journal 9

             My interests are varied. I like internet window shopping. When I turn on a computer and enter internet shopping malls after a tiring day of school, it seems to emotional stability and feels relaxed and I relieved of my fatigue. Even though something has me worried if I find something else to buy while looking around window shopping, I enjoy window shopping. Also I love to watch all kinds of movies whether the content is good or bad. Horror movie will make me forget about the heat. And if I watch comic movies, I convulsed with laughter. Sometimes sad movie makes me cry. Watching movies alone does not get bored.

And I think movies help me do indirect experience. So it seems that watching movies is a helpful hobby since I can experience the world that I did not know through movies. And drinking with my friends is an important element of my interest. Although I can not drink so much, I feel a gleam of mad joy and more relaxing when I drink alcohol. After drink heartily with my friends, we caught up on each other's lives and get sth off each chest, and then we get acquainted each other. It is a great opportunity to get to know. So I tried to break away from boring everyday life by having a drinking party with friends at least once a week.

             Having a hobby is not only for killing time. I think it is one of activities to stabilize our emotions and be right-minded for the future. I think it’s good for everyone to enjoy each interest.

journal 8

             I volunteered with my club members last Friday. The second semester starts and I joined the volunteer service club of universities. I was very nervous and much anxiety because this is my first time going to volunteer work after joins a club. On the one hand, I was expected to different volunteer work from I have ever done. I have done volunteer service that go to community welfare service once a week and do the cooking helping mentally disable children during the last semester and now. So joined the volunteer service club that helping live alone the old becasue I want to volunteer other filed. Hence, I first visited old man who living alone last Friday. There was awkwardness at first but experienced club people relived my anxiety and tention by talking, “It will be good help in old man just by listening to old man’s story.” That takes a big load off my mind. When we visited a home for an aged about 2 o’clock, an old man was waiting in one small room. He lost his leg in a car accident. He glad to see us and told us all that he had been.  We spent an hour or so with him then. It’s really not that hard to understand and I think I had a good job.

Helping others can give helpers themselves deep satisfaction. Now most students participate in volunteer work for poor people or for their community. The experience of helping others or working for a neighborhood would give students great pride. Therefore, I think students should join in the volunteer work more actively.

journal 7

I met my high school friends from Iksan after a long time. During high school years, we promised meet once a month at least after enter to university. At the high school, we talked about going to baseball game, blind date, club and working for pat-time job with together. However someone was too busy to meet us. I felt something great was missing because she was not there.

It was not until Second semester that we meet each other. Three people who is my high school friends met in Hongdae at 7p.m. We were glad to see friends again. Although meet in a long time, I can recognize my friends immediately. Everyone was so hungry that we tried to find restaurant at first, we wanted to eat meat, so we tried to find a restaurant. We were satisfied with the taste and we could see famous comedian in the restaurant. Then we walked around Hongdae. There were so many people because of Friday night and club day. We saw interesting sight and listened of events and someone played a guitar. After, we went to Ho-bar which is turn-on loudly music and sell an alcohol, I recommended the bar and they were liked it, we talked about event of our university life. For example, hardships, guys, church, work and we talked about missed our high school life. We had a good time late in the evening on what we'd been doing since they'd last met. We promised meet next month, too. We were sorry to have to say goodbye.

journal 6

             My mother came up to Seoul from Iksan this weekend. Instead of seating home alone because my father went on a business trip for a weekend, came up to Seoul and see my sister and me. I went Iksan on Friday and something urgent come up and come up to Saturday. And my mom comes up to Seoul on Sunday. My sister and I came to meet mom at terminal around 2 o’clock. We went around the street looking for a place to eat lunch, talking to each other. We went into the restaurant and ate soft tofu stew, beef-rib soup and ribs there. After lunch, we go to shopping to Myeongdong. First, we went into the Lotte Department Store. I was delighted to shopping with my mom after such a long a time. I felt moved to pester my mom to buy me with no further ado. My mom and I bought cosmetic and thick winter jacket. And my sister tried on several dresses, but she could not find what she was interested in, so she chose only one knitwear. We went around a long time and get out by evening. And then, we headed to the Cheonggyecheon by around. It was great that illustrious lighting in darkness. It so happended Seoul Latern Festival 2010 just at that moment. There has been the opportunity to watch other than Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan and so on various foreign light with fancy nightscape. I was very pleased to meet together after a long separation. Althought it had been only one day, my mom and I and my sister had a lovely time.