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Long time no talk!
It's been a while that since I came to this site and left a note.
I'm in Seoul now going to university. I haven't used my brain for 2 years so I'm really struggling in taking classes haha. Studying my major subjects are important but practicing English is also very important to me. So I'm trying to finding a language partner here and I really don't care if you are a guy or girl. I just wanted to be better at understanding in English. And Also I can help you with your korean maybe if you would like. So if you are interested in sharing languages contact me via my kakaotalk Id : Yongook113
Thank you.0 votedMay 28, 20140My presentation sheet ( in university class)
Presentation Sheet
1-Hello everyone.
Today, I want to talk to you about Korean traditional music, Saumlnori.
Before talking about samulnori, first, I want to talk about South Korea.
South Korea is in Northeast Asia. On the left, there is China. On the Right, there is Japan.
2-The official name of South Korea is The Republic of Korea and there are many features of the Korea. Breaking these features down, there are its population, national flag, climate, and its national flower. The population of theKorea is 50 million and the national flag of theKorea is Tae-guk-ki. Korea has 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. Maybe foreigners who live in areas without four seasons would find it hard to get used to this climate. The national flower of the Korea is Hibiscus Syriacus, also known as The rose of Sharon.
3- Now, talking about Samulnori. Samulnori came from Pungmulnori, which is a traditional agricultural performance with instruments. The tune of samulnori is taken from the tune of pungmulnori. It started with Kim-duk-su (the man in the picture), he was the center [the lead?] of Samulnori 'pae' in 1978. In English 'Pae' means 'Band'.
And, samulnori is chamber music. So unlike pungmulnori that is supposed to be accompanied with dancing, players are supposed to play music on stage.
4- There are 4 Musical instruments in Samulnori. It consists of large and small gongs, small drums, barrel drums and hourglass drums. The small gong's name is kkwaenggwari, the large gong's name is Jing, the barrel drums is buk, and the hourglass drum's name is Janggoo.
5- These instruments are connected to nature. Kkwaenggwari signifies thunder, Jing signifies wind, buk signifies the clouds, and janggoo signifies rain. These things convey the harmony of yin and yang. Kkwaenggwari and Jing connects yang; indicating the sky and their sounds are atmospheric. Buk and janggoo connects yin; indicating earth and their sounds are like vibrations beneath the earth. So this harmony between sky and earth makes samulnori musically great.
-Thank you for listening.
Q-what is the yin and yang? - yin and yang is an eastern philosophical idea. It Identifies the relationship between things, for example: plus and minus, man and woman, sun and moon, sky and earth
-------------------I hope I understood what you were trying to say and that you find this helpful :)
0 votedApril 21, 20140Wake up dude!
Waking up in the morning is really hard for me because of my insomnia. I can't handle it, so Im very tired every morning, every single day. Someone told me `You've got a lot of stress. You just need a break for a few days.' But I don't think the problem is stress. So what's the reason for my insomnia? I want to figure that out. There are thousands of reasons for insomnia (according to my doctor). But I don't know yet. He just said 'Rest. And don't think about your complicated jobs, studies whatever.' But I can't! So Im gonna die every morning in my house, in my bed. It's truly painful...
0 votedApril 20, 20140Do you believe in love at first sight and is it the best way to find the one of your dreams?
It seems a stupid question but I just want to figure out the best way to convince someone. Please help me correct this writing.
Though I believe that love at first glance exists [alternative: does exist], the answer for to the last question is still will have a vague quality. In another way* it is a million dollar question. The more we lookfor it, the harder we can it is to find it. It may happen at a very* first sight however it is also a result of a natural and conscious process.
Asking some fifties* couples in their fifties, they often give the answer that they fell in love at first sight but they can hardly explain why these women or men are their soulmates. The One man even decided to propose to her a woman one a day before he knew her name. But I suppose that they he had already defined what kind of woman they he was looking for and the type of relationship he desired<em>. their goals to go along with their soulmates until the end. </em>
It is necessary to realize that in nature, males chase females, so the man always charms his woman [alt: the woman]. It often happens to the men who have to find out their left part*. The woman sometimes accepts this and just thinks that it is a nice enough choice. But none of the women fell immediately head over heels.
In terms of the best way to find your soulmate, it depends on how you define your soulmate and how you would be able to dedicate yourself to your soulmate them. Sometimes, there are very strange couples, the man is thin and the woman is fat but your their love still lasts forever because they respect each other.
In one word, love at first sight is true but is not the best way to engage with someone forever. You* had better care about how to hold on to your* love and make the other them happy until the end.
*usually the expression is: 'in a way'*because the expression is 'at first sight', to me it feels awkard to add 'very'
*this would mean they are from the 1950s (I assumed you meant they were 50 years old)
*I'm not sure what you are trying to say here*'One' is quite formal but not incorrect, though if you wish to use it you should then say '...one's love and make...' later in the sentence. More often you would see 'you'
0 votedFebruary 26, 20141Today is Valentine's day.
I speedily quickly got up* after sending a delightful* message to my girlfriend. Outside, it was extremely cold so I hesitantly opened the door and shudderedingly as I went down the staircase*. Then, I determinately took rode my bike to school with determination. All day, I was working worked industriouslytirelessly and delightedly*.
*this works if you sent the message in bed via text?*to me it does have a slightly feminine connotation (or one of "the snobbish elite"...I couldn't think of a better way to explain it :|) - other possible options: 'heartfelt', 'nice'. Even 'Valentine's day message' which would be very neutral.
*often we might just say 'stairs'
*I can't think of a sufficient word to describe this but I might say '...and with enjoyment' or 'All day, I enjoyed working tirelessly'...however neither of these answers quite satisfy me lol
Hope this helped :)
0 votedFebruary 20, 20140MY ANSWER:
The world has recognized that for a long time, face-to-face communication has been the most typical type way [or means] of exchanging information between people for a long time till now. As thetime went by, people discovered many other ways to exchange information, such as: e-mail, phone [telephone<em> is more formal</em>] calls and letters. This article will compare the advantages and disadvantages of these communication methods before stating the final judgment argument.
In themodern life, fast living has caused the length of communication time between people to decrease. They hardly have time for meeting and talking with others face-to-face in person so instead they sit in their offices and send emails or make phone calls to save their time. It is undeniable that indirect communications makes our life easier and helps us to exchange data with many people at once. For instance, you can sit at home and contact many clients via emails in less than ten minutes but it would take you a whole day to go out and meet each one of them.
By contrast, face-to-face communication is not as fast and convenient as the above methods but in my opinion it is much more effective. The biggest advantages of a face-to-face interaction is that you can communicate with more humanity atmosphere, you are able to express your emotions and use body languages to enrich the quality of your conversation which will make the information exchange [<em>try to avoid too much repetition if you can :)</em>] more successful. However, because you cannot handle all the face-to-face meeting then just use it for important events to gain the best results.
In conclusion, all of these communications methods support our daily life in their own ways and we should decide when to make a phone call or conduct a face-to-face conversation based on our purposes and goals for that interaction.
-<em>Hope this helps :) Your English is pretty good :)</em>0 votedSeptember 18, 20131Judging a person through by their external appearance
Introduction Statement:
In the modern life, the world has had many advances, and people have changed about in terms of style, external appearances and standards. There are some arguments around this issue; someone argued that a person can be judged for their style, but theothers believe that this is wrong. In my view, I think a person is not only judged by their style but also by other reasons such as their knowledge, gestures, actions and social communication skills. to judge a person.<em>-That's probably how I would write it, hope it helps :)</em>
0 votedSeptember 18, 20132Beginning to learning English
Hello everybody!
i have matters in learning english <em>< Not sure what you want to say here</em>
I need to know [<em>or</em> learn] English for my job but I can't speak it.
I am affraid to speak English with other people. I don't even understand myself.
My customers call to me but I find it hard to hear them and sometimes I don't understand what they are trying to say to me.
I really want to be able to write [more?] but I can't with my current English skills.Hope this helps :D
And I hope I have understood what you are trying to say.0 votedSeptember 17, 20131
