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Dear Mom and Dad

Good morning, this is Stella.
I would like to tell you about going to a graduate school. I was suppoed to enter graduate school after finish my undergrate. And I know you really want me to study continuously. However, these days, I am thinking about that a bit different way with you. I am really thinking in depth and serious.

First of all, I do not need to study right now. You think that some people who have graduate or doctor degree are much easier to find a job in Korea. However, according to my major, I need some experience and want to learn how operate business market at financial institutions or companies. Once, I work at that kind of institutions to accumulate my experience and then I would like to go to graduate school or to take MBA program. The main point is that I am going to study to be continuous later. However, the right time is not right now. If I follow you to go to graduate school first and then finding a job, I would be old to get a job in business companies. They demand pretty younger generation depending on quickly changed business world.
Hence, I strongly believe that getting a job first and then taking a graduate degree or MBA program later are much beneficial for me.

Furthermore, if I go to graduate school after finish my undergrate, I should take your help unavoidably in financial problem because I do not have enough money to pay my tuition during taking classes. Actually, I do not want to need your financial support any more. I am too old to get your help and I can make money by myself. That is why I want to get a job before enter a graduate school. I am enough capable of carrying out going to graduate school with my abilities. Taking tuition from you is taking another debt from you. I do not want to feel sorry to you because this thing is I can do.

I am your magnificent daughter, so I can do it very well by myself.
If you agree with me, waiting and seeing what I can do are best way to make me more greater person. Thank you so much for interesting in my topic, and I love you


Your lovely,



Stella Hahm

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Kenneth Chang (2010 Apr 15), Obama Promises Renewed Space Program, the New York Times
Retrieved Apr 15, 2010, from http://www.nytimes.com

It seems to be very close to develop space field. The president, Obama, countered criticisms that he was trying to end the nation’s human spaceflight program about 200 committees of a White House-sponsored space conference of his plans for a “revitalized” space agency on Thursday. (Par 1) The goals would be achieved to an asteroid around 2025, reaching Mars by the mid-2030s. (Par 2) The president said that having NASA depends on commercial companies too risk, and also maintained that the agency would start developing a heavy-lift rocket by 2015. (Par 5) “Our goal is the capacity for people to work and learn, operate and live safely beyond the Earth for extended periods of time, ultimately in ways that are more sustainable and even indefinite,” he said. (Par 7) Bohdan Bejmuk who served on the human spaceflight program last year, said the concessions were welcome, adding that the president’s plan was “better than it was a few days ago.” (Par 8) The president promised $ 40 million to help retrain workers in and around the Kennedy Space Center who will lose their jobs when the space shuttles are retired. It could be looking forward seeing the president's commitment.

American food

Most of people says Ameriacan food means fastfood like pizza,hamberger and fried chicken. Fast food came from America in 1921. At the first time, White castle restaurant tried to sell hanbergers as a five dollars, and it does not need to say that it became very popular and many competitors followed the restaurant.Whenever American people eat hamberger with frech fried. Not just hambergerwould American people eat, but also they have steak with potatoes. That mean potatoes are another major food with meat in america.
Actually, after White castle restaurant, Mcdonald would become the most popular fast food restaurant all around the world. When I took a evaluation of real estate class, my professor said that Mcdonald is famous fast food restaurant and is well known for real estate company as well.Because they always buy the place where they are going to build store.
A Lot of people prefer fast food to save their time and money; for this reason, fast food would be really popular. However, theseday some medical scientist contends that fast food is harmful for human body when the hamberger made with fatty acid. In addition, trans fat is accumulated in the vein; as a result, this would be caused high colesterol problems such as heart diseases. Also, people usually find high contained sugar soda like coke and all of soft drinks.
Actually, I have been eated hanberger five times in my whole life in Korea. Because I usually thought my body and health. And then, after I came here, i used to eat fast food five times a week. It is serious problem. I can guess i would get 15 pounds and more.

sight for seeing the world

Have you ever heard before this expression, “half left”, “half empty”? You can imagine a glass with half water. How can you say this a glass of water?
Whenever people say something, the saying reflects the person’s thoughtful or his idea. Winston Churchill said, “A pessimist the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” This means that people who see the world in the affirmative always take a cheerful view of life. Even though every people live in the same world, some people say positive words and other people say negative words.
Of course, as different to depends on a situation, I am usually trying to think in bright way. For instance,

My tresures

chicken

If given the chance to talk to animals, I would like to speak with rooster. As every roosters in the world, they wake up early in the morning. I do not know why they do like yelling, singing, and talking to chichens before sun rise. So, I wanted to ask the rooster this question when I was in kindergarden. Everyone was sleeping in dawn; no one want to wake up from their sweet dream. For instance, whenever I went to grandmother's house, five roosters yelled loudly. I really did not want to get up from my bed, I couldnot sleep again because of the roosters' loud sounds. At that time, I did not wake up, however, I really want to wake up early. I am a person who sleep too much even I have to do a lot of tasks. So, I would like to ask the roosters, "How can I wake up early in the morning?"

plz dont stop the music

please don't stop the music~
this song by rihanna

Many people like listening music as a hobby in life. As for me, I like music just while I am driving and try to release under of the pressure. Whenever I am driving, I always turn on the ipod in hiphop genre in my car. sometimes I used to be able to feel sleepy while I was driving. For example, I listened quiet classical music like playing the piano, viloin, and flute, I absolutely could be sleeping during driving. I usually listen to the hiphop music in order to wake me up in the car. I would like to recommend 'Runaway by Fort minor' sounds like drowsy runs away.

Moving to the next song, I would listen to the slow music when iam under of the pressure. Sometimes, even though loud and high speed bit-music make me delightful and joyful, I like listening slow music to release the stressful. The slow music makes me calm down and let me have a peaceful mind. I love this song: "slow motion by karina"
The lyrics have a sad story which a man does not know someone whose likes him. She has a hard time to be his woman in the lyrics. Even if the story is sounds sorrowful, melody is really awesome. Whenever I listen to this song, I can calm down the restless mind by my self. I really like this song.

weather

Among many reasons why I really like living in California, the best one is the weather. Everyone knows the southern california is always sunny and clear. They do not have enough rainy, so sometimes dry and drought. However, they usually keep warm and sunny all of the whole year. Compared to my country, Korea, we have exactly four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Even though spring and fall are almost similar to in california, in summer it is really hot and humid rainfall including thunder and lightning. Also, it is absolutely cold to freeze in winter. I really do not like chilly and frozen breeze in winter, so that is why I pretty like the weather in california like always sunshine and mild days.


In my country, whenever it was beautiful weather, i would hang out and do surely something out-door. By the way, it certainly has been mild weather since i came here without any cloudy. I truthly like these atmosphere til now.

Darknesssssss

If someone ask me 'what is your fear?', my answer is absolutely the dark. I always be scared this time when I turned off my lamp and laid on my bed. I cannot see anything in empty room, even sometims I cannot fell a sleep easily. When I was a child, I used to think that 'ugly ghosts live in my room' or 'I can feel someone is looking at me'. However, no one is in my room and there is nothing like ghost. Surprisingly, whenever I felt weird moods like being ghost, I have been being likely to have a nightmare that night. I believe this situation is just coincidence.

When I felt scare in childhood such as during black out after thunder and storm, I could sleep with my parents with giving to be their consoled. Nevertheless, I am already 22 years old. I cannot behavior any more like childish. I should learn how to overcome my fear in the dark and I can do it well on. These days, I have an couple of experiences in sleep with turned on all of my lamps. Even though I did, I thought this is really not good solution for my deep sleep. I am going to try to find another solution to conquest to fear in dark.

It seems to have another resolution in 2010 !

Welcoming 2010 !

Until this independence day, July 4th, this is national holiday in US and even my birth day, anyway I want to be speaking fluently and master English grammar ! This is my resolution this year, exactly the first half of the year :)

The most important thing is studying English and improving conversation skills for me these days. So, my greatest concern is how to elevate and what to study. I can guess it might be our main point. Actually, I made up my mind to stop the bad habits such as being laziness, put off my tasks and being on time and make a fresh start! Every year, it was the same thing over and over again. Therefore, I decided not to be lazy, be on time, and put off what I do little by little. And then, improving English ability is most important so far.

Actually, I am senior in University in Korea, also I have a one semester left. So, after ALP program, I will go back Korea for my graduation and find a job related in my major, Economics. To be exactly speak, I want to work at a foreign-affilated financial company. That is why I need to speak English fluently, and be expert at writing English. I want to be and I hope to be, and I am going to try every day : )

Welcome to my blog.
I'm stella and come from Korea, Nice to meet you in california. I'm second entry student in ALP from last semester, and come here three and a half months ago. I majored in Economics which is related in finance and principle of Enonomics. I want to find and apply to financial company in my country, especially, I really want to work at department of foreign exchange. so, I need to speak English fluently, that is why I came here.
As for my personality, I'm not difficult to get along with and I don't get stressed out that often, either. I am a pretty out-going style person. I like to hang out with my friends whenever I have a free time. We like to go to the movies and play video games. I also like to take pictures a lot and carry my digiral camera aroung wherever I go. I have a personal homepage that I post my pictures on. Overall, I'm very happy with my life. : )
And, I would like to talk about my friend FloRa! she comes from  France. she already got a becholar degree of Management Control, which control of revenue and expences at company and try to increase the profit and decrease the cost through monitoring. She has been staying around 4months since we came here in Sep. We are second-entry fall semester 2009. And, she really likes taking pictures with friends, food, and landscapes. In addition, she likes to hang out with friends to go to the movies or to the reastaurant! Whenever she has her own free time, she is listening to music, especially Rock and popular musics. Furthermore, she is usually using facebook :) I always check our pictures on her facebook!
She wants to find a job related in her major in Austrailia,because she thinks this country is really beautiful. And she wants to buy a new camera; it is not automatic function like digital camera, and learn how to use it. I think she loves taking pictures and is intereted in this works. To sum up, these are her resolutions and what she want to do in 2010. I strongly believe she is good my friend :) and I absolutely hope our friendship will be always happy !