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What I have been doing lately.
After I thought about going abroad to experience more and be more fluent at speaking English, I decided to go somewhere and stay there about a year. I've been running so hard so I thought I deserve to take a break a little bit. Since my plan for going abroad as an exchange student failed, I just chose to go Austrailia for a working holiday. My parents are worried about me because they think I'll have a hard time there and I need to do everything by myself. To be honest, I don't think I've met any hardness in my life yet, I only felt that it's tiring and boring to study hard at university, and I tried hard to get a good grade. I don't know what was my motivation to study hard at that time, but I got a scholarship anyway. Not this time though...
I feel that it can be really meaningless to study when I don't have any interests in a specific major.I think I need to take the time off to think what I'm gonna do later and wanted to find the answer after I graduate my university. Too many complex things..
Getting a good grade is important in Korean society. People are dreaming of going to big companies and they're trying so hard to fulfill the qualifications to go there. Getting good grades is just a little part of it I guess. Some people are going abroad to volunteer just to make their image nice. English test scores, Chinese test scores, Fluency of speaking English and Chinese, high GPA, well written self introduction paper, abroad experiences, confident and nice conversation/presentation skills, ah nice and loyal attitude of course!
I'm also going to consider these and those later when I come back from Austrailia, but I'm scared already.
ah what I have been doing lately! I thought that It would be nice if I have more skills to do something before I go to Austrailia, so I'm learning how to make coffee these days helping workers in a cafe and I tutor a middle school boy preparing for his tests.
I should find out more info about Austrailia and I will pack my things in a carrier~0 votedJuly 1, 20152My New Friend
Su-min Son is a new friend of mine in the English composition class I am taking this semester. She was born in Dae-Jeon, in South Korea and lived there for 7 years and moved to Guem-San and lived there until she graduated from the high school. Now She has been studying English literature for 2 years. She is living with her father here and mother lives in Guem-San and her younger sister is studying in Choong-Joo. On account of her parents' jobs', they live separately in different cities. She and her sister go to Guem-San to visit their mother twice a month if they have time.
When I asked her what she thinks of Dae-Jeon, she said that there are many nice parks to walk in. She also said that she really enjoys to walk around in the park. Now she is waiting for some good weather to go back to the park with friends. Her favorite food is chocolate. When I asked her about this question, she answered me directly "Chocolate" and seemed to be very excited to tell me. I guessed that she was happy to even think of chocolate!
Su-min has been in a band as a vocalist for 2 years. She also can play the piano well. I think that she is musically talented. She said that she wants to compose music in the future. Nowadays, she has started to exercise at the gym and has part time job at the kindergarten. She must be very busy doing all of these things, but she seemed to enjoy her life very much. She said that the happiness of and relationships with people are the first priority in her life. I asked her when the happiest and the worst moments in her life were. She said for the happiness moment, "Of course, when I eat chocolate!". I laughed and thought that she really loves chocolate. However, the worst moment, she said when her grandfather died 3 years ago. He loved her very much and was a very good friend of hers. Whenever she visited him, he used to wait for her in front of the door until she arrived and gave her a warm hug. She enjoyed going for a walk with him. I think that is why she likes to go to the park and loves the nature so much. It was very difficult for her when he passed away. She couldn't deal with her emotions for a while. Especially, she said that she was very afraid to lose someone whom she loves because she knew how much painful it is.I myself found that Su-min has warm smile and nice voice. She is also very funny and kind so I could enjoy the time with her and laughed a lot.
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