You probably don't understand what I am saying because most of people come here for check out my English. Does it make sense?
They don't understand what I am saying but they wanted know my level of English. It was nonsense so that is why Korea's English education system was totally corrupted.
Anyway, I don't have much time for writing anything here because I am really busy blogging with my Korean blog. So if you were interested, you can visit Ara's global mind column blog or Ara's properly Learn English blog or Ara's think logically twitter.
I didn't expect so much fun from twittering because I don't like writing sms because of limitation of 160 characters or so.
But now I really enjoyed it in Korean which is update with facebook.com's my account.
And then someone followed me so I checked out who he or she was. And then I really enjoyed what he was twittering. He or she is Ralph Wiggum.-You know, I don't have any idea about any name from gender.- That link is his twitter page.
I can't writing any English in thinklogically account because Korean can't understand English. So now I am thinking about make one more twitter account for English.
I am thinking about it but I can't decide because I have too many blogs and twitter accounts.
Hey, one more thing.
I told you this is more like diary. I am not writing this from Microsoft Word which can check spelling and grammatical error. So don't complain about my grammatical error.
Think wisely and don't be an arse.
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^_~ Ara
Monday, May 18, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Isn't it funny? (about my English)
Yes, I know that my writing wasn't that good. But when did I say that I can write English better than Native English speaker? Are you crazy or what?
How can I someone learn one language for 6 to 10 years and then he or she can write and speak better than Native English speaker? Are you dreaming?
Even my Korean writing skills are quite poor because I haven't study well when I was in high school. So if someone can speak Korean as second language but writing was very poor, I will credit for that. Because I know that learn a language as second language wasn't easy thing.
I wrote 'about secondhand stores in Korea' and then lots of people complained about my grammar and wrong vocabulary.
Later on, I read it again that writing and then I realized that it was really poor. Yes, I know that.
But what's the problem? I should be far better than Native English speaker? That's why I said 'So what?'.
I will show you this. Whatever I wrote here, it will publish at my facebook.com's account. So when I wrote 'vegetarian food for Korean word', my American friends didn't mention anything about English. Can't you see the your problem?
I will say this again. If you don't know anything about learn English AS second language, you should learn and research and then you can talk to me about my grammar or vocabulary.
I don't want to give you a free lesson. So go away quietly, if you want to fuss about my English.
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^_~ Ara
How can I someone learn one language for 6 to 10 years and then he or she can write and speak better than Native English speaker? Are you dreaming?
Even my Korean writing skills are quite poor because I haven't study well when I was in high school. So if someone can speak Korean as second language but writing was very poor, I will credit for that. Because I know that learn a language as second language wasn't easy thing.
I wrote 'about secondhand stores in Korea' and then lots of people complained about my grammar and wrong vocabulary.
Later on, I read it again that writing and then I realized that it was really poor. Yes, I know that.
But what's the problem? I should be far better than Native English speaker? That's why I said 'So what?'.
I will show you this. Whatever I wrote here, it will publish at my facebook.com's account. So when I wrote 'vegetarian food for Korean word', my American friends didn't mention anything about English. Can't you see the your problem?
I will say this again. If you don't know anything about learn English AS second language, you should learn and research and then you can talk to me about my grammar or vocabulary.
I don't want to give you a free lesson. So go away quietly, if you want to fuss about my English.
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^_~ Ara
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Who am I? I am what I am.
I wrote this on my Korean blog http://asrai21c.tistory.com/348 @ 2009/02/21 02:43.
This is not suppose to be here in my Korean blog but I just wanted to say what I wanted to say.
It is not intention to understand what I am saying here by Korean because I want to talk about why I am doing this. I know that you probably find out that who am I based on reading my article here or find out my personal history from Ara's profile.
But you will never understand why I was wrote lots of things here because I am talking about something else. What I am trying to do here is that revolution of the Korean's future. You probably think that how ridiculous what I just said.
Yes, it is ridiculously super(??) crazy talk. However, it is possible if you let me talk and if you listen carefully what I am saying here.
I am not trying to convince you. I am just trying to ask you that why do you think that way? People claim that I was wrong but you know I was right. Why? That's the thing. Why?
That's the what I have been really doing. Why do you think that he was right or I was right or you don't know? Why?
I believe that you subscribe(I don't know what's the word for RSS reader's subscription.) in my blog here. Because you probably felt that it is something you can learn.
That's really good start. Listen... and think... and think. That's what you have to do.
It is almost eighty-something people subscribe in my blog so I just wanted to say whether you can understand or not..
People never change. But people can change if they can accept(or learn) other people's mind.
So please be patient and learn from other people's thought and mind.
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^_~ Ara
This is not suppose to be here in my Korean blog but I just wanted to say what I wanted to say.
It is not intention to understand what I am saying here by Korean because I want to talk about why I am doing this. I know that you probably find out that who am I based on reading my article here or find out my personal history from Ara's profile.
But you will never understand why I was wrote lots of things here because I am talking about something else. What I am trying to do here is that revolution of the Korean's future. You probably think that how ridiculous what I just said.
Yes, it is ridiculously super(??) crazy talk. However, it is possible if you let me talk and if you listen carefully what I am saying here.
I am not trying to convince you. I am just trying to ask you that why do you think that way? People claim that I was wrong but you know I was right. Why? That's the thing. Why?
That's the what I have been really doing. Why do you think that he was right or I was right or you don't know? Why?
I believe that you subscribe(I don't know what's the word for RSS reader's subscription.) in my blog here. Because you probably felt that it is something you can learn.
That's really good start. Listen... and think... and think. That's what you have to do.
It is almost eighty-something people subscribe in my blog so I just wanted to say whether you can understand or not..
People never change. But people can change if they can accept(or learn) other people's mind.
So please be patient and learn from other people's thought and mind.
From
^_~ Ara
Monday, February 16, 2009
about secondhand stores in Korea
You can find anywhere in town for secondhand stores. You can find shop name with "Je-hwal-yong centre 재활용 센터". So if you want to ask to Korean, you can ask with secondhand stuff as " Joong-go-poom 중고품 or Joong-go mool-poom 중고물품" or secondhand store as "Joong-go Sang-jum 중고 상점".
But problem is that store was quite complicated because some shop selling the furniture only, some shop selling the home electric only. Some of them selling the mixed up with anything. So it will be difficult to find what you wanted.
And price was not that reasonable. Because you will find out that new one wasn't that expensive.
If you didn't buy the stuff with carefulness, it will probably break or explode.
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^_~ Ara
But problem is that store was quite complicated because some shop selling the furniture only, some shop selling the home electric only. Some of them selling the mixed up with anything. So it will be difficult to find what you wanted.
And price was not that reasonable. Because you will find out that new one wasn't that expensive.
If you didn't buy the stuff with carefulness, it will probably break or explode.
From
^_~ Ara
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
vegetarian food for Korean word
When I heard about this, I didn't even come up with 'Chasik juui' which is exactly same meaning as vegetarian.
Because you can't find any vegetarian around any town in Korea. Yes, it will probably exist somewhere but it is very very rare.
That's why I couldn't think of that word.
Korean didn't think of vegetarian food so we mistakenly wrote down the vegetarian food, Bibimbab which is mixed vegetable with rice and put in the mince beef.
There has beef in it but they didn't realized it because not many Korean fully understand English and we don't have many vegetarian.
Yes, there has Buddhist monk. I also couldn't realized it.
So if you are vegetarian and then you wanted to explain to someone, firstly you said them to I'm vegetarian which is Korean for "나는 채식주의입니다. Na-neun Cha-sik-ju-ui ib-ni-da."
Secondly you explain to them food which eaten by Buddhist monk "Su-nim-i muk-neun um-sik ga-tun-gu-yo. 스님이 먹는 음식 같은거요."
Korean don't much use that 'Chasik juui' word and your Korean pronunciation won't much to help. So not many Korean will recogniz it so if you explain about the Buddhist monk's food, it will help to understand by Korean.
From
^_~ Ara
Because you can't find any vegetarian around any town in Korea. Yes, it will probably exist somewhere but it is very very rare.
That's why I couldn't think of that word.
Korean didn't think of vegetarian food so we mistakenly wrote down the vegetarian food, Bibimbab which is mixed vegetable with rice and put in the mince beef.
There has beef in it but they didn't realized it because not many Korean fully understand English and we don't have many vegetarian.
Yes, there has Buddhist monk. I also couldn't realized it.
So if you are vegetarian and then you wanted to explain to someone, firstly you said them to I'm vegetarian which is Korean for "나는 채식주의입니다. Na-neun Cha-sik-ju-ui ib-ni-da."
Secondly you explain to them food which eaten by Buddhist monk "Su-nim-i muk-neun um-sik ga-tun-gu-yo. 스님이 먹는 음식 같은거요."
Korean don't much use that 'Chasik juui' word and your Korean pronunciation won't much to help. So not many Korean will recogniz it so if you explain about the Buddhist monk's food, it will help to understand by Korean.
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^_~ Ara
Monday, January 12, 2009
Palm Pre hands-on video & T-Mobile G1 vs. iPhone
Palm Pre hands-on video Favorite http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/139/13/ by engadget
You should check out the Engadget's T-Mobile G1 video hands-on Favorite http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/56/ by engadget
You can differentiate with T-Mobile G1, iPhone and Palm Pre.
T-Mobile G1's web browser was fairly fast.
iPhone's web browser was quite fast.
Palm Pre's web browser was really fast based on this video.
A lot of people thought that Google Android phone can make good competition with iPhone. But it didn't happen.
This video revealed possibility of Palm Pre can make competition with iPhone. Because Palm Pre's user interface looks good and fast response.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Atonement 2007 - overrated film
I replied the zebrasnake's topic 'Overrated film' which is in imdb.com's Atonement (2007) discussion board.
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I think I will agree most of your comments about the movie, zebrasnake.
I really liked movie until close to ending part which is interviewing the Briony. If they didn't include that part, maybe I can rate them about 6.9 or close to 7 out of 10. Because I thought it was very clever way to telling the story until...
As soon as I was watching the interview scene, I felt that this is all fake even if it is true story.
And then now I did know what wasn't enough about movie when I read differences between the book and the movie from mikuhgtt's explain at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/board/nest/120606384
That differences explain the book was so special but movie is not so special.
Now I can rate them about 6.2 out of 10.
If this movie is one of best movie, why imdb.com rate them as 7.9(out of 10) and 7.3 in rottentomatoes.com.
It is good movie(I probably say it is just not bad movie.) but it isn't best movie yet.
From
^_~ Ara
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I think I will agree most of your comments about the movie, zebrasnake.
I really liked movie until close to ending part which is interviewing the Briony. If they didn't include that part, maybe I can rate them about 6.9 or close to 7 out of 10. Because I thought it was very clever way to telling the story until...
As soon as I was watching the interview scene, I felt that this is all fake even if it is true story.
And then now I did know what wasn't enough about movie when I read differences between the book and the movie from mikuhgtt's explain at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/board/nest/120606384
That differences explain the book was so special but movie is not so special.
Now I can rate them about 6.2 out of 10.
If this movie is one of best movie, why imdb.com rate them as 7.9(out of 10) and 7.3 in rottentomatoes.com.
It is good movie(I probably say it is just not bad movie.) but it isn't best movie yet.
From
^_~ Ara
Sunday, September 07, 2008
wordpress localization for Korean
Korean version was already there but I am just trying to modify a bit. I don’t know this will help to Korean who would like to use the wordpress blog.
- “Translating WordPress « WordPress Codex,” http://codex.wordpress.org/Localizing_WordPress.
- “WordPress in Your Language « WordPress Codex,” http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_in_Your_Language.
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Friday, August 01, 2008
Rule Number 6 from 'The Art of Possibility'
I quoted this story from book The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander.
"Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: "Peter," he says, "kindly remember Rule Number 6," whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws. The politicians return to their conversation, only to be interrupted yet again twenty minutes later by an hysterical woman gesticulating wildly, her hair flying. Again the intruder is greeted with the words: "Marie, please remember Rule Number 6." Complete calm descends once more, and she too withdraws with a bow and an apology. When the scene is repeated for a third time, the visiting prime minister addresses his colleague: "My dear friend, I've seen many things in my life, but never anything as remarkable as this. Would you be willing to share with me the secret of Rule Number 6?" "very simple," replies the resident prime minister. "Rule Number 6 is 'Don't take yourself so g-damn seriously." "Ah," says his visitor, "that is a fine rule." After a moment of pondering, he inquires, "And what, may I ask, are the other rules?"
"There aren't any."
From
^_~ Ara
"Two prime ministers are sitting in a room discussing affairs of state. Suddenly a man bursts in, apoplectic with fury, shouting and stamping and banging his fist on the desk. The resident prime minister admonishes him: "Peter," he says, "kindly remember Rule Number 6," whereupon Peter is instantly restored to complete calm, apologizes, and withdraws. The politicians return to their conversation, only to be interrupted yet again twenty minutes later by an hysterical woman gesticulating wildly, her hair flying. Again the intruder is greeted with the words: "Marie, please remember Rule Number 6." Complete calm descends once more, and she too withdraws with a bow and an apology. When the scene is repeated for a third time, the visiting prime minister addresses his colleague: "My dear friend, I've seen many things in my life, but never anything as remarkable as this. Would you be willing to share with me the secret of Rule Number 6?" "very simple," replies the resident prime minister. "Rule Number 6 is 'Don't take yourself so g-damn seriously." "Ah," says his visitor, "that is a fine rule." After a moment of pondering, he inquires, "And what, may I ask, are the other rules?"
"There aren't any."
From
^_~ Ara
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
link - Languages by population
http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html
Top 100 Languages by Population
These are the top 100 languages in order of number of first language speakers.
This is from the 13th Edition of the Ethnologue (1996).
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm
Internet World Users by Language - Top 10 Languages
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-futureofenglish.htm
The Future of English? (1997) By David Graddol
http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-englishnext.htm
English Next (2006) By David Graddol
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HA28Df01.html
South Asia Jan 28, 2006 -BOOK REVIEW
Whose English is it?
Asian Englishes: Beyond the Canon by Braj B Kachru
Reviewed by Martin A Schell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
Wikipedia - List of countries by English-speaking population
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/lan_eng_sta-language-english-status
Language Statistics > English status (most recent) by country
http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/lan_eng_spe-language-english-speakers&b_map=1
Language Statistics > English speakers (most recent) by country
(probably native speakers only)
http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm
The World's Most Widely Spoken Languages
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008
reality of Korean's English communication skill
I saw a group which name is Daegu Friendship Club in facebook.com and I was glad about their effort. But, I would like to let them know the reality so I wrote a article here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=25235250140#/topic.php?uid=25235250140&topic=4887
I wrote this because I would like to help their activities.
Topic name : Please read this, if you are Korean.
I don't know why I am doing this but you have to see the reality of Korean's English skill.
This group's admin, Daegu Central offer the friendship to the Daegu citizens but how is it going to happen? Because foreigners can't communicate with Koreans. That is the truth.
If you don't want to believe me, I will tell you other story. I have been check out a lots of group in facebook but I couldn't find any active group with many Koreans. I know there has a lots of active group, if most of them are foreigners or American-Koreans.
I believe you probably join facebook for learn English so I hope you should learn English properly.
If you are interested in learn English properly, you can see article here http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/asrai21c/
From
^_~ Ara
I wrote this because I would like to help their activities.
Topic name : Please read this, if you are Korean.
I don't know why I am doing this but you have to see the reality of Korean's English skill.
This group's admin, Daegu Central offer the friendship to the Daegu citizens but how is it going to happen? Because foreigners can't communicate with Koreans. That is the truth.
If you don't want to believe me, I will tell you other story. I have been check out a lots of group in facebook but I couldn't find any active group with many Koreans. I know there has a lots of active group, if most of them are foreigners or American-Koreans.
I believe you probably join facebook for learn English so I hope you should learn English properly.
If you are interested in learn English properly, you can see article here http://kr.blog.yahoo.com/asrai21c/
From
^_~ Ara
Sunday, June 01, 2008
funny episode from TV show 'are you smarter than a fifth grader'
dumb blonde american: are you smarter than a fifth grader http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uEP7uti0PDw
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Contestant Avis Whitmore from http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WoQccz4VtJY
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Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? Contestant Avis Whitmore from http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WoQccz4VtJY
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World clock with statistics
This is free program which can be put in to the your homepage or websites.
You can check out poodwaddle.com
Poodwaddle.com
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You can check out poodwaddle.com
Poodwaddle.com
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- I am a writer. And very sarcastic one. So if you don't like that kind of things, don't click and read, please. I would like to write anything that can help our society. Have you ever thought about what it makes change the world? Is there any story or movie that touch your life? And you probably can say that that made you changed life.