Farewell and Final Thoughts

I thought our class just was begun a few days ago, but it's already time to say goodbye.
Time flies so FAST!!!

It's a good experience to meet you and take a great class.
Blogs also mean to me a lot because I really wrote it very hard.
I think it's first time to write in English so much.
So it gives me courage to write something in English.

and I want to say "Thanks a lot!" to all of you.
Next time, I hope we could see each other in other classes.
Enjoy your extra vacation!

Sleep and Dreams

I think dream represents a sort of thoughts and memories.
I don't believe that dream will come true in real life.
It just came from our past memories and thoughts.
We should think about the dream why we dream it, because past is definitely connected to our present life.
If we didn't exist the past, we can't imagine how we live at present.
Dreams sometimes give us a special or unexpected idea that can't happen in our lives.
We shouldn't cling to dream too much, but we need to think about it once.

Gestures

Can you think of any gestures that may be unique of different in korea?

I think greeting gesture in korea is different from the other countries.
Before an open-door policy, we generally used to bow each other.
but after that, we used to shake hands with foreigners because of business.
Now, shaking hands is also generalized to the whole country.
Shaking hands is mostly used by business or formal place.
Bow is used to greet older people than one's own self.
When someone greet with younger person or friends, we usually wave our hand.
If you wave your hand to older people, it's very rude behavior in korea.
We should act our age as proper manners.

To a stranger or formal greeting or to older people

In business or formal place

To friends or informal greeting

A Short Story

What do you think are the most important things needed to have a happy life?
How can people truely achieve happiness in their lives?

I think that the most important thing in life is "health".
We can't live happily without it no matter how we have lots of money.
But, we can't ignore the money completely to live happily.
Do you know that Korea is the highest of suicide rate in the world?
You can see that below.

You usually know that Korea is the successful nation of rapid economic growth in the world.
It's true, but Quality of life in Korea isn't as high as economic growth.
The money isn't necessarily proportional to the happiness index.
We can't buy the happiness with money.
To live a happy life, it depends on "our thinking".

The photo below is about "happiness ranking in the 143 nations".

Superstitions

I don't believe in superstitions because it can't be explained in any scientific ways.
but sometimes I don't any behavior which can cause bad luck.
If I break the superstitious rules, it gives me feel like happening bad things.
When I need something desperately, I became to believe in superstitious things.
For example, When I had a severe cold, I hope to cure my disease by doing superstitions.

Foot-and-mouth disease

Foot-and-mouth disease is spreading in south korea these days.
Why is it possible to spread rapidly?

First of all, Preventive measures against epidemics is insufficient.
When it happened, we should have prevented it on a nationwide scale immediately.
In additon, Some cities only prevent their areas from foot-and-mouth disease.

Secondly, All people should actively participate in prevention of epidemics.
Because it can be expanded in the air, It needs all people's participation to be terminated.
For example, Some selfish people don't accept a disinfection because of inconvenience.

Eyeless Sight

Why do you think these individuals are able to do these things without vision?

My first theory is that they might have a potential ability like eyeless sight.
If they are born with no eyes, they will need more information where they are.
Losing their sense makes them concentrate on the other sense supersensibly.
It's hard for normal person to appear potential abilities because they don't need to have these abilities.
but, If normal person lost any sense, he might need these abilities.
So, I think it's easier for the handicapped to get supersensible ability than normal person.

Secondly, they may inherit another ability as gene mutation.
It's uncommon to have a gene muation, but we shouldn't ignore it.

"Heroes" is my favorite drama these days. It gives me inspire to think about it.
I really love to watch it. I recommend you to see it. It's very exciting and interesting!!