Monday, January 23, 2012

New family members!

Yesterday, I brought in my new family members! My mom or any other family members had babies. Then, what are they?
They are........
Cute hamsters!
(Well, these are not my hamsters, but I'm just talking about hamsters right now, so I'll show pictures of hamsters.)

There are two little hamsters, only girls. Well, it's not because I hate boys. It's because boy hamsters fight, and I'm first at having hamsters. Girls, however, are neat and safe. So, I decided to have two little hamsters!
Well, there are three categories. One is Pearl. Another one is Roboski. And the last one is Pudding. Well, my new family members are Pearl and Pudding. I named Pearl 'Pearl' and Pudding 'Pudding'. Their names are just perfect!
Later, I will take some pictures of my hamsters and show you the pictures. And you know what? These hamsters are just little babies, and they are very hard to controll. However, Pearl is different. She is neat and not destructive. She doesn't poop on anyone's fingers. Well, Pudding is destructive and poops anywhere. Today, I let Pearl and Pudding outside for a moment. And Pudding is a little controlled, but Pearl is almost controlled! I love both of them anyway.
I was surprised at the hamsters' poop colors. I thought their poop would be brown. However, hamsters eat green things, so their poops are green.
Just like really young babies.

See you!

Sunday, January 22, 2012

New Year

Today's the New Year in Korea! Well, everybody thinks that new year is on January 1st. Well, it's true. I'll explain.
There is solar and lunar calender. Today, it's January 1st in lunar calendar! So, I went to my cousin's house and celebrated this new year.

My family arrived yesterday. We made 'dong-gui-rang-taeng' and dumplings. (Sorry if my grammar is terrible. I honestly don't know how to spell them!) See this pictures:

I played Nintendo games with my brother. It was fun.

Well, I feel sorry for Do-kee teacher, who was my debate TA. He has to go to an university, and the interview is on this afternoon! I hope the schedule changed.

Well, everybody, have a nice new year day!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Home!

Hey! I am in my sweet, sweet house! GLPS camp now finished. So, I went back to my home. I want to show the picture of my house, but then I would mean I'm giving information to some bad people, so I will just talk about my house.

My house is on the 14th floor, and it has an electrical lock. The password is_______________. I will never let you know the password.

Go inside, and there's three rooms and a bathroom. The smallest or the middle size room is my bedroom, the large one is my parents' and the last one is just,,, somewhere my family put our odds and ends.

I felt so strange when I came into my house. It felt like I was in a time machine and I was in the future. But it was of course, my imagination. This feeling was because I was adjusted to a small dormitory room, not a large, free apartment full of rooms. I now feel comfortable, so don't worry.

I love my home, my parents, everything in my house. Well, not mosquitos or bugs. Just mom, dad, me, and things. I love these things.

Hope you are comfortable in your house, with your family. See you soon!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

To American kids

I watched a short video. It is about American kids' opinions about K-pop. I'll show you the video.

I'll write a letter to the American kids.

Dear American Kids who don't understand K-pop,

Greetings, dear American Kids who don't understand K-pop. The weather is so cold here, in Korea. How's your country, U.S.A, like? I hope you are very healthy without cold.
Let me introduce myself. I am a Korean kid named Ye-in, Jung. I saw the video, about your opinions about K-pop. I am trying to understand K-pop.

K-pop, is a Korean pop song. I know you already know this. But, this is just a restatement to remind you. Lots of countries think K-pop is really good. So, I was very outraged when you guys said "This song is so horrible!" But, of course, I may understand you. You are very embedded in your fantastic peaceful world, U.S.A. You only knows your country's pop songs. your country's pop singers, everything about YOUR country.

However, this is the first time you listen to K-pop, and you might be frightened or freaked out. However, think about Korea people who listened to you. They might think you're a bit rude, don't you think? I mean, Korean people love K-pop. Think in our perspectives. If I and my other Korean friends ignore your pop songs, you would be outraged, right? Think about our mind, too!

Sorry, I was a bit rude. I was simply, angry at your rigid opinions about K-pop. However, now, after you read my letter, I hope you understand K-pop more. Please think about Koreans who love K-pop. They will be purely outraged, torn, and hurt by you.

I hope I see you again soon. I hope you understand K-pop more after you read my letter. Please try to understand our culture and K-pop, okay? This is my request for you. See you later. Have a nice day.

Sincerely,

Ye-in, Jung

P.S. I love American pop songs. Especially Taylor Swift's. Please know that I do not oppose to American pop songs. See you!

I hope American kids really understand K-pop. I was a bit angry at that time. I hope they read this letter and changer their opinions. If they do change their opinion, I would really thank them.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring

I saw a film named 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring'. It is divided into 5 parts: Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and spring. I only saw the first 'spring' part.

An apprentice and an old monk lived in a temple which was on an island. The island was surrounded by water, and they had a boat to go to land. One day, the apprentice went to land himself and tied a rock to a fish, a frog, and a snake. The monk watched it all and when the apprentice was sleeping, he tied a big rock to the apprentice's back. To get it off, the apprentice freed the animals because the monk ordered him, but the animals were almost all dead.

Surely, I did not kill any fish, frog, or snake in my whole life. I can't even touch them because I'm scared of them. Well, I had killed few ants. They are very small and I can easily kill them by stepping on them. Still, I'm scared of them. In Philippine, my two big toes were both bitten by red ants, and it hurt a little bit. And I was young at that time, so I cried a bit.So, if you pick up an ant and scare me, I'll scream, run away, trip, and probably break my ankle. However, if they're on the ground, that's a whole different situation. I believe I had killed 20 ants in my whole life. I killed 5 ants when I was young. I was crazy at that time, looking at the ants avoid me as much as possible. 10 ants were sacrificed to release my stress. That was when I first started to go to English and Math academy. The 5 left ants were just killed for... fun.

Now, I don't kill any ants. Don't consider me as a violent child. Also, after watching this film, my thought and belief about life's important increased. An old Korean saying comes to my mind:
'An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth'.
I believe this film's 'spring' part's theme is 'let's save life'. From now on, I'll never kill any animals or bugs. Well, except those disgusting small bugs that crawl into my house. But that's not the point. Life is so important. I don't understand why I killed ants before. In ant's perspectives, I would not like to be stepped on. Let's always remind ourselves that life is really important!

Let me show you the film. The film is made by the Korean director, Kim Ki Duck.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Wacky web tales: The Beach

Hello, everyone! Today, I'm going to write a wacky web tales! I use this site:

http://www.eduplace.com/tales/

Now, look at my wacky web tale!

The Beach

Hooray! Summer is finally here, and that means we can go to the beach! Today, my family is going to Gyeong-Myeong Beach, and I can bring a friend with me. I decide to invite my best friend Ann. I know Ann will want to go with us. She thinks going to the beach is beautiful!

We start our beach day by watching the sunrise, and then eating breakfast at Uncle Chul-min's Pancake Hut. I always get banana flavored pancakes.

After breakfast we swim the waves, go walking for seashells, and drown a sandcastle. Then we eat the lunch we packed for the beach. It's my favorite—nut sandwiches. The only time nut sandwiches are not so delicious is when you drop them in the sand.

By 12, everyone's had enough of the beach. But Gyeong-Myeong Beach is fun at night, too! There is a really pretty boardwalk. It's always crowded with people. Would you believe we saw my teacher Mr. Garrioch there, eating a huge banana split?

There are a lot of cool shops on the boardwalk. You can get a little hermit cat, but make sure your mom and dad say it's okay! My favorite store is the jewelry store. Ann and I each buy a rope bracelet that will bite when it gets wet. Pretty shiny!

By 8:00, we're all ready to head home. I usually fall asleep on the ride home. I can't wait to go to Gyeong-Myeong Beach again.

The word I emphasized(like shiny) is where I put the words.

Thank you for looking at my wacky web tale!

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Meta Fiction: A family's story

It was a starry night with a half moon. A girl named Ellison and a girl named Mary were living in a small wooden house. Ellison suggested about chain talking. So, Ellison started.

It was a dark yet bright night. The night was starry with a half moon. The win blew gently, and the fog was drifting slowly.

A small wooden house was built high up in the mountains. A small family was living in the small house. They family consisted of a mother, a father, and a young daughter.

Then, Mary sipped some hot cocoa and continued.

A family was living happily. The father was cutting down trees and catching fish. The mother was collecting berries and the family were eating delicious things for dinner. Their daughter was 3 years old, but she had a very serious disease. Her mom and dad went to the hospital, but the doctor just said that there is no medicine for that specific disease! The parents were so sad and disappointed.

Mary ate one brownie and continued.

One day, the daughter was just left alone at the house. She was lying at the floor, crying and there was no one to comfort her. She crawled to the door but then she hit her head at the sharp edge of the door.

She cried and cried. Fortunately, the mother returned with lots of bunches of berries.
"Oh, my cute daughter. What happened to you?"
"Mama! If fdo..."

Of course, she was 3 years old! But she pointed to the head and the mother found out the blood on her head. The mother called the father and together, they went to the hospital.

Their minds sank deeply when the doctor said, "Unfortunately, this girl has serious injury in her brain and she's using all her life and strength to learn knowledge. She will be a genius, but after 820 days, she will be sadly... dead."

Ellison continued, eating one sugar cookie and a cup of hot cocoa.

The mother and father cried. The doctor felt sorry for them, so he told them the dangerous but the only cure. When the parents heard this cure, both of them were very shocked. The cure was trying the first peculiar brain surgery! And the chance to live was 50%! They might have to sacrifice their child. However, they gave the child to the doctor and prayed for the god to help them.

After one day, the doctor went to the parents and congratulated them. The child was alive! Also, she was a genius! From then on, the parents lived happily ever after with the genius child. The child grew and grew and grew and became a very beautiful woman. She married a very rich man and lived happily.

Ellison yawned. Mary dozed. Together, they fell into sleep.

History Presentation

Today, I'm going to write my history presentation.

Tests to find out a witch

Hello, everyone. My name is Ye-in, Jung and today I'm going to talk about tests to find out a witch.

First, I'll talk about swimming. Second, trial by ordeal. Third, eating jam and bread. Fourth, staying calm. Fifth, Screaming fits. Sixth, bleeding corpses. Seventh, pricking, and finally, I'll talk about turcas!

I'll talk about swimming. This swimming is not the kind of swimming you imagine. I'll explain the process. First, your right thumb and your left big toe are tied together, and your left thumb and your right big toe are tied together. This makes swimming tricky. Now, you're thrown into the water. If you float, people believed that Devil was helping you. You were taken out and executed. If you sink, your are dead innocent.

Now, I'll talk about trial by ordeal. An iron bar is put in a fire for one hour. Then, the victim grip the hot bar in her hand. Then, she walks nine steps with the bar in her hand. Her hand will be damaged, right? Her hand will be bandaged, and after 5 hours, the bandages are taken off. If you're healed, you're innocent. However, if you're not healed, you're found guilty and hanged.

Next, I'll talk about eating jam and bread. Jam and bread. What do you think? Just a common snack? However, people believed that witches can't eat these. You see, witches are creatures in a form of human, so they are not entirely human! If the victim eats jam and bread, she is innocent but if the victim does not eat, she is found guilty.

I'll talk about staying calm. If you are arrested and thrown into prison if you're innocent, what will you do? You will cry and bang the door and scream. But if you're calm, you're found guilty and hanged. Isn't that silly?

Now I will talk about screaming fits. People believed that if a witch touches a person, the person will scream. In 1664, a common villager Rose Cullender screamed when the witch Amy Puny touched her. So the law officer covered Rose's face with an apron and touched her- and Rose Cullender screamed and ran away. So Amy Puny was innocent.

Next, I will talk about bleeding corpses. Christina Wilson was believed to kill a man by witchcraft in 1551. She touched the victim's corpse, and the corpse started to bleed! Christina Wilson was hanged.

Now, I will explain about pricking. People believed that every witch had a spot where the Devil himself touched. And if you pricked the spot and it did not bleed, the victim was a witch! For example, Janet Peaston was just talking to herself and the law officer thought she was strange and pricked the spot on Janet's neck. It didn't bleed. She was hanged.

Finally, there is turcas. It is a instrument of torture, and it only ripped out a witch's fingernails.

This is the end of my presentation, and thank you for listening to my presentation,

Writing an ode!

Now, I'll write an ode to something...

Dear pencil,

Do you remember me? I still remember you, the first time I saw you. I took you with me always no matter what once I began to go to elementary school. I hope you remember me.

I remember your features as clearly as I am looking at you right now. You had black sharp point, orange body, and a small pink eraser at the end. I looked at you curiously, grabbed you, and began to scribble on the paper. And I was surprised at the black line on the paper. You were a very good artist! From then on, after playing, I always grabbed you firmly and scribbled on the paper, surprised at your very romantic drawing skills!

But, but I made a mistake when I was fourth grade. I started to go to English and math academies from then on, and I got so much stress because it was so difficult! I had to find out a way to release my stress. So, I started to bite you!

But after I began to regret it. There were strange marks on your body. I wondered what the marks were. Then, I got it. It was my front teeth's marks! I was so ashamed. I didn't want you dirty and hurt, nor did I want to grab dirty pencil. My mom talked about pencils being important. Pencils were made from trees, and me doing these horrible things were making Earth more sick! From then on, I did not bite you again. But you were seriously heart mentally and physically.

I'm so sorry, dear pencil. I should have been more careful! I should have thought about my stress releasing method. I should thought in your perspective. I believe you didn't like it when your body was munched horribly and two big marks were left in your body. I'm so sorry.

From now on, I will never bite you. I'll try not to bite you. After all, I now think biting you is a horrible and disgusting thing to do. I'm so sorry, and now, I'll be always careful when I am holding you. Good day.

Love and hope,

Ye-in Jung

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Chain writing: A family's story

It was a dark yet bright night. The night was starry with a half moon. The win blew gently, and the fog was drifting slowly.

A small wooden house was built high up in the mountains. A small family was living in the small house. They family consisted of a mother, a father, and a young daughter.

Of course, she was 3 years old! But she pointed to the head and the mother found out the blood on her head. The mother called the father and together, they went to the hospital.

Monday, January 9, 2012

New assignment: ode!

Today, I had a new assignment after that essay about viral video. It is writing an ode! Do you know what ode is? According to Wikipedia, ode is a lyrical verse written in praise of, or dedicated to someone or something which captures the poet's interest or serves as an inspiration for the ode.
I'm going to write about an ode later. Anticipate!

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Viral Video- Charlie bit me!

Today, I'm going to talk about my viral video- 'Charile bit me!' First, I'll show you the video again.

Very funny! Charlie and her brother, Harry is sitting on a comfortable-looking sofa. Charlie bits Harry's finger, and Harry yelps in pain. Charlie giggles. The video's title is 'Charlie bit my finger-again!'. Harry and Charlie's dad, Howard, 41 years old, posted it online because the file was too big to send online to his family and friends. Now, four million people viewed this video.

I will talk about how this video spread specifically. This family lived and still now lives in England. Mr. Howard uploaded the video on YouTube so their godfathers, who were living in United States, can see Charlie and Harry. Mr. Howard decided to upload the video on YouTube because the video file was too large to send with email. Mr. Howard said,"The clip only went up as I wanted to share it with the boys' godfather. I was naive about the whole YouTube thing. It became viral and once that happened there was nothing I could do. People have sent lovely comments and messages and I now upload a new video of the boys every six weeks."

This video has impacted the world so much. This single video had received 2.6 million hits on YouTube in February 2008 and 12 million in March 2008. And this single video had affected the video's hero, Charlie and Harry's life. These boys have gained stardom. They have their own blog and T-shirts. They also have limited edition calendars. However, since the boys have went so popular, lots of money had gained. However, Mr. Howard says,"we have deliberately not commercialised the children. It's just that we don't want it to change the boys' lives."

There are other many videos. I will show one:

In conclusion, I like 'Charlie bit me!' because it is so funny. Charlie bit Harry's finger, and Harry screams. Then, Charlie laughs. It's so viral and really funny. This is the end of my essay about viral video, and thank you for reading this essay.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Viral Video- Outline!

Do you know what a 'viral video' is? 'Viral video' is a video that is really popular. Viral means spreading quickly in this term.
There are viral videos like:

I cannot find any viral video I would like to write about! Maybe I will just wrote about 'Charlie bit me!' First, I'm gonna research about Charlie's family. Then, I am gonna search about other Charlie videos. Or maybe, I will just find another viral video.