Elementary Composition – Night

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Today is Sunday

Today I went to the university, because I had to prepare presentation in english-reading class the next day. I have never gone university on sunday. So I felt strange a liitle bit. On my way to university, I received a SMS from my friend who is likely to be late about 30minutes. And I walked to my destination leisurely. Even though weather was so cool, I felt fresh and I could sing alone. Anyway, I arrived at my destinationㅡlibraryㅡand waited my party, as searching the internet. Surprisingly, though today was sunday, there were many students in library. Moreover, I saw my classmate. My heart was overflowing with expectation. Just, I like that view. Before long, I met my parties, and we started to prepare our presentation. By the time early evening, we could finished our preparation. On my way to home, I had dinner with my parties. Today is tired sunday, but I had a nice day~


Hateful book! Odious class!

About six, I did homework. It’s terrible!! Of course the homework is simple. The homework just need reading determined book and summary. But the problem is book! The book is very very difficult. I read the book. But I feel just reading words. I can’t understand. So I read again and again. I look like stupid. Finally I did it. But it’s not perfet. I hate it. The name of book is Orientalism. And writer is Adward side.(I can’t confident spelling of name) I am really odious the book and the class!!


After reading a novel, Remain?

A few weeks ago, I started reading a book. And now I finish the book. The name of book is Hongrumong. Do you know that? That is Chinese novel. I usually interested in Chinese things. Movies, drama, books and so on. So I choise the book. During reading the book, I felt it was pretty fun. But now I’m sad. Because I am feeling some futility. The topic of book is the frailty of human life. I’ve read the three books during twice weeks. And after reading novel, I remain nothing. It’s very very sad.


M.T[Membership Training] makes me hard.

I went to the M.T this weekend. It holt my united Seoul Korea University studendt club. It was very fun and I made lots of friend.

But I am very tired today because we made a night of it! I think all most M.T is doing like our M.T. Maybe it’s good to get acquainted with people easily but next day you feel you are very tired and can’t do anything. I regret going there a little. Why? Because I had lots of homework. When I arrived home ,I took a shower and I just had slept 6 hours. Now I have to do my homework all night! It was very tired today.


The best way to attract man’s attention.

Many women want to be a popular among the men. There are many ways to attract men’s attention. For example some women dressed well and show pretty appearance. And some women just nice to many man to hit on him.But what is the best way for female to attract male’s attention? According to the internet poll, the answer is just pretending not to interested in man. In korea acting like they are not interested in male is most effective.  In western countries, i guess that many woman are aggrassive to associating with man. And males are more active. But i think korea culture is different.   


Strong religious country

Is United states a religious country? Many people are saying that way. America was constructed by the puritan and founded on the protestant ideology. We can also see it on the 1dollor bill.  A phrase “In god we trust” inscribed into the 1 dollor bill. Christianity ideolgy prevails in America society. But i’m not sure whether the America is strong religious country. obiviously many arab countries are strong religiouse country because most of them are tend to sacrifice themselves for religion. And they have no concept of individual freedom. If we can say that America is strong religious country, several requirement should be qualified. There is some occasion that we should choose betwween individual freedom and christianity value. For example, abortion and gay right issue are like that. As well as Americans give first priority to individual freedom, most of them have christianity value. They have to choose only one and they cannot get both of them.  I think that’s the one of reason why America cannot become strong religious country.    


Happy Time

I met friends who hang out with in university for celebarating one friend’s birthday. All of them not me alreadly graduated. Some went to graduate schools and others got jobs and work.  After graduation  it’s not easy to meet all together. But yesterday we met all together and talk about many things, their new jobs, my school life and our professors and so on. Of course we happily celebrated her birthday. It was really a sweet pleasure to meet my friends again such a long time.


Memories of April Fools’ Day

Yesterday was April Fools´ Day. Did you lie yesterday? I didn’t lie , but I was taken in the lie of my friends. T.T  Anyway, there is memories to me about April Fools’ Day. When I was high shcool student, our school students tricked teachers in April Fools’ Day. all the students changed classroom with other class, or missed a class. Teachers always used to very upset. Looking back upon, that was very funed. And I miss that time. How about you?


About my dream

When I was a elementary school student, I want to be a painter. But I realized soon that I don’t like to draw a lot, so I gave up my first dream. When I was high school student, my dream was history teacher. because I like it and interested in many historical events, But I realized soon studying history is not always interesting and my grade was not good enough to go to the college of education, so I gave up my second dream. I thought if I’m good at English, I will make a living anyway. That’s why I chose this university.

 But I have no specific dream yet. Many people change their dream over period of time. Some may achieve their prime dream, others may compromise their dream with present life and the others may still be confused about their future as I do. I wonder what I will be doing 10 years later. Probably I have to think about what I truly want to do, sooner or later.  


Billy Elliot

Couple of days ago, I watched a movie named Billy Elliot in Intermediate English Conversation Class. It was story of young boy who bacame famous ballet dancer after suffering many difficult situations. Its background was twenty century UK. At that time there was big strike of miners in UK. Billy’s father and old brother were miner, so they were on strike too. Billy’s father didn’t accept Billy to take ballet lessons at fitst, because he think it is feminine and girlish. But finally he changed his mind and made every effort to support his son.

 It was very sad and touching movie. I don’t know what is exactly movie’s secret mesage but I was impressed a lot. Mr. Jim, my professor, sad there were two communities in the movie. One is a family and the other is a labor union of miners. Our community is very important and necessary to live our life, but sometimes we couldn’t help leaving our community, he said. Billy’s father gave up striking and went back to work for his son’s tuition. He was in agony because it is kind of  betrayal to his cowerkers and even to himself. (I think when he cried, it’s most sorrowful scene.) Billy also left his family to go royal ballet school in London for his dream.

 Sometime I may have to stand against my community for more valuable thing. I hope I would do the right thing and make a good conclusion when I have that time. and I hope to have a good sense to find movie’s other good messages like Jim.


Enduring eating something at night is one of the biggest tests of our life.

It`s 3:30 A.M. I am staying up now. Whenever I don`t sleep until late, I become hungry and would like to eat something. As you know, if anyone eats something at night, it will be the big damage to our body and is possible to gain some weight.  So, I must tolerate it. When we eat something which has high carlories, we may feel  better at the moment, but It will be deleterious later. Enduring eating something at night is really one of the biggest tests of our life.