pg. 41 essay first draft /200602232 Mijin YI

My Favorite Food : Bibimbap with bean paste soup

 

Each time when people asked me this question, I would have to think about it very carefully because since my birth, I have been hardly able to control a big appetite, and every dishes are always only good to me. I like seriously everything to eat. By the way, since I have been living alone, not any more with my parents and I don’t have as many opportunities to eat such pretty simple and familiar food as I did before, I realized one day that I was missing in particular Bibimbap with bean paste soup. It was also exactly this food that I missed for my two-year sojourn in France and I wanted to eat as soon as my arrival in Korea. As I already said, it is so familiar and Korean and I ate it so often that I didn’t know how good it is in term of both taste and health.

 

Bibimbap is quite famous and popular these days not only in Asia but in other continents as well. It is even one of the best-seller dishes of Korean Airline between foreigners. It, in general, consists of basically on a bowl of rice, seasoned bracken (Gosari Namul), green pumpkin (Hobak Namul), carrot (Dangeun Namul), cooked roots of balloon flowers (Doraji Namul) and spinach (Sigeumchi Namul), seasoned chopped beef and so on. However, the one made in my family’s way is a little different. First of all, my family’s one doesn’t have rich colors and nice look like the one mostly served in restaurants or seen in many photos as representative Korean traditional food. It rather contains seasoned leaves of peppers (Gochunip Namul), bean sprouts (Kongnamul Muchim), young radish Kimchi (Yeolmu Kimchi) and chopped beef on several cereals-mixed rice. Vegetables put into the dish can be changed according to season. There is, therefore, no a certain recipe with particular ingredients. They are often leftovers in a refrigerator. For my second food added in Bibimbap, bean paste soup called in Korean ‘Doenjangjjige’, it is also different from the one in restaurant; specially the our family’s one is more salty and has less ingredients inside. We mostly use the bean paste made by my grand mother in entirely traditional way. This has its own particular taste; it smells more “traditional”-worse- and tastes more salty and we can see inside not well-mashed beans. I find that this one has a taste more close to each of basic ingredients. It is itself Korean. My mother puts into the soup chopped beef, Tofu, green pumpkin and onion that help the dish taste smooth and less salty than the paste itself.

 

I don’t have any particular story on this food. But as far as it is served in a friendly atmosphere for my family with seasonal vegetables seasoned in my mother’s way and home-made bean paste, these are and will be my favorite food.

Noh Young Sun my favorite food

Food is symbolic in all cultures. Different foods embody their own symbolic meanings and plays certain roles in every society. Furthermore, the food we choose to eat everyday constitutes who we are as individuals ; it is a reflection of our beliefs, religions, personal tastes, incomes, residence, and people whom we have relationships with and ,most importantly, our experiences. When asked to choose their last meal  on earth, prisoners on a death row a few days from execution tend to go for the food from their childhood. In this case, food assumes another symbolic meaning. We all have certain foods that take us instantly to the distant past, so whenever we savor every bite of these foods we travel beyond time and space living the moments of the past engraved in our minds.  The food that I like the most is boiled crab which is inextricably linked with one of my past experiences as a child.      I do not remember exactly how old I was back then, but I presume I was around 4 to 5 years old. I was in bed with bedclothes tugged up to my nose, since I was   sick to death ,shivering with cold. While other members of my family were having dinner ,chattering away in the dining room, I was all alone in dead darkness of my room. Moments later, the conversation died down and I started to feel drowsy under the medication. The minute I fell asleep, a cold hand laid on my forehead sizzling with a fever woke me up. I peaked through narrowed eyes and cuaght a glimpse of my mother and a pot of some food rested on my bed next to her. Pretty soon, the flavorful aroma filled the air. She propped my back against the bedhead and she spoonfed me some boiled crab and  rice.     The fist bite of the juicy boiled crab tasted nothing like I'd ever tasted before. The soft, tender texture of the crab meat gently melted away on my taste buds was  indeed pleasing, Moreover, the white rice soaked in the juice oozing out of the crab was just heavenly.     As ironic as it may sound, whenever I see or smell the boiled crab, it is not the taste that I instantly associate with the food. It always conjures up the image of my mother who was by my side feeding me and taking care of me when I needed her love and affection the most. Come to think of it, it tasted of my mother's gentle smile in her caring and loving eyes.

pg.41 essay first draft 200902474 Lee Su Jin

Andong Steamed chicken

 

 Maybe you have any food that you can't be sick of that food. In my case, Steamed chicken is that food. I like it very much, and I usually eat it. And my mother also know my favorite food, so when I go to my home, mom always prepares steamed chicken for me. When I was a high school student, friends and I usually sent out for it at school. And one day, I ate it for two consecutive days. Like this, I like steamed chicken so much.

 I didn't eat various steamed chickens. But from among those what I ate, I think that Andong Steamed chicken is the best. When I ate it, I can feel various tastes. The sauce is salty, sweet and juicy. And tteok and cellophane are chewy. Moreover vegetables of steamed chicken are very fragrant. The sight of it is very big and tempting, and the smell is very sweet. So, it always stimulate my appetite. Also, I feel warm with a good grace because it is hot. Especially, the sauce tastes good. When you eat rice with the sauce, maybe it will be more delicious.

 I like chicken, so I have eaten many foods of chicken. For example, fried chicken, smoked chicken and samgyetang etc. But I think that Steamed chicken is number one from those foods. And Andong Steamed chicken is the best of some steamed chickens. I can't be sick of it.

pg. 41 essay first draft Kim Kyung Un

                                                                             I am not a sea food fan

                                                                                                                                                                        pg. 41 essay first draft Kim Kyung Un

 

           I am always open minded and willing to try new foods. Whenever I traveled to different countries, I remember tasting exotic foods of that country without any hesitation. However, there has always been one type of food that I have disliked throughout my whole life, which is sea food. In particular, I hate eating crab, squid, clam, lobster and oyster. I've tried eating these food many times before whenever my parents convinced me that they are very good for my health. But, I either threw up after chewing on it carefully or spit it out before I got the full taste of it.  I think the reasons why I hate sea food are because of the taste and the fishy smell that makes me queasy.  But most of all, eating sea food reminds me of a painful memory of my childhood.

           When I was in elementary school, abundant amount of food was served on a big silver plate for every lunch. I always feared the day when sea food such as crab and clams came out as a side dish. My homeroom teacher used to make me and my classmates finish eating all the food on the plate with no leftovers. Whenever I stood in line to get food on my own plate, I remember how I truly wished if the cafeteria lady knew my feelings towards seafood. As I tried one of the clams, I felt like I wanted to throw up immediately. Unluckily, my teacher caught me spitting it out on the floor and trying to secretly throw away the clams on to the ground. Therefore, I had to eat twice as much as I had in the beginning. Thus, I could say that was the most excruciating moment of my life, which probably is the main reason that put me off from eating sea food.

           A lot of the people look at me as if I am insane when I tell them that I don't like sea food. Also, every time my family members try to force me or insist I try some, while they already know that I am going to refuse persistently. However, I believe that there are many people who don't like certain things due to bad memories or experiences which have been imprinted in their minds. Thus, just like these people, I think my childhood memory with seafood somehow developed an intense hatred that put me off from eating it. However, even though I am intolerant to sea food, I am always willing to try new things because it is fun and discovering new food that I haven't tried yet is very adventurous.     

Food i strongly like or dislike 200900547 kim si eun

Chop Suey with Korean Leek   

                                            

When someone was asked to say what's your favorite food, there are different and various answers depending on people. Despite lots of answers and favorite food, I think there are some common reasons why we choose some kinds of food as favorite things. First reason is feeling about the food. It concludes how you taste, smell your food and how you describe it to other person. Last one is food has its own story. Food's feeling is also important ,but how you first met your food is more important. It means your favorite food has its own context which can give you pleasant memory. So I want you to introduce my favorite food 'Chop Suey with Korean Leek' following my two rules.

  Chop Suey with Korean Leek might be a little strange. It comes from china. We can eat it with steamed bread called flower bread. When you first have flower bread, you only feel dull dough. But I really love its light feeling. That's why I can't sick of it. After unwrapping flower bread to each piece, eat sliced mushroom, Korean leek and meat mixed with oyster sauce wrapped in flower bread. Main ingredients for chop suey is Korean leek .but our family loves vegetable. So add various vegetable from paprika to mushrooms. Mixing sauces for Chop Suey are diverse. Chief of all, oyster sauce ' s little salty feeling will never forget.

   Above mentioned, I'll tell my story for Chop Suey. I first knew it by my high school teacher. She said her favorite food was Chop Suey. After listening her tasty description. I pestered my mom to make it. My mom didn't enjoy cooking ,but for encouraging her daughter, on that evening I can have it. Like other Chinese dishes, it was a little oily. My family didn't enjoy it except me. When my mom want me to cheer up or show special love, she certainly made it. I had it delivered several times ,but delivered food can't compare with my mom's sincere dish on white plate. Chop Suey with Korean Leek is still my best food on and on,

 

pg. 41 essay first draft : LEE JI SUK

I really love bread. I fell in love with bread when I was 10. As many korean teenagers know, collecting pocketmonster stickers which were in bread was very popular that time. I used to eat breads everyday to collect stickers as many as possible, gradually I started to be addicted to them, and even now I eat breads so often.   Western people eat bread as their meals, but koreans eat rice instead of breads. Koreans usually think that bread can't replace rice, but I don't think so. Because there are so many kinds of breads and cakes, we can eat different kinds of breads everyday and we need not worry to be sick of breads. It's true that breads can make us fat, but some breads have low calories like bagels and we can control their intake.   I love the scent of bread and its soft touch, I even smell first before I eat bread. I think bread can replace rice, and many Koreans join my thoughts gradually. I'm so addicted to bread anwish to marry pastry cook someday.

pg41 essay first draft : 200801528 BA Byun, Jaehee

My favorite food is beef small intestines and tripe. In Korea, it is called 'gopchang gui(곱창구이). It looks like a tube and it's very chewy. I often go to the gopchang gui restaurant, but the beef intestines are pretty expensive(-about 25000 won per person), so I sometimes buy the pork gopchang gui at street stall. There are many kinds of dishes made by gopchang, for example, gopchang gui(곱창구이), gopchang soup(곱창전골), organ-meat soup(내장탕), I like gopchang gui mixed with sundae(순대곱창) the most.

 

Not only the taste, it is also good for the health. Gopchang has enough iron and vitamin compare to other meats, and the taste is distinctive. It is popular for patients, weakly person and pregnant woman because it can be good for rejuvenating the body and increasing stamina. In <Tonguibogam>《동의보감》, Gopchang makes a strong stomach, protect the five viscera (of heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys) and makes the blood pressure normal. It is also high-protein, low-calorie food and when eat gopchang with alcoholic drink it protects the walls of the stomach and decomposes alcohol.

 

I love gopchang gui because of it's spicy and chewy taste. And unlike the fast-food or snacks, it even good for health so I recommend this food to other people who did not eat this unfortunately. The taste of gopchang gui has delicate difference between the restaurant, therefore, travels around to eat at popular restaurants is a kind of enjoyment.

pg. 41 essay first draft /200800759 Ju Yeon Kim

My favorite food, 'Kimbab'          When I was young, what I liked about going a picnic or a field trip was that for lunch, I always ate 'kimbab'. Especially when I was a kid, my mom woke up early in the morning to prepare 'kimbab' for me. The 'kimbab' she made was the best lunch I could bring on trips. Since than, 'kimbab' became the food I like most. It's taste, and memories about picnics I had with my friends make 'kimbab' the food I like most.        'Kimbab' is one of the Korea's traditional food which you make it basically with 'kim', 'bab' and other ingredients. 'Kimbab' is not that complicate to make. First, you place 'kim' and on top of it, put 'bab' with other ingredients you want to put inside. Those ingredients could be ham, cooked egg, carrots, spinach, tuna or anything you like to put inside. Than next, you roll it all together and make it into a pillar form. After you roll it, with a knife, cut it into pieces so it's available to eat it in a one bite. It is hard to define the taste of 'kimbab' in one word because there are a lot of ingredients inside it. Therefore, to describe the taste of 'kimbab' in one word could be 'fantastic'. Ingredients inside 'kimbab' form a new kind of taste which is hard to feel on other dishes.        There are a lot of Korean traditional dishes which all taste really good. Korean dishes taste all good because it takes a lot of effort and time to prepare it perfectly. 'Kimbab' also take effort and time to prepare it deliciously. 'Kimbab' which can be illustrated as Korean sandwich, is a dish which all koreans really like and enjoy. It's fantastic taste, diverse ingredients inside it and convenience to take it outside for field trips make 'kimbab' my favorite food among others.

MDGJ pg 41 essay first draft Yu Hyelee 200902149

Myoungdonggyoja

 

 

Myoungdong is very famous and crowed area in Seoul, Korea. Therefore, there are so many well-known and various types of restaurants. However among those restaurants, there's one particular restaurant named 'Myoungdonggyoja' that always filled with many people and I love most.

Myoundonggyoja(MDGJ) doesn't sell many kinds of dishes. A few kinds of noodles and one mandu are all they have. Kalguksu is the most famous menu which is a hot noodle dish with chicken soup, pork and mandu garnishes. It is very well known food in Korea. However unlike other kalguksu, MDGJ uses chicken to make its soup and I like this chicken based soup. This soup looks transparent yellowish because it is made very carefully by removing its dirty oil. On top of it, there are four dumplings. It is very thin and small so the soup could soak into those. When I take a bite of it, my mouth is filled with beef juice. And the special flat noodles are chewy and go well with the soup. Besides, there is very special kimchi for it. This kimchi is extremely hot because of much garlic. Literally, kimchi is covered with garlic. However, with kalguksu, it makes a perfect harmony. With a full mouth of MDGJ's kalguksu, I become the happiest person in the world!

When I was young, my mother and father brought me to MDGJ after Sunday's morning service. Now, I bring my friends to there. And I expect someday I will go to MDGJ with my daughter and son and of course with my husband. I'm sure that my love towards MDGJ's kalguksu will never fade away because even now my mouth is watering.

 

 

 

Busan Omuck: pg. 41 essay first draft CHUNG Kyung Seo

I used to go grandmother's home in Busan. Every time I go, my grandmother took me to the market. Busan has many markets. They all have names; Jagalchi Market, Kkang-Tong Market (can in English), Cho-Rang Market and so on. One of my favorite markets is Kkang-Tong. It has so many different things such as clothes, fishes, shells, and snacks, cans and the other. Although my stomach is full, I beg my grandmother to buy me a fishcake (Omuk).

 

Tteok-bok-ki, rice cakes in hot sauce has a friend, which is Omuk. They are in harmony yet no fishcake can beat Busan fishcake. I don't know Busan one has different ingredients, but it tastes better. In a narrow path, there is small cottage filled with sticks. A grandmother is busy and small but she is sweet lady refilling people's soup. There are mixes of vegetables, chili, squid, and muk(Korean type of jelly). I pick up chili. It has slices of chili in fishcake. Small green dots always make me spicy. But I could not help myself to eat another one. I have some fishcakes dipped in soy sauce. After that I drink the special soup with a drop of black sauce. Smoke from soup hides my eyesight for a while. Not only fishcake, there is one special, a stick of rounded rice cake. This white rounded sticky bar can be seen only in Busan. It is very popular among kids. I have to compete with little kids to get one.

 

I enjoy every minute of eating fishcakes, especially at Kkang-Tong market. Not just taste, it has memory of my childhood. My grandmother held my hands not to lose in huge and complicated place. If she thinks I am tired, she brought me an Omuck to cheer me up. Because of this past time, I like Busan omuk.   

pg. 41 essay first draft and Seonyoung Blair Hwang

Primo Bacio Baci, my favorite local hangout

 

     Since I was young, I have been crazy about pasta especially cream sauce pasta. I am so into finding fancy Italian restaurants through the internet blog postings and people regard me as an explorer. I spend several hours looking up the internet postings about the nice restaurants and whenever I hang out with my friends, I suggest them to go the places I discovered on the internet.

     My favorite local hang out Italian restaurant is 'Primo Bacio Baci' which is at Hongdae, Seoul. The restaurant is so famous that people have to stand in a line at least 2 hours. Most of the people visiting there get past named 'Pane' which is the most well-known cuisine of the restaurant. Its noodles are put into bread shaped like a bowl so that people can snack off it. When I pick up the pasta noodles with my fork, I can smell its rich melted cheese flavor and also can see gooey cheese. Not just its attractive figure, what makes me hook on is its gourmet flavor. Once I have some, I can feel its sweet and caramelized fresh vegetables and seafood that is mingled with creamy cream sauce. It is never greasy at all. Its scrumptious taste makes lose my control of eating. At least this moment, I cannot think about gaining weight or that I am on a diet now.

     For me, it seems like looking for terrific Italian restaurant is destiny. I feel lucky that I found a wonderful Italian restaurant like Primo Bacio Baci. Without any doubt, the restaurant will be my favorite Italian restaurant in my whole life.

Food I strongly like or dislike.

   #201081613 – Jitendra Kumar Gupta                                      

 

                                     

First of all, I would like to start with the definition of food. Any substance or material which suits our palates and provides nutritional support to our body is called food. Food consists of carbohydrates, fat, proteins, vitamin, minerals and roughage. Food is either obtained from plants or animals. Now, the food which I like most is Indian food and the food which I dislike is Korean food. However, I like other countries foods also which include pizza, burger, noodles and Chinese fast food etc.

 

 

I like Indian food because I am having it since my childhood. So, I like its taste and smell. It is delicious, soft and smooth in its content. In addition to that Indian food consists of all the essential elements mentioned above at the same time. Hence, we do not need to eat anything from outside as a supplement. Further more, Indian food is designed season wise i.e. on the availability of different vegetables, fruits etc. Therefore, Indian food has its own taste and flavors in different season. Moreover, Indian food is of two typical kinds. One is vegetarian which includes plant products only and other one is non-vegetarian which includes plant and animal products at the same time. I was vegetarian before coming here but as if now I am non-vegetarian. When I was vegetarian I used to get more respect in our society. This is because our society does not believe in killing of animals just to fulfill ones appetite i.e. we believe in non- violence whether it is human or animals. We treat them equally. However, Indians eat flesh of animals but not frequently.       

 

 

I dislike Korean food items because of its smell and taste. Korean food also does not meet all the component of food as mentioned above. Korean people usually take vitamin C & E from outside to meet body requirements. I am writing in response of my room partner who take vitamins usually and also advised me to take regularly. One of most important reason is to dislike Korean food is its food culture because of which I became non-vegetarian and hence I could not keep my word which I have given to my maternal grand mother. However, I started eating  Korean food items like 김밥, 비빔밥 and 감자 라면.This is because of the fact that these food item suit my palate to some extent in comparison to other Korean food stuffs. There are Korean food items which I can not eat at any cost now and ever. However, I personally respect their food culture because every country has its own culture and custom which everyone should respect.

 

 

 

 

 

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From Evergreen, 8^th Ed./Houghton-Miffflin

An inside look at HUFS

                                                                        Jitendra Kumar Gupta

                                                                            Seoul, S. Korea

                                                                               2010-09-12

 

It is obvious that I am new to South Korea and I need friends but I think it's a bit difficult task. This is because I am somewhat different from other guys in terms of skin color. People usually differentiate here from others on the basis of skin color. I think this is a case of racial discrimination which lost its impact in contemporary modern world but it still exists in South Korea.  

 

However, people should be judged by their wisdom and knowledge which they have. Look at Barack Obama, he is black in color but then people from all over the world respect him. What's the reason? The reason behind this is that he is master in his field. There are other examples too. For instance, think about Nelson Mandela. He received Noble Prize for peace in 1993 and is well known in the world.

 

Moreover, skin color is regulated primarily by the amount and type of "melanin hormone". Melanin hormone is of two types: Pheomelanin (red) and Eumelanin (very dark).Light skinned people have pheomelanin and dark skinned people have eumelanin. In addition to that Skin colors also depend on "the climatic condition of the specific area". People who live nearby equator are exposed to direct sunlight and direct sunlight has UV rays. These UV rays in turn help in excessive secretion of eumelanin hormone and hence people living nearby equator are black in color. On the other hand, people living away from equator secret pheomelanin hormone. This is because they live in cold regions and hence their skin is red in color. Therefore, we should respect everyone irrespective of their caste, creed, language, religion, skin color etc. I hope that day is not far when I will have lots of friend.

 

 

 

200902732 LEE JISUK

Hangeul

The word 'Hangeul' means 'The greatest language in the world'. and I think it's exactly right. I always have been thinking that the greatest thing is our alphabet, Hangeul. Day by day, more and more foreign countries are recognizing the superiority of Hangeul and even some tribes decided to accept Hangeul as their official language.Hanguel is designed very scientifically and almost all sounds can be written in Hangeul using just twenty four letters. I have been learning English and Italian, and their pronunciation often changes depending on situations. For the foreigners, it's sometimes very confusing. But unlike other languages, Hangeul always have same pronunciation, so It's easier to learn. For these reasons, I'm really pround of Hangeul and I'm sure that it's the greatest language in the world.

201000269 Kim Kyung Un

      The other day, i was watching a video clip of an artist Chris Jordan who talked about how western culture looks like. He uniquely presented different artworks of gigantic pictures rather than using typical boring statistics. For example, he showed a huge picture of four million plastic cups used by the american airline flights every day. What shocked me was that all these cups added together were taller than the height of the Statue of Liberty.
      After watching these horrifying pictures, suddenly it hit me that culture is not just something that has been created by us deliberately, but something that has been created from our daily awareness. Thus, I realized that all the unconscious behaviors we do in our daily lives  are attributing to catastrophical phenomenons like global warming, addiction, death, obsession etc. Everyday, I also engage in different behaviors unconciously, such as throwing trash on the floor when I am too lazy to reach over all the way to the trash bin and getting mad towards someone when I am not in a great mood. Just like what Chris Jordan says, the cultrual joy is dissapearing in our society and we are forgetting the real feeling of our culture.
      When these problems has become out of control it seems almost impossible to change. However, I believe that these things can be changed when each individuals start to educate each other and wake people up from ignorance by trying to build new different views towards the world. By taking responsibility and considering the quality of life, I belive that our culture can be changed and we can together create a better world.

200902149 Yu Hyelee 유혜리

Taking Sooneung(Korean SAT) once again

 

   In June 2008, I han an experience that changed my life entirely. I decided to taking Sooneung again, because I wanted to study English Literature in Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. So I registered an famous instutiute. At first, studying all day long was really hard for me. To get used to it, it took about two weeks. I made my time scheduler and wrote it always. I got up at six in the morning and took calsses until 5 p.m. And then, I studied for myself until 11o'clock. It was really tough, so I sometimes wanted to go out side and gave up. However, my friends and teachers helped me to not give up and encouraged me. Thanks to them, I could keep studying. Time went by, and finally I took Sooneung and got the grade that I wanted. So now I'm a student of H.U.F.S. and I'm really enjoying my life here. This experience makes me realize that I can do whatever I want if I do my best. I'll never forget this experience that changed me and my life.

200902474 Lee Su Jin(이수진)

 Being a morning person

 

 

I think that being a morning person is great. But to tell the truth, I am not a morning person. I am more a night person than a morning person. I usually go to bed late, and I like sleeping late in the morning. But nowadays I wake up early than usual. Because in the early morning, I have a gathering with my friends to study. It is hard to wake up early than usual. Every morning, I think many times that I want to sleep just more 5 minutes. Like this, to overcome a temptation of sleeping is hard. But using more times of morning is very effective and good. I don't need to prepare for a class in a dash, skip breakfast and miss a bus. Besides, I can take more works than usual. Although I am a little tired, I feel a sense of satisfaction for having a day hard and being healthy. By this opportunity, I am trying to be a morning person not a night person.

200601024 Noh Young Sun Something Great

200601024 Noh Young Sun                                Something Great  What I find to be exceptionnaly great is a simple fact that I 'm still alive. It may sound cheesy to some of you, but now and then, my eyes get misty at the very thought of me having one more day to see my family , closest friends, and most importantly, just to be who I truly am. It feels great to be alive thanks to simple things in life that make my life worthwhile, but which I shamefully take for granted more often then not ; going to school, taking classes, having lunch with my closest friends, living under the same roof with my beloved family, etc... Frankly speaking, this feeling of gratitude is something that does not alwaus fill my heart ; I often tend to focus too much on what I do not have or problems that lie ahead right in front of me. However, awareness of life has definitely been my tower of strength whenever I feel like throwing in the towel. In times of distress and hardship, I gain strength from these blessings ,which I often pitifully forget when my life is a smooth sailing. There is an Englsih saying that goes ' Stop and smell the roses.' Let us take some time to think about what we have that is truly great. All of us are presented with the greatest treasure that we cannnot find elsewhere.   That is life...

200900547 Kim Si Eun

The Greatest Thing In My Life.

 

 For me, the most great thing in my life is taking Korea SAT. For entering the university in Korea, most of students have to take SAT. Through this test, all students can't avoid being stood in line by their test results. There are the first and the last in this test. First time, Like other students, It was really stressful for me. I couldn't endure this kinds of competitions. I didn't want to compete between friends. So I had to study one more year.

After taking twice SAT, I realized the test gave me not only pain, but also the greatest thing, gain. I understood what 'no pains on gains' meant from my heart. And also knew there's no free lunch. Someone are buzzing about SAT's hard competition. But I think we can be real adult through this test. It can be our coming of age ceremony. So I chose Koera SAT as the greatest thing in my life.

 

 

Writing homework 1 YI, Mijin

A Memorial Event in My Life

 

It is about one of most unforgettable events in my life. It was in the autumn when I was 9 year-old. At that moment, I was crazy in collecting dragonflies. One day, I had made up my mind to fill up a small plastic box with them. So, I spent several hours achieving such my goal and it was finally done with over a hundred of different poor creatures. As I was pleased to see the completely filled box, seemingly without any tiny hole to put one more into it, I wanted to see them more closely. Therefore, I got to approach myself to the box and I could find out though a transparent glass that most of them had been already died. Astonished with that fact I had never expected to be done, I quickly opened the small glass to let them getting out of the box with hoping as many of them as possible to be alive. However, my hope didn't work in that case. That's the experience I regret the most in my life and that I was shocked most of discovering a part of myself so selfish and cruel.

Intro to Academic English Wed78 Seonyoung Hwang week2

My Great Experience in Cambodia

 

     Traveling always makes me excited in terms of making it possible for me to get out of daily routines and refresh myself. Among the countries that I have ever been, one of the most adorable tourist spots was Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I can never forget its exotic and beautiful scenery. Every building of the place has its own feature, but they were harmonized perfectly at the same time. Especially, it was at sunrise and sunset that Angkor Wat boasts its beauty the most. Inside the buildings, there were carvings on the walls. It was fascinating enough to attract people's eyes because every single carved faces which are on the walls had different facial expressions such as crying, smiling, laughing, and so on. Having a trip to Cambodia was so impressive and beyond my expectations and the memories from there will be imprinted in my heart forever.

200903875 Seonyoung Hwang, week2

 

My Great Experience in Cambodia

 

          Traveling always makes me excited in terms of making it possible for me to get out of daily routines and refresh myself. Among the countries that I have ever been, one of the most

     adorable tourist spots was Angkor Wat, Cambodia. I can never forget its exotic and beautiful scenery. Every building of the place has its own feature, but they were harmonized

     perfectly at the same time. Especially, it was at sunrise and sunset that Angkor Wat boasts its beauty the most. Inside the buildings, there were carvings on the walls. It was fascinating   

     enough to attract people's eyes because every single carved faces which are on the walls had different facial expressions such as crying, smiling, laughing, and so on. Having a trip to    

     Cambodia was so impressive and beyond my expectations and the memories from there will be imprinted in my heart forever.

200903084 CHUNG Kyung Seo 정경서

My little brother went music camp this summer. He is one of the violin players in orchestra. On the last day of camp, his orchestra performed. As I listen to his play, I remembered how great it was to be an orchestra member. Playing music in orchestra is hard. I have to practice a lot and listen to other sounds. And I have to follow conductor at same time. But playing music with various instruments gives me a wonderful time. I get to know the classic. I could distinguish the sounds of instruments. And performing music is awesome. It feels like I achieve something. Even though I don't play flute anymore, I would like to be at the orchestra.

200800759 김주연(Kim, Juyeon)

There are a lot of great things around us and the greatest thing I choose are 'friends'. Everyone need to maintain friendship among friends to make their lives more abundant and cheerful. Friends help us emotionally when we feel bad and give us courage when we try to start something new. Even though friends are not blood related relationship, it is sometimes more powerful than that among family members. Therefore, as we live through our lives, it's important to put our effort to make relationship among friends tight and strong. Friends will be one of the most important value that we need to cherish to make our journey in lives more beautiful. To make our long journey in lives more happy, friends will be always needed.

BA 200801528 변재희(Byun, Jaehee)

         I think the greatest thing(?) in the whole world is mothers. They always dedicate to their children. They save the money for themselves, however, they spare no cost when it comes to their children's. Even though children disobey them, they endure and love their children. No matter what happens, they'll always be on our side. They are anxious about their children's safety regardless of they already become an adult. But the majority of the people do not recognize their mother's love. Therefore, we have to good to our parents while they are here with us.

 

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