Le le troisième article: Pourquoi j'essaie d'apprendre le français.

Salut iTalki,

J'essaie d'apprendre le français. Ce n'est pas facile.  Je sais les verbes au présent et les mots ordinaires et communs, comme "mère," "père," "fille," et "garçon." C'est un défi, mais j'aime bien ça,  car [ou parce que?] j'ai besoin d'un défi intellectuel. Je ne veux pas mon que cerveau ramollisse et pourrisse.

Mais il est probablement trop tard de toute façon.

I’m looking for A skype language exchange partner.

Hi everybody! I'm a 19 years old guy who wants to speak in english with some natives :)

Le deuxième article: à propos de moi

Salut italki. Pour mon deuxième article je veux écrire quelque chose sur moi.. Je m'appelle Matthew, et j'ai 30 ans. Je vis dans l'Illinois, mais pas à Chicago. Je vis à Springfield--une petite ville dans le centre de l'État.

Mon travail est ennuyeux. J'édite des manuels juridiques, et je n'aime pas mon travail. Ça me rend joufflu (ou dodu?) et stupid.

J'aime lire des romans, mais pas des poèmes. Mes auteurs préférés sont William Vollman, Jonathan Lethem, et Ben Marcus. J'aime aussi regarder des films (comme les films du Lars von Trier, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson) et la télévision (HBO)... Je suppose que je suis
très paresseux... un pantouflard, ou, comme nous disons en anglais, "a couch potato."

My life before I came to the US

I came to the US about 3 months ago.
My life in Korea was quite different from what I am doing here now.
Back in Korea, on weekdays I worked as a judge and on weekends I raised my family as a husband and a father.

First of all I would like to tell you about what I did as a judge.
In many countries judges have a lot of authority related to people and property. 
And judges also have a huge amount of tasks.
To make a long story short, I would say 4 things. 
In criminal cases, I made a decision (you could also use "decide") whether someone indicted for a certain crime is guilty or not.
If the  defendant was convicted, I decided how long the person should be in jail or how much the fine should be that the person should pay.
And I issued an arrest warrant or a seach warrant on demanding of if the prosecuter demanded it.
In civil cases, I ordered someone to do or not to do something if necessary.
And I decided who is responsible for a dispute, and how much he should pay for financial compensation.
I also arbitrated in a dispute trying where I tryed to figure out proper alternatives or encourage settlement between plantiff and defendant.
I held a trial two days every week.
There were a lot of allegations, pleadings, testimonies, and examination of evidence so it often took a long time very often.
Outside of the court room, I read documents summited from both sides, researched laws and precedents, and wrote down sentencing in my office.

Secondly, it is time to tell about my weekends with my family.
Because I did not have enough time to spend with my family for because of my busy work schedule, I tried to get along with my wife and daughter as much of the time as possible.
We usually enjoyed brunch at a cafe near my house, walked around  the park, and sometimes drived drove out of the city.
I loved playing soccer with my daughter.
A good family time made me refresh. (Or, you could say that "A good family time refreshed me.")

Besides these things, when I had free time, I played a guitar for hobby. 
I am not a good player but I love the time when I catch a guitar and hear the unique sound of it. (This sentence sounds pretty strange to english ears. You could say something like " I was not a good player, but I loved to hold a guitar and hear its unique sound.")
I experienced performing on the stage with my band members last May. It was really fantasic and amazing.
Sometimes I reminisce about that moment.

To wrap up my story, I worked hard and also tryed tried to enjoy every moment of my life in Korea