Korean Wave

What is Korean Wave? Korean pop music, drama, culture, movie, entertainment, etc is spreading its popularity around the world. Korean Wave is also known as "hallyu". It was first introduced in China as Korean pop music took the heart of Chinese people. Now, it's global, it's power has even ruled over Europe. The rulling of Korean culture around the world is called Korean Wave.

Korea has made great contributions on introducing Korea around the globe. K-pop, which is Korean pop music, has not only prospered in Asia, but also in Europe and America. No matter what kind of continent is Korean Wave has reached and succeded. CNN has noted "hollywood of the East" in December 2010. BBC has reported that Korean Wave has become a national brand like Samsung and Hyundai.

Korea.net described "K-pop, television dramas, and movies have gained phenomenal popularity, becoming the newest engine for expanding the country's cultural exports and an integral part of Korea's national image. The enthusiasm has often led to Hallyu fans craving other Korean cultural content and Korean language education. The booming presence and enjoyment of Korean popular culture has also transformed into preference for other Korean products and lifestyles alike, leading to an increase in Korean product sales overseas. The growing interest in Korean culture has further triggered a rise in inbound foreign tourists."

Korean wave is one of the most popular issue in the world now. Psy wave has also brought huge effects in spreading Korean culture around the globe.
http://www.korea.net/Government/Current-Affairs/Korean-Wave

How to keep our environment safe

Chongshin University has beautiful garden called "Eden". Couples enjoy a good time talking in Eden and other students play catch or they spend area as a chatting place. Cherry blossom trees bloomed few weeks ago, and the scene was just beautiful. But, now a days I see grasses are going to die. They lost their greenish plant color. Chongshin students have to work to keep the environment safe and reserve the environment to the best quality. There are three ways that keep our environment healthy.

First students should not step on the grass, Grasses are dying because people are playing catch on the grass, People have to be aware that stepping on grass hurt them just like people are stepping on our shoes. Second, they should not leave trash in the environment area. I see some bottles and snack bags around Eden. This will hurt the plant and make the area very messy. Lastly, Third, students should keep the atmosphere civilized. They should not shout, fight, or scream near the environment. Plants can react to the noisy sound. There was even an experiment on the reaction of plant from noisy sound and classic sound. The plant that heard classic music were able to grow faster.

We have the responsibility to keep the surrounding environment safe. Plants supply oxygen to us, present beautiful scenery, and provide the area to enjoy with our friends. Therefore we must care and love the environment around us.

TED 3 minute video lecture

I watched 3 minute video lecture from TED. The topic of the lecture was "SLEEP".
The specker was Arianna Huffington.
She first talked about her awful experience from not getting enough sleep.
Due to lack of sleep, she fainted and hit her head on the desk. Not only that, plus she broke her cheek bone, gor 5 stitches right above her right eye. From this incident, she found out the value of sleep.
She said that the way of having joyful life is getting enough sleep. High IQ does not lead to good leader. Leader must be able to see the iceberg before hitting the titanic. This means that he/she needs to have right amount of sleep so that he can look at the bigger picture.
In final sentence she said, "Shut your eye and discover the great ideas that lie inside us. Shut your engine and discover the power of sleep."
The video was quite interesting. Korean high schoolers are not having enough sleep, so I want to recommend this video to them. In order to get good grade, they have to get enough sleep!

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/arianna_huffington_how_to_succeed_get_more_sleep.html

Someone that I admire

If some one asks, 'Who do you admire?' I would answer Girls Generation. Girls Generation is the most famous dance group in Korea. They have total 9 members in the group and they are all female. They start was not very good. They debuted in 2007 and the reactions from people were not so positive. The girls were all young and did not sing very well. However, overcoming the slump, they released album after album. I once saw a documentary about their daily life and saw they are doing the best to be recognized by people. They practiced whole day and were not given any free time to do social life. I could see that they are hard working. Every album they released was a great hit. Gee is one of the popular song from Girls Generation. The latest album 'I got a boy' was also a great hit too. They had an opportunity to have their debut in America through a song called 'The Boys'. They are now a great pop star world wide. Their song has ranked number one in Japan Oricon chart too. However, the start was not very good. They have worked very hard to achieve the title they have now. I admire them because they achieved what they want through effort. It looked impossible at first, but through endeavoring work, they finally have earned the things they have greatly wished.

TV program review

Running Man
Running Man is one the most famous TV program in Korea. It is aired every sunday at 6:10 pm. The genious idea of the story captures people's attention. There are always the main story that leads the program. So one time, the story was about famous Korean warrior Yi Sun Shin. The Running Man members searched for the turtle sword and plus their mission was to take the name tag off from other people. So the one who are left at the end, is the winner. They also give great prize to the winner. Gold, Korean beef, and other expensive prize were presented to the winner. So the players do their best to win the game. The players in Running Man are the popular Korean stars. Emcee Yoo Jae Suck leads the program. He is very clever, entertaining, and energetic. This is one reason why Running Man is so famous. They have such a good emcee.
The thrilling tension and liveness from the game attracts people to fall into Running Man. I especially like tv srars changing every week. We can conclude that tv stars who appear in Running Man are the ones who are rolling these days. It will be a great miss if I do not see Running Man on sunday. If you want to feel the tension and the great enjoyment, watch Running Man this sunday at 6:10 pm!

The Cantata

Today my school had an unusual chaple! We had church music major to play cantata for Jesus' ressurection. I waited for that the whole morning. They had an orchestra and group of singers. They sang about the life of Jesus and the glory of his resurrection. They started quite imposigly. I liked the sound of percussion. During the play the speaker read lyrics and they were touching. I think that music has a great power to move one's heart. In the end, the singers reached very high note. Wow, I could not stop the overwhelming feeling that was growing inside me. I was very excited at the fact that Jesus is risen. The cantata gave pleasant impression on me. It was a time to think back again at the work of Jesus and the fact that he is God's son. Jesus is risen from the dead.

My travel blog

Last summer I went to a country in Southeast Asia. Have you heard of Cambodia? Just by hearing the name, I thought it would be a country in Africa. But, no it is in Southeast Asia, between Vietnam and Thailand. My family is there so I went there to meet my parents. They are staying in the capital city of Cambodia called Phnom Penh. However since I was there, we travelled to country side of Cambodia. On the way, I took some pictures of Cambodia sky. Aren't the clouds are amazing?

The destination where we were going was called Kep. It is a beautiful island and a vacation spot for resting. We put our luggage in  resort and first enjoyed swimming. The resort we stayed had everything. There was Sauna, swimming pool, tree house, terrace and beautiful walking road. My brothers and I changed in to swimming suit and jumped in to the cool water. In the middle of hot summer there is nothing better than cool water.

 This is my little brother^^

We loved the time. After swimming we went to eat delicious seafood. I liked food using shrimp. I do not know how it's called but it was delicious. For dessert we had coconut shake.

 After dinner we came back to our resort and we prepared to go to sauna. The hot steam room relaxed our mind and body. The peppermint and lemongrass scent gave sensational feeling. Then I went to a deep sleep.

The next day, we went up to the mountain that was just behind our resort. My dad drived the car and we enjoyed the view. Wow, the view was tremendously amazing!

The forest, trees, ocean, and many different kinds of colorful fruits were fascinating.

It's called passion fruit. It is very sweet and sour.

I took lots of picture on the way. I tried Durian. Do you know durian? It's known for its great smell. At first, I could not eat this fruit, but I became to like it now.

If you go to Cambodia you should definitely try it!

I recommend people who are reading my blog to go to Kep in Cambodia.

It was an unforgettable trip!