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Rice can make me more powerful

I eat rice daily because I’m Korean and rice is main food in Korea. So I eat rice today, too. Rice makes me more powerful. In my case, if I don’t eat rice, I will be weak, and I will dislike doing everything all day long. Sometimes, when I have no time or friend who is supposed to have rice with me, I can’t have rice. When I skip a meal like that, I feel pitiful myself.

Have you ever skipped meals during a day? I don’t feel like imagining that. Therefore, having rice is important for me and you…

I’m happy when I hear the following sounds. Let’s have rice! kkk…


Korea goverment should protect rice item against F.T.A.

F.T.A stands for Free Trade Agreement.  It’s system that all national items can tradee without limitation. F.T.A puts pressure on Korea goverment to open the several items includign rice.

Rice is  the principle of Koreans food. So we should device how to protect the rice. First goverment try to exclude from F.T.A item. Second they have to raise the funds and help farm industry make competitive and so Korea rice can be poworful indusry in the world. At last, if rice is harvisted mass production , it can be cheaper than any other country’s rice so many people buy Korea rice.


Do you know that there are various rice foods in the world?

what is your most favorite rice food?  Do you know that there are various rice foods in the world?  Japan’s sushi is a popular food in the world. It is a mouthful size of boiled-riceball topped with sliced raw fish. There are many kind of sushi. Vietnam’s Pho is a Vietnamese rice noodle soup with chicken. Pho is delicious, It is different than chinese food. The broth, chewy rice noodles, sweet spices and scintillating herbs provide comfort in a bowl. Bibimbab is a my favorite dish. It is a korean dish.  Bibimbab is rice mixed with vegetables, beef, fried egg, sesame oil and korean hot chili sauce. Let’s enjoy a rice food.

 


Rice as hangover cure

In these days I have many drinking party with my friends, juniors or someones. Sometimes I drink too much and next morning my condition is awful with headache, stomachache and thick shoulders. I try to avoid being hangover but as you know, peer pressure is too strong to avoid in korea. They always offer and offer. Especially when seniors or person who is older than I offer a glass of So-Ju, I could never refuse.

 Anyway based on my experiences, the best way to avoid terrible morning from the aftereffect of drink is rice. One day after finishing drinking, I went home and then went to bed directly, as I usually do when I am hangover. But soon I felt very hungry because I hadn’t had a meal except breakfast at morning. Because I didn’t want to be sknniy anymore, I rose and had supper. Next morning strangely, I felt not bad! I didn’t oversleep and had no headache or terrible condition. I think It’s power of rice. If you don’t want to have supper from drinking, try to eat dinner. Rice will certainly protect you !


Eating rice, never gain weight!

Increasing an interested of beauty, most women are trying to lose weight. They are attempting one-food diet contained a meat, various fruits, beans and so on. They are also trying to starve unconditionally. But, to lose weight in this way don’t help you. It makes your condition get worse instead. For example, whenever you eat foods, you are siriously worried about a calory. So you are trying to starve more than before. At the resualt, you can suffer from malnutrition. Instead of starving, you’d better to eat little and often. As following this way, we can lose weight without injured our health.


Let’s drink our traditional health drink

Sung-Neung is water boiled with rice scorched and stuck to the bottom of the pat. Do you know it’s nutritious as well as good taste? Nowasays it’s served by many Korean restaurant as dessert and even exported to many countries. It’s scientifically descovered that nutrition in the rice is accumulated in bottom of the pot when rice is cooked. So Sung-Neung gets to be nutritious. Sung-Neung has a effect on neutralizing hot and spicy korean food and removing mouth odors. Nutrive substances which Sung-Neung has also promote digestion, so it’s good for people who usually have an attack of indigestion. Moreover it comforts person’s nerve and promotes dissolution of fat, so it’s good for diet too. Like this Sung-Neung has many good points for our health. Let’s drink our traditional health drink!   


Rice is good for your health.

Rice is good for your health. There are many reasons.

First, rice is good for prevention of constipation. Because, the high fiber content in the rice, one can defecate more easily after eating them. Second, rice is good for antiaging by vitamin. Finally, rice abundant source of energy becuase of fat.

As a result, eating rice is very good.


Korean and rice

Most korean people will be like rice. Bacause rice is main food of Korea from a long time ago. Also, Korean people don’t live without rice. They usually take not meal without rice. Especially, when they are abroad , they search for rice. Even if they like bread or other food. As a result, Korean people and rice are bound up each other.


The children do not eat rice well are worries of all parents.

When the children don’t eat rice well, concerned feeling will be a point of sameness of all parents. First, it is good to examine what the cause which the children don’t eat rice well. If the children didn’t eat well since early times, parents will have to examine about there is a problem in the great intestine or anemia, etc. If the children are anemic persons, the appetite is already on the decrease before the anemic condition gets externally, and they don’t eat rice well. The appetite returns, and the children eat rice well when anemia treats.

  If the children are examined, but the body is all right, the parents don’t need to worry about that too much. From this time it is important to change a meal habit properly. It is important to feel like taking a meal with family. And it is a good way to give the rice when the children request it. The parents think they feed the children as it is high time to eat, but on the contrary, that is charged up against the children, and they can think about they don’t like eating rice more.   

 


We must restrict the importation of rice.

I’v ever seen  farmers  demonstrating against FTA on TV. Because government is joining the FTA and It seems it woule make them worse in their earnings. To be honest I was not much interested in that. I just wish that the life of the farmers would not be hard. I  know a little that farming is really not easy. I don’t know well about world and domestic economies and trades but government should not neglect these things. At least they should support it better and put a infrastructure to compete other imported products in qualities and prices. Government support them in many ways because FTA  that government  joined for better economies would be a fatal blow to the farmers.


We not only eat rice.

We not only eat rice as a meal but also enjoy it in many different ways. These days there are many cosmetic things mainly made of rice. It seems like rice have a good component for skin. And it is well known to everyone that washing face with water which be left after washing rice is good for skin. Furthermore  we can enjoy drinks made of rice for example ‘Achim hae sal’. It was quite popular in Korea a few year ago. Finally in Korea especially there is  guessing  fortunes  by uncooked rice although It’s not common.


Which do you prefer rice or hamburger?

Korean’s main food is rice. They eat just rice, vegetables, and a little meat.  It has a suitable nutritions and calories. I like to eat rice,too. Nowadays, most of the children prefer hamburger set.(hamburger, french fries, and coke) It only takes 3 minutes to eat. Above all, it is very delicious than rice because Korean do not add a lot of extra stuff in rice. But it makes you a fatty person. Rice has many good point in our body than hanmburger.  It is much more healthy as a carbohydrate, especially if you intend to loose weight . And it Is cholesterol-free and fat- free, sodium- free, and non- allergic.  Which do you prefer rice or hamburger?


Koreans eat rice in a various way.

People have eaten rice from past to present in Korea. In former times, our ancesters cooked rice with big iron pot. So they ate rice porridge or cooked rice mostly. Sometimes, they used to make rice cake and eat it. But now, people use an electric rice cooker. It’s convenient whoever cooks rice, and it mainly helps to cook rice. In a national holiday, people are likely to make rice cake, and they eat it with neighbors. Moreover, in thesedays, cookies are made of rice are out in the streets. In after a while, rice will change more various!!


Rice that eat in morning improves your grade.

Have you ever skip your eating for test study? It would be bad to your grade on the contrary.

 Rice play important part. Fist, our brain still sleeping during two or three hour after get up, but rice makes your brain wake up early. Because rice has protein, and it stimulates your brain. If you don’t eat rice in the morning, your brain could still sleeping in test.

 Second, rice give more energy. Rice also has grape sugar that help activation  intellectual part of brain. It can be good method If you want get good grade.

 Eating rice  rather than studing when you can eating improves your grade. Let’s go eating rice !!


Secret process that enjoy eating of rice in Korea

Do you like rise? If you don’t like rise , you will find way to come close to rise.

 There is method that you make more enjoy eating of rice. It is easy you thinked. You need to only one kitchen utensils. Do you know Korea traditional iron pot? This name is “Ga-Ma” that look like  turtle’s back. It makes rice more delicious.

 What is trait of the “Ga-Ma” make rise more good? That is cover’s weight and round bottom. Heavy cover presses iron pot , and pressur of inside get high. So it makes rice ripe. Also round bottom makes rise fluid. So rice isn’t pounded.

 After all , Ga-Ma has scientific principles. That is secret process that enjoy eating of rice in Korea.


Rice has a good effect on people`s body.

 Rice is considered to be the main food all over the world. In these days, some people maintain that rice be harmful for people. However, some reserches show that rice has a good effect on people`s body because the element, which is called “GABA”, stops high blood pressure, and gaining weight can be prevented.

 To begin with, rice plays a significant role in reducing high blood pressure. The main reason is because of the element that is named ” GABA” . To illustrate, “GABA” has a huge influence over enhancing the function of people`s liver, getting rid of fat in blood, and as a result, preventing the adult disease such as high blood pressure. In hence, rice is the major food in that it includes the ingredient which promotes health

 Moreover, even though a few people insist that rice be the big cause of gaining weight, rice is a good nutrition for people`s body. In general, most people avoid eating rice in the reason of being fat. However, some experts strongly say that being fat is due to eating a variety of unhealthy food like junk food rather than eating rice. In other words, if people want to stop gaining weight, they should eat rice or vegetables. Above all, it is conspicuous that rice provides people with a protein which is good for health. consequently, the fact that if people eat rice, they are fat, is erroneous.

 In conclusion, in these days, people are accustomed to eating other western food and don`t prefer to eat rice due to the wrong idea. However, rice is the imperative food which helps people to improve their health, not to deteriorate it.


The transformation from eating rice to eating other food.

 People don`t like rice because they are sick and tired of it. Although rice is regarded as the main food all over the world, they prefer other food such as vegetables, meat dishes, a lot of instant food, and kinds of noodles. For instance, the western culture has a big influence on changing the eating habit of people in Korea. They prefer fast food which is convenient to eat. Indeed, most youths tend to go to family restaurants, having a good time with their close acquaintances. Therefore, rice is no longer popular with people in that food culture is changing rapidly.


Let Your Child Travel If You Love Him.

There is a Chinese proverb, “Let your child travel if you love him.” It means traveling can be a good lesson to a person. Traveling to new places could be dangerous and difficult, but it can be a great opportunity to learn that you cannot do in classroom. Of course, you can visit a lot of beatiful and historic tourist attractions, but it can give you more than that. If you are completely used to get everything from your parents, it is not easy to do all by yourself. In this respect, traveling teaches you how to lead a real life. During traveling, if a certain problem happens, you have to get the best solution by yourself or with your party. There might not be an advisor, or might be an obstructor. Plus, you need to plan on spending money because your budget is limited. Sometimes you would not be able to eat what you want, and you should put up with some inconveniences. While you go through the hardship, you would reach the limitation of controlling yourself several times. Through these process, you become a real adult, and that’s why traveling is worth it.


TOEIC Fever

Almost all of Korean university students are eager to get a high score on TOEIC test. Regardless of what they study in universities or what they do at workplaces, it is the essential to get a job. Even though many of them are not using English ever after they get jobs, a lot of companies want people who have high TOEIC scores. The extreme case is that some companies select people in the order of a TOEIC score only. It is obviously time and money wasting for the job seekers because they all have to study for the TOEIC test. Besides, it is easy for the company to lose a person with specialiized skills because of the score. It has become worse since the whole world got more globalized and the total economy of Korea waned. What is worse, it is still going on, and it will get worse and worse until there are enough jobs for everyone.


Infant Education

Last weekend, I saw the TV program about Infant Education. The story of the program is that everyone must look after children from all of the things. That tell us “Not only parents but also society is responsible.” There were some impressional scenes. Parents permit personal liberty of children but they are strict with a rule. And teachers made efforts to develop a child’s originality. Especially, there are teaching materials that it utilize the five sences. It was interesting. Society supports facilities of education and place of children, too. Children’s library, museum ,and so on. It was nice. But they told that the most important thing is love. Without love, child don’t grow up. This program was very nice and had a valuable information.


An argument in library

A few days ago, I read a news article that says about some female students who wear a mini-skirt when they come to library to study and it has become an issue on internet. Actually, it was ranked top so many people talked their opinion very compatitively.

 As you know, most of every korean are conservative a little so there are many opinions against the fact that female students are okay to come to the library when they wear extrmely tight and short skirt. I agree with one particular reason.

 Rather, I would like to ast the female students why they wear too short skirt even when they study during on exam. I don’t know their purpose. I think their attitude is not enough to study. They wear a skirt even weather is damn cold! Wearing a mini skirt is uncomfortable to study for a long time so they couldn’t concerntrate on theit study.

 I think the most important reason is that it causes a problem to men. I don’t think men can deny to see that female students’s skirt and it could disturb men’s study. I-as a woman- also could see the skirt, and you know, how visual guys are! It’s obvious. Exposure of skin could stimulate men’s curious. Men are probably 20s age so how could they concerntrate on their study even when hotties walking around the library! It is impossible if they are not monks or Jesus.

 Wearing a mini skirt is pretty and cute but I want to female students not to wear a short skirt when they come to library to study. It is not a rule,but it is a manner.


Teaser

 Since I entered a university, I have met various friends. I would like to introduce one of my best friends. His name was “Young Hoon”. I thought that he was considerate but sometimes, because of his bad customs, he was regarded as grouchy. For instances, we went to the bar to drink alcohol nearby university, in that Young hoon became 22 years old. we said together that “you are older than me” and “you look like a wrinkled grand father.” and then he said “Ok, I am older than you but I have a younger mind than you have.” I remembered that we were very happy except next for two hour having a drinking alcohol. One hour later, We got drunk as if we became intoxicated man. When I saw Young hoon, his face became red. And then he said that “you are so handsome. you exactly can introduce pretty girl for me.”, “as you can see”, “I am ugly but you are handsome and friendly.” “Is it true?” “I believe you know a pretty girl. “If I were you, I want to listen to your clear voice that ‘there is a no doubt to meet a new girl’. Ok?” I had been thinking that he was polite but he has a grouchy character which people do not like. By the time he drank alcohol, He became a grouchy man or change to an aggressive monster. In the bar there were many pretty girl but sometimes all thing what I could do is confronted by other heartbreaking. I found a pretty girl or I also could see that there were ugly girl in terms of their behavior such as vomit and abuse. I had to do anything because it was a great chance to me and Young hoon in crowded places. At that time, when I told a girl to get her phone number, ‘Oh my goodness’. I did not believe my eyes. Preferably, I had to shut my eyes. She was so old! but her back silhouette was refered to dynamic young girl. I tried to turn around her sit to see a her face. I gave up this thing I did not have to try to for him because he was grouchy and thought about himself ugly. I was considerate with my friend’s request and I regarded me as a more patient man than others. I went back my seat and I drank alcohol. When I started a drink again. Young hoon already get drunk perfectly. If he did not drink alcohol, he was regarded as smooth and gentle man. I knew that he would not want to drink a large amount of alcohol or he wanted to enjoy her birthday without alcohol. As he drank a large amount of alcohol, we refered him to bad guy. but he was not bad but he is a freckled boy which could not control his drinking capacity. Nowadays, I have been remembering our funny events. Since he study abroad, I have not met him. I would like to meet him. Maybe, we greet each other friendly, If he do not make me grouchy.  


Spill the Beans!

Human relationship is one of the most stressful things in social life. Usually, the problem is caused by short of communication or misunderstanding. How can we do treat this problem? The answer is frank conversation. Frankness is difficult because everyone has own secret that nerver want to speak out in public. For harmonious relations, you don’t have to tell about all of your secrecy, but you have to try to make true conversation and never deceive both yourself and the other person who listen to your speaking.  If you don’t agree companion’s opinion or don’t understand it, you speak whatever you want to know. Don’t be reticent. It’s only make other person think you as a narrow minded person. Therefore, spill the beans for open communication.


Issue of the Korean Movie

Korean movie are very developed until now. The movie which is over the 10millionaudience are Silmido, Brother of war and King and the clown. King and the clown is type of historical drama. That movie now showing and continue to run. Other movies made about the Korean war.

Today, the cinema world has a problem with quota system of screen. Government want to abolish the quota system.They said that Korean movies are very successful in numbers for obove the quota. However cinema world oppsed by insistence of governmence.


Learning English

Most in korea study English and try to master it. I think that mastering English can be a great job because it is an essential language. It is also helpful to understand the people custom from other countries. We have to know English to get new information from around the world. English seems to be required everywhere in modern society. So Korean society demand that we should be proficient in English.

I have been studying English for many years, but English is really hard for me. Above all, I had absolutely been studying English in order to pass the Exam for example TOEIC, transfer University, The public Office exam and so on. In my case, I  have to study English for passing the exam even though I know English conversation is more important. so, I feel frustrated when I used in real English. I wish I could speak English fluently after passing the my exam.


About one particular preoconception

It is often said that “most of every people who have icy face are likely acting as their face,probly.” I don’t think it is right. It is not enough to say like that because it has no prove. As you know, there are some kind of reasons to make one’s attitude.

 Someone’s way of acting is made by whose circumstance around their lives or personality. Maybe childhood might affect on that. Actually,as far as I know, people who have icy face are usually very kind than kind-face people so that  kinds of  people seem very warm. I am not sure whether or not icy-face people are kind than warm-face people. But I strongly believe that it is not proper to judge someone by whose apperance. I know that people especially grown-ups and males tend to judge someone by that,but it is not fair! I have been judged by people many times. I’ve heard that my face seems like very icy when I meet someone at first. I don’t agree that but I have to. However, as time goes by, people have become aware of fact that I am not cold than their thougt. Nevertheless I thank them because that experience make me not to have preconception. I felt those are not good behavior and might hurt someone’s feelig who is sensitive.

 I have read a book,called ‘The little prince’. It is a masterpiece, isn’t it? I read very impressive sentence.” The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen.” I read that sometimes even I did many times and we should take this lessons in our mind. So, do not judge someone whose appearnce!


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.