Idols, the Face of Korea

    A lot of Korean teenagers are crazy about idol singgers. They are young, looks pretty and handsome, and have many talents to show to people. I am personally not interested in idol singers, but I cannot deny that idol girl groups are pretty and look hot. Especially Hyun-a in 4 minutes, Hyo-sung in Secret, and IU who is a solo singer are very popular and pretty. Among those three, IU have enourmous popularity and most of Korean guys in my age are crazy about her.

   This is picture of IU, the hottest icon of the idols among many idol groups. Many people agree that she does not have the prettiest face, but she is very cute, young, and attractive. When I saw her on TV at first, I was not that impressed by her, but the more and more time I see her, she seems lovely and attractive. I think that is the advantage of idol groups, looking more and more nice and hot.

   This is the picture of Girls Generation, the most popular idol group in Korea among guys. They are composed of nine members. As you see, most of idols are in groups. All nine of the memebers have enormous amount of popilarity.  Even few crazy fans try to kidnap them and own them on their own. I personally am not interested in them, and I sometimes do not understand my friends who gets crazy about them. Even older people, like in thirties and fourties like them and go to their concerts to see them on their real eyes.

   I think Koreans are crazy about idols. I firstly thought that Idol typoon will be gone in short time, but my guess was very wrong. I do not think their popularity will not be gone until they get old and wrinkled.



What do I love to do? DOTA!!!

    What do I love to do? In these days, the most favorite thing I enjoy is computer games. I play a very popular game named Warcraft. Blizzard game company made it and I believe that a lot of people around the world play this game. It is like Starcraft; it is war tactic simulation game, and it has a lot of mini games created by individuals. Among those minigames made by a lot of people, I enjoy playing DOTA. Main story of the game is that heroes from the opposite sides, sentinal and scourge, fight each other to achieve victory. I have been playing this game for a long time, and I cannot quit playing it!

   This is the picture of DOTA characters. I think somebody who plays it made miniatures of the characters. They look pretty cool huh? Once you start the game, you are supposed to choose one of the characters, and then you start to make your character stronger. Whenever you see your enemy, you have to fight against them and kill them.

   This is one of the battle scene. You see that few characters are chasing for their enemy to pawn him. The character that is in very front is running away from those characters. DOTA goes on by these fights, and basically the team that has more kills and that destroyed more buildings win. It is pretty hard to play well if you are begginer, but once you get used to it and understand basic skills of the characters, you also can be in the middle of the plays!

Yuna Kim!!!!

   Yuna Kim!!! She is a great figure skater of Korea and won several gold medals in world championships including Olympics. She is one of the most famous celebrities in Korea, and make huge amount of money. I have been a huge fan of her since I firstly saw her performance. In the performance, she was so gorgeous and beautiful, that I could not take my eyes off of her. I was just thinking 'Oh my God She is so pretty I want to go out with her.' Well, I know, it is very unlikely to happen, but I always dreamed her going out with me.

   This is her picture of her with the gold medal from Olympics. I still remember the moment. The most surprising fact was that the announcer, who is American, was cheering for her over American performer. He said 'Yuna Kim is the greatest figure skater in the world and I am so excited that I am just about to watch her skating.' Since then, I realized that how great she is and how far I am from her. Sad.... Well the performance was perfect and she achieved the gold medal with incredible score. She almost got perfect scores from all the judges, which is very unlikely to happen. I think that moment was when she looked most beautiful to me.

   She is heroine of Korea and very attractive woman. Most of Korean guys love her. Well, one of my biggest wish in my life is seeing her in person and to talking to her. Well, I would say just being a friend with her.

Korea My Home Country

    Well, as most of people who know me in person, I am Korean. Sometimes, people in foriegn countries such as Americans or Canadians, they ask me if I am South Korean or North Korean. Well, I think it is a very stupid question because usually North Koreans are not allowed to leave their country. Well, even though I think so, I understand those people who ask me such question because they do not know about Korea very well. So I want to introduce to you guys about my Home Country South Korea.

    This is a map of Korea. As you all know, Seoul is capital city of the country, and it is located near the border line between North and South Korea. Some poeple might think that it would be very dangerous that such a big capital city is located near NK, but do not worry, we have not been fighting since Korean war.

    This is a picture of Gangnam, which is a main part of Seoul. A lot of economic activities happens in there. Well, other parts of Seoul is a lot similar to there, but this street is the most famous to many Koreans. Also, there are many stores, entertainments, and restaurants.

    This is a picture of Korean palace. Long time ago, when Korea was ruled by kings, they lived in there. Also, Korean government was also in those palaces. All the governing processes happend in those palaces, and everyone who were related with Korean kingdom stayed there. Every governing process happened in there.

    One thing that Korea is most famous for is Korean food!!! They are very delicious and natural. Many Korean foods are healthy and also many foreign people like them. The picture above is one of the most popular Korean food, bibimbob. It is rice mixed with many kinds of vegetables and Korean hot sauce. The Korean hot sauce gives the eater little bit of spicy and sweet taste. I love that food!!


    Korea is not as famous as France, America, England and so on. However, I am very proud of myself that I am Korean,  and I love my country. I hope many people come visit Korea and experience some Korean culture.

Part time job!!!!!

    A lot of students in both High Schools and universities search for part time job. I also look for part time job every week to get some money. In my case, I look for short term jobs, like working only during weekends and few days, because I have to attend school during weekdays. In these days, I work at wedding hall every weekends and make some money.

    This is a picture of usual wedding hall, and me and about ten more people work in the place. The workers have to set up everything, including chairs, decorations, tables, foods, and so on, and get ready to get the customers to be sit. There are usually three weddings a day, and we have to clean up after each wedding and set up the whole thing again. Working at wedding hall could be sometimes very hard and tiring, but the paycheck after the hard working is pretty good. I get 6000 won per hour, about 6 dollars per our in the States. I know that usually wage for America is about 8 dollars per hour, but you know, the currency is different between countries. 6000 won is pretty good amount of money in Korea.

    I think working at part time job is a very helpful thing for a student. Students in universities can make some school fees from the work, and others could make some extra money they can use for fun. Also, working make students to learn how the society goes and teaches them lots of things.

Friends VS Family

   Both family and friends are very important part in your life. However, modern people concerns whom to be dependable and be able to tell secrets and other concerns. Many people say that friends are the ones to be chosen, but I do not agree with that idea. I believe that family is the one to depend when I am in trouble. I spent much more time with my family, and I am pretty sure that my family knows me better than my friends. Also, if i tell some concerns or worries to my family, they would take them much more seriously than my friends would do. Lastly, my family is always on my side and they would suggest things that will be best for me. For all these reasons, I say that family takes more important part in my life than friends.

Working out!!!!

    Ladies and Gentlemen, summer is coming!!!!!!!!!! You all know what summer means, it is season of exposure of your body!!! Girls start to lose some weight and guys try to make some muscles to attract women. Also, in summer, people visit beach for vacations. In beach, as you all know, people wear swimming suits!! Guys only wear short swimming pants that almost looks like underwear, and girls wear bikinies that melt guys eyes. Wait, but are you overweight or gained some weight during cold winter? Then let's start working out!!!

   Guys, do you want to have some abs like the one in the picture? If you want it so bad, you should stop what you are doing right now and start running!! Running kills your body fat, and also helps to build your abdominals. Also, it build proper leg strenght that is the basic of all other sports and weight lifting. Also, doing sit-ups are one of the easiest way to build your abs. If you do hundred sit-ups a day, everynight, you will start to see some cuts made on your stomach in a month.

   If you want to have some biceps, you should lift weights. Bicep is very important part of your arm muscle. Also, most guys want to have big biceps to be strong. Big biceps are symbol of strenghth I think.

 

 

   Lastly, the most important part in your exercising is running. When you run, you start to sweat. And by that sweating, you start to lose body fats. Losing body fats make your weinght to go down, and make your body much more healthier. Also, running helps to build your leg muscles, and also your abdominals. Scientists say that you use every part of your muscle when you run. Thus, running is the most important and effective exercise when you are working out.