Crimson Rock Concert

My friend 화니심 is an electric guitarist.
He is the member of rock band 'Crimson'.
As the name shows, this is Korea University's famous rock band.
(The symbol color of Korea University is Red!)
The music was good. People were nice.
Also the atmosphere was soooooooooo hot.
Especially with my friend 화니심. Please look at this photo shoot.

I have been thought he is kind of a timid person. However he was very enthusiastic. He twinkled with passion in his mind. I am so proud that he is my friend. Anyway it was an exciting experience after a long interver. Happy Happy May!!♥

Happy Birthday to Me (>-<)/

Yes. This is baby Jane. KKK
It was 1986.12.20 and I was just YOUNG!!
I am wearing yellow sweater which my grand mom
knit for my first christmas present.
May be I was saying "Yeah~". Please look at my pleasent expression.
Frankly speaking, I was adooooooooorable. Sorry! KK

And............this is also me. I am 22 years old now.
I am still adooooooooooooorable. KK
This year, my birthday was coincide with Coming of Age Day.
Therefore I got the presents and celebrations twofold.
I dare to say that I was the most happiest person in the world on my birthday! :)

Valuable site for English Learning [2]

http://www.manythings.org/voa/

This site is good for studying English grammar. There are many interesting reading materials.

If we choose one and click that story then the grammar quiz game starts.

Quiz yourself on English grammar and vocabulary while reading scripts of the Special English programs from the Voice of America (VOA). Not only can we practice English, but also we can learn many interesting things while doing so. They also offer VOA's Special English Word List.

The word lisk will be a good guide.

I was happy to study grammar with fun. Hooooooray!!

Concordance

In my opinion, concordance is an useful program when we study with reading materials.
By using this program, we can learn how and where to put the specific word in sentence.
It means we are able to compare different usages of a word and find the keyword of the context.
Also the most strong point of this program is self-studying. If there is a nice reading material, then we can start the lecture by ourselves.

Thinking of Relationships

Later that day, I got to thinking about relationships.

There are those that open you up to sth new and exotic.

Those that are old and familiar.

Those that bring up lots of questions.

Those that bring you somewhere unexpected.

Those that bring you far from where you started.

And those that bring you back.

But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all

is the one you have with yourself.

And if you find someone to love the you, you love.

Well, that's just fabulous!

Valuable site for English Learning [1]

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

This is a Newyork Times NIE web site. There are lots of reading materials and they are updated regularly. As you see this pictures, there are several useful sections. It is devided into two part. One is for students and the other one is for teachers.

For students: News Summaries, Daily News Quiz, Word of the Day.
I like Word of the day section most because vocabulary is the weakest point that I have. Therefore I added this page to my favorites sites.

For teachers: Daily Lesson Plan, Daily News Quiz, Word of the Day.
As my major is English Education, this site will be my property in the future. By this site I can also understand how teachers prepare daily lecture. Especially English teachers...

Well, everytime I trying to find useful sites for English learning, I feel as if it is a treasure hunting. When I finally find gorgeous sites, I feel good just as I find the treasure in the bundless ocean.

[Poem] My Papa's Waltz

My Papa's Waltz
Theodore Roethke (1908~1963)

The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.

We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle

You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.

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Today is parents' Day. I prepared some gifts and the letter.
I enclosed coupons for my parents. For example, mother can redeem coupons by massage, doing the dishes and laundry. Father can redeem it by washing his car or shining his shoes etc.
However I already know that Parents' Day is not restricted to one day. I should serve my parents with devotion for 365days.
Thanks Mom and Dad! I love you~♡♡

JY Park's Harvard Lecture

JY Park had a special lecture at Harvard University.

At 영어발달사 course, some senior students had a presentation.
They showed two to three ucc materials. Those were about 박근혜's English, 반기문's English and 박진영's English. After watching all of them, we had discussion time. The topic was this.

Q: What do you think about English by Korean people whose major is not English? Discuss your opinions freely about their English. (ex. prununciation, intonation, complexity of sentence...)

In my opinion, three of them are really good at English. Their English is better than I thought.

One interesting point is that all of them doesn't major English. Especially JY Park's English is fantastic. Compare to others, he can joke just like native people. I think Korean people can speak English well even they had never been abroad. However, if someone want to be more native like in pronunciation or intonation, they should experience foreign cultures.

JY Park's lecture really gave me a stimulus to be like him. May be someday I will have my lecture at Harvard if I make every endeavor steady!! =)