Tuesday, November 29, 2005
My Plans for Thanksgiving Break
Name : Soony Seo
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/18/05
My Plans for Thanksgiving Break
There are special meanings in thanksgiving vacation because my husband will stay with me in US. He will stay for 8days with family. It takes long time to meet him since he left me with two sons. I have missed him much even though I have met him every day on line through computer and call. I hope that I keep him all days. I hope that he will be happy with me, so I will go to golf for him. Actually he likes golf with me. Therefore, I will play golf with him for a couple of days and I will go out for dinner with church members in order to introduce him to them, because he wants to meet people around me. In addition, I will go to movies every night with sons because I am hungry for movies and I will go to Saint Louis for my sons with him. And I will go to friends'house. And I will participate in thanksgiving sale. I want to buy a new digital camera in Best Buy. However, I want to be with him at home without meeting any other person during all vacation, because 8days is too short to be with him.
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/18/05
My Plans for Thanksgiving Break
There are special meanings in thanksgiving vacation because my husband will stay with me in US. He will stay for 8days with family. It takes long time to meet him since he left me with two sons. I have missed him much even though I have met him every day on line through computer and call. I hope that I keep him all days. I hope that he will be happy with me, so I will go to golf for him. Actually he likes golf with me. Therefore, I will play golf with him for a couple of days and I will go out for dinner with church members in order to introduce him to them, because he wants to meet people around me. In addition, I will go to movies every night with sons because I am hungry for movies and I will go to Saint Louis for my sons with him. And I will go to friends'house. And I will participate in thanksgiving sale. I want to buy a new digital camera in Best Buy. However, I want to be with him at home without meeting any other person during all vacation, because 8days is too short to be with him.
Mother, Wife and Student
Name : Soony Seo
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/15/05
Mother, Wife and Student
There are many problems to solve in my life. They sometimes make me unhappy, so I don’t want many problems even though it would be too boring to know the meaning of life without them. I have faced various problems from trivial problems to hard problems everyday in America. As soon as I have solved one, new and hard problems spring up again in a unique style that I have never met. The most terrible thing is to fear something that I can’t recognize. I need aggressive, positive and creative thinking to find solutions. I have been attacked by stress of problems in America, but they have not been permanent and they gave me wisdom through overcoming them. Sometimes any problems are solved naturally by time. That means that they need my courageous patience. I have met new problems about language, health, and time schedule while learning English in America as a mother, wife and student.
A first problem is that I do not speak English well. I have been faced a language problem since I moved in U.S. I have used a unique survival language like simple words with nonverbal language for shopping or food. It was not difficult to use my English for spending money, because people were usually nice to the stranger for getting money, but it was not easy to explain my difficulty. I could not solve my problems because of English. It was not an interesting adventure ; it was a hard survival for me in the beginning, I have felt as if I were deaf and dumb. I have been hungry for mental food that comes from books, newspapers and magazines, but it is difficult to read in English. It is not such a problem any more because I am an ESL student. As time goes by, I can use English well. I don't speak fluently yet, but but I know how to solve my problem in English. I have been steadily following my dream by learning English in CESL. English is my big reason why I am here.
A second problem is that I am getting heavy. It is a health problem that is so important to me. I used to bowl, play squash , play golf and climb mountains for health. After moving to America it has been difficult to do my favorite sports, so I have been gaining weight. That is red signal for me. Sports give me health and friends. I have some lonely feeling without sport friends, and I have eaten a lot without exercise. It makes a physical/mental problem. But I have got wisdom through time, I found a new sport to be healthy ; the walking for one hour helps me. Furthermore, I am a married woman whose husband is staying in Korea. It was shocking problem to be with sons without husband in the beginning time of America. It was a strange, solitary feeling. Actually I have got physical/mental problems by staying here without husband. But I have been so busy that I could not recognize my solitude ironically because of a lot of hard assignments .
That is my third problem ; I am so busy with school homework that I sometimes don’t notice that I have to do housework. There are many things to do at home. I want to be a good mother, who serves delicious food and guides the children in a nice direction, but I am busy with school assignments. My time schedule has been changed a lot for learning English . I prepare my day in the early morning. I usually do my school assignments and prepare Korean breakfast quickly in the morning . I have chat with my husband and have to give rides to my sons, and my school life starts. After school I do more assignment,do drive each son. I prepare dinner and chat with husband and do speedy housework. I have to walk one hour for me. Cooking, cleaning and washing dishes are basic tasks to do at home, and every new problems always come with the children. On weekends, I do shopping to survive. My head is occupied with many problems to solve. The problem is how to use my 24 hours for my dream and myself. I recognize that I have a limit as a mother , wife and student. I want to go graduate school, but I do not have enough time to study. What is most important thing to me? I ask that sentence to myself everyday.
As time goes by I am getting better to control stress. It seems that life is full of problems to solve for dream. But I think that I can solve my three problems because I have to. I can control my stress by a patient, brave and wise heart. Above all I have a positive attitude that can see good things from problems, even though I am not always happy because of them. I can solve my three problems because I have to solve them for my dream.
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/15/05
Mother, Wife and Student
There are many problems to solve in my life. They sometimes make me unhappy, so I don’t want many problems even though it would be too boring to know the meaning of life without them. I have faced various problems from trivial problems to hard problems everyday in America. As soon as I have solved one, new and hard problems spring up again in a unique style that I have never met. The most terrible thing is to fear something that I can’t recognize. I need aggressive, positive and creative thinking to find solutions. I have been attacked by stress of problems in America, but they have not been permanent and they gave me wisdom through overcoming them. Sometimes any problems are solved naturally by time. That means that they need my courageous patience. I have met new problems about language, health, and time schedule while learning English in America as a mother, wife and student.
A first problem is that I do not speak English well. I have been faced a language problem since I moved in U.S. I have used a unique survival language like simple words with nonverbal language for shopping or food. It was not difficult to use my English for spending money, because people were usually nice to the stranger for getting money, but it was not easy to explain my difficulty. I could not solve my problems because of English. It was not an interesting adventure ; it was a hard survival for me in the beginning, I have felt as if I were deaf and dumb. I have been hungry for mental food that comes from books, newspapers and magazines, but it is difficult to read in English. It is not such a problem any more because I am an ESL student. As time goes by, I can use English well. I don't speak fluently yet, but but I know how to solve my problem in English. I have been steadily following my dream by learning English in CESL. English is my big reason why I am here.
A second problem is that I am getting heavy. It is a health problem that is so important to me. I used to bowl, play squash , play golf and climb mountains for health. After moving to America it has been difficult to do my favorite sports, so I have been gaining weight. That is red signal for me. Sports give me health and friends. I have some lonely feeling without sport friends, and I have eaten a lot without exercise. It makes a physical/mental problem. But I have got wisdom through time, I found a new sport to be healthy ; the walking for one hour helps me. Furthermore, I am a married woman whose husband is staying in Korea. It was shocking problem to be with sons without husband in the beginning time of America. It was a strange, solitary feeling. Actually I have got physical/mental problems by staying here without husband. But I have been so busy that I could not recognize my solitude ironically because of a lot of hard assignments .
That is my third problem ; I am so busy with school homework that I sometimes don’t notice that I have to do housework. There are many things to do at home. I want to be a good mother, who serves delicious food and guides the children in a nice direction, but I am busy with school assignments. My time schedule has been changed a lot for learning English . I prepare my day in the early morning. I usually do my school assignments and prepare Korean breakfast quickly in the morning . I have chat with my husband and have to give rides to my sons, and my school life starts. After school I do more assignment,do drive each son. I prepare dinner and chat with husband and do speedy housework. I have to walk one hour for me. Cooking, cleaning and washing dishes are basic tasks to do at home, and every new problems always come with the children. On weekends, I do shopping to survive. My head is occupied with many problems to solve. The problem is how to use my 24 hours for my dream and myself. I recognize that I have a limit as a mother , wife and student. I want to go graduate school, but I do not have enough time to study. What is most important thing to me? I ask that sentence to myself everyday.
As time goes by I am getting better to control stress. It seems that life is full of problems to solve for dream. But I think that I can solve my three problems because I have to. I can control my stress by a patient, brave and wise heart. Above all I have a positive attitude that can see good things from problems, even though I am not always happy because of them. I can solve my three problems because I have to solve them for my dream.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Types of Love
Name: Soony Seo
Class : EAP1
Date : 10/28/05
Summary/Response for "Types of Love"
In the article, “ Types of Love,” Bernard Seal describes five kinds of love. They have distinguishable characters. First, ludus love is game, the lovers do it for fun itself and there are no commitments. Second, storgic love is likely to be friendship rather than intensive passion. Third, mania love wishes to be possessed, to be loved intensely. It needs constant attention and constant affection. Fourth, pragma love wants lover who has similar needs and interests to make the person comfortable. Fifth, eros love seeks a physically beautiful lover and an intensive physical relationship.
I think that it is difficult to determine my own love as only one style because it has been changed over time. There are various features(romantic, mania, storgic, pragma) in my love with my husband. I have wanted romance since I fell in love with my husband. I wanted to be a beauty and a sexy woman to him. At the same time I have wanted us to be strong mental conversation friends to each other. I fell in love with him not knowing what love was when I was young. Actually romantic love is a fantasy that is the ideal activity of human beings in novel and films. I think it is impossible to keep physical love without coordination of mental conversation because love is harmony of mental and physical activity to me.
Furthermore, marriage is a real life so it is difficult to keep romantic mood forever. I constantly want interests from him. I have been jealous of women around my husband. I need sometimes strong passion from him. Sometimes I have experienced fear of the loss of the love with him. I have been depressive, jealous, self-doubting because of him. I have accepted my crazy feeling but it is so tiring for married people over time. As times goes by I want be a soul mate like friend who is so comfortable through intimate conversation and similar hobby even though sometimes it seems to be boring without fire passion. Finally it is not easy to put my love into one style definition.
Reference:Seal,B.(1997). Types of love. In Academic encounters( pp.203-205).NY: Cambridge.
Class : EAP1
Date : 10/28/05
Summary/Response for "Types of Love"
In the article, “ Types of Love,” Bernard Seal describes five kinds of love. They have distinguishable characters. First, ludus love is game, the lovers do it for fun itself and there are no commitments. Second, storgic love is likely to be friendship rather than intensive passion. Third, mania love wishes to be possessed, to be loved intensely. It needs constant attention and constant affection. Fourth, pragma love wants lover who has similar needs and interests to make the person comfortable. Fifth, eros love seeks a physically beautiful lover and an intensive physical relationship.
I think that it is difficult to determine my own love as only one style because it has been changed over time. There are various features(romantic, mania, storgic, pragma) in my love with my husband. I have wanted romance since I fell in love with my husband. I wanted to be a beauty and a sexy woman to him. At the same time I have wanted us to be strong mental conversation friends to each other. I fell in love with him not knowing what love was when I was young. Actually romantic love is a fantasy that is the ideal activity of human beings in novel and films. I think it is impossible to keep physical love without coordination of mental conversation because love is harmony of mental and physical activity to me.
Furthermore, marriage is a real life so it is difficult to keep romantic mood forever. I constantly want interests from him. I have been jealous of women around my husband. I need sometimes strong passion from him. Sometimes I have experienced fear of the loss of the love with him. I have been depressive, jealous, self-doubting because of him. I have accepted my crazy feeling but it is so tiring for married people over time. As times goes by I want be a soul mate like friend who is so comfortable through intimate conversation and similar hobby even though sometimes it seems to be boring without fire passion. Finally it is not easy to put my love into one style definition.
Reference:Seal,B.(1997). Types of love. In Academic encounters( pp.203-205).NY: Cambridge.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Catch Me If You Can # 2
Name : Soony Seo
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/4/05
Subject : Culture Through Film
Catch Me If You Can
Frank Jr. is the main character in this movie, as a young ,smart, handsome fraud. He has a family problem which is his parents were divorced. He is a lonely young man who has to be a con man for survival. He loves his father(Frank Sr.), who is an innate businessman even though he is a loser in business war. Carl Hanratty is a lonely, not humorous man , but he is very smart person as a FBI man. Paula Abagnale(Jennifer Garner) is a top model. It is interesting to see a negotiation for one night love. She is a beauty who loves material. Beauty needs money and handsome boy for survival?
I like the title of the movie, Catch Me if You Can! The title is aggressive to me . On seeing the title, I get curious to the movie. And I like Leonardo DiCaprio,Tom Hanks and Jennifer Garner. I usually used to enjoy Leonardo DiCaprio attention, his beautiful face prevent from real intention through movies. And I like Tom Hanks talent in movies. His character does not have luxury image, always he gives some sense to me. And Jennifer Garner is pretty woman. Her short showing on movie is interesting. Is she cameo? I am surprised at seeing her sexy image in this movie, because I had a pretty image from other movies.
I don't think that the movie is recommendable for people. But it is good to spend time on enjoying someone’s special life with lover, because the tone of movie is not serious.
Class : EAP1
Date : 11/4/05
Subject : Culture Through Film
Catch Me If You Can
Frank Jr. is the main character in this movie, as a young ,smart, handsome fraud. He has a family problem which is his parents were divorced. He is a lonely young man who has to be a con man for survival. He loves his father(Frank Sr.), who is an innate businessman even though he is a loser in business war. Carl Hanratty is a lonely, not humorous man , but he is very smart person as a FBI man. Paula Abagnale(Jennifer Garner) is a top model. It is interesting to see a negotiation for one night love. She is a beauty who loves material. Beauty needs money and handsome boy for survival?
I like the title of the movie, Catch Me if You Can! The title is aggressive to me . On seeing the title, I get curious to the movie. And I like Leonardo DiCaprio,Tom Hanks and Jennifer Garner. I usually used to enjoy Leonardo DiCaprio attention, his beautiful face prevent from real intention through movies. And I like Tom Hanks talent in movies. His character does not have luxury image, always he gives some sense to me. And Jennifer Garner is pretty woman. Her short showing on movie is interesting. Is she cameo? I am surprised at seeing her sexy image in this movie, because I had a pretty image from other movies.
I don't think that the movie is recommendable for people. But it is good to spend time on enjoying someone’s special life with lover, because the tone of movie is not serious.
