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6/4/2010 [Journal Entry-51]

Q. How was final project?

I have chose my final project as poetry. I have chose poetry because poetry is not limited and it has various kinds of style that I can use to present what I would like to present. Also, poetry is free and not stressful to write, since I do not have to worry so much about the grammar. I have chose love to be the topic of my final project and I have found pictures and a song to match with poem, and laid out in the style that I think it matches with other stuff. Also I was trying to present many different styles in my project. For example, my first poem was about a boy sending a letter to a girl, and I wanted the font to look like a boy's and the pictures would reflect his feelings. I actually really enjoyed this final project because I have spend time writing poems, finding pictures, and choosing music!

6/2/2010 [Journal Entry-50]

Q. Write about someone you would love to see put in jail.

I would love to put Kim Jung Ill to jail because he is causing way too much troubles that nowadays not only South Korea and US, but whole world are alarmed because of him. He is trying to make nuclear bomb to bring out war, and he may have actually put a start to it, since he have bombed South Korea's military ship. About 50 people have died from it, and North Korea is actually happy that they were successful in this plan. Now he started to stop talking to other nations and does not try to find treaty, in stead he is just wanting for a war. War is absolutely something not we should play or joke around, because it brings deaths, and depressions. Also, nowadays war is not like wars in the past, that the scale has grown and recent bombs have enormous power that could kill thousands and millions of people at once. Because Kim Jung Ill is trying for a war and does not try to stop it, I would love to see him put in jail.

6/1/2010 [Journal Entry-49]

Q. Write about a task, job or chore you dislike.

On of the tasks that I hate to do the most is taking care of my brother. My brother and I are 12 years old apart. For the following reason, we often find conflicts between us. So, I feel very frustrated when my mom tells me to take care of my brother, even just for an hour. Also, because he is a boy and I am a girl, it is hard to find similarity between us, and find something to do that both of us could enjoy. Often times my brother would like to do something physical, such as fighting and running, but I hate to do something violent, especially with my brother, who does not know how to control himself. Furthermore, even if, in any chance, we don't have any problems, I still have so much things I have to take care about, which is very frustrating to play with my brother. Especially if we are doing something that requires a lot of energy. For following reasons, I would never like to take care of my brother.

5/272010 [Journal Entry-48]

Q. Of all people you know, who is the person you respect most of all? Why? What has the person done to earn you respect?

Of all people I know, a person that I respect the most is Yu-na Kim. She is one of the top Figure skater from not only Korea, but from whole world. I respect her the most is because she gave so much impact on me in mental ways and mind ways. She showed me and taught me how to not to give up, and how to face the problems that's stopping us from moving forward. Korea has such a poor Figure environment, and there were so many things that she had to face it before she becomes the best Figure skater, and though I wasn't facing the problem directly, I could tell how it has been so difficult for her. However, she did not give up and went for her dream without stopping. Especially, the recent Olympic, she hasn't just won the gold medal, but she was able to make a world record. Olympic is not easy, and I respect her for her strength to get over it. What she did to keep her dreams, her strength to not give up made me to respect her since what she could do is not what everybody can do.

5/26/2010 [Journal Entry-47]

Q. Use the all of the following words in a story: Plastic bottle, Baseball, dirty handkerchief, crumpled note, unhinged door.

I was walking through a forest, looking down on dirt and grass, in case there is insect that will harm my foot and my heart, since I despise any kinds of insect. However, when I put up my eyes to check where I am heading, I felt something hard and solid on the top of my toe. When I put my eyes down to find what it was, I realized that it was a plastic bottle, which was shinning because of the light that has been reflected by. I hold up the plastic bottle, and by the weight, I realized that it contained some liquid inside. I was delighted to find out that there was some liquid inside because I hadn't been drinking for awhile, so I took out a handkerchief, which is sort of dirty but still useful, and cleaned the lid part with it. After, without even wondering what the liquid was, I started to drink off the what ever it was in the bottle. However, when I almost emptied out the bottle, I realized there was a crumpled note inside. Inside the note, it had a picture of baseball, and unhinged door, which I started to wonder what that is, and start walking toward to find out what it meant.

5/24/2010 [Journal Entry-46]

Q. Reflect on your digital storytelling project.

After doing the project, I thought it was actually easier to do project with limited amount of length because if there is an limitation to the length, you can start cutting off stuff that is not needed. When we do the project randomly, I realized that we start to put every single thing that we think we needed. However, because we have limited amount of things we can put it, we start to put out stuff that we do not need, which makes the project much simple and clear. Though the cutting off process was not easy, once it's cut off, the project's quality goes up. Also as I worked on this project, I learned how to emphasis important points, by both picture and words.

5/21/2010 [Journal Entry-45]

Q. Free Write

Being a teenager is one of the hardest part that every people has to pass. We called this time puberty, and it is a difficult time. It is hard and difficult mainly because one cannot control one's emotion. Everything does not work as what one want it to be, and even physically, there are too many changes to catch up. These sudden changes brings a person a shock and often times these shock have ability to change people. Whether, changes happen to the people who cannot bear the changes. People who tired to understand the changes and try to take it to themselves, puberty would be just a progress in life. However, people who cannot stand changes and who does not try to understand, often times have hard time during puberty. They sometimes get into evil ways and encounters problem that they sometimes cannot take care of. I, who is also age of teenager have gone through the process of puberty, and I too had a hard time. I thought the whole world was opposed to me, and it made gave me big problems. However, I had family and my friends who were next to me, helping me, and because of them, I believe I was able to get through a life of teenager.

5/19/2010 [Journal Entry-44]

Q. List 12 things you can buy with your last 20,000won.

I would buy...

- Chocolate - Clothes (T-shirt) - Shoes - Accessorize - Cookies - Chicken - Hair band - Noodle - Coffee - Ice cream - Nail polish - Pie

5/17/2010 [Journal Entry-43]

Q. "Yipes," said the zebra. "I've lost my stripes." Continue the paragraph, using as many words as you possibly can that rhyme with yipes.

"Yipes," siad the zebra. "I've lost my stripes." The zebra blurted out after he saw himself of on the reflection of the lake. However, he did not freak out or anything, since it happens sometimes. He was just a type of zebra. After some complains, he started to stare at the lake. After about 30 seconds it was staring at the lake, it saw a pipe-like stuff, moving around the lake, as if it was a fish or something. The zebra started to wonder and wonder what it was, and it finally realized that without actually seeing it, it wouldn't be able to figure out what it was. So slowly, it started to sipe it through the lake. When it arrived there, it realized that it was just a pipe filled with air.

5/13/2010 [Journal Entry-42]

Q. There are only three words in the English Dictionary that starts with DW: Dwell, Dwindle, Dwarf. Write a paragraph that incorporates all three of these DW words.

This absolutely crazy. I mean CRAZY. What happened to me right now? If you really wonder about it, I will tell you though I don't want to admit what had happened to me. Right now, I am as small as an ant, because I have dwindled after I ate something like a apple pie, that was on the top of my table, in the house where I dwell on. I never knew that something just like a magic, would actually happen in real life. I just can feel how dwarf feels. Maybe more than that, since I am even smaller than normal dwarf. I started to wonder around and felt something dangerous around my neck. When I turned my head slowly, I found a bug behind me. I was so frustrated and scared that I ran as fast as I could, calling the God's name, which I never have called before. There, in front of me, I saw another pie and decided to be a part of it, to save myself. As I went in to the pie, an enormous pie, I ate the pie inevitably, and the next minute, I realized that i was stepping on the bug that was trying to kill me.

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5/11/2010 [Journal Entry-41]

Q. List 10-15 things worth saving and then choose one to write about.

- Money - Food - Accessories - Pictures of myself (Past)... - Manicures - Clothes - Stickers - Uncommon stuff - Fonts - Shoes

Clothes, stickers, shoes.. There are many things that worth saving. However, among all the stuff, I think uncommon things are worth savings. Uncommon things, in this case, means things those are special or something that's unusual. For example, I believe my monument of Eiffel Tower is special because Right now, I am living in Korea and it is uncommon to see people with Eiffel Tower monument. Also some of the creative invention, such as a candle that can make green light, paper soap, and pen that only shows with certain light worth savings. It is worth saving because it is something that's not common, which it makes it special, and each and every object has special meaning to it. Also, it is fun to show people and brag about it, in the way, since other people do not have it and it often feels good to have something that all other people around me, do not possess.

5/10/2010 [Journal Entry-40]

Q. Take two people who dislike each other and stick them in the backseat of a cab. What Happens?

I am a mother of two very different daughter and a son. Because they are so different, from head to toe, they were never close to each other. Actually, they were just like cats and dogs, who fight every time they see each others face. So, I think the problem we have right now has started because of me, since I put them in the backseat of a cab, together, when I knew the problem they had. However, it was inevitable. We had to go to the cousin's wedding and it wasn't the distance where we could ride subways or other stuff. Oh, now they started to staring and glancing at one another. Soon they started to use their hand to harm each other, physically. However, I shouted to them not to disturb the taxi driver, that they started to tex message each other. Though I cannot see what they have written in their phone, I can simply tell that at least it's not something good about each other. I think I have to start take some kind of action to stop it from getting any farther.

5/7/2010 [Journal Entry-39]

Q. Free Write

I ran. Not alone, but with two of my friends. Tears were rolling down my cheeks, which fell off to side since I was running too fast, and my face was ugly. I ran and ran and it seemed that I don't even get tired, like all my friends. When I ran for a while, I realized that the road that I was running was a familiar place, which I later found out that it was actually around my house! When I was passing a school-like building, one of my friend fell, and because of the speed and the inertia, she was rolling and rolling. My other friend and I was so afraid that we started almost flying, so we would not caught by her. After running for about 5minutes, we saw the corner. We realized that this is a place that we can get away with her, that we jumped, and landed somewhere around corner. And when I looked back, there was my friend's face. I was so scared that I screamed until my voice would not provide more sound and I closed my eyes by the time I realized that I cannot scream anymore. However, when I closed my eyes and opened again, I was facing the ceiling of my room, on my bed, sweated.

5/6/2010 [Journal Entry-38]

Q. Recall an uplifting experience and write about it.

When I was 3rd grade in Korean School, one time of the year, we were doing jump ropes. I used to do about 80 jump ropes, but when we had a test with jump ropes, I was able to lie that I did 115. However, our teacher, to catch the liers with the jump rope, decided to make people who said that they did more than 100, to do jump ropes in front of the whole class, under the name of 'Jump rope competition.' I was so afraid that I was not able to do until 100 that I started to practice every single day. However, until the a day before the competition, I was never able to go until 100. Giving up everything, I went on to the competition. However, something very fantastic, but weird, happened! I was able to do about 168 that I won the competition. I was so surprised since I have never went that far nor I thought I could. I think it was the one of the most lucky day of my life, and also I think it is one of the most uplifting experience.

5/3/2010 [Journal Entry-37]

Q. Write about a time you hid from someone, or a time you disguised who you really were.

When I was 3rd grade, I was able to follow my cousin, who was high school, to a party. I believe it was party for the graduates. Because peopel who are younger than middle school cannot enter, i had to dress up like a middle schooler. I started to wear dress that my other cousin, who was sister of the cousin who does the graduate,'s clothes. The clothes did not look too big because I was a quite tall girl compared to age. I also did some make-ups, which I have never done before, and I wore clothes that a elementary student can possibly wear. After, when i saw a mirror, I thought the person on the other side of the mirror was actually a different person, which was very cool. Starting then, I sometimes like to disguise as a someone that does not look like me.

4/29/2010 [Journal Entry-36]

Q. Is there a cause you care about a lot? How far would you go to stand up for what you believe?

I care about reunification between South Korea and North Korea, because it will cause big confusion and caos between people and the government. I would personally stand for not reuniting, or if, in any chance, we get to reunify, I would stand for re-separation. I would actually go far with this problem since this would impact people in South Korea in very negative way. People in North Korea is not as rich or well-living than people in South Korea. However if we become a one nation, we would have to help one another, which government may have to take more money as tax, and this would definitely effect people in negative way. To prevent this happening, I would go far if I have to go far. I would do what ever I can to prevent this from happening.

4/28/2010 [Journal Entry-35]

Q. Write from the point of view of a freshly scrubbed floor.

It's been only few days I have been scrubbed and polished into new floor. I was admiring my own beauty, the shininess and the cleanness. I was so well polished that I could see the ceiling reflexed on me. When I was admiring on my own beauty, I saw a guy, who I thought was a teacher, came in and stepped on me. Then I was shocked by what happened next. I knew that I was well scrubbed and polished that I was so shiny, but also slippery. However, I didn't know that I was this slippery! When the guy who came in stepped on me, his shoe slide off, and with his back of his head toward the floor, he fell. I was surprised, but at the same time I was quite proud of myself, who had ability to even slid off a person! I know it may seem selfish, but it was ok. However, the problem was that soon other people started to came in that my shininess was getting off or whatever. I cried, and hoped the time for another polish would come as fast as possible.

4/26/2010 [Journal Entry-34]

Q. You can tell a lot about a person by what he or she says. Here are some things Grandma Dorothy always says: "You can never be to dressed up" "A woman should never ask a man to dance." "He is a quite a snappy dresser." Based on these sentences, imagine what kind of person Grandma Dorothy is. Write a paragraph describing her. Feel free to use any or all of her quotations.

Based on the quotes, I can imagine Grandma Dorthy with strict fashion. Like the quote "He is quite a snally dresser," we can tell that she evaluates people in fashion, and she does not like people with bad fashion. It is not often usual for people to evaluate what people wear, especially man's, but apparently Grandma Dorothy cares very much about how people dress up around her. The quote "A woman should never ask a man to dance," tells that she has very strict old generation-thought, which she also had to follow. Grandma Dorothy has a prejudice that woman are supposed to be a person who does what man are asked to do, and also they are supposed to be beautiful with good postures that would attract man, not they are the one who choose the man. It shows that she does not get the difference in generations, and she does not either tries to get it.

4/22/2010 [Journal Entry-33]

Q. Pick a character from a day time soap opera. Put him or her in a stranded commuter train. Write about what he or she is feeling or thinking at the moment.

I am Angel Samson, who you can say as a woman with power. Yes, I am a woman with a great power, and I do not understand what I am doing here, now, in this train. I mean, why am I riding this train when I have my own driver and car to take me to the places? Also, who are these people around me staring at me? It's obnoxious. I feel like I would throw up if I don't get out from this terrible train, now. However, what I really worry about is about my lover Max. I am so anxious that he will leave me because of Kate. I have reason to leave this train, and I would have to leave before I become crazy.

4/20/2010 [Journal Entry-32]

Q. Write in the voice of a rope about to snap. At least one paragraph 5-8 sentences.

I am a long strong rope, but I do not like to be a rope, because often time it hurts to be rope! Like everybody knows, rope is used to tie something up. However, rope like me, which is strong and long, gets to tie the hard, big, and heavy objects. So every time I get to tie those objects, I feel like my body would be soon torn apart and believe or not, it actually happens too. Still, when I am used to save people from sea or in other places, I am happy to be myself. I become proud of the fact, that though I am a just a common rope, I can do what other people cannot do, such as saving people or other lives.

4/19/2010 [Journal Entry-31]

Q. Reflect on the group work potion of your commercial project. How did you measure up? Do you believe that you contributed to the group as much as others? what was your role? Did you learn anything new about yourself and how you work in group during this project?

I believe I contributed to the group as much as others, because I did what I could, such as editing the picture and do some actions that we needed to record for the project. My role was to get ready for props and be the cow of the commercial. By doing this project, I learned that everybody has their own ability to do something, and if we get to find ti and use it well, the project's quality goes up. Also by communicating with others and matching the opinions, I learned how to sometimes listen to others or to respect other people's opinion, whether just giving my own opinion.

4/16/2010 [Journal Entry-30]

Q. Free Write

Once apon a time, there was a girl named Lin. Lin was a pretty girl. Yes, that was a word that can describe Lin. "Pretty." She had a white face with big eyes that contained a eye balls with black-blue color that felt like one would be absorbed when he or she started at it. Lin had a high noes and pinkish red lips that reminded people of cherry. her face was small, and she had a long blond hair that came down until her waist. Her hair was very smooth and shinny that if people looked at it with sunlight, they often thought it was a string made out from gold. Her neck was so thin that if somebody snatch her neck, it may broke, and her shoulders were small that any clothes would able to show off it's beauty when it is worn by Lin. Lin's arm and legs were fairly white and skinny, and she had a waist that was not even 26inch. However, Lin, a perfect girl I say, also had a complex. Her complex was her foot, which was described with a word 'ugly.' It wasn't big, but it was ugly. The part where it looked ugly was the overall shape. Unlike other people who usually have fine shape of a feet, she had outer bone of her outer part of the feet not normal. The middle bone of the outer bone was stick out that whenever she wears high hills, she could see the stick-out bone. So what she decided to do? Well, she decided to cut it off to make her perfect. Lin knew that it would cause pain, but for her beauty, she decided to cut it off. However, now she could tell that it wasn't the smartest choice that she made. After she cut it off, she could not walk, and she realized that sometimes, beauty may not be everything.

4/15/2010 [Journal Entry-29]

Q. Write about a moment when you and another person (sibling, friend, parent, etc.) bonded.

When I was in 5th grade, I had a big fight with my friend, which was about another friend that we used to have. The conflict started quietly that both of us did not notice. I am still not exactly sure who started, but we started to say something we don't like about each other to the other friend, and as we say the words, we started to be not close to each other than we used to be. Then, one day both of us realized that we were saying something bad about each other, that we got into fight. We were accusing each other for who started first, and though it didn't cause any huge troubles, it made our relationship to break down. For days after our fight, we didn't stay close to each other, sometimes we even ignored each other. However as days passed, we realized that we are missing something. We were missing each other who we used to talk to, who we used to rely on, and who we believed on. So after about a week after our fight, I decided to make up with her by giving her my little present. And what I realized? She was also standing in front of my locker to make up with me with little present. I thought that was the best time when me and my friend were bonded.

4/13/2010 [Journal Entry-28]

Q. Free Write

I ran, but it rained the day before. Yes, if I think back of the moment, maybe it was rain that caused this whole tremendous event. The event happened just like a sudden lightening with thunder that left me a painful outcome. The day was May 28th, 2005, when I was in third grade. It was a sunny day, excepted for the fact that it had rained the day before. The event started at about 2 o’clock in the afternoon, and it was a way back to my after school, wearing just a t-shirt and a short pants, as normal. The day was my dad’s birthday, that my mom asked me to come early than usual, and to keep the promise, I decided to be a fast-running cheetah for the time. I ran up the hill, where my house was, and was taking the way, heading into the basement of my apartment. Just about a month before, the down path that connected my basement to outside was cemented with green colored paint, mixed with little gravels that’s supposed to be preventing the cars from sliding. For about 3 weeks, I couldn’t use the way because the cement had to dry, and it had been just a week since I’ve used the way with new cement. Here is it. It rained the day before, which meant the cement was slippery, and though the new cement did a good job of preventing the cars from sliding, it did not helped people with normal shoes from sliding.

4/8/2010 [Journal Entry-27]

Q. Write a four-line song or poem about Mayonnaise.

Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, you white yellow mayonnaise, you tasty mayonnaise, come here with pastas, and mix until you become a great food.

4/7/2010 [Journal Entry-26]

Q. A person's choice of dog is said to express something about his or her personality. Pick 5 people and choose what kind of dog they would have.

Oprah Gail Winfrey -Affenpinscher : Affenpinscher is a companion dog Eldrick Tiger Woods -Labrador Retrieve : Good at sports Barack Obama -Rhodesian Ridgeback : Fearless Albert Einstein -Puli : Metally smart Beyonce -Basenji : Great singer

3/31/2010 [Journal Entry-25]

Q. Reflect on the process of writing a short story. What did you enjoy? What was difficult? How would you approach it differently if you did it again?

I personally really enjoyed writing the short story, because I've always have some things I wanted to write about, but I was somehow never got to write the story. However, this time was a good opportunity for me to actually be forced to write, and I was able to show my ideas, which I think was very interesting. It was actually hard too, since when I was only thinking, I was never trying to find the exact word that described the story, however, by actually writing, I had to find the word that suits my meaning perfectly. Also, I had difficulties finishing up my story because before I began to write my story, I did not planned on ending so I was keep changing my story to make my ending. If I get to write the short story again, I would want to plan the whole thing first, and start writing since matching my writing to my thinking was difficult. Also, I would want to use better vocabulary because I thought I missed some vocabulary that would actually make my story more interesting. Last thing I want to improve on my story is humor. I thought the story was little dry without any humor, and I felt the necessity of including humor into the story.

3/31/2010 [Journal Entry-24]

Q. Free Write

Being a teenager is one of the hardest part that every people has to pass. We called this time puberty, and it is a difficult time. It is hard and difficult mainly because one cannot control one's emotion. Everything does not work as what one want it to be, and even physically, there are too many changes to catch up. These sudden changes brings a person a shock and often times these shock have ability to change people. Whether, changes happen to the people who cannot bear the changes. People who tired to understand the changes and try to take it to themselves, puberty would be just a progress in life. However, people who cannot stand changes and who does not try to understand, often times have hard time during puberty. They sometimes get into evil ways and encounters problem that they sometimes cannot take care of. I, who is also age of teenager have gone through the process of puberty, and I too had a hard time. I thought the whole world was opposed to me, and it made gave me big problems. However, I had family and my friends who were next to me, helping me, and because of them, I believe I was able to get through a life of teenager.

3/30/2010 [Journal Entry-23]

Q. People often say, "If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to..." Complete the sentence five different ways.

If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to walk on a place where there is only 1/6 of the gravity that we used to have. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to detect a Alien. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to breath something other than air. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to jump as high as one' height. If we can send a man to the moon, surely we can figure out how to draw the Earth by without looking at a Earth picture.

3/29/2010 [Journal Entry-22]

Q. Blurp! Slosh! Snort! Write a paragraph incorporating at least ten onomatopoetic words. Onomatopoetic words are words that sound like what they mean.

Hiccup! I was hiccuping all day long today, not able to stop. Because it lasted so long, everything around me was annoying me. First of all, there was my phone beeping every seconds whatever the reason was, and I ended up throwing the phone, fortunately on my bed. Next, when I was lying down to sleep, thinking that sleeping would be so much better than hiccuping all day, the clock sound of tik toking, was killing me. Also, there was a dog from next house snorting endlessly. Even until this was ok. However, really? Does my brother has to come to my room rolling on my bed, bluping and giving a smell of whatever he ate for his dinner? It was just terrible, I say. Maybe I should just lie down and get some sleep before I get stressed out.

3/19/2010 [Journal Entry-21]

Q. Free Write

It was when I closed my eyes. I started to see something I've never seen before. There was fish flying, and birds walking around me. The lake right beside me was in green color, and the plants that were surrounding me had yellowish green color. The sky was light pink, and the cloud was in light from the sky was light blue. The grass was brown, and the soil was green. Flowers were in cool colors but the leaves of the flowers were hot, warm colors, such as pink, red, or all the other light colors. Though it was such a different fresh view from I have seen for past 15 or more years, I do not know why but it felt so familiar and it was like my home. Everything was opposite, and every thing were different but to me, it was just like a ordinary view which I felt more comfortable. I thought I was in dream, but I couldn't tell. Maybe, it was just a part of my imaginary hope.

3/17/2010 [Journal Entry-20]

Q. Free write for 3 minutes on this cliche "ice running though her veins."

"Ice running through her veins." That was what actually was happening to Alice. Right now, the situation was really bad. Today, was a day she and her friends call as "DEATH DATE." It is a date when their report cards come out for whole year, not even a semester. Alice knew that her report card would not be pretty because she knew she did not study for any tests or quizs, nor she did a good job on her projects. So she has been planning a 007 plan to steal off her report card, before it goes to her. However, now she was facing her mom, holding her report card, and she felt ice running though her veins.

3/16/2010 [Journal Entry-19] Q. List 10 things you usually do on a rainy day. Pick one from your list and free write for 5 minutes.

- Sleep - Play computer games - Listen to the sound of raining - Look at people walking with umbrella - Look at raining scene - Waiting for the sun to come out - Drink water - Thinking what I will do if it hadn't rain today - Thinking of buying new umbrella - (If I am outside) Run into my house

Right in front of my house, there is a park named Do-San Park. From my room, I can see the whole scene inside the park. I can see people walking, running, exercising, and socializing. I can even here some of the sounds, if it's big enough. During rainy days, I like to seat on the bed and watch people in the park. Though in the raining days, I can easily see people walking by with umbrella, sometimes even without umbrella, and people talking with each other. I compare the umbrellas that people hold, choosing which one is the most pretty. Also, whenever I see people who fall, sliding off the wet ground, I think about what I will do if I was that person. I think that I would have never run, and even I had fall, I would stand up like I am not hurt, though it may hurt. I like to see what people wear too. People dress up differently during rainy days. They may wear raining suit, or clothes that they do not have to care. Again, I compare the clothes to one another, choosing the best and the worst fashion star.

3/11/2010 [Journal Entry-18]

Q. Write 150-word profile of one of the characters for your short story.

My character's name is Alice Klein. She is 14 years old teenager who lives with her mom in US. She lost her dad when she was 7 years old by car accident, trying to save Alice. For following reason, she feels guilty about it whenever she thinks about her dad. Also, because of the accident, she cannot cross the traffic light alone. Alice loves here mom, who took care of Alice all by herself ever since her father passed away. She is very active that sometimes says words out loud without thinking, but usually she can act polite. Alice is also very sociable that she has many friends, and enjoys making relationship with many people. She likes to hang out at the park in front of her house, which is linked to her room by secret door. Alice hates new dad that her mom is going out with, and hope she would not marry him.

3/10/2010 [Journal Entry-17]

Q. Describe in detail a person who leaves no stone unturned.

We often describe Daniel as a person who leaves no stone unturned, which means he finds every single place if he'd lost something. Last week, Daniel had lost his cell phone in school. If it was me or my other friends, we would have just go to lost and found and would not try to find it since we already know that we won't find it unless we find every single place. It may seem stupid, but this wasn't what Daniel thinks. What he thinks is that he would find every single place, in another words 'leaves no stone unturned,' so that no matter what he would find it. I think because of his personality of not leaving stone unturned, he is quite strict about himself and would not let go of anything that he feels it's not right. It is impressive how he could act this way, but it just the way it is.

3/8/2010 [Journal Entry-16]

Q. Write a rhyme paragraph. Each sentence must begin and end with the words that rhyme with each other.

March, a month that starts the spring, is telling the begin of spring with the greenness of larch. Flowers starts to show it's color day by day, hour by hour. Coldness of the winter is defeated by spring's boldness. Blue-colored sky is like a clue of arrival of spring of glue.

3/7/2010 [Comic Life Assignment]



3/5/2010 [Journal Entry-15]

Q. Free Write

The day was little different than usual. I, who wakes up around 12 in the day I don't go to school, have woke up at 8 and was getting ready for breakfast. I, who does not eat breakfast often, was eating breakfast. This whole thing was so strange to me, that I coudn't even think about what's wrong with me. So, I started to think. I was thinking what's up with me today. And as I followed my memories, I remember that today was the day after my mom and my dad fought. Yes, before even my head thought about, I think my body felt the danger that's surrounding my house and started to prepare. As I put information in my head, I started to feel that the mood in our house is as cold as ice box that I may froze in a second. I was realizing that if I stay here any longer, I would be like an fish that's frozen in the ice that I started to call my friends to find out a person whom I can stay with. As soon as I found my friend who may save me from this scary place, I dress up as quickly as I can and ran out. I, was in such a hurry that when I stopped I couldn't not even remember how I came out. Later, when I went back to my house, I found the coldness that was surrounding my house has gone, and safetly when in. I found my house so lovely without coldness that I hope there would not be any coldness anymore.

3/4/2010 [Journal Entry-14]

Q. Electricity is recent discovery. Think of 12 things to do when there is no power


 * Play marco-polo
 * Cut woods to make fire
 * Wake up earlier to do things that requires light
 * Make candles
 * Read books in the morning
 * Sleep
 * Eat soup
 * Play card game
 * Play board games
 * Listen to ipod (charged)
 * Draw pictures
 * Save water
 * Try planning on solar power
 * Sing a song
 * Dance with friends
 * Have a conversation
 * Find ways to use moon light
 * Memorizing placement of house furniture
 * Write stories
 * Stare at the wall

3/2/2010 [Journal Entry-13]

Q. What kind of cartoon show might appeal to the overage 65 audience? Imagine the show. Then, in 100 words or less, describe the show and its main character.

My cartoon show is titled 'When I was young...,' and has a main character named John, who is now 65 years old. He tells his life stories and with his life stories, he tells little and big dreams that everybody would have dreamed about. For example, for a teenager, he or she may imagine about having a girl or boy friend who every students admires. John would be able to tell stories and dreams, and each episodes would be able to be funny, or joyful story that may be able to remind about their enjoyable memory of childhood. To elder people, little humorous incidents that happens at certain times would be more entertaining than a nowadays comedy show that tries to be laughable, using words and actions that younger people use. Also, they will find commonness in the comic with themselves, and they would be able to laugh out of their own memory too.

2/26/2010 [Journal Entry-12]

Q. Write an eight sentence paragraph on a topic of your choice. Make sure that you vary the length of each sentence.

While living through such a busy life, once in a while, it is good to walk on the roads with just a little time that you may rest on. Just by putting a temporary stop on the busy life, you would find new world in the roads. It may have been the road that you take everyday to go to school or work, that may seem that that interesting. However, if you examine closely at people that passes you, all the little and big beautiful stores, and even some cars that passes you by, you would find something that you have never recognized before. You would see how the person is feeling just by glance on their face, and find the moods of the day by a look on the stores that's getting ready to start another day. Also, the cars, which usually seem all same making stupid noisy sound, when you actually examine on, you would find the cars with lots of different types, not only the type of the car, but also the type of the driver who drive the car. You would just be amazed to find out how just a narrow road can contain so much in it. Everything you look would present you a different view, and you would find the real world inside the road.

2/18/2010 [Journal Entry-11]

Q. Use the following words in a story: little boy, torn page, market, cart

Mystery, obviously does not happen often. However, it certainly happens once in a life time, and here is a story that a little boy named Jonathan had, just a few days ago. Though Jonathan is not sure when this event exactly started, he guesses that this whole event happened when he found a torn page in side a bottle, at the back of his house. The day was shinny sunny day, but the day was going real bad for Jonathan. His plan of waking up at 8 o'clock failed as he saw the clock pointing at 10 when he opened his eyes. However, he didn't not give up, and cheerfully went to eat the breakfast, but it was probably real bad day for him. Instead of breakfast, there was a note from his mom, telling him that that she had to go to his grandfather's house. Admitting that his going to have a bad day, he plodded to back garden, which is almost like his secret shelter. Like usual, he was looking over his flowers, and right beside his favorite flower, he saw a glass bottle with a torn paper inside. He picked it up, and put out the torn page, and started to read it. "Milk, Yogurt, lemon...,' it was all shopping list! Suddenly he felt like he had to go to shop to buy the shopping list from the torn page, and without even noticing, he started to move. Now he was in shopping mall, moving cart, finding for all his shopping list. As he shopped, he noticed something was very strange. Every shopping list listed on the paper was on sale!! Later when Jonathan came back home, there was his mom asking him where he have been. However, when she saw what he bought, she soon placed smile on her face. Jonathan thought it was a strange day, but he liked the day. It was probably not as bad as he thought.

2/15/2010 [Journal Entry-10]

Q. Free Write

During these days, it wasn't hard for people to see the snow. Actually, these days, a lot of amount of snow has fallen, and though sometimes it is a little annoying, one can often find it pretty. The snow flakes that slide down by the air makes you feel like you are in the heaven, watching angels throwing jeweleries. Especially, after snow from night, when you walk out to take a fresh morning air, you would be impressed. The snows one the roads that nobody has stepped on, is just like a way to heaven. Also, if you are the first one to step on the snow, it would just feel as good as you are the first one to stepped on the moon. Hope this precious snow would last forever!

2/12/2010 [Journal Entry-9]

Q. Describe what you feel right now using your sense of smell. If you feel frustrated, write about what your frustration smells like. Use vivid words. Don't skimp on adjectives.

Today morning was not a nice morning. When I woke up, I smelled such a revolting smell. The smell was like the odor you will smell in the bathroom that may have been about 10 years old. It was such a bad odor, I had to lie down on a bed for a little longer than usual. When I finally got used to the smell and start moving toward bathroom, I smelled another odor that was obnoxious in another way than the odor I smelled when I woke up. If the first smell was a bathroom smell, this odor smelled like pack of socks that I left at a corner of my closet, not washed for at least a month. When I try to touch the cold water, the smell got worse. Now the smell was like socks that's at least a year long. After my washing, I started to eat my breakfast, and I started to smell a sweet aroma that made me feel like I am floating. The smell so nice that though it was just a smell, it gave me the impression of prettiness. Lastly, when I went out from my house and saw the snow flakes falling smoothly, I smelled aroma that reminded me of many perfumed that I wanted. It was soft was cozy and sweet like a candy. I think it would be another good day!

2/10/2010 [Journal Entry-8]

Q. Write a paragraph about a cat attacking something, but don't use the words hiss, scratch or pounce.

It was when I was just crossing the traffic light. I heard a cat scream, and when I moved my eyes to the place where the sound came from, I found out that a cat was attacking a air balloon thing. The cat was jumping on, which it obviously slipped off, try to hurt it with it's nails, which actually gave damages little by little. When the air balloon stood up whenever the cat got off from, the cat started to get upset, that it hugged the air balloon to keep it down. It did not forgot to do a little kick to still give damage. Later, it also started to do head banging on it, which I found it crazy soon. It seemed so pathetic, I hoped the cat a victory.

2/8/2010 [Journal Entry-7]

Q. Fatima is a very spoiled teenage girl. Show that she is spoiled, by describing what happens when she doesn't get a car for her birthday.

Today is February 8, and it is Fatima's birthday. She has been waiting for her birthday for a long time, and it has finally became her B-day. For all night, she has been dreaming about getting a car, which she has been longing for a such a long time. She was expecting a fancy, expansive car that would make her happy. However, when she got her present, it was just a little pink pig doll. First she did not even accept the fact that it was her birthday present, but as she realized it was her real birthday present, she started to scream. She screamed as loud as she could asking for car. When her parents tried to calm her down, she kicked away her present to trashcan in front of her parents and started to threaten her parents. She was threatening her parents, saying that if they do not buy her car, she will run away from her.

2/7/2010 [Journal Entry-6]

Q. Describe your bedroom the way you want it to be.

Bedroom, which is a room where you spend almost half of your life time, have huge impact on a person. Because it gives such a big impact, I believe having bedroom in a way I want it to be is important. First of all, over all, I want my bedroom to have gold and white color, which makes the room to be luxurious. Also I think it gives comfortable feeling, which I think it is one of the condition that bedroom needs. Second of all, I want to have a big and soft bed. One of my favorites have been bed, and I think it is a place where I can let myself to be most comfortable. Also, I would like to have dolls and pillows all over my bed. I like to hug things while I sleep and to have many things surrounding me, which makes me feel that I am not alone. I would like to have a radio around my bed to help me sleep through whenever I have trouble sleeping. Lastly, I would like to have a curtain that surrounds my bed. I have always dreamed about having a bed with the curtain that gives a princess feeling. If I can make my bedroom as I want, I would include all three of the conditions, which would make perfect bedroom for me.

2/3/2010 [Non-Known picture]

1. I think this photograph of a monkey with sun glasses, round noes and masks that covers it's mouth. I think it could represent the poster of a monkey show or a comic that has the summary of a monkey saving the world. I think this photograph is taken by a camera at the exact time when a person shoot the razor and made the shape as fast as possible.

2. Clara: It looks like a sun glass on a man's face. It represents to be frantic or energetic, and also it was taken by moving camera. So Yoon: It looks like a man with a big sun glass, curly hair, triangle nose, a rubber band mouth, and a big beard. This means to stay cool. She thinks this was neon sign taken in the dark. Rachelle Kim: It is picture of this invisible man which was taken by a ghost that has this really cool camera that can take picture of a invisible man. This picture represents of a man.

3. I think this photograph represents the poster of a monkey show or a comic that has the summary of a monkey saving the world.

4. I think this new animal is a animal called 'YoKo' that wears sunglass and that has a skill of looking threw people.

2/3/2010 [Journal Entry-5]

Q: - Silly is a middle-aged man who combs his remaining limp strands of hair into an elborate swirl over his bald spot, bluing them in place with hair spray and hoping no one will notice. - Silly is a golden retriever who slinks sheepishly off the sofa whenever his owner home, hoping despite the piles of hair all over the cushion that she won't notice he's been sleeping there. - What else is silly? Give three more examples

- Silly is a student sleeping in class, believing the teacher would never notice when they already have. - Silly is being upset with a computer that does not turn on when it is out of battery that it does not contain enough power to start off. - Silly is a elementary student saying his or her friend stole his or her stuff when it is right there in the bag of his/hers.

2/1/2010 [Onion]

1. Onion has a shape sphere that has one of the sides little more outer. The outer spot has hair like- thing sticking out. It has color of orange-brown, but it gets more brownish as it gets older. Onion smells so spicy that when you smell it for a little long time, you can see your tears rolling down. Onion has a clothes that you can take it off, and when you spill it off, there is now something you can eat! The inside part is yellowish white, and it also taste little spicy. However, when you eat with something greasy, it makes wonderful pairs. When you spill off the outer part of the onion, it sounds like when you scab two pieces of paper together.

2/1/2010 [Journal-4]

Q. Close your eyes briefly. Think of one object that's in the room and focus on it without opening your eyes, recall as much detail as you can about it. After threeminutes or so, open your eyes and write about that object without looking at it.

A. The picture I have look at, is a picture of a sea in a very dangerous shape. The waves are big and not smooth, and it also shows by picture, because the color of the waves are not light blue, instead are very dark in color. The end of the waves is white color, which shows how big is the wave.

1/30/2010 [Journal -3]

Q. How do you release your stress?

Life is often very tiring. There are so many problems and troubles that one has to deal about, and those troubles give so much worries and anxiousness. These feelings end of becoming stress. Stress is a most usual way to start any kind of disease. Because stress is common and usual, people ofthen think it is not as important thing to worry about as other disease, such as cold. However, stress can cause many different dangerous and serious diseases which makes more important for people to know how to release the stress. Threr are varous and different ways for how people release their stress. For my type, the most often way I use, is sleeping. Though it may seem terribly normal and fruitless, I actually think is the most affectable way. When you are sleeping, you are relesing very energy you contain in your body, and it is the most affective way to rest. It just do not rest one's body, instead it also rest one's mind and head, which is often, difficult job. Other than sleeping, I think doing what you enjoy the most is a good way, instead of eating. Whether than eating, doing something oneself can enjoy is, I believe, way to make oneself happy, and be able to think only about what the person like, which makes one to not to think about something that gives one the stress. For me, it is often times watching TV, or reading comic book. There are so may different ways to release stress, but if one can just remember to release stress when it's needed, and do it in the way it fits them, I believe everyone can stay safe and happily.

1/27/2010 [Ideas for writing]

1. List - Leaf - Water - Green - Black - White - Round - Life - Air bubble - Spring - Vein - Rabbit - Fresh - Young - Drew - Dawn - Shadow - Dust - Fog - Frog - Forest

Dawn

Darkness is still covering, Fog have concealed the livings during the night, But now there is a leaf shining, That gives out a light.

Drew on the leaf is gift from dawn, Which gives out spring freshness, and there is a frog jumping up and down.

Now the sun will rise, the light of the leaf would not be needed, but again the sun will disguise, In to a gloomy night, which will bring another dawn.

2. Compare and Contrast

Leaf / Moon

Leaf: - Green - Living thing - On the surface of the Earth - Need Air

Moon: - yellow - holes - Not living thing - No water - No need of air

3. Close up of flower - Purple, pink, white, violet color - Smell of honey of sweet and lovingly smell. - Soft and dazzling/easily broken just like soft tissue - Sounds like soft winds moving with a little touch of a flower (Wizzzz) - Taste like honey, but little like tissue

4. I think the words of Socrates "Man's life is like a drop of dew on leaf" means that mans life is a such a short, fast, and temporally, since dew only creates only during dawn and it's gone when it sweeps off from the flower. It's temporally, short, and fast, but it can be a important, since it may save an animals' life by just a small drop of the drew.

1/27/2010 [Journal Entry-2]

Q. Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with (i,j).

Today was the day. Dot, a 13 year-old girl who never wakes up earlier than 8 o'clock, woke up at 7 today and was planning how she can spend the day successfully. Today was a day that comes once a year, Dot's B-day! At 8o'clock, she started to make herself pretty. Starting by showering, she started to smooth on lotion, and she liked the smell of strawberry. After she was done, she was choosing which sharp eyes which clothes will match her the most. Dot chose a white dress, and used some accessories to have fancy feelings. Now, she put on some make ups, and now she was ready. She was not here to start her party!!

2/25/2010 [Journal Entry-1]

Q. List 20 things that annoys you. Pick one and write about it.

1. Grade (Report Card) 2. My brother 3. Weight of my body 4. Amount of money in my purse 5. Homework 6. Tests 7. Technology 8. Lack of sleep 9. Coldness of winter 10. Losing 11. Waking up to go to school 12. Block A Teacher 13. Block E Teacher 14. Block G Teacher 15. Hitting/touching top of my head 16. Mom's nagging 17. Fastness of time 18. Myself 19. After school policy 20. Earing

This year, I became 8th grade, and it is already 2nd semester, which I just can not tell how fast the time goes. Now that I am 8th grade, I have so many things to think and worry about, and often times, I end up by being annoyed by things around me. Out of various things that annoys me, one of the factors, one that annoys me the most is how time go on so fast, non-stopping. Time has always been one of the main factors of my concerns, and it always annoys me. As time goes, there are so many worries, and the worries annoys me. When I think about time, I get to think about my future, which relates with my goals and dreams, and these relates to what I should do nowadays. Thinking what I should drives me crazy because usually it reminds me about things I should do, but I couldn't do yet. When I already have so many things to do, thinking about things I should do is quite depressing, and it worries me, which annoys me. Also, it puts me in the place where I want the time to stop. However, though all these anxiousness are hard to bet over with, I believe these worries are needed to improve and reshape oneself, which would bring better tomorrow.

1/25/2010 [Homework-1]

Definition: - Having the ability or power to create - Productive; originative - resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/creative)

Number of definitions: There are about 3 definitions from dictionary.com.

Matching with the definitions: I think the definition of the word 'creative' matches with the definition I thought about of the word 'creative.'

My own definition:

Creative: (adj.) Thinking in imaginary and different way from normal thoughts.