이츠카드 청첩장 신청!!

바쁘게 돌아가는 결혼준비 중에
이제는 더이상 미룰래야 미룰 수 없었던 청첩장!

실속형 결혼준비 커플인 우리는
여기저기 한참을 고민하다 이츠카드로 결정!!!

샘플만 50여장 넘게 받아본듯..
하여 최종으로 남은 후보들이 아래의 이츠카드 2장.

 선명하고 새로운 느낌과 고전적이고 화려한 느낌..

최종적인 선택은 새롭고 눈에 확띄는 청첩장으로!!^^

결혼일자가 눈에 확실히 들어와서 좋은듯..

Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy

Here, I'm here, a good old fashioned lover boy only just for you.





Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
- Queen

I can dim the lights and sing you songs full of sad things
We can do the tango just for two
I can serenade and gently play on your heart strings
Be your valentino just for you

Ooh love - ooh loverboy
What're you doin' tonight, hey boy
Set my alarm, turn on my charm
That's because I'm a good old-fashioned lover boy

Ooh let me feel your heartbeat (Grow faster, faster)
Ooh ooh can you feel my love heat
Come on and sit on my hot-seat of love
And tell me how do you feel right after-all
I'd like for you and I to go romancing
Say the word - your wish is my command

Ooh love - ooh loverboy
What're you doin' tonight, hey boy
Write my letter
Feel much better
And use my fancy patter on the telephone

When I'm not with you
I think of you always
(I miss those long hot summer nights)
I miss you
When I'm not with you
Think of me always
Love you - love you

Hey boy where do you get it from
Hey boy where did you go ?
I learned my passion in the good old
Fashioned school of loverboys

Dining at the Ritz we'll meet at nine precisely
One two three four five six seven eight nine o' clock
I will pay the bill, you taste the wine
Driving back in style, in my saloon will do quite nicely
Just take me back to yours that will be fine (Come on and get it)

Ooh love, (There he goes again just like a good old-fashioned lover boy)
Ooh loverboy
What're you doin' tonight, hey boy
Everything's all right
Just hold on tight
That's because I'm a good old-fashioned fashioned lover boy

A Victory

He was one of the fattest guy on the surface of the earth.



Nothing is Impossible.

Sony MDR-D333

I bought this headphone when I visited Japan this January. In fact, at that moment I didn't need to purchase it because I had never used headphone outdoor. But at the first glance, my eyes were completely caught by its design and color. Every time when I wear it, I think I did a good job(As much as I know, in Korea, it's really hard to find white one what I have.)

If you are interested in MDR-D333,
here are my tips.
1. Wear it with a cap. That's the best match.
2. Only white one. Siver is infamous!
3. Have you ever used retractable cord system? No? Experience it.

Overview
◎ Double band foldable headphones for outdoor use with MP3 players
◎ Button activated retractable cord
◎ Experience the ultimate in comfortable listening with aura-nomic design
◎ High power neodymium magnets are used to reproduce clear mid-range sounds and rich low range sounds
◎ Button activated retractable cord
◎ Available in Silver/White

Technical Specification
◎ Open Air Type NO
◎ Dynamic Type YES
◎ Closed Type YES
◎ Frequency (Hz) 12-24,000
◎ Sensitivity (dB/mW) 102.0
◎ Magnet Neodymium (300kJ/m3)
◎ Impedance (Ohm) 24.0
◎ Cord type OFC retractable
◎ Cord length (m) 1.2
◎ Plug Straight stereo mini plug (Gold)
◎ Weight (g) 136.0
(from : www.sony.co.uk)

Hot Summer Marathon (1)

Whoa, how stupid I was!!! My goal was 1h40m yesterday, but no later than the 1st round, I knew it would be really hard. Running around a mountain was much harder than running around lakes!

Fortunately, there was no rain and the temperature was pretty adequate to run, however, the course had many ups and downs as you see below.



Not only ups but also downs made my legs heavier and slower. Each time when I passed by the check points, I heard some whispering from my brain, 'take a rest, just a moment. there's some problem. wait!' I wanted and needed to take a break but I never stopped as I promised yesterday. Because I didn't wanted to lose the game with myself. Even though I failed to achieve my goal(2h10m50s), I won the game. That's the point.

Hot Summer Marathon

Tomorrow, there will be my first half marathon around Namsan. I've thought 20km is not very long distance and I have no doubt I can make it.

However, I can't keep myself from being a little bit nervous because of the weather. I've never run long distance in the rain before. Rain can make body colder and that can affect the record(my goal is 1h40m).

Anyhow, everything is ready, my self-confidence and will. My legs will never give up until the end. GO!

What Fun

Taxi 4

Whatever you imagine, you will see the worse. ★☆☆☆☆

Transformers

Interesting, just enjoy it. ★★★★☆


http://www.transformersmovie.com/

CW-X Stablyx Tights

My new goal of 2007 has been set up. I will participate in 3 marathon competetions(1 half, 2 full distance). It's for one of my dreams, the boston marathon and triathlon. For that, from tomorrow, the physical training program will be started again.

As a part of preparation, I've searched for marathon tights which can support my knees, hamstrings, limbs, calfs and so on. And finally, I could find CW-X Stablyx thights. It's awesome! Let's see.





Isn't it so beautiful? Plus, check the features below.(Click the image)


I'm sure if you were interested in running, you are wanting it like me. However, here's a bad news. We can't buy it in Korea, so we need to place an order via internet. I asked online retailers the shipping and handling cost. When I receive the answer, I will post it here. Anyhow, If you want more information, visit CW-X.

Starcraft 2

Starcraft 2 : Intro

Starcraft 2 intro was finally opened to the public for the first time in Seoul today. Starcraft has been the best RTS(Real Time Simulation) game for 10 years. Its popularity in Korea is so huge that there is even Starcraft proleague and many famous starcraft pro gamers.

Blizzard which had publicized Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo and so on, said it was natural to be opened in Korea firstly on the surface of the earth. And nobody can have an objection about that. Because Korea is the biggest market of Blizzard.

It's hard to expect how huge the impact of starcraft 2 will be. However, it's certain that there will be a gigantic diastrophism in game market when it will come to us.

I'm not a big fan of Starcraft. But the news of starcraft 2 reminds me 1998 when I was a freshman at my university. So I'm jotting down this. 10 years have passed. Time flies and a lot of things have been changed and will be. I think I'm not the man whom I dreamed 10 years before. But when I would hear the news of Starcraft 3, I will be the man whom I dream now.

What Fun

Hmmm... The secret of its taste?

A Sentimental Night

Nobody knows ...
Nobody to ...
Is there anybody to ... ?

I dream the Tel-Aviv beach under the SUN.

What Fun

WoW

God Bless You

Seeing that SURPRISING SMS, I couldn't keep myself from calling you. You will never know how much I was shocked. Please take care of you.

Parents' Day

It's the day that we remind our parents' love and devotion. In Korea, we give carnation to their parents to express respect, honor, love, and so on. And parents wear a carnation on their breast for a day.

Frankly speaking, for me it's not very easy to say mother&father 'I love you.' So some special day like parents' day, their birthday, wedding anniversary, etc. are good chances to express my love.

However, this year, I am very far from home now. I could just call and ask after them. Although I can't be with them, I can't give them a carnation, I believe they know how much I love and respect them.

I love you, father. I love you, mother.

2007 TIPA AWARD

Technical Image Process Association has announced its '07 award winners.

1 D-SLR ENTRY LEVEL : Nikon D40x
2 D-SLR EXPERT Pentax : K10D
3 D-SLR PROFESSIONAL : Canon EOS-1D Mk III
4 MEDIUM FORMAT D-SYSTEM : Hasselblad H3D, series
5 RANGEFINDER D-CAMERA : Leica M8
6 ULTRA COMPACT D-CAMERA : Fujifilm FinePix Z5fd
7 COMPACT D-CAMERA : Nikon Coolpix P5000
8 SUPERZOOM D-CAMERA : Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
9 MULTIMEDIA CAMERA : Samsung i7
10 ENTRY LEVEL LENS : AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/3,5-5,6G IF-ED
11 EXPERT LENS : Sigma 70mm f/2,8 EX DG Macro
12 PROFESSIONAL LENS : Canon EF 16-35mm f/2,8L II USM
13 PRESTIGE CAMERA : Ricoh Caplio GX100
14 INNOVATIVE DESIGN : Olympus ? 770 SW
15 FLATBED PHOTO SCANNER : HP Scanjet G4050
16 SMALL FORMAT PHOTO PRINTER : Canon SELPHY ES1
17 EXPERT PHOTO PRINTER : Epson Stylus Pro 3800
18 MULTIFUNCTION PHOTO PRINTER : Canon PIXMA MP810
19 LARGE FORMAT PRINTER : HP Designjet Z3100
20 FINE ART INKJET PAPER : Hahnem?hle Photo Rag Pearl 320
21 IMAGING STORAGE MEDIA : Lexar Professional UDMA 300x CF
22 STORAGE BACK-UP : Epson Multimedia Storage Viewer P-5000
23 IMAGING INNOVATION : Samsung Smart Touch User Interface
24 PHOTO SOFTWARE : Apple Aperture 1.5
25 COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM : X-Rite i1PhotoLT
26 ACCESSORY : Manfrotto 190XPROB
27 DIGITAL ACCESSORY : Delkin SensorScope
28 EXPERT PHOTO PROJECTOR : Casio XJ-S35
29 PRO PHOTO PROJECTOR : JVC DLA-HD1
30 FILM : Kodak Portra II
31 EXPERT CAMCORDER : JVC HD Everio GZ-HD7
32 PRO CAMCORDER : Sony HDR-FX7E
33 MOBILE IMAGING DEVICE : Nokia N95
34 DIGITAL MINILAB : Fujifilm Frontier 550
35 PHOTO KIOSK : HP Photosmart Studio
36 MONITOR : EIZO ColorEdge CG21

Acting Practice

We learned how to express our feelings like happiness, anger, sadness, pleasure, etc. Those feelings are very natural, every day we feel and express them without any concern. However, it was really different and difficult to deliver our feelings naturally as an acting.

Furthermore, in a play, I should understand the situation deeply and be changed to the character in other to deliver the story to audience if not for any obstacles. We, now, are not used to express ourselves in front of others, so it was hard and unnatural.

We MUST make a wonderful performance 1 month later whether we have enough time or not. Learning how to express feelings, I thought technics and skills are important, but to be honest to ourselves and practice are more essential. Now we are going very slowly to our goal but I believe when our practice will be accumulated, our potentials and will make us fly.

Happy Birthday To Me

Yesterday it was my 28th birthday. Actually I don't care so much about my birthday. It's just a day of my precious life. I think every each day has its own meaning, so birthday is not much more meaningful than the other days.

However, yesterday, it was special. I went to Pusan and I had a great time. And my friends prepared surprise party for me and we sang&danced until dawn. Thanks to them, it could be a special day.

Thank you very much father&mother, you gave me life. It's your day.
Thank you my friends, you gave me pleasure.
And thank you, K.E.

Can Do It

It was a long day. Stretching, running, dancing, gymnastics, weight training. Those are what I've done all day long. The practice is getting harder and harder. So every part of my body are screaming. But I feel like I'm in high.

I've never had chances to take this kind of class during schooling. Though it was not easy, today I learned many acrobatic technics and made good movements. I'd not thought I could make the very cool jumps. It was awesome!

About 2 weeks later, the main character of the performance will be selected by producer. To be the hero, many skills and abilities are needed especially the ability to control body and to express feelings. Still, I can't say I'm the best. However, I promise I will write a delightful article 2 weeks later.

I can do it. I will make it.

The Summer Festival T/F

I was drafted to Summer Festival Task Force Team. The Summer festival is one of the biggest event of the group. Every new employee of the year(about 10,000) gather all together at same time, at same place.

During the festival, many performances and programs are played by us. To get the best prize, every company of the group competes hardly. They run the T/F system to prepare it more efficiently and better. T/Fs focus only on the festival. It needs long and hard procedure but because of the fruit of the efforts, almost every newbie wants to be a member of T/F team.

Fortunately, I was drafted to it and selected the I.D contest team leader. I.D contest is the most creative and acrobatic performance. So thesedays we are preparing our bodies for it. From 9am to 6pm, we practice gymnastics, play, jazz dance, yoga, and so on. I appreciate team members because everybody enjoys those hard trainings and shares same goal.

I feel the weight of my responsibility deeply. I swear I will do my best to support them fully and to keep the goal until the end. I believe that the sweats we sweat now will be our tear of joy.

Spiderman 3

Cool visuals, too many stories

三人行必有我師

'三人行必有我師'is a chinease saying which means everybody has some good points to learn. I felt its teaching again.

This week I have worked with young operators in manufacturing process. Through the process, I could learn by direct and actual experiences. I asked operators a lot of things and we had many talks. I could look and listen the realities of manufacturing. For instance, hard works, efforts for good quality, responsibilities, duties, the importance of adept, hardness of life and so on.

As a matter of fact, there was no chance to experience the real environment of factory though I've studied business administration at university. My knowleadge was not a live thing. There was a large gap between realities and theories. To be a superior leader, I should be a person who has a good understanding about the gap and can reduce it.

Anyhow, I learned many things and I reflect on myself. I was very lucky to take that opportunity and to meet nice operators. I will never forget the teaching.

STR-900-9V

Casio 'Phys' STR-900-9v

Finally 'IT' was delivered. I have run without any watch to check my records exactly. Because my other watches can't count the lap time and mobile phone is too heavy. So I had to ask others what time it was and then I could check my records approximately. But from today, I could know my lap times and splits.

My first impression about it was satisfaction. Its shape and function were especially designed for runners. It weighs only 42g and has wide panel what helps runners read numbers easily. Plus, the function was perfect for me and its vivid yellow color captivated my eyes.

Of course, there are many specialized professional luxury watches what can check blood pressure, distance/speed with gps, and so on. Compare to them, STR-900-9V is simple and stupid. However, I can assert that I will be able to improve my running ability continously with it. When I can run the whole marathon course in 3 hours, I would consider buying one of them. Until that moment, it will be always on my wrist when I run.

What A Kind Taxi Driver

My roommate and I took a taxi in the morning to go to the company because we woke up a little bit late. After having a humble breakfast at a convenience shop, we caught one.

Shortly after closing the door, we were very embarrassed. The taxi driver was smoking in the taxi. Actually I don't much care about it if he had asked me whether it bothered me or not. But he said me on the high ropes, 'smell the smoke, it would be cool.' (In Korean, 담배연기 좀 맡아보이소, 컬컬하니~좋을 깁니더)

Maybe you can't imagine how I was hard to hide my feeling in the car. Thanks to the KIND driver, I could improve my patience. Toda Rava!!!

Marathon With Father

Yesterday, there was the 'E-love marathon race' which was to celebrate the firstday of Korean electricity history alongside the Han river. We participated in 10Km race of it together. It was the first time to run with father after graduating elementary school. My father likes jogging, mountain climbing, Go, and so on very much but I haven't done anything together because I always made some reasons to do another thing what I could do along and he has never pushed me to do anything.

I didn't care and I didn't know how much he had wanted to do something with me. On last monday, I called him to ask to add my name on the list. At that moment, I couldn't feel anything through the phone but my mother said he looked very happy and he prepared my running shorts and singlet. Listening her saying, I felt the depth of father's love again.

During the race, I ran the whole distance beside him. I was able to run faster than him but I could enjoyed the running itself because he was with me. Actually we didn't talked each other much but we could understand what we were feeling and what we wanted to say.

After the race, he introduced me to his friends proudly. His friends envied him and he enjoyed it because there was no one who ran his son or daughter together. Looking that, I thought I would try to do outdoor activities more with family. It was the day that I could experience the real happiness.

Home, My Sweet Home

A couple of hours ago, I came home from Changwon for the first time in a month. It was a really good time to improve myself through many lectures and to get along with my colleagues. On the other hand, it was also true that it was not very comfortable to live in a hotel. I wasted my time meaninglessly to wash my clothes by hands(I needed to save my money) and money to use the Internet at PC room. Anyhow, while I was in Changwon, my family moved to new house. Now my room is a disaster, however, it's better than anyother place for me. It should be cleaned as soon as possible but not right now. I need some rest. Oh, home, my sweet home.

What Fun!

I don't have any connections with Pepsi(I'd like to, lol) but thesedays I can't stop humming this song. I think it's a really successful advertisement.

Joy of Pepsi

My heart won't skip, a beat
i never look before, i leap
ride, just enjoy the ride
there'll be no reason why
cuz everything's alright
take your time
baby take your time
the world is yours and mine
look and u will find [and u will find]

ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

the world goes round and round
but some things never change

ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

i know u can feel it
feel the joy
look
look and u will find
its taste is on my mind
and i wont be denied
ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

the world goes round and round
but some things never change

ba papa pa ba papa pa
the joy of pepsi [yea]
ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

look
look and u will find
its taste is on my mind
and i wont be denied
ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

the world goes round and round
but some things never change

ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi

look
look and u will find
its taste is on my mind
and i wont be denied
ba pa pa pa ba pa pa pa
the joy of pepsi [yeeeaaahhh. .]

Marathon is...

'The Marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but she can dream of finishing a marathon.'
-Fred Lebow

'We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon.'
-Emil Zatopek

Dart IV

Actually I had planned to run in the evening but it was a rainy day, so I couldn't go out. Instead of training, I bought a pair of running shoes today because I have felt somewhat pain on my knees. I needed more comfortable shoes has more cushion.

Fortunately there was a special offer and I could buy Nike Dart IV with cool max socks at a good price. If I had purchased it through the Internet, I could save my money more, however, that meant I should run with knee pain tomorrow. So, I bought it if not for any worries.

Holding the shoes, I felt like I would be able to run faster and longer than before. It's really hard to wait until tomorrow evening. I think I'm being a runner. How HAPPY!!!

Power Speech

1. Create congenialities
Common grounds could link the speaker with audiences' heart. For house wives, educational issues, and for businessmen, tax avoidance methods, etc.

2. Be a story teller
When you make a speech, speak like a story teller. It could help the audience remember your speech.

3. Be a good listener
The fastest way to form an intimacy with your colleagues or your customers is to be a good listener. Listen more, say less.

4. Show yourself
Tell them your favorite foods, colors, songs and so on. Then they would be able to feel an intimacy with you.

5. Be confident
Move your body naturally, speak slowly, and drink water. Grow your self-confidence.

6. Meta-cognition
Meta-cognition is the ability to grasp and control the general speech condition. If you had a good meta-cognition ability, you can make a confident and satisfied speech at anytime.

It's Spring!

Although it's a little bit cold in the morning and evening, spring has come without noticing.

When I took this photo, I wanted to express the feeling of rebirth and hurray. The tulip is smiling between shadow and light, its leaves stretch to the sky seems like appreciating the life, and its clear shadow shows off its gut. I think it deilivers the mood of spring quite well, doesn't it?

NV7 ops
F7.3, 1//500s

Exercise For Life

I found this photo on the internet. It was the history of a guy and the proof of his efforts and his success. 4 years ago, he was just a potato couch. As you look, he had a huge pot belly and looked like not having any dream or confidence. However, he made his mind to exercise and had kept his will strongly. The point what made me be touched is that. At first, everybody can keep the promise which was made by himself but only a few can achieve their goal. He has overcome himself and now he looks very healthy and confident. His face and body are showing off his pride as you also can feel.

One of my dream is to run the whole distance of triathelon. For that, I have started my plan already and I ran 5km around the Yongji Lake in Changwon today. Feeling the sound of breeze, I could harden my will. I can't say I will be able to participate in triathelon in 4 years but I would be able to run the whole distance of marathon 4 years later. Until the moment of success, I will not never stop. Exerciese for life!

FTA Between Korea and the U.S.

Finally the FTA(Free Trade Agreement) between Korea and the U.S. has been settled. As you know, there have been a lot of sticky issues, for example, tariffs on cars, screen quota, agricultural products, opening phamarceutical market, beef problems and so on. Still the goverment faces a strong counteraction. Farmers, labor unions, and many parties who will take the disadvantage of the FTA declared they will do their best to prevent it from being approved by parliament. Actually the level 2 negotiation(between goverment and the nation) is much harder than the level 1 negotiation(between goverment and goverment), so it has been delaied for 4 years to be settled.

I can understand why they oppose the FTA and I do not think they should be sacrificed for all. But I think the FTA could be the new growth engine which can generate Korean economy highly. Now Korea stepped new phase of her history. Now we should concentrate on how to take the advantages of the FTA fully. There's no time to quarrel. The goverment has to offer support programs for whom will take the disadvantage and the nation do their best to make Korea stronger and richer with the FTA. Every change brings hard time and the only one who accept and overcome it can survive.

Also for me, this FTA has a great meaning. The Korean economic structure will be changed totally. As a businessman, I should struggle to survive in more keen competition. I should study more, I should compete more toughly. However, I will not abscond from it. I will evolute myself to have core competency and I will be the man who leads the new wave in my field. It's the time to be changed.

Creating HDR Images

A nice tutorial.

How to Create High Dynamic Range Images
By Jack Howard
September 2006

Yellow Sky

Through this weekend, we've had ugly yellow sky. In every spring, a huge amount of tiny sands fly from Chinese and mongolian deserts to Korea. We call the phenomenon yellow sand. When the yellow sand covers all over the sky, it is very hard to breathe and see. Furthermore, due to the industrialization of China, it contains a lot of hazardous materials. As the result, many people have diffilculty in breathing and suffer from throat pain. To reduce the amount of the sands, many countries are trying to make deserts green but it's not very effective. When the yellow sand fills up the sky thickly, schools close, a few people are on the streets, no pro games like baseball, etc. So, there is nobody likes the yellow sand but it also has positive role in the huge nature system. According to some reports, yellow sand prevents the green house effect and a red tide, neutralize soil, and so on. Anyhow, that's true it's very unpleasant and I want to see blue and beautiful sky again.

The Heart of F15K

F110-STW-129A

Thesedays I feel like walking on the clouds because I can experience very special things everyday. The day before yesterday I took Katamaran teamwork training, yesterday I rode K-9, and today I saw F110-STW-129A. F110-STW-129A is the engine of F15K which is one of the most powerful aero-fighter in the world. In fact, one of my hobbies was making aero models like F4, F-14, F16, F-15 and so on. I had never thought I would be able to see a REAL fighter's engine and I just imagined how it looked like. So moved.

What I want to say is I felt the importance of the high-end technology again. The guide said it was consisted of 50,000 parts.(ordinary car engine has about 20,000) And the price of each part was very expensive, for example, a small part of nozzle costs over $45,000. Sadly, still Korea does not have the core thechnology to build the engine although she has the best building skills. The founder of Samsung group said, "A country which can't make her own weapon to defend herself is not a developed country." I totally agree with him. Of course, Korea produces her own weapons but not a lot. I believe the day will be come when we will be able to develop our own aero-fighters. Then it would be her fruitful business.

Anyway, TGIF! A wonderful week has passed. Expecting more exciting week, I'm jotting down this. May the peaceful night be with you...

K-9, K-10

It was one of the most excited day. I served for field army for 26 months, however, I couldn't see a self-propelled howitzer. Today, we visited defence program BU and observed the K-9 and K-10 manufacturing process. As you know, it is very special facility, so generally it is not allow for people to visit or access to there. We were lucky. Furthermore, after the observation, we could take the opportunity to ride K-9 Thunder. It was so UNFORGETTABLE experience. In the huge chamber, there were a lot of sophisticated and well-organized control system. When it moved I couldn't believe that a 1,000hp engine could be so powerful. A monster which weighs 48 ton ran at the speed of 67km/h. That was awesome! It would be a really nice remembrance if you ride it. You don't have a idea how to do? Here's the way.

Be a member of Samsung Techwin or join the artillery. : )

If you want to know more about K-9, visit HERE!

Katamaran Teamwork Training

We went to Kyungju to receive Katamaran teamwork training. Have you ever seen a Katamaran before?

Today, I saw it for the first time. Katamaran is a kind of boat which looks like canoe but it has 2 linked boats and a sail. The main point of the training was there was no motor so we had to move it by ourselves. We had only oars and without strong teamwork, there's no way to go straightly. If left side was stronger or faster than the other side, it turns to right and vice versa. Each side has to row oars at a same time and continously to go to the goal.

We, 8 members, understood it well and did our best to make the best result. That program was a little bit hard but interesting, so we could learn joyfully the importance of teamwork by experience and felt the power of our teamwork.(we won the final race) I think we will be able to cooperate well and achieve our goals through the whole training program. Bravo! Team D!

NV7 OPS

VLUU NV7 OPS, a stylish and high-functional camera. Today, I received this camera from my company as a gift. It was on my next camera list, so I was so pleased.

Its gorgeous well-constructed satin-black metal body and innovative design are very attractive. And it offers a lot of useful features, for example, 7x optical zoom, smart touch, optical picture stabilization, and so on. I haven't been able to took a photo yet, so I can't tell you the impression much about it, but I can say I was very moved thanks to from camera itself to very small things like luxurious package, manuals, accessaries, etc. I could feel the efforts of Samsung Techwin to satisfy its customers(which made me have more loyalty and pride) and I was so as a customer and as an employee.

To find more information about it, I've surfed some professional sites. There were some reviews and they said it was an impressive and beautiful camera but needs to offer more sophisticated and accurate image quality which can make it the top camera in its class. Maybe it sounds strangely but I was a little bit happy becuase that meant there were still much room for me to contribute to the company's development.

Anyhow, I got my new sub-camera and more loyalty to the company, so I'm very HAPPY today!!!


For someone who wants to read full review, I quote some links below.

dpreview.com
Samsung NV7 OPS Review, February 2007
Simon Joinson


popphoto.com
Samsung Intros NV Digital Camera Series: NV7 OPS

Things What Makes Me Go Digital

Approximately one month ago, I traveled Europe and Tokyo for 34 days. During the trip, I visited a lot of wonderful sites, historic places, and met nice people. Like others, I tried to take photos as many as possible to save remembrances, so I brought 1 SLR(film) camera and 1 digital camera as a sub camera. The reason why I use the SLR camera is that I like the film feeling which is consisted of film grains, its ratio of size, the special characters every film has, and the procedures.(of course, I do not do that by myself, however, I also like the expecting whether the photos are good or not) So, I have took important and worthy photos by film camera. But thesedays it's getting harder and harder to use film cameras.

The main reason is not the inconvenience and high cost of film but the lack of reliable photoshops. In fact, it's almost impossible to develop and print at home because the procedures need a lot of time and toxic chemicals, therefore, people should go to photoshops. About 10 years ago, there were at least 2 or 3 photoshops in a block but nowadays, it's hard to find one. Furthermore, it's much harder to find an expert who has skills, a good knowledge, wide experiences and pride. There are only amateures who just bought a printing machine. They do not understand how much a photograper cares about his/her photos and do not do their best when they treat film. There is one same thing between time and photo. They never comes back. If a film treated unproperly, there is no way to save the image. So skilled expert is very important.

A few days ago, I placed an oder to develop and cut my films. I gave him 9 rolls that I took in Europe. When I received the films, I couldn't check the condition of the films so I paid all. Today I checked it and SHOCKED! There were a lot of scratches on the surface and the cutting was a disaster. He didn't cut straightly and even cut over the frame! I will not be able to print or scan several frames perfectly again. I will nerver go to the photohop again and I will advice my friends not to go there. Today I felt a tad of the current situation of photography industry. Anyhow, I will not give up taking film photos but I will buy a digital SLR camera because of the lack of reliable experts. That's the point and that's why I'm sad.

'Giez'

'Giez', A beautiful watch I've never seen before. Its design and function are simple but critical and as everybody knows, G-shock series is very famous for its toughness.

I bought this when I visited Tokyo. Unfortunately, it is being sold only in Japan so there is no English or Korean manual. I had to study by myself how to use it with Japanese dictionary, however, it deserved to be the best. I bet if you saw it, you would fall in love with it like me.

Movies with family

How often do you go to the movies with your family? In my case, I haven't gone there with family since I graduated elementary school. I have just seen movies with my girl friends. I thought my parents didn't like going to the movies because they pretended like that. However, during Chuseok(Korean traditional harvest festival), we went to the movies together and had a lot of fun. And I perceived they just pretended it not to bother me.

Sometimes my mother says when I marry, it would be hard to spend time together. I don't want to accept it but that would be true. I need to spend more time and make happy remembrances with them because time never waits for us. I will try to go to the movies at least once a month and take latta photos together. Remember! Parents do not wait for your free time.

If you have no idea which movie is good to see together, try 'Radio Star'. It's not only very delightful but also meaningful. Everyone who was in the theatre enjoyed it. It will make you laugh and weep all the time.

Time to fly high

I have attended my shool for 8 years. I was absent 3 years from school to experience the business world. It was very good time for me to learn what is business. However, there is nothing for free. Thanks to my extra activities, I am relatively late to start my career. My friends have worked for their companies for from 2 to 3 years and some of them are waiting for promotion.

Anyhow, It's Ok because I know my practical experiences will be conducive and I've never regretted having those. I have really enjoyed my life and I'm ready to fly high in style. Go!Go!Kay!

You are Mighty!!!

Are you tired?
Are you depressed?
Do you need cheers to refresh yourself?

Try this site.
http://(put your name here).youaremighty.com

ex)http://kay.youaremighty.com

Farewell

I didn't know it's harder to say good bye than to say I like you.
I've never wanted to hurt your heart but now I should say good bye.
Though I already regret what I am doing, I believe this is the best way for both of us.

Sorry.

TGIF

Thank God It's Friday!!

The sky is blue, the wind is fresh.
It's wonderful time to go out and enjoy life.

But, I have been writing down a job application from 7 a.m. in my room.
How tragic!!!

ROME

What a great TV series! Does HBO always make nice TV series like this? At the first glance, I couldn't take my eyes off it.



Here are the reasons why I am hooked!

1. Well structured scenarios
2. Best casting, best acting - especially Titus Pullo
3. Realistic properties
4. Historical facts
5. INTERESTING!!!

Visit and be hooked!

A coup detat in Thailand

Military forces are seizing Bangkok while the prime minister of Thailand, Thaksin is in New york to attend UN meetings. According to the news of TIME, one of the reasons of this coup detat is related with Thaksin's economic policies about privatization, FTAs. Privatization and FTA with U.S are also big issues in Korea now, so I can't ignore the fact easily. Anyhow, I hope this will not last too long because this kind of conflict always causes death.

The article

Money for unnecessaries

Thesedays my 4 years old notebook has slowed down and do not work properly. It takes about 1 mimute to open a webpage. It is a real pain. I know it's hard for it to show the highest performance like the brand new computers which has dual processors, huge memories, fast hdds, etc. However, still its specifications is enough to use OA programs like MS word, excel, powerpoint and so on. I'd tried to figure out what made it slow and finally I got it. Thanks to a lot of spywares, trackwares, ad-wares, and viruses, it has struggled a few minutes to kick off a program.

As you know, it's hard to remove these malignant applications from the computer without a good knowledge of IT, so I had to purchase an anti-spyware program. To use this program for 1 year, I should spend more than $40. What a ridiculous situation! To remove unnecessary programs, I should waste my money unnecessarily. Of course, I thank anti-spyware service providers for their nice program(it's necessary), but this ironic situation make me think whether the advance of technology really makes human life convenient and it hurts my wallet.

Anyhow, through this unfunny experience, I could get a precept 'knowledge saves money', again, 'knowledge makes money.' Study!!!

Body for life

I just took a shower after running approximately 2km with my dog Arch. I have done an exercise program for myself from 1 week ago because I could not bear to see my potbelly any more. As a matter of fact, I exercised regulrary for 4 years. At those times, I was very healthy, energetic and confident. I was filled with confidence and I felt like I could do everything. After stopping doing exercise, I started to get weights. My belly was getting higher and higher, and I was become lazy. I can strongly assert that exercise do not only attects my body but also my spirit.

So, I started an exercise program again. It's for my pride, confidence, and health. When I went to the gym for the first time in 2 years, I was shocked. I couldn't lift up just 20kg of barbell at all. I was used to lift up 80kg. That fact motivated me to set up harder and more detailed program. My exercise program has started just 1 week ago but already I can feel the changes happening inside my body. My muscles are getting bigger and have more power. But the best thing is I found myself again. I know that the changes does not happen at once, however, definitely the changes are happeng inside myself even though I can not recognize it. I will do this exercise program regulary and you will see someone who has an attractive silhouette and who is diligent in 6 months. I BET!!!

Originally updated: 2006.08.15 22:39

Cicadidae

Nowadays, we can hear the droning of cicadas at everywhere and everytime. Yes, summer is cicadas' time. When I think about summer, I imagine a beach where there are white sands, palm trees, and cicada's droning.(whether actually cicadas live near a beach or not. One more, beautiful girls!!!) Without the droning of cicadas, the mood of summer would be just boring and unsaturated.

Nevertheless, thesedays a huge number of people do not only hate cicada but also abhor them because of its high pitched droning. According to experts, its average noise level is around 70dB and that is more abrasive than cars'. Definitely the droning of cicadas make people nervous and can't sleep well but that is not their fault. As a matter of fact, almost every cicadas do not drone in the night. However, the lights of building, neon signs, streetlights let them confuse night with day and they drone all the night.

I can understand people who hates cicadas but I would also like to say them cicada's short life and its beauty. As you know, cicadas live under the ground from 1 year to 17 years.(It varies from species to species.) Unfortunately they only can live approximately 1 month under the sun. That means we can hear their serenade only for 1 month a year and if we lived 80 years, we can hear only 80 months in our life.

And I want to ask them whether they have looked carefully at a cicada ever in their life. Every cicada has its beautiful patterns and colors on its body. I can assert that its pattern is more beautiful than any other tatoo of human being. Those are the reasons why I like cicadas.

Here are some photos of cicadas. I took these photos when I went out to examine their ecdysis at 3 a.m. If you see their pure and clean colour, you will be fallen in love with them. Enjoy it!



If you are interested in cicadas, please visit http://cicadero.netian.com/. This site has both Korean and English pages.

Originally updated: 2006.08.11 02:31

No more wars

I heard the situation around Israel is getting worse and worse. Everyday news from middle east are not positive and those make me sad. Rockets are striking vulnerable buildings that have been existed for more 2,000 years around the beautiful Galiliee sea where Jesus walked and israeli missiles & bombs are attacking one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Beirut.

I stayed in Israel for 6 months. At those times, I could meet many israelis and arabs. Of course, there were bad israelis and arabs but most of the people whom I met were nice. Frankly speaking, before going to Israel, I had some prejudice towards jews and arabs. For example, 'Jews are greedy, smart, impolite and arabs are conservative, dangerous, old-fashioned, etc.' However, after a couple of weeks, I recognized that I was wrong.

They all have warm hearts like us, sometimes more than us. They love peace, arts, music, dancing, singing, friends, and so on. I don't know why they should hurt each other. Religion, political confilcts, border problems? Yeah, I know I can't say those are not important for them. But I hope the war will be over soon. I dont want to see photos of war victims anymore.

A few days ago, I sent mails to my israeli friends. They said they were ok but I could feel they were not ok even though they were israelis whose country was winning the war. There is no winner in the war. More wars, More pains. Please stop the war!!!

If you are interested in this war, just visit this site. This war is the main issue of the world.
http://www.time.com/time/

Original updated date: 2006.07.20 01:46

Iranian Jedi Knights

Look!

Depressed...

A kind of crowded solitude?

Loneliness?

Anyway, some reasons that I can't explain make me sad...

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Peace.....

A Really Nice And Unique Blog

It shows how a blog can be unique one. It focuses on just one theme. That means the blog is well specialized in its theme.
Let's see.

http://satellitefun.blogspot.com

Mike Tyson

He was the best but not anymore...

Would I be able to see his K.O. punch again?

Tyson

What Fun! 11

There are many jokes like "A Dozen Reasons Why XXOO is Better Than Sex"

Here is "A Dozen (+1) Reasons Why Wakeboarding is Better Than Sex."

:-D

What Fun! 10

ACK!!!

If Tony Batista run to you like that, will you pack a hard puch?




(...no~)

Children's French Kiss

Photo

You can see the original article at here.

They look like elementary school students. I am not a guard of traditional values, but that kind of behavior is not for children. Recently, children are too advanced for their age. In my opinion, children have to be forbidden to be exposed to sexual behavior until grown up.

Sometimes A Little Tad Of Mosaic Makes Pictures XXX-Level

The Magic Mosaic

The mosaic distorted the photo. We can find a lot of cases distorted by mass media. Thesedays, distorting fact is getting more common because of the internet, and the distorted fact can be spread very quickly all over the world. We have to have eyes to see the truth.

What Fun! 9

Anders may like this song. :-D
Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)

Finite Simple Group (of Order Two)

The path of love is never smooth
But mine's continuous for you
You're the upper bound in the chains of my heart
You're my Axiom of Choice, you know it's true

But lately our relation's not so well-defined
And I just can't function without you
I'll prove my proposition and I'm sure you'll find
We're a finite simple group of order two

I'm losing my identity
I'm getting tensor every day
And without loss of generality
I will assume that you feel the same way

Since every time I see you, you just quotient out
The faithful image that I map into
But when we're one-to-one you'll see what I'm about
'Cause we're a finite simple group of order two

Our equivalence was stable,
A principal love bundle sitting deep inside
But then you drove a wedge between our two-forms
Now everything is so complexified

When we first met, we simply connected
My heart was open but too dense
Our system was already directed
To have a finite limit, in some sense

I'm living in the kernel of a rank-one map
From my domain, its image looks so blue,
'Cause all I see are zeroes, it's a cruel trap
But we're a finite simple group of order two

I'm not the smoothest operator in my class,
But we're a mirror pair, me and you,
So let's apply forgetful functors to the past
And be a finite simple group, a finite simple group,
Let's be a finite simple group of order two
Oughter: "Why not three?")

I've proved my proposition now, as you can see,
So let's both be associative and free
And by corollary, this shows you and I to be
Purely inseparable. Q. E. D.

I've won the internship!! ^^

Last Thursday, I had business statistics quiz at 2pm. Unfortunately, KITA (Korea International Trade Association) noticed that result of the internship interview would be noticed at thursday at 2pm. I could hardly concentrate on the quiz, so I made some mistakes. After the quiz, I ran to a computer in my club room. I typed the URL carefully and until the result page popped up, I prayed. The waiting time was felt like a year, however, when I found my name in the list, I was really happy and high-fived my juniors.

Because of this program, I have to cancel the summer business school program and give up the opportunity of Samsung summer internship. But KITA's intershp program in the U.S. will be very good and helpful time for me. I'm getting closer to my dream.

Waiting For The Interview Result

The day after tomorrow, the result of the last week's interview will be noticed. Although I have a positive mind, it's true that I am somewhat afraid of it. I have to prepare thursday's quiz now but it is hard to concentrate on it, so I am jotting this down. I really hope to happen The Pygmalion Effect to me.

What Fun! 8 The 30-second Bunnies Theatre

You can whatch 30-second movies and can understand the whole stories. :-D

http://www.angryalien.com/

The Bloody Schedule Makes Me Be Exhausted

This is NOT my final exam schedule. Monday - Golf final, Tuesday - Economics quiz, Wednesday - Folk dance and assignments, Thursday - Business Statistics quiz and 2 essays, Friday - Scuba diving. Furthermore, next week's schedule will be similar to this and there are latta things to do that those make me consider them carefully. Plus, I have taken a bloody cold for 3 days, too. But unfortunately, I don't know whether I will be able to sleep tonight or not. I need a rest.

Weirdest Interview Behavior

Yesterday, I went to Korea International Trade Association to be interviewed. I applied to an international internship program. There were surprise chinease character quiz, Korean interview, and English interview. I was somewhat tensed but the feeling was not bad. (Of course, I don't know whether I'll pass the interview or not.) I really hope to be able to participate in the internship program.

I found a interesting article in the morning.
Weirdest Interview Behavior(from:www.msn.com)
Fortunately, I didn't do any weird thing yesterday. :-D

Rapiscan, How Do You Think?

Rapiscan is(www.rapiscansystems.com)
Let's read the news. (from: www.cnn.com)

Is it the brand new security equipment or virtual strip search??
Both assertions are reasonable.
I understand how important the security is, but I don't want to show my body like that. It's a difficult problem. How do you think?

What Fun! 7

You will see the strongest woman in the world. +_+

CLICK

Printing Phograghs

Today, I printed some films. Of course, I can see what I took by scanning the films via monitor screen but printed photograghs give me some special feelings like satisfaction, fullness, happiness, and so on. As you know, also I can print digital files but its feeling is different. That's one of the reasons why I am using film camera although it needs some cumbersome processes.
After printing films, I put them in an album. For me, it's another pleasure of photography.

Looking at my album, I'm smiling. :-D Good night.

Spring Days In Sogang, 2005

I've been taking photograghs of sogang university.
Here are some photographs. I hope you like them.

Love Of My Life

Do you like "Queen" ? I love Queen's songs so much and especially I am a Freddie Mercury's big fan. Even if you don't like Queen and don't know how great they were, maybe you know Queen's great hit songs, for example, Bohemian rhapsody, Don't stop me now, We will rock you, Somebody to love, Love of my life, and so on. I NEVER can imagine the songs without Freddie Mercury's voice. The songs are only for Freddie. Many singers have sung Queen's hit songs, but in my opinion, there's no one who sang them better than Freddie. Perhaps every fan of Queen agrees with my opinion.

Anyway, what I want to tell you is thesedays I am addicted to "Love of my life." I always listen to it and sing it. Its lyric is very sad but reallly beautiful, and it makes me comfortable. I want to attach it but, as you know, I can't. Here is the lyric of "Love of my life".


Love of my life

Love of my life
you've hurt me
and broken my heart
and now you leave me
Love of my life
can't you see
Bring it back,
bring it back
Don't take it away
from me Because
you don't know
what it means to me

Love of my life,
don't leave me
You've taken my love
and now desert me
Love of my life can't you see
Bring it back,
bring it back
Don't take it away
from me Because
you don't know
what it means to me

You'll remember
when this is blown over
And everything is all by the way
when I grow older
I will be there
at your side
To remind you
how I still love you
I still love you

Oh, hurry back
hurry back
Don't take it away
from me Because
you don't know
what it means to me

Love of my life, love of my life

Is U.S.A. National Anthem Difficult For American, Too?

Let's see a clip.

Sometimes I can see clips like that. In my opinion, maybe they were very tensed.


Spangled Banner

Oh, say can you see
by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we
hailed at the twilight's
last gleaming?
Whose broad stripesand
bright stars thru
the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we
watched were so
gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red
glare, the bombs
bursting in air,
Gave proof thru the
night that our flag was
still there.
Oh, say does that
star-spangled banner
yet wave
O'er the land of the
free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly
seen through the mists
of the deep,
Where the foe's
haughty host in dread
silence reposes,
What is that which the
breeze, o'er the
towering steep,
As it fitfully blows,
half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the
gleam of the morning's
first beam, In full glory reflect
ednow shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled
banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the
free and the home of the brave.

And where is that
band who so
vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war
and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country
should leave us no more!
Their blood has
washed out of of their
foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save
the hireling and slave'
From the terror off
light and the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled
banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the
free and the home of the brave.

Oh! thus be it ever,
when freemen shall stand
Between their loved
home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and
peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that
hath made and
preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we
must, when our cause
it is just,
And this be our
motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled
banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the
free and the home of the brave.
(from :http://www.geocities.com/olusegunyayi/usa.html)

What Fun! 6

Let's meet the very smart Parrot, Einstein.


(http://mfile.akamai.com/9773/wmv/covery.download.aka
mai.com/9773/fansites/petstar/video/2005/01/petstar_
einstein.asx)
Wow! Unbelievable!! Maybe she is more smart than I. :-D

Meeting New Friends Through The Internet

Do you know what "Keypal" is? Of course, maybe you know what penpal is. Yes, it is. :-) Keypal is similar to penpal, but it uses the internet. There are many keypal sites on the net. You can make your ID for free and meet new friends from all over the world.

Before I started doing keypal, I had never thought meeting Moroccan, Lithuanian, Japanese friends. Frankly speaking, at first time, I didn't know exactly where Lithuania & Morocco are. However, we were able to be friends. For example, my Japanese friend, Yuki who is my closest keypal, and I call each other like brother & sister. :-D (She is very cute and kind.) We chat about a lot of things via messanger and E-mails.

In my opinion, meeting friends from other countries is really nice experience. If you want to meet a foreign friend, just go to a keypal site and make your profile. Maybe you will be received messages from new friends in a few days.

Here is a keypal site. Cyberfriends.com(www.cyberfriends.com) Good Luck~★

What Fun! 5

Let's see a clip!!

(http://image.pullbbang.com/image0708/2004081416.wmv)

Golf

Today's words :
discredit, discretion, disinterested, dispatch, disquieting, dissect, diversity, divert, dilapidated, diminish, dispel, disrupt, dissuade sb from sth/ing, disarming, disclaim, disdain, divergent, dilate, dilligent, disentangle, dissent, divulge, diffident, discern, discrepancy



Yesterday morning, there was a golf test as midterm. Unfortunately, I failed the test. I have thought my pitching shot is not bad and my golf professor said I have a good sense of golf. Also during the practice time, it was perfect. But I failed the test because I was too nervous when I was taken it. ( and it was not fair for me. I had to observe other students' shot about 1 hour in cold. ) Maybe my midterm golf grade will be C. So I was somewhat depressed in the class. However, now it's OK. I will practice golf hardly and be received good grade. ( Thanks, Jisun ^^)


That test made me think about golf again. It's a mental sport. I have to concentrate on every shot. If I loose confidence and concentration, I will fail the game. Via the test, I have become looked up to pro-golfers, especially Tiger Woods. Now I can understand why he makes so much money. He is eligible for that. Look his PERFECT swing!!!!

(from : http://blog.naver.com/kimpromania/120001128998)

Anyway, I will try to be a swing machine like Tiger to get A this semester!!!!! GO! GO!! GO!!!

p.s. If you want to see more information about Tiger Woods and golf, just CLICK!!! (http://www.tigerwoods.com/)

My Cousin's Wedding

( I'm waiting for a bus to come back home at a PC bang in Daegu. )

Yesterday night, I have come to Daegu to go to my cousin's wedding. Watching the whole wedding ceremony, I felt complicated feelings. I was not only very happy but also somewhat sad. ( I don't know exactly whether this feeling is sad or not. ) Her marriage means that we are old enough to marry. Sometimes I feel how old I am via some ceremonies. I don't want to be old. Maybe I have the Peter Pan syndrome. Where is the Neverland? Please let me know!!!

The Lord of The Smell

The new lord of the fume has been born again!! Let's see the news from Times Argus. CLICK!!

(from : http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050323/NEWS/503230308/1017)

Do you have any idea that it can make the worst smell from your shoes? I have one. I recommend you to wear combat boots without socks. After 8 hours, you will be able to be the King of the Smell!! :-(

What Fun! 4

(from: http://go.to/funpic)

Ack!! In my opinion, maybe they are testers of a company making deodorant products. :-) How do you think??

TOEIC

I am going to go to take a Toeic exam in this morning. I think studying English to get a good Toeic score is a discrepancy. But, I have to do that stupid thing. It's a misery. I hope this exam will be the last Toeic exam in my life.

To give my brain a rest, I go to the bed early today. Good night my friends.

A Helpful ESL Site for Students : a4esl.org

Today's words :
deride, destitute, deviate from sth, debase, decadence, deface, deference, definitive, demeanor, deplete. descrate, desist from ~ing, defunct, delectable, delineate, delinquent, deprecate, derelict, derogatory, depredation

Activities for ESL students (http://a4esl.org) is a project ESL site of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org). The internet TESL Journal is the very famous site that it is for Teachers of English as a Second Language. This site consists of Grammar, Vocabulary, Crosswords, and Bilingual activities. Every activities for students is written by reliable volunteer teachers, so we can study English efficiently and joyfully. As a matter of fact, there are a great number of web sites about ESL. However, a4esl.org has conspicuous differences that make a4esl.org superior to the others. Let’s look into a4esl.org.

Aim
At first, the objective of this site is to help students study English as a second language. At the home page, its aim is clearly stated. Even if someone entered this site by mistake, he or she can know what this site is. Yes, it’s a kind of educational site.
To improve the efficiency, this site presents various contents to us. Furthermore, every contents was grouped by level. Because of this kind support, we can study grammar, vocabulary, crosswords, and so on easily.
As you know, this site is a project ESL site of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org). ITESLJ is a famous web site for students and teachers. So we can trust this site. However, it is hard to find detailed information about ITESLJ.

Accuracy
I’ve surfed this site for 3 days but I couldn’t find any misspelled word and wrong expression. But I am not able to assert that there is no mistake. If I find some mistakes someday, I will tell you. :-)

Authority
I mentioned ITESLJ is a famous web site for students and teachers. We can trust its credibility more or less, but the credibility of each contents depends on its author. They are volunteers. However, in my opinion, it’s OK. We can find information about the author. We can believe this site. Just study hard.

Currency
Actually, there is no date. I’ve tried to find the date, but I couldn’t. Even if there is a way to know when a post is updated, but it’s true that it’s hard to find it.

Design
It is stated at the home page of this site that a4esl.org is optimized for speed & ease of use. So, there is no advertising, nonessential images, CGI, SSI, PHP, ASP, CFM, etc. This is one of the conspicuous points what makes it better than the others. This site is fast and concise. On the other hand, it is also true that this site is not beautiful and easy to read.

I wrote this report to make a presentation. I've examined this site for 3 days and I recommend you to study joyfully via lots of quizzes.

What Fun! 3

Be careful!! If you click this link, you may be addicted to this clip!! :-)
CLICK!!!

(http://www.funpic.hu/swf/numanuma.swf)

I'm designated for a festival monitor of Cultural Action. :-)

Today's words :
delude, deluge, depict, depose, designate, deter sb from ~ing, detract from sth/sth from sth, devastate, decrease, despondent, detest, defect from sth, defile, degrade, deplore, devise, devoid, depreciation, despicable, devitalize, decrepit, defamation, delete, demise, demolition



One week ago, I applied for a festival monitor of Cultural Action(http://culturalaction.org). Cultural Action is a civil solidarity to make a better civil society by the citizenry, students, workers, connoisseures, artists, intellectuals, and so on. Fortunately, I could be a festival monitor. A festival monitor is a person who goes to many festivals that those are held in Korea and reports them to Ministry of Culture & Tourism(http://www.mct.go.kr/) to make better festivals.

When I heard a news that Cultural Action was advertising for volunteers to participate in festival monitoring, I thought I am the person whom they want. Actually I'm too busy to participate in a volunteering thesedays, but I really want to be the festival monitor. As you know, I love traveling, taking pictures and reporting. Festival monitoring is the very volunteer program what satisfies my interest and I can do well. I bet that I will show you my great festival pictures what perfectly delineate the atmosphere of the festival someday. :-) Is anybody here to go to the festivals with me?

Abrasive cases what make me discomfortable

Today's words :
connoisseur, consternation, contiguous, corroborate, coherent, collusion, complaisant, complement, concord, condign, conjecture, consign sb/sth to sth/sb, consummate, contrite, conversant(with), convivial, covenant, cognate, commensurate, compendium, condiscend to sb/R, consensus, constrict, contumacious, convolution



Yesterday, I went to the book store in sogang university at rest time between classes. I was surprised there were a great number of student to buy textbooks or some stuffs. Approximately 50 students were in a line. Fortunately, it was seemed I could purchase a textbook before class. I waited for my turn about 10 minutes and when I was at the middle of the line, a girl cut in the line. A student before I was her friend. She was looked like she was thinking it was no matter but it was the matter. Of course, I admonished her not to cut in. She was complaisant, however, I and others were slightly upset. Furthermore, when I was about to pay for the textbook, a boy cut in and ask me a favor. He said he was in hurry to go to his class and he wanted to buy just one notebook. I was curious that he was not able to see a lot of students in the line and why they thought their time was more important than other students' time. This case is just one of the abrasive cases.

There are many people who don't consider the feelings of others. Here are some case for example ; A man who smokes in the subway station or public area, a woman who pops chewing gum loudly all the time, a student who sends sms in class, and so on. The worst case I've seen at school is a girl who cut her nails with a nail clipper in class!!! I can't understant why they debase their character by themselves. They could say it's a little thing. But, their bad demeanor make others antagonize them. At least, if they behave in a civil way and consider others, nobody will have a prejudice against them. They have to know this fact, if not, they will be faced with a lot of problems.

The tragedy of a little thing. (from : mms://newsvod.kbs.co.kr/news/news930/2005/02/24/300k/180.asf)
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A new semester has been begun again

Today's words :
concise, condone, congenial, console, conspicuous, contend for/with sth, cogent, commend sb for sth/sb to sb, commodious, compassion, compatible, comprise, compunction, conclusive, concur with sb/in sth, condolence, conflagration, consecrate sth to sth, converge, corrosive, coalition, collate, commiserate with sb, concost, conductive



On wednesday, the last spring semester of my school life has been begun. As a professor who taught me English last winter said time has gone at lightning speed. 8 years ago, I entered Sogang university as a freshman and now I am a senior student who is preparing for his future. Everytime I have felt the vivid atmosphere of school when spring semester begins because of a lot of FRESH-men and women. :-) Their young faces, smiles, energies and their everything make school young. I love this vivid atmosphere what makes me flutter with new hope.

Seeing freshmen, I remember of my freshman days. At that time, I was very energetic boy who was interested in everything around me. (Of course, I AM energetic now too. :P) I loved to go to dancing, play billiard with friends, study the brand new things, and so on. And I wanted to be a conspicuous boy like almost every freshmen. So I bleached my hair perfectly. Thosedays in Korea, it was very abnormal. Everyone looked at me with surprised face even I was walking on the Sinchon or Hongdae street. My parents, professors, and junior students didn't like it but I enjoyed that situation. There were only two students who bleached their hair in Sogang university. Can you imagine? It was really cool.


(A picture when I was a freshman, 1998)

Anyway, my heart is filled with new hope entirely. Every classes (business, sports, philosophy, and English) what I registerd for this semester are wonderful. All professors are very kind, excellent and have enthusiasm. And I will endeavor hardly to make this semester great. A new semester has been begun again and a feeling is so GOOD!!

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Really Great Pencil Animation

(www.pencilmation.com)

At my friends' graduation ceremony

Today's words :
commentary, compact, compliant, compress, concept, confer sth on sb/with sb, confiscate, confront, consequence, conserve, constrain, contemporary, convene, coincide with sth, consolidate, conviction, countenance, collaborate with sb/on sth, commotion, congest, convey sth to sb, combatant, commandeer, compensate sb for sth/for sth, concede



Two days before yesterday, there was a graduation ceremony of Sogang university. My friends who had entered Sogang with me in 1998 (7 years ago) has been graduated from school. They were confered B.A. degree on. They did their best and now they have got their job, as a businessman they are doing well and making their career.

On the other hand, I am a senior student who do not know what to do in the future exactly. I sometimes feel regret for my school days because when I've reviewed my resume I've been felt like that I did not only do anything but also waste my time. However, I know that there is one year more to prepare my future. Yes, as you and I know, it's my final opportunity, so I have to try to do my best.

At first, I've made a plan to do this year. I've registered for a summer business class in Germany this summer to experience European culture and develope my English. After the class, I'll take a trip around Europe for one or two months. To prepare the summer class and trip, I'll take 2 or 3 English classes this semester. As a matter of fact, English is one of the most important key to get a job or to be a globalized person. If I can't use English fluently, I would not be able to win my dream. So, I'm aspiring to develope my English so much.

Secondly, I'll get several licenses include a good TOEIC and JPT score. Thesedays the TOEIC score is thought as a standard of enterance test to work for a company in Korea. I don't think TOEIC score presents well how he or she is good at English because there are a lot of people who have a good TOEIC score(app. over 900) even though they can't speak English practically. But, I need a good TOEIC score and JPT score to show people how much I am good at these languages. It's very ironic, isn't it?

Finally, I'd like to be a more warm-hearted person who volunteers to help other people. Actually it's for others and myself. Last winter I participated in an Eco project in Thailand. At that time I would feel the importance and satisfaction of volunteering. In my opinion, after the school, it will be hard to spend time to volunteer as much as school days.

At the conclusion of, in 2005 , I have a lot of things to do and have to do my best to aggrandize myself and my future. And CONGRATULATIONS! MY FRIENDS!! Let's Fly High!!!

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Let's see a CUTE cat!!

(http://mplay.donga.com/dkbnews/2004/0629_kopp.wmv)

What a cute cat! :) Click the play button

Tuesdays with Morrie

Todays words :
affectation, affront, allege, arrogate sth to oneself, asseverate, attenuate, accolade, accost, adjudicate, adjunct, adumbrate, affinity, apposite, apprise sb of sth, attrition, anecdote, anonymous, abyss, anarchy, apathy, amnesty, amorphous, atrophy, agnostic, anesthesiologist



I've read a book that it is a million seller 'Tuesdays with Morrie'. From my thought, most of you already have read this book whether Korean or English edition. This book has been published about 8 years ago, however, it is being read steadily by a lot of readers on the face of the world. Frankly speaking, I've not been interested in this kind of book because I had a prejudice that this kind of book is too abstruse to read and understand. Actually there're many boring books like that everywhere. So, at first, I've purchased it to study English and at that time, it was sold at a price. (I bought an English edition.)


(http://morning365.nefficient.co.kr/book_img/20020726144924824.jpg)

I've just read it during going to school or somewhere and coming home by subway. As time went by, I've been able to feel the real value of 'Tuesdays with Morrie'. It was not composed in amorphous words and abstruse pharagraphs but apposite and easily understandable way. Therefore, I've been able to understand that Morrie wanted to tell us love, relationship, death, how to live a plentiful life and so on.

In my opinion, the main idea is love. It saids many things but everything is concluded through love. A critic may say it's just a stereotypic essay but I aver if he or she read it slowly again, the skeptic will be a fan of 'Tuesdays with Morrie'.

p.s If you want more information about this book, just CLICK!!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/076790592X/qid=1108997330/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/102-0635806-4136945?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Have you ever purchased anything at ebay?

Today's words :
assimilate, assurance, accede to sth, acclimate oneself to sth, acquiesce to sth, adulterate, affiliate sb whith sth/with sb, alleviate, allude to sth, appall, applicable, apprehensive, ascertain, assent to sth, asset, assiduous, attainment, abase, accentuate, accrue to sb, adventitious, affable, aggrandize, approbation, ascribe sth to sb/sth, aspersion, assess sb/sth at sth, attribute sth to sth/sb, aver, acquisitive


Approximately 2 weeks ago, I've registered ebay what is the biggiest online market place in the world. To be a member of ebay, I've opened an account with paypal (international credit card was required) and was waited 4 business days to be confirmed. After all these boring procedures I could be an ebayer. The reason, as you know, why I started using ebay is to buy a camera, lenses, filters and so on at a price. There are a great number of sellers and buyers, so a lot of almost every goods on the face of the world that those can be traded legally are being sold and purchased, therefore, I'm able to buy something what I want to have at a price.

The logo of ebay

The procedures of purchasing an item at ebay is very interesting and reasonable. If I found an item in the middle of the list, I ascertain the seller's feedbacks. If he or she had many positive feedbacks (in many cases, they're power sellers), I bid for the item. In my opinion, this bidding system is one of the reasons what has made ebay is the biggiest online market place in the world. A price of an item is made by demands of buyers. If nobody wants to buy that, its price will be zero because nobody will buy this item. But, if any person bid for this item, the price will reflect the demand. There are elaborate procedures to bid for an item, however, what I'd like to say you is that it is a reasonable pricing system. It perfectly reflects the law of demand and supply.

Another factor to attract people is feedbacks. After a transaction, buyer and seller share feedbacks. Actually feedback system is made to inform somebody whether this ebayer is good or not. However, in my case, I felt I was playing a RPG game like diablo II or world of warcraft. I traded items and was leveled up by feedbacks. If a person has many positive feedbacks, he or she will receive some advantages, so I felt ebay was similar to RPG games. Receving a positive feedback is very pleasant.

At the conclusion of, ebay has really reasonable bidding system and many factors to make transaction more interesting. If you haven't used Ebay yet, just try and be careful not to be an ebay addict or you will have a lot of goods and an empty wallet. :)

I'm going mad about camera.

Actually I hadn't been interested in photography before I lost my digital camera when I was in Kaosan, Bangkok. I had uesed Nikon Coolpix 2500. It was a really well made point&shoot camera, so I had been able to use it happily and never thought about buying a new camera. However, after I've came back to Korea, a camera was needed. I didn't want to buy a new camera and frankly speaking I didn't have enough money to buy a new one. Suddenly that there was my father's old film camera flashed on me. I rushed at the cabinet and found Canon G3 Ql-17. It is a beautiful rangefinder. It's about 30 years old. I was fallen in love with it at the first glance. That was just a beginning of passion for classic cameras and photography.


Canon Canonet G3 QL-17 (http://www.cameraquest.com/canql17.htm)

I started to study photography because I didn't know how to control manual cameras and wanted to take a wonderful picture with my camera. It was hard to understand exposure, f stops, framing, guide number and so on. But the fact that I could not only shoot a snapshot but also take a photogragh was fascinating!

As I've studied more and more photography, I'm wanting to buy a SLR camera, various lenses, filters, etc. To tell the truth, I've purchased 1 lense and lot of filters at Ebay. Furthermore, I'm bidding for other lenses, flash, motor drive and accessaries. I will buy a SLR camera with standard 50mm 1:1.4 lense tomorrow. This is what I want to buy.


Minolta X-700 (http://www.rokkorclub.net/)

I've spent a lot of time and money (app. $300) but I'm happy because I will be able to study, practice photography more and take fantastic photographs of my girlfriend, family, friends and beautiful landscapes. What an exciting hobby to enjoy, isn't it?