freely and often. Compliment is not something you can do only to your partner. This is what you can do to everyone around you if you love and cherish them. Secondly, you should appreciate and celebrate differences. You can’t expect your parter to change everything for you. You should respect her/his opinions and thought,which are different from yours without complaining about them or disparaging her/him. When you respect your partner you can expect to be respected by him/her. You should also be forgiving. people make mistakes. Your parter can make mistakes too. You can just forgive what s/he has done instead of getting angry and blame her/him. Lastly, you should apologize sincerely. After you have an argument with your partner, Even if you don’t think the matter is your fault it’s important for you to be willing to apologize first.
Many people are in love. Some people maybe are looking for their love. But if you really want to love someone, the first thing you should do has to be respecting and adoring her/him. Love is what God gives two imperfert people to work out and make it beautiful. You should thank for your partner for loving her/him and being loved by her/him.
Most people have experienced failure even when they really work hard. I have been asking myself why I don’t achieve whatever I try, and I have blamed myself for not succeeding in. However, because life is hard, somtimes even when we do all the right things, it stiil doesn’t work. Of course nobody would praise our failure, but failure can be one of life’s greatest teachers.
Failure teaches us to correct our action. It forces us to look at what we are doing and gives us the opportunity to try another thing. Failure also teaches us about perseverance. It asks us whether we are going to quit or keep trying. This is very important value of failure because not many people can become more determined when they have some problems. Finally, It teaches us that we can survive defeat. There is nothing wrong with making mistakes and There is no shame in falling, only in being afraid to try again.
If we can not make a mistake, we can not make of success. If we are not willing to risk failure, we are not deserved of success. I get frustrated and disappointed too often ,so I give up and quit easily. It is so nature to feel angry when you have variable unsolvable problems but suffering should not destroy you.
what do you think of when we hear the name Albert Einstein? You probably think he is smart and brilliant and consider him as a genius physicist. But What you don’t know is the keys of his life were simplicity, fantasy ,and play.
Albert Einstein told his students that he would have no interest in the laws of physic if he could not make them simple. He also discovered that humor put his mind at ease and said that people who laugh together can work longer and harder with more effectiveness. people can misunderstand him because of his great exploits. They might guess he was a boring person but he was not. he was funny and witty. He didn’t really focus on studying all his life. People get stressed when the mind is subjected to seriousness and complication. That’s why people need breaks on the job and why students are told to take breaks when they study. Thesedays people get stressful because of their hectic life but they should learn how to relax themselves so that they can work or study effectively.
The film industry has been developing for about ten years in Korea. Now, poeple go to a theater to watch diverse movies and they feel comfortable with that. Then, What makes people go to a cinema instead of going somewhere else? There are many reasons they spend most of their freetime watching movies.
First, poeple go to a cinema because they really like the plot of the particular movie. They tend to watch action movies on a huge screen believing that those movies convey great impression. Moreover, the sound in a movie must be better than that of in a room. Secondly, Movie theater is a common place for couples and freinds when they hang out. Especially for students, the tickets are not very expensive, so you can buy them without concerning about your pocket money. On the contrary, watching a musical or an opera must be much more expensive, which means there is no alternative but to go to a cinema. People also watch a movie because they like the actors and actresses. Some poeple watch all of his/her movies without thinking deeply just because of their favorite movie stars. They even think about buying a ticket and watching it like a duty as a fan. Finally, Some people watch movies being afraid of that if they don’t, they could be cut off from the other members of the community. If everyone is talking about the movie, even if you are not interested in the plot or the actors, you are forced to watch it eventually to have a conversation with your freinds.
There are many reasons that people choose to watch movies instead of doing something else. Watching movies is a smart choice of spending their free time time rather than drinking or playing computer games. People can think about not only themselves but also other people and sometimes they learn what a life means from great movies. They can also experiece their imaginary world through a variety of movies. Good movies make their life better.
You should not drink alcohol because drinking can cause serious problems. You probably think people who drink a lot seem to be cool, but they are killing themselves. When you go to a college or get a job, it’s inevitable for you to drink at least once in a while for your social life. However, You should not blame anyone for your behavior of drinking often. You should control yourself because you are an adult.
Do you have any ideas how important your liver is? If your liver gets sick it will cause various diseases such as a cancer, and you already know a lot of people are dying because of that. You can maintain your health just by driking little. You should not appreciate the blessing of health until you lose it. Drinking can cause another somthing awful. If you drink and drive, you are commiting a suiside. It doen’t matter how much you drink. Thesedays many poeple have a hectic lfe. Most of them go to school or go to work. Some people do both of them for their valuable lives. They have somthing in common. They are tired and exhasueted with too much work. Here is an example of a story. A mas is driving a car. A picture of his precious daughter is smiling at him on the front window. He cannot wait to see her and her mom tonight because he got promoted. An hour ago, his coworkers celebrated his promotion with a couple of bottles of beers. He rejected the offer of drinking at first because he brought his car today, but his friends didn’t let him go home without a party. It was a long day. Now, he dreams of buying a new house and living happily ever after with his family. Then, somthing horrible happened. It turned out he was too tired to drive in soberness after drinking. This kind of accident can happen to you too. You are not an exception.
Therefore, you should be careful of your behavior when you drink after graduation. You can enjoy drinking with a proper amount of alcohol in a suitable situation because you are smart enough to be aware of them. Don’t forget to think of you as an adult who can control yourself wisely.
I’ve been reading the book called LIFE’S GREATEST LESSONS. The wirter, Hal Urban was a high school teacher for many years and also taught at the University of San francisco. When he taught at the University, he realized something about life and he wrote the book about it. I enjoy reading the book and I think this is a wise and wonderful book.
There are many lessons in this book such as the importance of habits and character. he says habits are the key to all success. Some psycologists believe that up to ninety five percent of our behavior is formed through habit. People might think habits are difficult to be changed, but like attitudes, habits can be changed. I am not saying changing bad habits is easy, but I believe the only thing that matters is desire. There is an old expression -you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. As I said, habits must be strong. For example,One of the common habits must be swearing. People can say they are just words, but I think the words they used revealed somthing about themselves. It must be hard for some people to stop swearing but If you want to change your old habit like swearing you can do with the need and the desire. I’ve seen many people doing it and I am trying to change my bad habits like being lazy.
I believe good habits make the difference in everything we do.
Are you a morning person?
I am definitely not a morning person. It’s just hard for me to wake up early in the morning. However, in this semester, I decided to try to wake up early so that I don’t waste time sleeping in. Unfortunately I have difficulty coming to classes on time everyday. I want to excuse being late as due to a long distance from home to the school. It takes about one hour and a half. The problem is I knew it would be hard before I made a schedule. I cannot blame anyone.
I have another problem. I’ve been trying to read a book everytime I get on the subway, but I am too sleepy to read something. If I don’t sleep in a subway I become so tired when I get to school.
Did I make a mistake? I want to be a morning person.