2009년 11월 20일 금요일

“Taken” Movie Review

“I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE but if you don’t let my daughter go I WILL FIND YOU , I WILL KILL YOU!” Have you heard the lines in movie before? It sounds like little scary. “Taken” stars, Liam Neeson who is one of famous actor in “Love Actually”. To tell the story, a virginal Los Angeles teenager who has been snatched while vacationing in Paris by hairy and scary Albanians who put her on the auction block. The movie was produced by the international hitmaker Luc Besson in 2008.
reference (http://www.cinematical.com/2009/02/01/review-taken/)

The story, which opens in Los Angeles, it moves to the more dangerous environs of Paris. Kim, his daughter is on the phone with Bryan when the villains break down her door, which allows him to tell off her kidnappers: “I will find you. And I will kill you”, he makes both promises. In a repellent scene, he also tortures and electrocutes one of the bad guys, he mastered this kind of techniques while he worked for the C.I.A.
reference (http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2009/02/03/review-taken/)

If you want to get energy from watching movie, I sincerely recommend “Taken”. It was amazing, exciting whenever I watched the movie. No movie like this, which had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. The action scenes are brilliant, and very efficient, unpredictable. Go watch it! Definitely worth your money and time.

2009년 11월 13일 금요일

Compare and Contrast Korea and Japan

Have you ever seen a football game which is Korea versus Japan? Korea and Japan seem so close geographically, but actually the distance between them is very far. However, they have been rapidly closing the distance recently with some events like the 2002 Korea Japan World cup. There are parallels not only football game, but also people, geography and culture in both of them.

There are some important similarities between Korea and Japan. First of all, They are similar in physical appearances. Although Koreans are the tallest people in Asia, Japanese people are not that tall. Their skin features such as ear, eye, mouth, and nose are similar to each other. Japanese are just taller than some South East Asian countries like Thai, Vietnam or Malaysia. Besides, probably because of the military service in Korea, Korean men are heavier than Japanese men. Thus, I think that Koreans are more similar to Western people when it comes to physical appearances.
Second, both have a developed public transportation system ,which allow them to travel anywhere in one day. If you have a boarding pass ,you can go safely anywhere that you want to go even at midnight. Third, as the their market becomes more competitive, the education and training in the two countries becomes more important compared with others. The cost of private education is often beyond the average family's ability to pay in two counties.

They are dissimilar in geographic characteristics. First of all, Korea and Japan are geographically different. As you can see on a world map, Korea is a peninsula but Japan consists of thousands of islands. Because of the geo graphic conditions, historically, Koreans have eaten more meat, unlike the Japanese people who have had more sea food. Additionally, when it comes to the spread of culture, especially, Buddhism or Confucianism was spread from China continent to the Korean peninsula, and then from Korea to Japan’s islands. Second, their characteristics are quite dissimilar due to history and the geographic condition. Koreans who have lived in a peninsular, like Italian, are relatively aggressive and argumentative. This is the reason why Koreans sometimes look impolite or careless, but they are just blunt. On the other hand, Japanese people seem to be courteous, but they are subtle. They are so diplomatic that almost all foreigners like and respect them. Indeed, their successful globalization has been based on their diplomatic temper.

In conclusion, both of them are so industrious, it will be much closer in the future, as long as they make efforts in various ways while using well similarities, dissimilar such as geography, people, culture, I supposed.

2009년 11월 8일 일요일

New Year’s Day in Korea



Do you want earn pocket money while you are enjoying delicious Korean traditional food?
Not all countries celebrate New Year at the same time, nor in the same way. This is because people in different parts of the world use different calendars. But in my case, New Year’s Day is one of the most interesting holiday because this day include several special event, food, playing.
We also have diverse traditions, such as striking a bell at Jong-ro Ave in Seoul, people would wear the Hanbok, the Korean traditional clothing. In the morning, we are doing a formal bow of respect to our elders. They say, "Happy New Year!" Everyone says good-bye to the old year and hello to the new one! a variety of food are prepared and arranged on the table. These food are for our ancestors and we bow to them. This ceremony is called Charae. After the ceremony, all relatives eat these food together.
Usually, we eat DDukguk which is a soup with white sliced rice cake. Traditionally on this day, most Korean believe that eating rice cake soup makes us get one year older, so usually Korean eat rice cake soup on this day.
Usually most Korean are playing traditional playing , first Jae-Gi that is similar as kicking soccer ball, enjoying Yut-nol-ri that looks like a board game.
The reason why I like this holiday is new years day is a lot of fun and let me make plans for a coming new year.