Elementary Composition – Night

Can you remember when you were young? You might have many memories, but among these memories, the most thing that you are missing about is our school days. There are many types of teachers, and students, too. Perhaps, you might have want to annoy your teachers at least once! Here are some ways how you can annoy them easily.

 Firlst of all, you don’t need to concerntrate on what teacher’s saying. You can play the game while he or she is teaching, or you can sleep when teacher wants to have eye contacts with you. Even so teacher is not annoyed, you smoke in front of them!

 The next step is pretty easy. If you don’t want to do your homework, just don’t! You just give them excuses why you don’t do it. If yiu feel sorry to them, you should hand out you homework to them on time or a little late.

 Third, you are now ready to annoy your teacher! You can go to the classroom late all the time, or even don’t go. But remember, tell them to sorry about being late or explaning them the reason why you didn’t come was due to your sickness, in case of the exam!

 As you can see, it is really not very difficult to annoy your teacher. But be carefuo of some kinds of teachers who have sophisticated eyes and stare at you very carefully! Eventually, they wiil assure you are bad.

p.s: It is not my case.

I saw today’s news about blood type. The news wrote that people of blood type of ‘B’ are very optimistic, so they quite probable to succeed a second marriage.  They can overcome problems as money or a mate’s past. However in my opinion, it is useless to talk to associate a blood type with personality. Is it impossible to saparate only 4 characters people the world over? I’m a A type blood but I’m not timid. All people of B blood type are a filrt? All people of O blood type have attachment? All people of AB blood type are psycho? people believe blindly only Korean and Japaness.  How do you think this trend?   

Lee Woo-Hyeok is an author who innovated a new kind of fantasy based on Korean history. He is the highest earning Internet author in Korea. For example, he earned more than two billion won from royalties. He is a famous writer, and successfully runs the IP company called Hyeok Net. He has published best-sellers such as Toemarok(The Soul Guardian), Waeran Jongyeolja(The Protector of Korea from Japanese Invasion), and Chiuchenwangi(King Chiuchenwang).

For readers who like both history and fantasy, the story of Waeran Jongyeolja would be fantastic. There have been western styled monsters like dragons, trolls, and ogres in fantasy novels so far, but Waeran Jongyeolja is totally different. We can find original Korean ghosts and monsters in this book. The plot is about finding the protector of Korea from Japanese invasion, and about covert fighting between good monsters and bad monsters in the spirit world.

This book is famous for several reasons. First, this book is a new approach to Korean fantasy, because the author based the fantasy world on real historical facts. Second, this book shows Korean ghosts and monsters for the first time in a fantasy novel, so it highlights those monsters in a modern literary world. Finally, because the author precisely based the plot and historical background on three years of study, this book is famous for having an enormous list of reference books.

I live on the 6th floor, and my room has windows that connected to outside. Everynight there is a guy who smoking. I guess he lives 5th floor. The problem is when he smokes a cigarette, the smoke gets into my windows, and makes the air in my room thick and smell so bad. I really hate the smell of cigarette!!!! it’s driving me crazy!!!! What can I do with this!!! The weather is getting hot, and I need to open my windows. No matter what, I will do anythig to stop him tomorrow. I can’t live with this!!! I really really hate that guy!!!!!

 Do you know more than 90% of twenties in Korea have their mini homepages on cyworld? Now, mini homepage is a big trend in Korea, and they are making a lot of money by offering mini homepage’s tool and selling acorns which means kind of e-money in cyworld. It’s just a simple idea that brings them tremendous money. I was very surprised to see how much they earn a day, and regretted why I couldn’t think out that earlier. I thought we can make lots of money through very trivial and single idea which people haven’t thought about. I want to find something like them to be rich.

 Some days ago I saw an English movie named trailspotting. It’ a story about youth who take drugs. There were several good points that make this movie wonderful. First, the background music was good. It matches very well with the each situation in the movie. I realized again how important music is in a movie. Second, actors’ acting was very nice. Actually It’s the movie that made Ewan McGregor famouse star. Third, almost every scene was very impressive and cool. For these reasons, I really want to recommend this movie to you guys!

 English grammar is making me tired more and more. Especially when I study articles, I feel it drives me crazy. As I study more, I’m becoming confused. Sometimes I wish there was advisor robot by me to ask questions, while studying that. Of course, it’s impossible so I have to study hard and memorize many example sentences to understand. If it’s possible, I want to remove all articles in English. I don’t understand how to use a, an and the at all. It seems that my grammar professor explained about it so briefly. Maybe I have to visit him to ask many questions about it, but I’m not sure I would understand his explanation

 Lee, woon-jae is a goal keeper of Korean national soccer team. I like him, because he is a very good player. In these days many people criticize him, saying that he got too much weight. Some netizens blame him for he became too slow due to his fatness, and some others say his last league’s performance was poor. I disagree with these people. They seem to forget all thing about last world cup. He was as perfect as Oliver Kahn who was MVP of 2002 world cup! He gained weight a little, but it’s not that big problem. He’s still fast and stable. His last league’s score is also not too bad, and everyone can hit a slump. I hope people stop criticizing him, and he play conspicuous part on this world cup to make them quite.

 I registered an academy yesterday that learn a practical test of office automation to get a certificate of qualification.

Before two weeks, I passed a OA written examination. Thinking back, then I had studied just two days and read quarter of an exercise book. Fortunately I passed the exam. Anyway I am pleased for pass.

But I felt that anytime did not has fine luck so next I will do my best to pass a practical test of office automation.

 I was still study alone by this time because I have no time to study a group.But I will have much time with vacation coming. Studying with a group is very popular today. The reason I study with a group is more efficient than alone.

First, members in a group are interested in same objection so both I and members are focus on it.

Second, Group share information so it will make us efficient and win-win strategy. For example, my weak part and another strong part treat each other. It also gives us the synerge effect.

Finally, I do not compromise myself because of group rule. In this point, I will success studying in vacation in other to keep up my grades.

The weather was really nice today. So I went to sangdong lake-park with my friends. The flowers along the streets were beautiful. I took some pictures and I took my picture, too. I rode a bicycle and my friends rode inline skating. After came back home, I attached my pictures in Internet bloge. The pictures came out well.We had a good time.

I like shopping. When I felt depression, I go shipping. But if I don’t have enough money, I go window-shopping. Particularly, I like to show a pretty earring. Sometimes it is very dangerous, because I want to buy it more and more. Or it tempts me by having bargain sale. I often get exited about percentage they are saving rather then the amount I am spending. Of course, after I bought it, I suffered from money matter. Shopping is not easy. Do you like shopping as me?

 I’d like to talk about my unforgettable vacation. When I was a second grade in Elementary school, our family and all relatives of ours went to Juju Island for a vacation. We had great time there, we ate lots of seafoods, and played in the sand everyday. However, the thin that made this vacation unforgettable wasn’t that great.

One day of the vacation, we took a boat for going to a small Island named Bam Island. That was a really small Island, so even it didn’t have a sand beach.

Then we started to swim, because we couldn’t play in the sand. When I was swimming, I suddenly got a cramp in my leg, so I just kept falling into the water and was struggling to get out. When my dad saw me in this situation, he thought I just played at for fun. Because he knew that I swam well. He pointed at me, and said, “Look at her, she is playing it like real!! That’s funny!” Then he began to laugh loudly. However, when my mom saw me, she immediately sensed that I wasn’t playing around. She jumped into the water. Even her swimming was worse than mine, and finally she rescued me. Until now, I never forgot that my daddy just laughed loudly at that time.

 When I was a middle school student, I went to the English institute for studying English conversation, and I met an English native teacher for the first time. Unlike these days, there were not many foreigners in Korea at that time. Having a conversation with foreigners seemed an adventure to me. I still remember my first native teacher vividly. She was tall and had a nice figure with her blonde hair. To a young boy like me, she was just so beautiful, and it was so interesting that the beautiful foreigner spoke some foreign language. However, after a while, no matter how beautiful she was, my interest to speak English was disappearing. It wasn’t fun anymore, because whatever she said I couldn’t understand at all. I just couldn’t understand her pronunciation and accent. It was totally different with other Korean teachers who taught English at school. Because I understood less and less, I spoke less and less. In spite of her trying to understand me and help me to speak English, I started to doze off after all. When my interest to speak English was almost gone, I began to think like this, “Is it really necessary for me to learn English in this way? I won’t go abroad and have a test for English conversation at school.” After that, I moved to the other institute for studying some subjects of the entrance examinations. That was the end of my first English conversation lesson. It was fun, but I hadn’t enough basic knowledge about English to keep studying it.

        After time passed, I entered the university and chose English for my major. As a result of my major, I took many classes to study with native teachers. But the problem was I barely spoke English, so I started to keep silent again in the classroom. Most of my classmates felt it was difficult to listen and speak in English, but there were always some students who had a great conversation with a teacher. I really envied them and wanted to be like them, too. One day, therefore, when the class began, I decided to talk about something to the native teacher after class, but I failed after all to talk. I was too timid to say something. I guess I didn’t have enough confidence. Now I’m doing much better, but I still sometimes feel nervous to talk to native teachers. I’ve studied English since I was in middle school, nonetheless I’m not good at speaking and listening in English.

I guess, however, the attraction of learning English is that the harder I study, the more fun I have.

(This writing is the assignment from other class. But I put lots of efforts on this, and I think this is quite well done. This one is I translated other studdent’s writing in Korean to English. So, I’d like to share it with you guys. ) 

 Last Sunday, I visited an old people’s home for doing volunteer work. It was a task from the chapel class. A hundred of grandmas and forty grandpas were living there. Many of them are not able to move on their own, so they needed to be helped. I helped seven grandmas to take a bath then cleaned up the whole floor. It was hard than I expected. However, even though I was totally exhausted when I got home, but it was worthwhile.

TV helps to develop social or artistic judgment. And it services a program about a working knowledge. For example, it introduce a good book, food, and Health care, people showing news are able to know the world and we have experience of indirect. But it can be avoid a book. News or movies are more enjoyable than turning the pages of a newspaper or a book. And it can be wasted the time because people watched TV for a long time. once you hold the remote control, you cannot put it down easily. You can be addicted by TV. For example, though you try to study in mind, you like to watch it more and more. If I don’t watch TV, sometime I become outsider. We often buy unnecessary because of many advertisement of TV. Watching TV is bad for health because it cause eye-train, and physical fatigue. Finally, children can watch adult TV. It will affect children’s emotion.

Yesterday was election day, but I didn’t vote. I know very well how important voting is because I have learned the importance of right to vote. It was the first time for me to have a chance to vote, but there were no one I want to vote for. I dislike all politicians. What do they do? I really don’t know. Candidates should have a plastic surgery and try to look nice. The reason many young people vote is not they really support them. It’s because they want to confirm their right. So politician should care for themselves because it’s most important fact to catch young people’s votes.

Today, I spent most of the day with a makeup on my face because I had a part time job. After the day was over, I cleaned my face and showed that big, big pimple break out my face. Oh…. I squeezed it. I fear pimples. In order to expel fear, I read many books about skin and pimple. In some book, a dermatologist, or skin doctor says that a lot of these pimples may actually be caused by fear. According to studies, college students are more likely to break out pimples before a big exam. The key to clear skin may all be in my mind. But I fear pimples….

Internet is very popular today. Why does it like to use? First, internet gather information and give intelligence easily. Second, we can enjoy a new movie, game or music as hobbies. Last, internet is easy to operate and there are many computer everywhere . Otherwise, internet has demerits. When you communicate electronically, all you see is a computer screen. You don’t have the opportunity to use facial expressions, gestures and tone of voise to communicate your meaning; words that is, lonely written words are all you’ve got. And that goes for your correspondent as well. So, when you’re holding a conversation online, whether it’s an e-mail exchange or a response to a discussion group posting, it’s easy to misinterpret what your correspondent is a person with feelings more or less like your own. Computer networks bring people together who’d otherwise never meet. But the impersonality of that medium changes the meeting to something less personal

I take a class named ‘The Acquisition of Second Language’. I learnd many theories of SLA. There are Behaviorism, Cognitivism and Constructivism. And recently I learned “Affective filter”. This is a imaginary barrier of SLA. For example, If learners have high self-cofidence, motivation,they could learn language successfully. BUt It they have high anxiety and self-conscious, they could not acquire language successfully.Because their affective filter up when they are anxiety,and inputs that they have could be not passed. I know I have strong affective fillter. It will be tough to overcome, but I should try.

  I’m on a diet in order to lose my weight. Last summer I went on a diet but I failed. I skipped breakfast but I ate a lot in the night. In the end, I put on more weight. This time, I decided to diet in a scientific way.  I am reading a book about dieting and found out which food  are low calory. I don’t skip any meals and   I eat low fat food regularly. I imagine that I’ll be slim in beach. 

I have a habit of going to bed late and getting up late. I always stay up past midnight. So I struggle to get up in the morning. Mom wakes me up every morning. Otherwise, I’m late for school. Today, I heard that getting up early is good for health and beauty. I’ll try to change my habit. I’ll go to bed early and get up early.  

 Today I went O.B.F. with my friend, in order to get visitation ticket. The O.B.F. is English cafe in our university. On entering there, we have to speak in English. To tell the truth, at first we needed visitation tickets for our English conversation class. But now we know visiting is enjoyable, because we can feel interesting. So my friend and I enjoy going that cafe. By the way, I have a problem. That is to say, I would like to speak in English, but I can’t speak in English well. Whenever to do so, I’m very stuffy. Of course, in my foreigner professor’s class, I have difficulty in understanding that class completely. When I just see anyone who speaks in English fluently, I’m really envious that person. What can I do for myself?

 It was difficult for women to work in 1970, so there were not many women to work in society. However, the present state raise the social status of women, and it is no trouble for them to work better than before. Also women can work in various fields of society. Of course, it doesn’t mean that women can work whenever and wherever they want. They can just work easily better than before. Anyway, it is possible to be President of woman in Korea?

 Now finals is coming up and a summer vacation is just around the corner. It seems like I blinked and this year is almost half gone. Time is flying so fast. I’m a little sad that I don’t have many things to remember except all those tests and assignments. I’m not sure I’m doing right. It seems that life is getting difficult and more complicated. I know it definitely could be more, but not less. Well, so I guess life goes on.

 My mum blamed me again for that I’m afraid to drive a car. Even though I already got my license, I’m not good at driving a car. After one year and half living in China, I almost forgot how to drive. She always told me that I can’t live like this much longer and I should start to practice driving. Unlike me, my mum is an excellent driver and my dad and brother, too. I don’t know why I’m the only ugly duck in my family.

Do you believe signs of the Zodiac? The Zodiac is the system of twelve star signs. These signs are believed that they are related to personality. I was born under the sign Cancer, and I also believe that my Cancer traits are related to my character. Traditional Cancer traits are affectionate, romantic, moody, touchy, thoughtful, careful. Among these, I will choose ‘thoughtful’ and ‘careful’, then write about how I am thoughtful in good way and careful in bad way. The good trait of a Cancer that I have is thoughtful. I can notice what other people want, need or feel quickly. It’s easy for me to take notice of what other’s next move and respond to help them. For example, I usually could notice what my friend wanted to do with me before she said it out of her mouth. Also, I try to find thoughtful solutions to problems. I always try to embody information about a problem accurately, and focus on how to use that information effectively. Another trait of a Cancer that I have is careful. Being careful is good thing, but being too careful is make people less enjoy their life. I’m too careful. That’s the problem. I took long time to finish one assignment or paper work all the time, because giving too many attention to details to make it perfect. Besides, I’m too careful about other’s feeling and mood. Sometimes I waste time to read other’s face too carefully and got tired of it. In conclusion, I barely like all the traits of my character. They could be good thing, but not that I want. Particularly, I don’t like that Cancerians are too emotional. It seems essential that we Cancerians have to learn how to reach an emotional balance.

This afternoon I went to  seoul. In subway, I heard a girl talking. It seem that she was talking to her friends but she was talking on cell phone. On a sudden, she raised her voice and cried. I can’t read my book, because she are very noisy.  And I can’t concentrate my attention. Cell phone conversation are often annoying and become noise pollution.

Water is very simple solution to many everyday ills. First, a hot bath in water of 38 or 39 degree is best for relaxing muscles. But those with hot disease should ask their doctor. Second, lower the temperature about 37 degree, you have the ideal cure for sleeplessness. Fifteen minutes in warm water before going to bed helps sleeplessness.

  I’m in a weird place which called Bourvia. The weather is very hot and dry in Bourvia. There is swarming with mosquitoes. Because Malaria is carried by the mosquito, Malaria is spreading easily here. The people who live in Bourvia are fighting all night and day against mosquitoes. Bourvia is a rich source of diamonds, so many people can buy them cheaply there. People often wear diamonds when they go other countries because diamonds are valuable owing to their rarity in other places. Many wild animals inhabit in the meadow of Bourvia. Especially there are a lot of fierce animals like a tiger to inhabit, so we should always be careful when we walk across there. Look at that animal over there! It’s a lion. The lion is glaring at its prey. I am afraid of that. There are lots of tigers too. A tiger sometimes attacks people for no particular reason, so we need to look around there. Oh, my god! Speak of the devil…a tiger is growling at me. Run away!