http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/rss young's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Sat May 18 17:18:50 UTC 2013 Sat May 18 17:18:50 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 She has been doing her best as a working mom.
When I was a little kid, I didn't like that my mom wasn't at home all the time.
Now as I'm grown up, I got to uderstand how she live a tough life, and I'm gratefull for her.
Nowadays she has been going through her menopause.
Somtimes she become upset easilly, but she's still funny and full of energy.
One day she asked me to take a ride to Korea University.
She said that there is a TV show, that is a kind of 아줌마, Korean married women version of American Idol, and she registered the show, so she has to go for taking part in the audition.
I couldn't believe that she tried to be on a TV show, beacause she can't sing well.
She said "I feel like my life has been boring, so I want to have a little fun for a better life."
I took her to the audition, and she had waited for over six hours untill she went to the judges and sing, but she was not even on the show.
Recently, she asked me send messages with English words or sentences to learn English, so I sent some English sentences. And then she sent back a message. It said "Who do you think I am. I'm not a elementary school student or something."
I'm thinking about what English words or sentences do I send her.
I would be appreciated, if you could give me some proper English words or sentences for her.



Posted at Mon Jun 25 05:16:25 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1547263 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1547263 young Mon Jun 25 05:16:25 UTC 2012 When I was serching the Internet, I found a video clip on youtube.
An African-American girl was talking about her worst date with Korean guy.
The video clip reminds me my bad history of blind date.
I have been on quite a few blind dates but they didn't work out so well.
One day my mom set me up with a guy.
We met each other in a cafe at Kang-nam.
The first impression was not that bad, but he seemed feel bad.
He said that he got a severe cold.
He kept asking personal questions, and it was like a job interview.
As soon as we got out of the cafe, he just ran away.
I didn't even know that when he left.
After he disapeared, I got a call from my mom.
She said on the phone
"My daughter, I'm so sorry, I should have told you this."
"What..What is that..You're not my mother?"
"Actually, I registered you on with match making company, because
I'm afraid you're not gonna get married."
"OH MY GOD. Mom It's worse than saying you're not my mother."
After that I was been on several blind dates.
The guys from the match making company acted like same person.
I mean they kept asking same questions, they talked about same things.
It was very awkward, uncomfortable and even boring.
Finally, I ended up not going out with anyone.
There are a lot of guys, but don't try to meet anyone.
I think I should be very careful when somone set me up on a date.

Posted at Tue Jun 19 09:39:03 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1538271 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1538271 young Tue Jun 19 09:39:03 UTC 2012 He was looking at a map of the mall.
Actually, the mall is famous because the building is like a maze.
I had been there several times, but I still don't know how to get to the store I want to go.
Anyway, I approached him and asked if there is anything I can help him with.
He said that he is looking for a bank to exchange his money.
It was almost six PM, so I said It's closed, but if he need I'll take him the bank.
While going to the bank, we made a conversation.
He said that he is from Mauritius and he is a doctor, he is visiting Korea to take part in a conference.
We exchaned email address and said goodbye.
I just got a thank-you letter from him for showing him the way.
I rarely have talked to foreigners in Korea, because of my bad English.
I'll just try to help foreigners although I would be embarrassed due to my bad English.

Posted at Tue Jun 19 03:54:15 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1537885 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1537885 young Tue Jun 19 03:54:15 UTC 2012 I hung out with my friends.
We watched movie called MIB3.
The movie was not my type, because, As you know, the story is about aliens and I thought that some of scenes were disgusting.
We had lunch together after watching movie.
There were four people. two guys and two girls.
One of us is a very naive and innocent 19 years old girl.
And one of us is a 35 years old guy, unemployed and single.
He is preparing for becoming a civil servant.
I'm worried about him, because I think that he really likes to have fun.
He's supposed to keep up with his work to be a civil servant in Korea.
Anyway, the 19 years old girl kept asking sensitive questions to him.
For example, "what will you do for a living? When did you study? Isn't it hart to study alone?"
I said to him in my mind "That's exactly what I want to say!"
I wish he would pay more attention to what he's doing.

Posted at Tue Jun 12 07:54:04 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1526694 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1526694 young Tue Jun 12 07:54:04 UTC 2012 He is funny and also he can sing.
He is the top 9 in American Idol season 11, HeeJun Han.
One Sunday morning, I was watching TV show called "People Inside."
The hostest on the show was interviewing a guy.
He looks like an ordinary guy in his 20's.
He seems to be a quiet person, but sometimes he was funny.
I liked his sarcastic humor.
I started getting more curious about this guy.
I searched internet, and I found some blogs and articles about him.
He is already famous in the States because of his great sense of hummor.
He dreamed about becoming an entertainer in Korea, so he left for Korea to break into entertainment industry, but he finally gave up everything and went back to NY.
He told that he couldn't do anything at that time due to feelings of failure and depression.
But his life completly changed after he started volunteering for a non-profit organization.
He was encouraged by the organization for the disabled to start all over again.
Since the organization was always lacking of financial resources, he decided to enter American Idol to publicize the organization.
From the first episode, he started breaking the stereotype towards Asians who were on American Idol.
In truth, American Idol has made Asians the butt of jokes in many episode.
They intentionally used to let the Asian contestants who can't sing well on the show.
In an interview, he said that he wanted to show the world that Asians are not only good for getting high scores on their SATs. They are also good at singing and entertaining. That is the stereotype he wanted to break from this opportunity.
I hope that he will be a good entertainer.

Posted at Mon Jun 11 05:33:32 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1524708 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1524708 young Mon Jun 11 05:33:32 UTC 2012 In our university, my job is a fundraiser.
We raise fund and help our students with donated money.
And we also help our alumni keep in touch with our school.
I had worked SAMSUNG for 3 years before I had current job.
I was a software engineer for cell phone.
At that time, I used to go on a biz trip to America.
When I visited America for the first time, I was overwhelmed,
because I rarely can speak English.
My office was located in small city near by Kansas city.
That city was very quiet, and I hardly can see asian people except my coworkers around that city.
Sometimes I was embarrased, because I made a mistake in English.
And sometimes I made other people feel bad because of my English mistakes.
I have tons of stories about mistakes that I made.
Now, I rarely use English. I don't need to speak English at all,
but my bad memories push me to learn English more and more.

Oneday, I came acrros a cool web site.
This site is for people who want exchange languages.
I resistered this site and wrote some articles and posted it.
And then, native speakers corrected my writings for me.
Instead, I helped other people who want to learn Korean.
I really enjoyed it, and it was very helpful to improve my English.

If I can speak English fluently, I want to have a lot of friends from all around the world, and I want to travel a lot.
I expect my outlook of life will broaden through learning English.

Posted at Mon Jun 04 08:54:30 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1511969 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1511969 young Mon Jun 04 08:54:30 UTC 2012 These words are informal, so you must not use these words in formal situations.

First one is "헐"[her].
It contains various meaning in a sarcastic mood.
When you feel something is akward or weird, you can say "헐"
It means that it's akward but I don't care.
Or you can also say "헐" when you're supprised by something and also you don't much care about it.
Here is the dialogue.
A : I like the women who grows a mustache.
B : 헐. [her]

Second is "대박"[daebak].
When someone hit the jackpot, you can say "대박."
It means good for you.
When you're suprised by good things or bad things you can also say "대박."

A : I saw Lady Gaga at the mall, yesterday.
B : 대박


Posted at Thu May 17 02:27:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1480668 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1480668 young Thu May 17 02:27:00 UTC 2012
I think I've gained some weight lately, so I decided to take a walk for an hour everyday.
After work, on my way home I took a walk through Yeouido yesterday.
Yeouido is surrouned by Han river, and known as Wall Street of Korea.
I passed through Han river bridge to get to Yeouido.
Around 6PM, the view of han river was beautiful.
And It was interesting to see people around Yeouido.
I don't know how often I can do this excercise, but I'll try my best to do this project.

Posted at Wed May 09 04:08:44 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1467437 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1467437 young Wed May 09 04:08:44 UTC 2012
Today is parents' day in Korea.
Yesterday, I set a dinner table for my parents.
My syster brought a robster and some side dishes, so I moved robster into a plate, and put a bottle of wine and four wine glasses.
I made two carnations with ribon, and glue them on the cards.
My parents was very happy with our cards and the table setting.

Posted at Tue May 08 06:08:41 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1465769 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1465769 young Tue May 08 06:08:41 UTC 2012 Our university orchestra will perform at Sydney Opera House.
This is a big opportunity for our students because students can rarely perform on the stage of Sydney Opera House.
It costs a lot. We have over 100 members plus we need seats for musical instruments.
Luckly, someone donated big money for our concert.
And yet we have some problems remained.
We're still negotiating for visa with embassy of Australia, and finding a proper hotel.
It's very difficult for me to do this kind of jobs, but I'm looking forward to see our big concert in Sydney Opera House.

Posted at Wed May 02 07:18:10 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1455413 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1455413 young Wed May 02 07:18:10 UTC 2012 Civil defense drill is held twice a year.
This is aimed at preparing the nation for emergencies.
When the sirens go off at 2p.m. people are asked to evacuate to shelters or stay indoors.
When I was working, I heard sirens, and I was asked to go out of the building.
The whole school assembled in the main square.
We learned how to use fire extinguisher for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, everything went back to normal.
A few days ago, North Korea threatened again.
Someone said this is nothing like daily routine, but
some experts said that this one is serious.
I hope that there's no more war in Korea.
I'll pray to god to stop this war.

Posted at Thu Apr 26 14:24:59 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1446000 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1446000 young Thu Apr 26 14:24:59 UTC 2012 Here is what I found.
1. http://englishinkorean.com
The owner of this site is a native English speaker, and he speaks Korean fluently.
He is teaching English in Korean through his site.

2. http://cafe.daum.net/mylifeinkorea
This is an online club. They have international party once a month.
This party is about making friends of various nationalities over beer.

3. http://cafe.daum.net/fourC
This is also an online club.
This club is about studying English through Skype.

I'm thinking of joining these club, but I'm shy around new people.

Posted at Wed Apr 25 09:33:56 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1443685 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1443685 young Wed Apr 25 09:33:56 UTC 2012
Have you ever tried Kimbap.
Kimbap is most common food in korea.
Kimbap is like a sandwitch in Korea.
When People go on a picnic, they usually pick up kimbap.
You can see kimbap shops all around this country.
It's very delicius, easy to cook, and it's also very cheap.
There is various type of kimbap.
For example tuna kimbap, kimchi kimbap, vegan kimbap and so on.
You can make your own style with your favorite ingredients.
Just put down a roasted seaweed, and spread some rice on it.
Then, put all the ingredients you like on the rice, and roll it.
Simple, fast, easy to cook.
How about make you own style kimbap?



Posted at Sat Apr 21 13:21:44 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1436632 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1436632 young Sat Apr 21 13:21:44 UTC 2012
There is a famous saying "It's no use crying over spilt milk."
That means you can't change something wich has already happened.
When bad things happened because of your speaking, you can't take it back.
엎질러진 물은 주워 담아도 소용없다. 라는 말이 있다.
한 번 뱉은 말은 후회해도 바꿀 수 없다는 뜻이다.

Kim gu-ra, a Korean comedian, announced his retirement because of his blasting criticism.
김구라라는 한 코미디언이 10년전 자신이 인터넷 방송에서 한 말때문에 은퇴를 선언했다.

About ten years ago, he used to blast harshly famous celebrities and reveal social discontent on his internet channel.
그는 자신의 인터넷 방송에서 다른 연예인들을 비방하거나 막말을 했다.

Now, after he gained fame, he's paying for that.
10년이 지나고 그가 유명해 진 후 지금에야 그는 그 값을 치르고 있는 중이다.

There is no expiration date on speaking.
말에는 유통기한이 없는 것 같다.

I think that I should think twice before I say something.
지금 내가 하고 있는 말 한마디 한마디 신중하게 생각하고 말해야겠다는 생각이 든다.

Posted at Tue Apr 17 09:35:30 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1428504 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1428504 young Tue Apr 17 09:35:30 UTC 2012
I heard somewhere if Steve Jobs had been Korean, he would not be a success.
When I knew the reason, I couldn't help agreeing with that opinion sadly.
어디선가 그런말을 들었던 기억이 있다.
스티브잡스가 우리나라에서 그런 인생을 살았더라면, 지금처럼 그런 성공을 거둘수는 없었을 거라고- 그 이유를 들었을 때 무척이나 공감하면서 가슴아팠던 기억이 있다.

While watching this video clip, there were two words in my mind ,"margin" and "opportunity".
이 동영상을 보는 내내 떠오른 한 단어가 있다면 "여유"와 "기회" 였다.

I could see people who gave this little boy "opportunity" to try pursue his dream, and they didn't push this boy to study.
9살 소년이 꿈꿀 수 있는 그리고 살아볼 수 있는 삶과 시도에 "여유"를 갖고서 "기회"를 준 부모와 사람들이 보였다.

No one knows how long can this boy's arcade go, what would be his future life because of this happening.
9살 소년의 이 가게가 얼마나 계속될지, 이 일을 계기로 이 아이가 어떤 인생을 살게 될지는 아무도 모른다.

That is the reason why some people think that they can give this boy an opportunity, some other people think that it's a waste of time.
그러하기에 어떤 이들은 "여유"와 "기회"를 줄 수 있지만, 어떤 이들은 그것을 "낭비"로 생각한다.


I want to be a big minded person who can give everyone, regardless of their age, "margin" and "opportunity".
큰 마음을 지닌 사람이고프다.
그래서 나와 다른 생각의 사람에게 -그것이 어린 아이라 할지라도- "여유"와 "기회"를 줄 수 있는 그런 사람말이다.

It is difficult to translate "여유" in english.

Posted at Mon Apr 16 09:46:05 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1426503 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1426503 young Mon Apr 16 09:46:05 UTC 2012 This profile picture is from that magazine.
One day, I was reading an article about makeover.
The magazine publishing company was looking for someone who wants to change look.
My mom watched me reading the magazine and said. "Aren't you bored of your life? Why don't you try some makeover. Send an e-mail to the magazine."
So I sent an e-mail written that I want to chage my look
A few days later, I got a call from a chief editor of that magazine.
She said that they chose me as a model for makeover.
They made a reservation for my hair and makeup, and prepared a dress for me.
After my hair and makeup are done, I got my photo shoot.
I posed in front of a photographer like a model. It was awesome.
A month later, the magazine that I was in is published.
I looked unnatural on the magazine, so I din't want to look at the picture of me, but my mom still carry that magazine.

Posted at Thu Apr 12 12:49:52 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1419540 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1419540 young Thu Apr 12 12:49:52 UTC 2012 There is an English education institute in my university that I work for.
All of my classmates have appropriate reason to learn English.
Some of them want good job oppotunities.
English proficiency is an imfortant requirement for landing a good job in Korea.
And some of them want to study abroard.
In my case? Well... I don't know.
I'm satisfied with my job, and I don't want to leave Korea.
Why do I study English?
Maybe, my embarrassing memories push me to study English.
I have ton of stories about that I make mistakes in English.
Anyways, I think that I have a good ability to make good oppotunities of bad memories.
Sometimes, bad memories can be a good motivation to learn foreign languages.
What do you think about it?

Posted at Tue Apr 10 12:27:20 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1415712 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1415712 young Tue Apr 10 12:27:20 UTC 2012 Every morning on my way to work, I can see lots of people shouting out loud and handing over their name cards.
There are two elections in this year.
One is for National Assembly, and the other one is for President.
This Wednesday, there will be an election for National Assembly.
There are four candidates in my district.
I still don't know who should I vote for.

Posted at Mon Apr 09 06:28:07 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1413284 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1413284 young Mon Apr 09 06:28:07 UTC 2012 I like wordplay.
I make a new word or shorten a word in Korean.
Sometimes I feel frustrated because I can't tell a good joke in English.
I often tell a lie just for fun, so my friends called me a "shepherd-girl".
When I went on a business trip to other countries, I used to make a reservation in the name of famous Korean celebrities.
I'm a grown up now, I think I should be more serious.

Posted at Thu Apr 05 08:14:57 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1406501 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1406501 young Thu Apr 05 08:14:57 UTC 2012 Xi'an is an ancient capital of China, one of the oldest cities of China.
You can see traditional architectures and streets when you go to Xi'an.
In this short trip, the most memorable event is riding a bicycle on the city wall of Xi'an.
The city surrounded by a big city wall.
People can walk or ride a bicycle on the wall, looking down the city.
Riding a bicycle, feeling gentle breeze on the wall is amazing.
It felt like I was flying.
I've been several asian cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Bangkok, including Seoul.
They seem similar.
However, there is something special in Xi'an because of its traditional atmosphere.

Posted at Wed Apr 04 08:38:57 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1404661 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1404661 young Wed Apr 04 08:38:57 UTC 2012 It helps me look younger.
I place a lot of weight on my hairstyles like other girls.
I have naturally frizzy curly and thick hair, so I straighten my hair regularly.
It costs a lot, but I can't help doing that.
When I was a student, my school don't let students make their hair long.
I was ruled out because I have to do ponytail to handle my fizzy hair.
Thankfully, someone invented straightners.
I called it "Young's life changing" inventions.
Anyway, I'm sorry for writing this boring topic.
Can you guys give me some good tips to improve my writing?

Posted at Tue Apr 03 15:21:18 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1403531 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1403531 young Tue Apr 03 15:21:18 UTC 2012 Boxing is great exercise and fun.
I have my own gear, boxing gloves, bandages.
At first, I skip rope for about 15 minutes as soon as I get to the gym.
And then, I wrap my hands with thick bandages.
This is my favorite part, because everytime I wrap my hands I feel like a fighter. Woo-hoo~
And then, put on boxing gloves, practice punch and defence in front of a mirror.
Sometimes I do sparring in the ring.
I love to do this boxing training routine, but I don't like watching this game.

Posted at Mon Apr 02 01:40:39 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1400159 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1400159 young Mon Apr 02 01:40:39 UTC 2012 In college, one of my friend taught me how to read the note and chord, so I practiced the piano every day.
It was very fun to play chord piano, because It's easy and I could play the piano most of pop songs.
Recently, I taught myself how to play the guitar.
It's much easier than piano.
If you interested in any musical instruments I suggest you learn how to read the chord.
It will be an energizer for your life.

Posted at Thu Mar 29 05:54:19 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1392504 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1392504 young Thu Mar 29 05:54:19 UTC 2012 Oneday my mother set me up with a guy.
I met him in a cafe at Kang-nam.
He asked a lot of personal questions.
It was like a job interview.
As soon as we got out of that cafe, he just ran out.
After he disapeared, I got a call from my mother.
She said on the phone.
"My dear, I'm so sorry. I should had told you this.
I registered a matchmakingcompany for you, because I'm so afraid you'll never get married."
OH MY GOD!!!!
After that, I was been on several blind dates.
The guys from matchmakingcompany asked same questions.
It was very awkward, uncomfotable and even boring.
It ended up not going out with anyone.
I want to meet someone I could have a future with not through those dates but just naturally.

Posted at Wed Mar 28 04:06:49 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1390046 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1390046 young Wed Mar 28 04:06:49 UTC 2012
I went to a movie with my colleague yesterday.
The movie title is "건축학개론" which means "Introduction of Architecture".
This story is not about architecture but about first love.
One woman asked an architect to build her house.
Actually, they took the same class, Introduction of Architecture, when they were colleage students.
They loved each other but they didn't realize at that time.
While building her house, they finally realized their emotions.
There are a lot of flashbacks of 1990s in this movie.
That reminds me my colleage days also.
Especially, people in mid-thirties go crazy over this movie.
Beacause they recall the happy memories through this movie.

Posted at Tue Mar 27 06:46:16 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1387915 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1387915 young Tue Mar 27 06:46:16 UTC 2012 I had to take the high school enterace exam to get into the high school.
All students of my high school can enter university, beacause they studied very hard.
We normally arrived at school by seven o'clock and watched an educational TV program.
After regular classes, we took the make-up classes untill dinner.
After dinner, I went to cram schools for catching up the subject that I'm not good at.
But, sometimes, we had a lot of fun.
We went to a movie or went on a picnic.
Looking back, it was a combination of fun and study.

Posted at Mon Mar 26 13:36:59 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1386196 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1386196 young Mon Mar 26 13:36:59 UTC 2012
This is a review of Mad men, the famous TV series.
Someone recomends me to watch this show.
I couldn't sleep all night following up the whole episodes of season 1.
The first season started to broadcast since 2007.
The main character is Don Draper, hansome, creative director of advertising agency.
He is a veiled person. He never talks about his childhood.
Mad men feels like the book of Ecclesiastes.
Don has everything, beatiful wife, kids, house, good career but he is not happy.
Each character in that show has similar problems.
They're all sad and lonely, but they hide their emotions.
We do not know anyone who lives in sitcom or Disney movies.
We are living in the world like the world of Mad men.
This is the reason I tune in to this story.



Posted at Mon Mar 26 02:21:26 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1384672 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1384672 young Mon Mar 26 02:21:26 UTC 2012 When I was a high school student, I studied English to go to a university.
After graduated university, I studied English to get a good job opportunity.
I took many English test such as TOEIC, TEPS Ect.
Now I know that Learning English for the test is useless.
7 years ago, I went to America for the fist time.
It was a business trip.
I was embarrassed from airport.
I could not understand any words.
From that experience, I realized that actual English is different from written English.

Posted at Wed Mar 21 14:38:16 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1376146 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1376146 young Wed Mar 21 14:38:16 UTC 2012 After work, I went to a funeral.
One of my college's mother in law died the day before yesterday.
She was 77 years old. She had suffered from cerebral infarction for a long time.
I was not so sad. Because she isn't sick any more.

Posted at Tue Mar 20 13:54:37 UTC 2012
]]> http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1374343 http://lang-8.com/369229/journals/1374343 young Tue Mar 20 13:54:37 UTC 2012