Sunday, August 7, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
고2때, 영어 시간에 만든 이 블로그는 한국에서 나에게 일기장같은 존재가 되었다. 중국에서 접속 차단이 된 후로 다른 애들은 더 이상 찾지 않는 블로그. 그런데도 난 한국에 온 뒤, 쓸쓸하거나 힘든 일이 있어도, 기쁜 일이 있어도 여길 찾아 온다. 볼 사람도 없는데 어떨 땐 비공개로, 어떨 땐 공개로 글을 남기고, 예전에 썼던 글들을 읽어보곤 한다. 그냥... 여기 오면 가장 먼저 고등학교 다닐 때의 기억이 나니까... 나에게 힘을 주는 것같다. 힘들때마다...
작년 이맘 때쯤, 고등학교를 막 졸업하고 한국에 왔을때는 일 년동안 뭐하지, 어떻게 하면 한국에서의 일년을 의미깊게 보낼까 고민을 많이 했었는데... 그 때는 한국에서의 이 시간이 참 길게 느껴졌었고, 과연 내년에 캐나다를 다시 갈까, 확신도 들지 않았었다. 무턱대고 영어학원을 등록했다가 맞지 않는 수업때문에 나가기 싫어진 적도 있었고, 아르바이트도 여러 번 했고, 이사를 가기도 하고, 여행을 다니고, 한국에 있을 때 조금이라도 더 배워가려고 댄스, 보컬, 기타, 피아노.... 학원도 많이 다니고....... 가족과의 시간을 더 보내고... 사람을 사귀기도 하고, 사이가 틀어지기도 하고... 분명 지금의 생활도 행복한데, 왜 난 고등학교 다닐때가 더 행복했던것 같을까.
그리고 그렇게 벌써 일년... 나는 한국에서의 휴식을 마무리하고 캐나다를 갈 준비를 하면서 지난 일년을 돌아 보고 있다.
시간이라는게 참 신기하지. 어떻게 이렇게 순식간에 일 년이 갔을까 하면서 놀라곤 한다. 중국에서 고등학교 다니던 때가 까마득한 옛날이라도 되는것처럼 오래전으로 여겨지기도 한다. 시간을 유용하게 쓰지 못한 것같아 더 그렇게 시간이 빨리 간 것처럼 느껴지는 걸수도 있겠지. 앞으로 캐나다에서 보낼 짧게는 4년, 아니면 더 길어질 생활.. 또다른 전환점이 될 것이다. 아무튼 잘 준비해서 후회없는 유학생활이 됬으면 좋겠다.
주님, 항상 지켜주시고 이끌어주셔서 감사합니다.
앞으로도 제 앞길을 비춰주시고 항상 보호해주세요. 아멘.
작년 이맘 때쯤, 고등학교를 막 졸업하고 한국에 왔을때는 일 년동안 뭐하지, 어떻게 하면 한국에서의 일년을 의미깊게 보낼까 고민을 많이 했었는데... 그 때는 한국에서의 이 시간이 참 길게 느껴졌었고, 과연 내년에 캐나다를 다시 갈까, 확신도 들지 않았었다. 무턱대고 영어학원을 등록했다가 맞지 않는 수업때문에 나가기 싫어진 적도 있었고, 아르바이트도 여러 번 했고, 이사를 가기도 하고, 여행을 다니고, 한국에 있을 때 조금이라도 더 배워가려고 댄스, 보컬, 기타, 피아노.... 학원도 많이 다니고....... 가족과의 시간을 더 보내고... 사람을 사귀기도 하고, 사이가 틀어지기도 하고... 분명 지금의 생활도 행복한데, 왜 난 고등학교 다닐때가 더 행복했던것 같을까.
그리고 그렇게 벌써 일년... 나는 한국에서의 휴식을 마무리하고 캐나다를 갈 준비를 하면서 지난 일년을 돌아 보고 있다.
시간이라는게 참 신기하지. 어떻게 이렇게 순식간에 일 년이 갔을까 하면서 놀라곤 한다. 중국에서 고등학교 다니던 때가 까마득한 옛날이라도 되는것처럼 오래전으로 여겨지기도 한다. 시간을 유용하게 쓰지 못한 것같아 더 그렇게 시간이 빨리 간 것처럼 느껴지는 걸수도 있겠지. 앞으로 캐나다에서 보낼 짧게는 4년, 아니면 더 길어질 생활.. 또다른 전환점이 될 것이다. 아무튼 잘 준비해서 후회없는 유학생활이 됬으면 좋겠다.
주님, 항상 지켜주시고 이끌어주셔서 감사합니다.
앞으로도 제 앞길을 비춰주시고 항상 보호해주세요. 아멘.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
still waiting for the physical...
I need a guardian because I was born 3weeks late...
and the agency didnt tell us about it when we applied first
and the embassy sent all the documents back
and then the agency found a guardian for me
and then the guardian sent notarized documents from Canada
and.... there was a mistake on the document
and they are sending new document again from Canada
and it still didnt arrive
and im just waiting
and the agency tells me
if,,listen, if, if I don't get the study permit by the day the school starts
I can still go to Canada
just that I can't attend courses with credits
and can attend those courses as soon as I get the visa
hahaha...
I need a guardian because I was born 3weeks late...
and the agency didnt tell us about it when we applied first
and the embassy sent all the documents back
and then the agency found a guardian for me
and then the guardian sent notarized documents from Canada
and.... there was a mistake on the document
and they are sending new document again from Canada
and it still didnt arrive
and im just waiting
and the agency tells me
if,,listen, if, if I don't get the study permit by the day the school starts
I can still go to Canada
just that I can't attend courses with credits
and can attend those courses as soon as I get the visa
hahaha...
Sunday, July 3, 2011
registering for courses, also helping jane with it.. my gosh
I should have gone to Canada last year.. when the teachers helped plan the schedule.. why all the courses I choose conflict with sst?
and I should have chosen BofArts... much shorter schedules hahah times required for each course seem to be a bit shorter...
I should have gone to Canada last year.. when the teachers helped plan the schedule.. why all the courses I choose conflict with sst?
and I should have chosen BofArts... much shorter schedules hahah times required for each course seem to be a bit shorter...
Friday, September 17, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Saturday, May 2, 2009
May.2nd.2009
I had a great time meeting my best friends. we didn't have time to meet during this semester because I was too busy. Therefore, this holiday was a good chance for us.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Wow=)
Today, we got our mid-term report card, and guess what? I reached my goal! Ms.Yu, Ms.Janda, and Mr.Pfeifer, thank you all=) Although today I got lots of homework to do=(,,, I am still happy. I was recently getting more and more lazy and was feeling very tired, but now I have power to keep it up. Therefore,,,, I think,, today I should enjoy this first,,,, and then maybe I can do tons of homework tomorrow=)
Friday, April 17, 2009
Cotton Candy's Words
I have more than just one color.
I am made of lots of sugar.
My body is like clouds in the sky.
My sweetness can soothe a screeching guy.
I can make your teeth decay,
but after this painful day,
You will forget today's pain,
and will buy me once again!
I am made of lots of sugar.
My body is like clouds in the sky.
My sweetness can soothe a screeching guy.
I can make your teeth decay,
but after this painful day,
You will forget today's pain,
and will buy me once again!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Haiku Poems
Snow falling slowly
Blanketing the trees and road
Silence and beauty
red and pink balloons
A white cake with three candles
Happy birthday, girls
A girl squating down
Spending painful time alone
In a pouring rain
+) bonus!
I like chocolate
Because it is very sweet
I like chocolate =)
Thursday, April 2, 2009
"WALL-E" Reflection
Today, we finished the second half of the movie "Wall-E". The rest of the story, was developed in almost the same direction as I predicted yesterday. Wall-E and Eve finally save the plants and help human go back to Earth. Then, the people learn to stand and walk without help from an automatic chair, and begin a new life on the Earth again.
"Wall-E" impressed me greatly, and it made me think of lots of things.
Presently, there are many people who are worried about some side effects of advanced technology, which is good. What is unfortunate is that some of them try to put the blame for their mistake on other factors but not themselves. Some people argue that human should stop developing the technology because technology can destroy our world. But, are the problems really caused by technology development? Can it be resolved if we get rid of all the technology?
In "Wall-E", human destroy the world and leave to the space irresponsibly. They make robots who will clean the Earth for them, but when the plan was failed, they immediately abandon the Earth and decide to stay in the space, forever. The auto pilot, who cause the main conflict and try to keep human from going back to the Earth, is just following the directive which was given to him by the ancestor of the people. Hence, the problems in the movie are not really made by the advanced technology, but it comes from lack of responsibility of human.
On the contrary, robots including Wall-E and Eve, have even more humanities than real human, and help people to go back to their Earth, and help them start a new life again. With the help from the robots, human can settle on the Earth easily and soon acclimate themselves to the new environment.
There are many great writers who worry about the technology and human's future. However, in many of the stories, the original cause of the disasters is not from other factors, but from human themselves. When the people realize their faults and try to fix the problems, most of the troubles are resolved, just like in the movie "Wall-E" and "City of Ember", but if human shirk their responsibility and keep addicted to the convenience of advanced technology, some serious catastrophes can really happen to them, as it did in the story "The Veldt".
Technology is not an evil, unless we use it recklessly. It is true that there are some grave side effects of the technology development, but only if we are aware of its dangerous aspects and use it wisely, technology will bring us great advantages without disasters.
"Wall-E" impressed me greatly, and it made me think of lots of things.
Presently, there are many people who are worried about some side effects of advanced technology, which is good. What is unfortunate is that some of them try to put the blame for their mistake on other factors but not themselves. Some people argue that human should stop developing the technology because technology can destroy our world. But, are the problems really caused by technology development? Can it be resolved if we get rid of all the technology?
In "Wall-E", human destroy the world and leave to the space irresponsibly. They make robots who will clean the Earth for them, but when the plan was failed, they immediately abandon the Earth and decide to stay in the space, forever. The auto pilot, who cause the main conflict and try to keep human from going back to the Earth, is just following the directive which was given to him by the ancestor of the people. Hence, the problems in the movie are not really made by the advanced technology, but it comes from lack of responsibility of human.
On the contrary, robots including Wall-E and Eve, have even more humanities than real human, and help people to go back to their Earth, and help them start a new life again. With the help from the robots, human can settle on the Earth easily and soon acclimate themselves to the new environment.
There are many great writers who worry about the technology and human's future. However, in many of the stories, the original cause of the disasters is not from other factors, but from human themselves. When the people realize their faults and try to fix the problems, most of the troubles are resolved, just like in the movie "Wall-E" and "City of Ember", but if human shirk their responsibility and keep addicted to the convenience of advanced technology, some serious catastrophes can really happen to them, as it did in the story "The Veldt".
Technology is not an evil, unless we use it recklessly. It is true that there are some grave side effects of the technology development, but only if we are aware of its dangerous aspects and use it wisely, technology will bring us great advantages without disasters.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
"WALL-E"
Recently, I have learned two stories that talk about human's future and fate of our Earth in English 11 class. Today, we watched another movie called "WALL-E", which also depicts the problems that we may face in the future.
In this movie, the Earth is totally polluted by human and becomes an unsuitable place to live anymore. Therefore, human invents robots who will clean the Earth for them, and leave to the space. 700 years later, there is only one robot left whose name is Wall-E. He always clean the rubbish on the Earth and collect junk from it as a hobby. In evenings, he watches human's musical video and learns human's feeling from it, such as love and loneliness.
One day, a robot named Eve comes to Earth and Wall-E wants to be friends with her. At first, she does not pay attention to Wall-E, but they soon become closer to each other. However, when Wall-E gives Eve a plant as a gift, Eve takes the plants and shuts down because it was her mission to find a life on the Earth. Then, a spaceship comes to Earth to take her. Wall-E does not want to lose Eve, so he follows the spaceship and goes to the space.
In the space, there is a huge spacecraft, and inside the spacecraft, it is an automatic city where all the human are living in. In the city, people do not have to do anything, thus they have become a lot fatter and their legs have atrophied than 700 years ago. Eve goes to the captain of the spaceship, but the plant that she brought from the Earth has disappeared, and Eve is falsely accused for untrue report.
Although we have not finished this movie yet, we could guess what the director wants to talk to us through this movie. Similar with "the Veldt" and "City of Ember", the people in "WALL-E" also destroy the world where they live, and become addicted to the convenience that advanced technology gives them. These two problems are the main causes of conflict in all the three stories. It means that the problems are very serious in present-day world and can bring human some catastrophes in the future.
In "WALL-E", the robot Wall-E is very pure, kind, and has lots of humanities, even more than that of real human. In rest of the movie, perhaps Wall-E and Eve will find the plants and help human go back to their original home, Earth. Then, the people may be impressed by Wall-E's humanities, get themselves back as they really were in the past, and begin a new life on the Earth again.
In this movie, the Earth is totally polluted by human and becomes an unsuitable place to live anymore. Therefore, human invents robots who will clean the Earth for them, and leave to the space. 700 years later, there is only one robot left whose name is Wall-E. He always clean the rubbish on the Earth and collect junk from it as a hobby. In evenings, he watches human's musical video and learns human's feeling from it, such as love and loneliness.
One day, a robot named Eve comes to Earth and Wall-E wants to be friends with her. At first, she does not pay attention to Wall-E, but they soon become closer to each other. However, when Wall-E gives Eve a plant as a gift, Eve takes the plants and shuts down because it was her mission to find a life on the Earth. Then, a spaceship comes to Earth to take her. Wall-E does not want to lose Eve, so he follows the spaceship and goes to the space.
In the space, there is a huge spacecraft, and inside the spacecraft, it is an automatic city where all the human are living in. In the city, people do not have to do anything, thus they have become a lot fatter and their legs have atrophied than 700 years ago. Eve goes to the captain of the spaceship, but the plant that she brought from the Earth has disappeared, and Eve is falsely accused for untrue report.
Although we have not finished this movie yet, we could guess what the director wants to talk to us through this movie. Similar with "the Veldt" and "City of Ember", the people in "WALL-E" also destroy the world where they live, and become addicted to the convenience that advanced technology gives them. These two problems are the main causes of conflict in all the three stories. It means that the problems are very serious in present-day world and can bring human some catastrophes in the future.
In "WALL-E", the robot Wall-E is very pure, kind, and has lots of humanities, even more than that of real human. In rest of the movie, perhaps Wall-E and Eve will find the plants and help human go back to their original home, Earth. Then, the people may be impressed by Wall-E's humanities, get themselves back as they really were in the past, and begin a new life on the Earth again.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Wow.... today is the most drowsy day in this semester. I almost fell asleep in every class, and right now, I really want to go to bed. Come on, Mariah! You have lots of work to have done by today!!! You have finished neither review for the test nor the homework for any class!!! none of them! Please stay awake!!! Do not fall asleep!!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Two Bad Habits
Recently, I have read many blogs of my classmates and other students in our school. I found that many of them really want to get a high mark on their provincial exams, but they say that it is really hard to get a good mark, because their English is very poor.
Well, I also tried the provincial sample exams during this weekend. By now, I have taken all the three of English exams, and my marks were 80%, 75%, and 86%. It was not as high as I hoped, but some students ask me how I got these marks. Thus, I am writing something that might be helpful for the students who are worried about their English.
Many students have two bad habits in their way of learning English.
First, I found that many students are using internet language on their blog. Students use lots of slang or abbreviated words in their writing. Maybe they think it looks cool, right? It is okay to use those sometimes, since it is also a part of internet culture. However, if you always use the informal language, perhaps you will get used to write in that way, even when you are writing a formal exam! Also, since this blog is a part of our English class, I think we should try to write in formal language here.
Secondly, if you want to improve your English, you should try to get rid of the habit of using dictionary too often. I see students looking up in their dictionary all the time. It does not really help you improve your English.
As the old saying goes, "Easy come, easy go." Looking for the meaning in the dictionary may help you understand the story more easily at that time. However, it will soon escape your brain, and next time you see the words, you will not understand most of them again. Perhaps you will become a slave of the dictionary, who cannot leave it forever. If you try to find what the word means during you read the story, you will be able to remember them more clearly.
Plus, even if you do not understand some of the words in the story, it does not really affect your reading. Do not waste your time on every single word. Instead, you should try to understand the story as groups of words. Try to understand the overall story, by reading between the lines, instead of translating all the words. Then, you will develop not only your vocabulary, but also your reading skill!
For some students whose English is extremely poor, this process would be a bit more difficult. Well,,, then, you should try to improve your vocabulary as much as you can before the test!
I really hope all of the students in our school can remarkably improve in their ability of English and get superb marks on their test, and I believe that they will definitely attain this hope.
I think all of us are doing great. Let's keep it up until the exam in June!
Well, I also tried the provincial sample exams during this weekend. By now, I have taken all the three of English exams, and my marks were 80%, 75%, and 86%. It was not as high as I hoped, but some students ask me how I got these marks. Thus, I am writing something that might be helpful for the students who are worried about their English.
Many students have two bad habits in their way of learning English.
First, I found that many students are using internet language on their blog. Students use lots of slang or abbreviated words in their writing. Maybe they think it looks cool, right? It is okay to use those sometimes, since it is also a part of internet culture. However, if you always use the informal language, perhaps you will get used to write in that way, even when you are writing a formal exam! Also, since this blog is a part of our English class, I think we should try to write in formal language here.
Secondly, if you want to improve your English, you should try to get rid of the habit of using dictionary too often. I see students looking up in their dictionary all the time. It does not really help you improve your English.
As the old saying goes, "Easy come, easy go." Looking for the meaning in the dictionary may help you understand the story more easily at that time. However, it will soon escape your brain, and next time you see the words, you will not understand most of them again. Perhaps you will become a slave of the dictionary, who cannot leave it forever. If you try to find what the word means during you read the story, you will be able to remember them more clearly.
Plus, even if you do not understand some of the words in the story, it does not really affect your reading. Do not waste your time on every single word. Instead, you should try to understand the story as groups of words. Try to understand the overall story, by reading between the lines, instead of translating all the words. Then, you will develop not only your vocabulary, but also your reading skill!
For some students whose English is extremely poor, this process would be a bit more difficult. Well,,, then, you should try to improve your vocabulary as much as you can before the test!
I really hope all of the students in our school can remarkably improve in their ability of English and get superb marks on their test, and I believe that they will definitely attain this hope.
I think all of us are doing great. Let's keep it up until the exam in June!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Mar.28th.2009
I owe too much to the exertions of all those people around me and giving me courage.
It's true that I am busy and tired, and it gets even worse because I was used to live a lazy life before. However, if I always think back to the past and keep thinking negatively, I will not improve any more, and it will get much harder for me to study in the future. I should seek for the way to learn more things and the way to develop myself, instead of murmuring about the things around me.
Today, I tried the other two of the provincial sample exams. Adding the last one that I took in the English class, my average mark by now is above 80%. When I took the similar exam in the English 10 class last year, my mark just past but was quite lower than now. The result of the exam shows tha my English has been improved a lot, and I am still trying very hard to be better.
Recently I really feel tired and oversensitive about all the things around me. I have become very brittle that it is very hard for me to control my anger. Still, I believe that I can overcome this hardship. Perhaps this is a turning point of my life. I hope that I can pass this crisis, and become more mature in the future. Then, I will be able to grin and bear all the things even if I get much busier or face any tough hardships in my life.
It's true that I am busy and tired, and it gets even worse because I was used to live a lazy life before. However, if I always think back to the past and keep thinking negatively, I will not improve any more, and it will get much harder for me to study in the future. I should seek for the way to learn more things and the way to develop myself, instead of murmuring about the things around me.
Today, I tried the other two of the provincial sample exams. Adding the last one that I took in the English class, my average mark by now is above 80%. When I took the similar exam in the English 10 class last year, my mark just past but was quite lower than now. The result of the exam shows tha my English has been improved a lot, and I am still trying very hard to be better.
Recently I really feel tired and oversensitive about all the things around me. I have become very brittle that it is very hard for me to control my anger. Still, I believe that I can overcome this hardship. Perhaps this is a turning point of my life. I hope that I can pass this crisis, and become more mature in the future. Then, I will be able to grin and bear all the things even if I get much busier or face any tough hardships in my life.
Friday, March 27, 2009
As far as this but no further...
I had a really hard time during this week... I had many exams and tons of homework to do. It has been only a short time since I started to study hard. (I really hated to study even until the middle of last semester...) Although I started to take interests in study, I have not been used to study yet, and it is still very hard for me to resist all the temptations. The stress and fatigue that have beem accumulated since the beginning of this semester started to press me further more than before. There are lots of students who study harder than me. I know that I need to go further. However, I am now too tired to keep going.
My dream is to contribute to the charitable businesses, and I really want to be a kind and positive person. However recently, I easily get angry with those people who hurt my feelings. I did not like to speak critically of other people before, but now, it seems that I have grievances against lots of people... Perhaps it is because I am too tired, as I said yesterday. I want to fix my mind, but it is really difficult.
Yea, I know that it is my fault. It is because I had wasted my precious time and got used to the lazy life. I always regret it, but it is useless. I will try to renew everything and be a diligent and vital student. I hope I can return my feeling before next week and go back to school with positive Mariah.
My dream is to contribute to the charitable businesses, and I really want to be a kind and positive person. However recently, I easily get angry with those people who hurt my feelings. I did not like to speak critically of other people before, but now, it seems that I have grievances against lots of people... Perhaps it is because I am too tired, as I said yesterday. I want to fix my mind, but it is really difficult.
Yea, I know that it is my fault. It is because I had wasted my precious time and got used to the lazy life. I always regret it, but it is useless. I will try to renew everything and be a diligent and vital student. I hope I can return my feeling before next week and go back to school with positive Mariah.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
....?????
It seems that I am recently getting more and more negative. I cannot stand even a small problem and easily get angry with all those things around me. Perhaps this is because I am too tired............ I need more energy to keep positive and active Mariah!!!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mar.24th.2009
Why don't you do your best first, before bragging that you are smart????
I don't know why there are so many people who are so proud of themselves. They say that the reason why they get low mark is because they don't study, and they also say that they are so smart that they can be the best only if they study. However, if you don't study, you should not expect others to believe or respect you. There is no proof that can support what you say, unless you study really hard and show us good result.
When I was young, I didn't really like to study. Since my mark ranked a bit higher than others even though I didn't study very hard, I became lazier and didn't make a great effort on my study. But, you know what though? Even if you are very smart and can do more things than others in the same time, it is useless if you don't use your talent effectively. Those who you thought foolish will learn lots of things while you are being so delinquent, then, the gap between you and them will get greater as days go by, and you will be the loser at last!
I really want the people to take this problem seriously, especially those who have talent. If you don't do this and just keep the haughty attitude, you will really regret it somedays.
I don't know why there are so many people who are so proud of themselves. They say that the reason why they get low mark is because they don't study, and they also say that they are so smart that they can be the best only if they study. However, if you don't study, you should not expect others to believe or respect you. There is no proof that can support what you say, unless you study really hard and show us good result.
When I was young, I didn't really like to study. Since my mark ranked a bit higher than others even though I didn't study very hard, I became lazier and didn't make a great effort on my study. But, you know what though? Even if you are very smart and can do more things than others in the same time, it is useless if you don't use your talent effectively. Those who you thought foolish will learn lots of things while you are being so delinquent, then, the gap between you and them will get greater as days go by, and you will be the loser at last!
I really want the people to take this problem seriously, especially those who have talent. If you don't do this and just keep the haughty attitude, you will really regret it somedays.
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