Journal#15

Ghabchae is very popular food in Korea. So it is always set on the Korean table. Anyone who ever tastes the Ghabchae is likely to get again. If you want to cook it yourself, you should prepare colorful and various materials as follows. First, get vegetables such as carrot, green pepper, mushroom, onions, and spinach. And then fry carrot, green pepper, onions with oil. after boil slightly mushroom and onions in hot water, press water from them. And fry mushroom and onions with oil.
Next, put the Chinese noodles in boiling water for five minutes. Washing out the Chinese noodles by cold water. Seperate two eggs into the white and the yellow.
Then, after fry it separately, chop it in size of 0.5cm. Finally, season all materials previously mentioned with sesami oil, soy sauce, slight sugar.
If you decorate it well with nice container, you can get more effect.

Journal#14

People, particularly among women, have a desire to be more beautiful regardless of age. Even the elder feels so happy by the words that you are beautiful from people. Therefore, today, trends of plastic surgery prevail worldwide.
We can extensively classify the plastic surgery into two types. One is to remedy and the other is to make an beauty. I think It absolutely necessary to get a plastic surgery in case of the remedy. First, people who suffer from a burn or need to reform some parties of in the body by an unexpected mutation can improve quality of their lives by doing plastic surgery. For example, someone who suffer heavy burn is afraid of going out because what others may think him(her). But by doing it, he came out for the first time to the world and he found his life. However, I disagree with the plastic surgery for just making beauty. In a sense, this is extravagant behavior. If plastic surgery is done once, people have a tendency to do again. In Korea, one woman has done several times plastic surgery because she was not satisfied with the result. So, she repeated the plastic surgery. In the end, her face was seriously injured so that she was transformed beyond recognition.
Finally, I think it is better to keep an original appearance that God gives us.

journal#13

Should cigarette smoking be banned?
Today, it is worldwide trend to be banned smoking. Even though smoking is harmful to health, I don't think it should be banned completely.
First, smoking helps some people more relax. For some, it even improves concentration. Sometimes, people like to smoke when they take exam or need to carm down. Nevertheless, smoking can cause damage others second hand. Some people who has allergy to smoking can get stunned from shock.
Secondly, governments throughout the world make huge profits from levying taxes on cigarette. Government funds the profits to build public facilities such as school, hospital. However, throwing away cigarette butt make surroundings messy.
Thirdly, employing many people for tobacco industry can help economic growth of own country's. But some people contradict that treating diseases caused by smoking cost a great deal of money.
Finally, I don't think cigarette smoking should be banned because people have rights to choose about it. However, without cigarettes, the world would be better place.

journal#12

Should girls ask boys out?

We usually expressed girls have passive characters and boys have active ones in the past. When I was in adolescent, I was too shy to tell the boy first. However, according to social trends are greatly changed, girls become no more girlish, boys no more boyish. Sometimes, we often feel that boys are more shy and weaker than woman. Besides, some people think it doesn’t matter girls ask boys out in the dance party on account of trend being changed, However, it is more beautiful to keep the natural state originally. Of course, it is important to describe the thought truly. Sometimes, it is too passive to lose valuable things. But acting exaggeratedly can make a mess of nature.
In spite of some people insist on the fact that girls have a right equal to boys, girls should recognize that there are many differences from boys and girls physically and mentally. It is more girlish to represent her feelings truly when boys ask girls out.

Journal #10

Last year in America , I experienced a unforgettable event in church on Thanksgiving day. In Korea, We are used to celebrate Thanksgiving day on sharing Korean cakes and plentiful fruits with lots of people in church. We also have special worship and meeting. We don't eat turkey. However, we know the story how to make Thanksgiving day come from. I could experience to taste turkey with crenberry source, pumpkin pie while we enjoy talking friendly each other.
I felt amazing atmosphere in America that I couldn't do in Korea.

Journal#9 spending 6 months in ALP

It passed six months since I have attended in ALP. I feel my English skill is better than six months ago. I took the class "IBT toefl prepared" in this semester. In the beginning, I couldn't say anything in speaking test. However, I could answer something about questioned topic in the test taken a few days ago. I could't answer completely to question, but I am happy I can answer a part of question. Especially, I think tutor system in learning center is effective to ALP student. It is important how many times you can speak with native person. I have spoken with tutor three times a week. It helps me not to get an afraid of English. Besides, when I was talking with tutors who came from different countries, I can meet a lot of information from tutors. I would expect my English skill after another six months. Maybe my English skill will be better than now. If I go forward to get an one step after one step not to hurry up, I wish Iwould get to the goal.

True Friend

It's hard to define a true friend. Some consider friends to be someone easy to get along with, or someone who gossips with me, and share troubles with me. In my case, I have a true friend who has similar circumstances with me. When I was faced with great troubles, I could share my suffering with her. She also had gone through lots of pain and distress. Therefore she is able to understand my mind when we talk each other about the problem. We can be consoled with mutually. Sometimes, I can tell her about some trouble which I can say nobody, even my parents and husband. Besides, we are keeping a lot of memories. Six years ago, I have suffered from asthma. At that time we shared lots of time to hike and golf with her because I need to breathe fresh air and relax to be better from asthma more than anything else. That made us feel sympathy each other. Now, we are far from together. However, our mind is always close to each other. When I come back to Korea on next year, we may spend lots of time in speaking.