my surprsing moment

What is the most surprising thing happened to me? I was not good at driving a car.
Actually, I had made 5times of small accidents by my mistake. I am so a carelessness person.
When I worked in private English school, there are many co- workers who are older than me.
My job usually made me so stressful due to miscommunication with them. One day, I was so angry. And then, I couldn’t stay in my working place. I would escape that place directly so I drove my car fast.
Our building had the parking lot that moved like elevator. Elevator parking system is dangerous because we could not aware of a barrier sometimes. So, people who were working in that place complained about changing system. Therefore, the accident in elevator is kind of a regular process in that building to us. That day, I got an accident with a little old guy who looked like a criminal. Unfortunately, that accident is my fault ,too. I knew my fault and I was so afraid to get out of my car that time. Furthermore, he looked like jumping from his car with gripping his neck. In Korea, women drivers are suffering from men drivers about our awful driving skills without convincible reasons. He seemed like so happy to get this accident. After my boy friend went there for helping me, I couldn’t get out my car. I was so shoceked due to extrme noise of accident. This memory is my best surprising and threatening moment of mine.

Food.

I am not a person who enjoy eating unfamiliar food because I hate uncomfortable feeling.

Well, I know that I have to change for my life to be better.

even more, I meet same friends who know me so a lot, same places where I know well, and same food which I used to eat.

Sometimes, I desire to be changed for trying new things; however, I don't do that.

When I was young, I really hate to eat shu-shi.

Anyway, shu-shi is my favorite and essential food in my life now.

It was so stupid choice but I couldn't imagine to eat raw food.

Even though my father was a sailor who used to eat fish food, I always said, "NO!" when he asked to go out for dinner.

Because I knew that he might take us to go fish restaurant, I was so stubborn.

When my family went to sea food restaurant for celebrating my father's vacation, I ordered Gal-bi, Korean traditional meat food, from another restaurant.

My parents made me trying to eat shu-shi but I threw up shu-shi.

I am getting to be sorry to my parents again. J

Most of Korean women, including my mother and my girl friends, likes food of chicken foot because this food is good for women's healthy.

Usually, Koreans eat this food with Korean traditional alcohols; however, I am still hate so much.

When my mother cooked this food in my home, I was so young.

I was so shocked first because I thought wrongly chicken foot as fingers of babies.

Moreover, I thought so seriously my mother is witch.

Well, maybe I was so fascinated to read the Hansel and Gretel. J

I want to go back Korea for eating this food even if I could not eat this food.

It is so amazing because this life in Carbondale makes me missing my dislike food.

after my death

I got memory of night of a day and it was so scared to me.
that night, I wasn't sleep well.
I had thought about my death seriously when I was an elementary student.
in that day, I couldn't stop crying due to afraid of my death.
I worried about my friends and family.
well,thinking of the death made me so matual and sorrowful.
after that day, I have never thought about the death.
If I would be remembered, I want to be a beautiful person in their memory.
It doesn't mean about physical beauty for looking like attractive person.
sometime, the death is closed to people without amy warnning.
therfore, most of people are afraid even imagine of their death.
actually, I have never through the death of people who are closed to me.
so, I cannot imagine about this event.
a farther of my friend died when my friend became 24years old.
he died surprisingly and my friends and I couldn't say anything to her.
it was so shocked to me.
I just want to be a person who can prepare the last moment of my life.
I want to die beside of my people.
in korea, we are always talking about the last moment of person's life.

streotype of koreans

in the korean culture as same as others people have a lot of streotypes.
Koreans have bad reputation for eating dogs. however, it is not for all korean some koreans dislike to eat dogs. therfore, these dos are rasied for to be food without attention of people. in the past, koreans couldn't image about keep a dog indoor.
a dog was not a pet to koreans because we regarded as domestic animal.
right now, thinking of koreans , including me, to dog is chaged a lot. a dog is one of family member. futhermore, I have never eaten do food even these smell.
old koreans were used to eat dog food for their health not for appetite. so, some parents chit their chilren in to eating dog food as medicines for their healthy.
as we know, childrens were used to sick from disease.
some of my friends should to be eaten dog foods. after knowing about ture of medicine, dogs food, they have also never tried to eat dog food again.
one of celebrity from france balmed koreans eating habaits and stigmatized our coustomes as barbarous.
that gave huge effects on our community because we are not.
last term in eap2, my core teacher introduced warm food to us.
she explained eating warm, asians eat warms, will be alternative food in our future.
I was so shocked when I saw it but my thinking is not appopriate.
I reminded some people might thisnk that eating dog food is also not appropriate.
so, I decided to eat warm food for getting extra credits and for understanding another culture. :)

Korea.

Korea's flag was designed in 1882 in order to celebrate our nationality.
Korea's history is based on the Josun dynasty.
in the past, the Josun was not strong and so was close to other counties.
there are China and Japan had attacked to make us their colony.
Based on the pure white of the national flag and luminosity tteuthamyeo Hundred.
it means traditionally a peace loving.
The Koreans to express and ethnicity.
portion below and a red portion above.
there represents the dual cosmic forces of yin (blue) and yang (red).
It symbolizes universal harmony.Traditionally seen the light of our country and nation sungsang indicates.
it is the feminine and the masculine, form the whole.
The four trigrams of Geon, Gon, Gam,and Li, which surround the yin-yang circle.
this is denoted the process of yin and yang going through a series of
changes and growth. Our relationship is facing the idea of equality will tell us.
each side of one evenly divided bar in the lower left-hand corner, denotes"fire".

collectively, the yin-yang circle and the four trigrams represent universal harmony and unity.
Taegeukgi embodies the ideals of all Koreans.
we have pursued creativity and prosperity under universal principles and truth.

Therefore, Koreans are dedicated to working harmoniously to carry out the nation's tasks of unifying.
people and contributing toward world is peace and prosperity.

the best memory in CESL

I have almost studied 10 months in CESL.
I think that I have lots of good memories in CESL during 10 months.
It is that the best memory in CESL is when I studied in AE 2.
Fist time, I was so shy to talk with friends who are from other countries.
Even though they were tried talking to me, I could not say a lot.
Specially, Asian students are recommended about participation in classroom.
When Korean students listen the lecture, we used to quite in classroom.
When I was studying in AE 2, my core teacher was Collin.
I liked his teaching style so that time is my good memory in CESL.
He had usually talked fast so I would especially pay attention more his class than any classes.
I had always sat in front chair and had focused his explanations.
Therefore, he pushed me to say with praise in classroom.
Before I had not talked in classroom much, I was little nervous when he asked me some questions.
However, my strain was almost disappeared more and more.
Our classmates were surprised about my active attitude.
I was so enjoy participating in classroom.
After then, I got many international friends because I have tied opening my mind.
I have met many nice teachers and friends.
If I did not come in here, I would not meet them.’
Sometimes I will miss this time if I can pass EAP 2 this time because it will be the last time in CESL.

nervous

In Korea, we have a special important day in a year for students who are in the last year of high school.
Korean students have studied for that day like as the study machine.
Obviously, most Koreans point out that is a problem in Korea public education but it is still existed.
Especially, in that day, we can see the unbelievable views.
Companies, public service, and stores are opened late for students because they should not be late on test time.
Therefore, policemen are waiting and watching students who might be late for taking them to place of the test.
In that day, we can watch the news about this test through television in a whole day.
Usually, this test is taking from at 9am to 5pm and parents, friends, and other family are waiting students with concern and anxiety.
Just a day, students should show up their whole knowledge for getting high scores in order to enter the university.
This tragic is the process that students cannot avoid in Korea.
I took this test before 7years ago and I could not forget how much I was nervous.
The memory of this day is the worst moment in my life.
That time, I could not match the right answer in the answer sheet due to nervous.
Even though I changed the answer sheet almost five times, I should not be done to finish the answer sheet perfectly.
I have regretted about this stupid mistake since a day.
I should not be sad front of my family because they might be disappointed to me.
However, I could not stop my crying after a test because I was so desperate myself.
My parents asked me to take a test again after a year.
However, I said, “ I want to get second chance but I cannot. I had worked a lot so I cannot do this again.”
I am still against this policy in Korea because students cannot be judged with test score.

my soulmate..

Sometimes, I wonder about my future and my husband who is going to be.
Two of my best friends actually were married with guy and one of them got a daughter two years ago.
Another friend will marry with a guy in this May
Even though I have watched them how they have made their own family, I cannot imagine that event will happen to me later.
Anyway, my age so closed the average marrying age that people think normally.
When I asked to my friends how they decided to marry with him/her, they usually said specific moment.
That moment made them to be getting married and I am still believed this special moment.
However, I also have my ideal type in my mate.
He is a person who I can respect him all my mind.
It is not related on his much money, good back ground, and good job.
If he is that kind of person, he can get high position in social life.
Our children also will respect him as good father.
He might guess to have a strong sense of responsibility for protect our own family.
He might be humor person in order to make me happy.
Therefore, we will argue from small event or big event in our life.
We will through our life that might have ending.
At that time, I am sure that I choose the right guy to me.
And then, right now, I am also trying to be his perfect mate even though we might not know who we are.
In the last, when I see my parents, to make the family is the most imaging job in our life.
So that is why I am still little afraid to think my future, marrying, and world.

misunderstanding.

I often lose some words from other people’s talking because I couldn’t focus on their talking every word.
Defiantly, I miss much word when I talk with Americans due to some unfamiliar word.
Most international students learn and repeat same sentence and word.
And then they use to speak and listen naturally.
One of my friends in here, who is studying TESOL, she always push me to meet her American friends for improving my English.
Sometimes, I got pressure to speak with English front of Korean due to my personality.
Usually, when we have gone out somewhere, she let me to speak every time.
However, she is only one person who makes me so comfort and we are having fun recently.
Anyway, she introduced her American friend who was born in Russia but was raised in the United States to me.
He totally understood my hardship and pressure because of his back ground.
My Korean friend pushed me to lead our conversation, myself.
I was really thanks to her otherwise so shy.
He recognized my situation and he asked me common question which people usually started to know each other.
He asked me about what are my hobby, favorite colors, and favorite movie.
And then, I answered with small voice and he would wait for my answer for a while.
He asked me, “can you play any instrument?” and I said, “Computer.”
I wrongly think the instrument as equipment.
He asked me again, “can you play the computer?” and I realized what he asked.
After I said “I can play the computer keyboard.”, I released from pressure and mistake that might happen when I spoke with him.
Well, anyway I am student who want to learn English and that is my reason to come in here. :)

Koreans

When I met Americans and foreigners, they confused where I am from.
First time, they asked me “are you from Japan?” even they tried to say hi by Japanese.
And then, I told them just “No!” after they guessed I am from in China.
Well, sometimes I tried to explain I am from in Korea but my feeling is starting not good.
I realized my country is known in the world before coming in here. That also is my selfish mind but I want to let them know about our country.
Most Americans did not know where Korea is and what difference between North Korea is.
I am proud of my country, which has long history, only one blood, one our language as Hangeul and special traditional culture.
Our country, people of South Korea cannot meet North Korea’s people naturally.
Even though I couldn’t meet North Korea’s people in here, sometimes other countries people asked to see them or to experience of travel in North Korea.
This is our sad situation from Korea war and we were divided by two sections.
Actually, some old people in Korea may desire the unification by peaceful way without military power.
In another hand, some young people want to keep this situation as two counties.
I am not sure of my opinion with our country of problem because I was not lived war time fortunately.
Including me, many Koreans are not aware of out situation because the war is not finished.
We are temporarily stopping fighting.
I did not read the news paper when I stayed in Korea.
However, I am searching of our events in Korea usually in here.
During that time, I am a stranger in here at the same time I am worrying about our country so much.
Thus, I desire that many Americans would understand our situation as history of two countries.

my father

I met many persons who have influence in my life. I couldn’t measure who gave me more than anyone but my father deserve to be the best. Because my father has stayed with me during whole my life, I reminded my father first. My father is the first son in our big family and he has a strong sense of responsibility. He has dreamed about perfectly happy family. In the past, he had droved a ship for make money in order to support our family. He has never forgotten our family even he had sailing in the abroad. That time, I couldn’t imagine his life in the abroad. I was so young to understand his life at that time. When I was little kid, I was just enjoyed his gifts or vacation. The period of working was approximately one year or more than one year. After finishing his job, he used to visit Korea to see his children. I still remembered what he sent many gifts from the abroad for me and my siblings. After he decided to stop the working at abroad, I was so excited to see my father every day. In other hand, he thought that his children needed father when they were young. His life worked only for his family. Sometimes, I miss my family so much even though I choose this life, in Carbondale, for my dream. After coming in the United States, I realized his saying and efforts for support my family. He has always emphasized that the love of family will be the most important value in our life. And then, I am totally agreed with his thinking about family because the family makes me to be stronger.