Not much today. I watched "Blindness". I don't know but the movie was a bit weird. It looked like an amateur director trying to look like a professional but apparently it's by an acclaimed director and a great novelist. Anyhow I'm making a mini-post-Christmas-pre-New Year's Resolution List.
1. Score higher than B+ on Sociology course.
2. Study Arabic
3. Get driver's license.
4. MOS certificate
5. Learn Chinese characters
6. Read 2 books a week
7. Go shopping
8. Keep posted on exchange student
9. Practice the guitar
10. Practice the cello
11. Practice the flute
12. Listen and discover as many music as possible
13. Exercise twice a week
14. Make int'l group
15. Join a debating group
2008년 12월 25일 목요일
2008년 11월 22일 토요일
Sex Offenders
Do we give these sex offenders a second chance?
Maybe they do have some kind of crazy mental problem and they can't help it, but that doesn't give them an excuse. If I were the president I would give them death penalties but since I'm not and well Presidents just happen to be so forgiving when it comes to sex offenders I guess the only thing I can do is to sit back and watch on the news sexually abused children grow by daily.
But what if it was you? What if it was your child? What if it was your sister and your best friend?
Will you still sit back and talk shit about defending the rights of sex offenders who BY THE WAY have already had their second chance? Some might say well, what if you were the wife, the mother, or the friend of the sex offender? Would you still give them such a big penalty?
If you're asking me, I say YES! If my friend or my whoever commited such a crime that affected an innocent child and their whole family and made their life miserable, then I say we must take these consequences.
Maybe they do have some kind of crazy mental problem and they can't help it, but that doesn't give them an excuse. If I were the president I would give them death penalties but since I'm not and well Presidents just happen to be so forgiving when it comes to sex offenders I guess the only thing I can do is to sit back and watch on the news sexually abused children grow by daily.
But what if it was you? What if it was your child? What if it was your sister and your best friend?
Will you still sit back and talk shit about defending the rights of sex offenders who BY THE WAY have already had their second chance? Some might say well, what if you were the wife, the mother, or the friend of the sex offender? Would you still give them such a big penalty?
If you're asking me, I say YES! If my friend or my whoever commited such a crime that affected an innocent child and their whole family and made their life miserable, then I say we must take these consequences.
2008년 11월 6일 목요일
Obama for a change!
It's definitely change, alright.
I like Obama, maybe its his looks or his strength in his voice or his ideology.
And even if his policies work against Korea (we're all wailing over here) I like Obama.
But I'm beginning to think is the United States simply becoming globalized?
Or is it the start of losing its identity?
I like Obama, maybe its his looks or his strength in his voice or his ideology.
And even if his policies work against Korea (we're all wailing over here) I like Obama.
But I'm beginning to think is the United States simply becoming globalized?
Or is it the start of losing its identity?
2008년 11월 2일 일요일
The biggest free riders ever!
I recently had an english class that required a group presentation of 4 and I happened to be the leader. People who know me, I am definitely not the leader type. When someone tells me what to do, I am very attentive to what they say and do EXACTLY what they tell me to do, but I'm not the sort of person who orders people around and tell them what to do.
What I've noticed with these (some) Korean kids: They are the biggest and best free riders ever. They cannot do anything that involves dividing. Maybe that's why Koreans can't dutch pay. At first it looked like everything was going fine: although there was one Chinese dude who could not speak english or korean. But then I soon realized everything was falling apart. Just because people thought that I could speak english, they came up with this weird psychology that I would do everything for the project. We were 4, actually 3 we have to exclude the dude everytime it comes to division of labor. So I divided it into 3 equal jobs and gave it to the two others. One day we gathered to show each other our work, and one did not do their work that well. I mean this guy didn't know the difference between "is" and "it". Now, the two of them were complaining that I should make the script and PPT for them. And when I said "You should write your own although I can help you with it" they got absolutely insane and mad and screamed "Then what the hell are you doing for the presentation?!?!"
It just struck me I couldn't say anything. Uh, Hello? I did my one third of share? and I even offered to help?
I'm a bad leader. a Terrible one.
So I'm sitting now on my computer making a user guide (which won't fucking print without getting the edges cut off) and an outline and finalizing a script and a powerpoint presentation all by myself and NO ONE knows that I'm doing all this. My team members? I texted them and I have no idea what they're doing. In fact I think one of them is out there partying.
What I've noticed with these (some) Korean kids: They are the biggest and best free riders ever. They cannot do anything that involves dividing. Maybe that's why Koreans can't dutch pay. At first it looked like everything was going fine: although there was one Chinese dude who could not speak english or korean. But then I soon realized everything was falling apart. Just because people thought that I could speak english, they came up with this weird psychology that I would do everything for the project. We were 4, actually 3 we have to exclude the dude everytime it comes to division of labor. So I divided it into 3 equal jobs and gave it to the two others. One day we gathered to show each other our work, and one did not do their work that well. I mean this guy didn't know the difference between "is" and "it". Now, the two of them were complaining that I should make the script and PPT for them. And when I said "You should write your own although I can help you with it" they got absolutely insane and mad and screamed "Then what the hell are you doing for the presentation?!?!"
It just struck me I couldn't say anything. Uh, Hello? I did my one third of share? and I even offered to help?
I'm a bad leader. a Terrible one.
So I'm sitting now on my computer making a user guide (which won't fucking print without getting the edges cut off) and an outline and finalizing a script and a powerpoint presentation all by myself and NO ONE knows that I'm doing all this. My team members? I texted them and I have no idea what they're doing. In fact I think one of them is out there partying.
2008년 10월 20일 월요일
Today I realized life is meaningless...agree?
I do. I mean life is kinda meaningless. And I have no motivation whatsoever to do anything.
I just lie in bed all day, even when I'm fully aware my exam is on Thursday, Fri, and Saturday.
Then I start hating myself for being so lazy and procrastinatingg (dammit can't even spell now)
I keep wondering am I doing the right thing. am I doing what I like. am I doing what I wanna do for the rest of my life.
I want a decent job by the time i graduate and in 10 years i hope to be in some place where people can admire at least a little. But am I doing enough to deserve this?
Am I going to regret this? I really do want a job doing what I really want to do, and still getting some respect from others with a fair pay of course. I don't expect to be wealthy but I want a decent house and a decent car. But most of all, I want to be enjoying my life 10 years later.
Stuff to do:
1. Cultural Studies Exam Thurs
2. Polit Science Exam Fri
3. Econ Exam Sat
4. Volunteer work Mon
5. Eng. Presentation Tues
6. Presentation Wed
I just lie in bed all day, even when I'm fully aware my exam is on Thursday, Fri, and Saturday.
Then I start hating myself for being so lazy and procrastinatingg (dammit can't even spell now)
I keep wondering am I doing the right thing. am I doing what I like. am I doing what I wanna do for the rest of my life.
I want a decent job by the time i graduate and in 10 years i hope to be in some place where people can admire at least a little. But am I doing enough to deserve this?
Am I going to regret this? I really do want a job doing what I really want to do, and still getting some respect from others with a fair pay of course. I don't expect to be wealthy but I want a decent house and a decent car. But most of all, I want to be enjoying my life 10 years later.
Stuff to do:
1. Cultural Studies Exam Thurs
2. Polit Science Exam Fri
3. Econ Exam Sat
4. Volunteer work Mon
5. Eng. Presentation Tues
6. Presentation Wed
2008년 10월 10일 금요일
new post in 6 days!
New post in 6 days! that's a record for sure! wow i must have been really bored. I'm not supposed to be bored though, my finals are coming up next week :( My arabic's just going eemm...so-so. it's still fun. I mean the writing still fascinates me. I totally regret bailing out from Arabic classes in Choueifat and not picking it up when EVERYONE spoke Arabic making me feel like some outsider.
I reallly wanna try out other languages. If I ever get to master Arabic before my deathbed, I'd wanna try out French. I did learn French before for like 3months? But it was horrible. Ms. LeSaux really knew how to tire people out and made us pay 5 pesos for every pad paper we didn't bring to buy herself cigarettes that she tried to hide by drinking tons of iced tea but to no avail. And later on my mom made me learn French privately form MRS. LeSaux, Ms. LeSaux's mother. Like I said before, the American Sign Language is on my list. Then I wanna try maybe Spanish.
Hey come on, don't look at me like I'm some overconfident language addict. Most of the students in my Arabic classes tell me Arabic is their fourth or fifth language. EVERYONE knows how to speak Korean and English. Most can speak French and Chinese fluently. Some can speak Spanish and German and Japanese. I'm the only person who can speak just 2 languages.
1. Master Arabic
2. (American) Sign language
3. French
4. Spanish
5. Chinese
Just 5 languages. That's all i ask. Oh wait, I might wanna add in Vietnamese. I've wanted to try it out coz whenever I go to Vietnam, where my dad lives currently, I have to communicate with words rather than sentences. Anyways Vietnamese is somewhat similar to French I heard so that'l make it easier.
Ma at salama. Au revoir. Ciao. Zai jian. Bye for now!
I reallly wanna try out other languages. If I ever get to master Arabic before my deathbed, I'd wanna try out French. I did learn French before for like 3months? But it was horrible. Ms. LeSaux really knew how to tire people out and made us pay 5 pesos for every pad paper we didn't bring to buy herself cigarettes that she tried to hide by drinking tons of iced tea but to no avail. And later on my mom made me learn French privately form MRS. LeSaux, Ms. LeSaux's mother. Like I said before, the American Sign Language is on my list. Then I wanna try maybe Spanish.
Hey come on, don't look at me like I'm some overconfident language addict. Most of the students in my Arabic classes tell me Arabic is their fourth or fifth language. EVERYONE knows how to speak Korean and English. Most can speak French and Chinese fluently. Some can speak Spanish and German and Japanese. I'm the only person who can speak just 2 languages.
1. Master Arabic
2. (American) Sign language
3. French
4. Spanish
5. Chinese
Just 5 languages. That's all i ask. Oh wait, I might wanna add in Vietnamese. I've wanted to try it out coz whenever I go to Vietnam, where my dad lives currently, I have to communicate with words rather than sentences. Anyways Vietnamese is somewhat similar to French I heard so that'l make it easier.
Ma at salama. Au revoir. Ciao. Zai jian. Bye for now!
2008년 10월 4일 토요일
Sign Language
For around 10 days I lived alone since my mom was gone away. I had nothing to do. And I had already watched all seasons of Gilmore Girls, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, and Desperate Housewives.
As I was browsing around I came across the L Word, a series about
lesbians living in WeHo, LA and their lives, love, and friendship. I really enjoyed watching it. It has A LOT of themes such as how Bette defines her identity as African-American when no one knows she has the African blood and how trust is broken between Bette and Tina....and etc.
In season 5, Jodi appears. Jodi is a deaf sculptor played by Marlee Matlin. Matlin is in reality deaf. She has complete hearing loss on one side, and 80% on the other. Yet she is very outgoing and wonderful. There are many scenes where Bette and Jodi communicate thru sign language. So I started taking some interest in sign languages. I never knew there were different sign languages in different countries. Jodi and Bette use the ASL (American Sign Language). I found some lessons on the internet and can sign words like afraid, don't know, do, mad, sister, water, dinner, party, worth, and etc.
I think the world of sign language is just be-autiful. The fact that you can communicate with just your hands is mind blowing for me. Anyways I'm thinking about learning the ASL by myself. It's fun. but still haven't decided if I should learn the KSL instead.
As I was browsing around I came across the L Word, a series about
lesbians living in WeHo, LA and their lives, love, and friendship. I really enjoyed watching it. It has A LOT of themes such as how Bette defines her identity as African-American when no one knows she has the African blood and how trust is broken between Bette and Tina....and etc.
In season 5, Jodi appears. Jodi is a deaf sculptor played by Marlee Matlin. Matlin is in reality deaf. She has complete hearing loss on one side, and 80% on the other. Yet she is very outgoing and wonderful. There are many scenes where Bette and Jodi communicate thru sign language. So I started taking some interest in sign languages. I never knew there were different sign languages in different countries. Jodi and Bette use the ASL (American Sign Language). I found some lessons on the internet and can sign words like afraid, don't know, do, mad, sister, water, dinner, party, worth, and etc.
I think the world of sign language is just be-autiful. The fact that you can communicate with just your hands is mind blowing for me. Anyways I'm thinking about learning the ASL by myself. It's fun. but still haven't decided if I should learn the KSL instead.
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