From this week, me and my roomate started diet because we are getting weight so much! Befor I came to America, everybody said to me take you care because almost of gials who went to America for studying getting weight. I don't know why but I think different meal is the main reason of getting weight. And following their worried I'm getting weight! We have to get back to Korea in May, so we started real hardly diet.
When I arrived UNK, I'm very surprised because everybody didn't care about their appearances (at least in my view). It is impossible in my country!! I don't know how it come about, but everyone really care about their appearence. Especially women, they always wear pretty clothes, make up, and wear high heel. In my case, I live far from my school so it takes two hour to get my class but I have to care about my appearance, so everyday I wake up early, bear the sore from wearing heel. I'm flat foot person, so it is really hard to me.
Good appearance always to be strong advantage in Korean society. We prefer good looking person than not good looking person at every situation. I think it is our traditional thinking way because we have the old phrase "같은 값이면 다홍치마", it means "I'll choose pretty skirt if it is same price". Of course it is very universe thinking I think our society truely truely like this phrase. Discrimination from appearance cause serious problems such as suiside or mental disorders. I know it is really crazy thing but this is the current! I'm very weak willing person. we got the answer. ;-(
If I live in Kearney I don't have to lose my weight so hard, but live in Korea? It's really really really really different situation! I'm worried about my Korea life because I already accustomed to here, Kearney way. May be I'll have to practice to wear high heels because I'm short!
2009년 3월 28일 토요일
2009 World Baseball Classic
It is too late blog posting, but I'm really impressed by WBC when I found this movie clip from youtube. Frankly speaking, I didn't know that so many people interested in WBC, but one of my classes, one guy who never told me, asked me " you gonna watch the baseball game tonight?" (Actually, I don 't have a TV at home so I couldn't see it.) Anyway I'm very surprised and proud of Korean baseball players. Because of them, world interested in our country! (Sport have strong power! ^.^) Even though, we couldn't be a winner, I'm really proud of their passion and their effort!! (did u see the clashed hat? I'm really impressed and he is cool! :-9)
She did it!!
Korean fairy Yuna Kim did it again!!
She build new world record!!
Actually I'm not ice skating person, but
I fond of her beautiful skating.
How about enjoy her beautiful dance? >_<
2009년 3월 21일 토요일
Truly Hapiness
Durig the spring break, I participated in CSF(Christian Student Followship) trip. this trip is planned for international students in UNK, so many international students who from, South Korea, Japan, China, and Ukraine, went to South dakoda and North Nebraska together.
At second day morning, we went to Indian reservation. According to the plan, we teach our own culture to Indian children but I thought it is really good opportunity for me, also.
When I entered the Indian children's school gym, I could see this phrase.
2009년 3월 11일 수요일
The HOT zone
I attended conference about 'Hot zone' these two days. Actually this is the first time to listened bout the thinking of war of American lively, so I'd really expected these time. I think it is great time but I felt really sad, because of my English skill. I cannot understand whole discussion, and really hard to follow questions and answers. When I was in Korea, my country, I saw so many documentary programs about world war and I already know about many people blame America for their war. After saw these documentaries, I had some questions. Many American know about these facts? They even know about the world wars? and How they feel about these facts?
'HOT zone' project is a sort of surprise to me, especially, the supporting by Yahoo?! It just surprising, it self!! Even though, they quit the supporting to HOT zone project, it is a significant trial to change to real online journal.
I liked to listen his lecture to journalism students and speech about hot zone, but the most shocked thing is not his lecture and speech. The real shock thing is this! When I visited 'HOT zone' project homepage, I could see my country that named watching place that next conflict! When I was in South Korea, I never have felt that I live in dangerous situation. However, after I came out from my country, I felt the Korean Peninsula looks little bit anxious. BUT, I did not know that WORLD KEEP THEIR EYES ON Korean Peninsula!!
As I told, I never ever thought about conflict with North Korea, because we are sibling and if we were on war, we would collapsed together! War is not good solution to both to solve the division statue. The war just gives benefits to another countries such as China, Japan and America. War is just war, not have anymore meaning. These days, North Korea threat us by their missiles. When I was in South Korea, I though it is just usual thing, they want to get something so they blackmailed to our country and world, but now I get scared. If North Korea were going crazy and they occur the war like in 1950, What can I do? How can I protect myself and my family? Am I have to live in anxious? Can I move to the other country? War is not the others business, maybe it is my business!
Of course, I'm sure that the possibility of war is really low, but I realized that I'm live in dangerous site. I just pray to keep our country from the conflict. This is the only thing I can do.
'HOT zone' project is a sort of surprise to me, especially, the supporting by Yahoo?! It just surprising, it self!! Even though, they quit the supporting to HOT zone project, it is a significant trial to change to real online journal.
I liked to listen his lecture to journalism students and speech about hot zone, but the most shocked thing is not his lecture and speech. The real shock thing is this! When I visited 'HOT zone' project homepage, I could see my country that named watching place that next conflict! When I was in South Korea, I never have felt that I live in dangerous situation. However, after I came out from my country, I felt the Korean Peninsula looks little bit anxious. BUT, I did not know that WORLD KEEP THEIR EYES ON Korean Peninsula!!
As I told, I never ever thought about conflict with North Korea, because we are sibling and if we were on war, we would collapsed together! War is not good solution to both to solve the division statue. The war just gives benefits to another countries such as China, Japan and America. War is just war, not have anymore meaning. These days, North Korea threat us by their missiles. When I was in South Korea, I though it is just usual thing, they want to get something so they blackmailed to our country and world, but now I get scared. If North Korea were going crazy and they occur the war like in 1950, What can I do? How can I protect myself and my family? Am I have to live in anxious? Can I move to the other country? War is not the others business, maybe it is my business!
Of course, I'm sure that the possibility of war is really low, but I realized that I'm live in dangerous site. I just pray to keep our country from the conflict. This is the only thing I can do.
2009년 3월 6일 금요일
Editorial #3. The Best Way for Kids
Do you have any idea about the effect of seat belt? No, have you ever think about the effect of seat belt? These days, pup up the arguing about seat belts in school buses in Kearney, Nebraska. Most of states going to put seat belts in school buses and most parents want it also but according to study, seat belts are not help to save kids from serious injuries and they said sometimes seat belts threat kids’ safety. Except this argument, they still have arguments against lap belts and three-point seat belts in buses. Because of these points, Kearney juried out on seat belts in school buses.
The main point of this argument is seat belts is good or bad foe our kids’ safety. According to some articles, the National Transportation Safety Board said adding seat belts to school buses will cause additional head injuries and probably additional deaths in some crashes and they recommended to society instead of putting seat belts on school buses, putting better padding to protect the students. They have supporting evidence which is pretty science based well. They use a computer model used by investigators, and analyzed accidents. The computer model predicted if a kid wearing lap and shoulder belts, the kid would have been twice serious injuries compare to in case of no belts in the bus.
However, the seat belt is really not working, why many people all over the world use the seat belt still now? They said the case of kid is different. Well then, why expert recommend to people, put the car seat on their car for their kids as well? The car seat for kid has the belt for prevent kids, also. It is the clear evidence the seat belt is help to keep one’s life. In case of South Korea, they use a lot of buses for transportation. Of course many people have their own car but Korea is quite small country and fuel for car is really expensive, so many people use transportation in everyday. Narrow road and crowded people who use the road always cause dangerous situations or accidents. Sometimes news report about large clash accidents or turn over, falling accidents of big buses but always said that they can keep their lives by seat belts. Last month, the tour bus turn over on the hill because of broken break, but nobody dead in that bus because every passenger wear seat belts following by bus drivers order. In the Japan, they reported their rate of death by car accident reduced follow eight years. They thought this fact caused by wearing seat belt include back seat of cars.
The problem of school bus is not seat belt but their seats. For reduce kids’ injury on the school buses, people have to check the seats. Kids have very different body from adults, so they have to seat on the special seat that designed for Kids. Not just fix the seat, put seat belts on the seats also. Well designed seats and seat belts for kids can keep our kids in safety from the accidents.
However, just compliment buses are not enough to keep the kid. Everyday almost 400 students use the school buses in Kearney. It is not small number. It’s truly common phrase, kids are our future so we have a duty for keep our kids in safety. Equipments can’t help them completely, so we need personal efforts. In Korea society, the buses are illegal which an instructor does not ride on the bus with kids except bus driver. It is proper rule because one adult cannot control many kids. During the driving, driver cannot consider kids statue, also. It means during driving nobody take care the kids and kids are free to move. Actually in Korea, this rule not kept well so many kids dead by mistake of driver for example, hit by back up bus. To prevent this tragic, change seat, put on seat belt on the seat and at least two adult on the bus with kids. In addition to educate kids about their safety also make the rule. This is the best way to prevent our children from dangerous situations when they are on the bus.
The main point of this argument is seat belts is good or bad foe our kids’ safety. According to some articles, the National Transportation Safety Board said adding seat belts to school buses will cause additional head injuries and probably additional deaths in some crashes and they recommended to society instead of putting seat belts on school buses, putting better padding to protect the students. They have supporting evidence which is pretty science based well. They use a computer model used by investigators, and analyzed accidents. The computer model predicted if a kid wearing lap and shoulder belts, the kid would have been twice serious injuries compare to in case of no belts in the bus.
However, the seat belt is really not working, why many people all over the world use the seat belt still now? They said the case of kid is different. Well then, why expert recommend to people, put the car seat on their car for their kids as well? The car seat for kid has the belt for prevent kids, also. It is the clear evidence the seat belt is help to keep one’s life. In case of South Korea, they use a lot of buses for transportation. Of course many people have their own car but Korea is quite small country and fuel for car is really expensive, so many people use transportation in everyday. Narrow road and crowded people who use the road always cause dangerous situations or accidents. Sometimes news report about large clash accidents or turn over, falling accidents of big buses but always said that they can keep their lives by seat belts. Last month, the tour bus turn over on the hill because of broken break, but nobody dead in that bus because every passenger wear seat belts following by bus drivers order. In the Japan, they reported their rate of death by car accident reduced follow eight years. They thought this fact caused by wearing seat belt include back seat of cars.
The problem of school bus is not seat belt but their seats. For reduce kids’ injury on the school buses, people have to check the seats. Kids have very different body from adults, so they have to seat on the special seat that designed for Kids. Not just fix the seat, put seat belts on the seats also. Well designed seats and seat belts for kids can keep our kids in safety from the accidents.
However, just compliment buses are not enough to keep the kid. Everyday almost 400 students use the school buses in Kearney. It is not small number. It’s truly common phrase, kids are our future so we have a duty for keep our kids in safety. Equipments can’t help them completely, so we need personal efforts. In Korea society, the buses are illegal which an instructor does not ride on the bus with kids except bus driver. It is proper rule because one adult cannot control many kids. During the driving, driver cannot consider kids statue, also. It means during driving nobody take care the kids and kids are free to move. Actually in Korea, this rule not kept well so many kids dead by mistake of driver for example, hit by back up bus. To prevent this tragic, change seat, put on seat belt on the seat and at least two adult on the bus with kids. In addition to educate kids about their safety also make the rule. This is the best way to prevent our children from dangerous situations when they are on the bus.
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