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idioms ** once in a blue moon- very rarely on top of the world- feeling very happy During the Lunar Break I went overseas to Japan. Traveling overseas happens once in a blue moon for me. I felt on top of the world when my dad told me I was going to Tokyo (for the first time!) after volley practice. **February 3, 2009 **
 * February 18, 2009

**This is reporter Annabelle from Good Morning Korea. We have had several incidents related to KIS's middle school's lockers. Since last week there have been several break-ins. Our number one suspect, a middle schooler, is breaking in lockers, breaking them, and taking things. __Behind__ all this mess, they're has been vandalization on the school's walls. We'll get back to that later. Every other day, this middle schooler somehow gets in people's locker and __afterwards__, they leave a very suspicious note __beneath__ the lockers. Usually, they take wallets, id cards and bags. The latest break in is in Yena Kim's, currently 7th grader, locker. She lost everything, all her books that were __on top__ of her shelf, her backpack __underneath__ the books and some paper bags in between those and many more. She has mourned over her personal belongings. We'll come back next week to find the latest reportings. Thank you, and that was Annabelle, Good Morning Korea.
 * Newspaper articles- locker

letter from secret admirer ** miss the boat- to miss out on something mince words- to soften the effect of words Dear Yena, Because I was in Egypt for the last couple of months, I missed the boat and didn't come to school. But I came like a week ago. You're really nice. Plus, I like it when you mince words in order to not hurt others. You're amiable and affable. From, Your Secret Admirer
 * January 27, 2009 classwork

Letter to myself using 2 idioms ** Hi Me!!! I think you are sooo smart:) YAY ME!!! haha. well, my dad bought me new headphones... THEY'RE SOOO COOL! Today I was on a wild goose chase finding my pet Rupia. She's REALLY energetic and I can't catch her. Even if I corner her, she just jumps over me when I'm crouching down. If this happens in the morning, I'm always late for the bus. Also, because I studied a lot and only slept 2 and a half hours, I thought I could pass the science final exam with flying colors. Seems not. I got a B. And because I only studied for science, I didn't study for spanish and failed that. :( I totally failed my exams. Oh well. I can't always do well. BUT STILL! I'm excited to get new headphones:) Sincerely and with love, Me.
 * January 26, 2009 classwork

idioms ** rain check- when you cannot do something that someone invited you to do but you promise to do it later Q.T. - on the quiet "Hey, Yena, can you sleepover my house today?" "Oh sorry, I have tutoring today. But I'll get a rain check. Maybe next Saturday?" The workers are on the q.t.
 * January 21, 2009 classwork

idioms **Flash in the pan- something that happens really quickly. His invention was such a flash in the pan that everybody forgot his invention a few days later. Fly off the handle- to lose control of one's self I fly off the handle a lot when I get hyper.
 * January 15, 2009 classwork

idioms ** Rome was not built in a day- Big things don't happen at once; big things take time to and hard work Round peg in a square hole- A misfit, especially a person unsuited for a position or activity. If you're going to make that huge tower out of chopsticks, it's going to take some time. After all, Rome was not built in a day. You're a person with a weak body, so why choose to play sports all of a sudden? It's like a round peg in a square hole!
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idoms ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">School of hard knock- painful education shoot from the hip- to speak directly and frankly I had to go to the school of hard knock to get better at studying and tolerance. When angry, mean words shoot from the hip.
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idioms ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">My friend wanted to help homeless dogs in America. But if she got hired as a volunteer, she would have to work their for at least 5 years. She wanted to volunteer so badly. So she decided to get out on a limb and show the people what she could do for dogs. She tried really hard. At last, she got hired. She's really happy now, since that was in 2nd grade. She keeps helping dogs. Once she had to go only with a dog on an adventure and camp out. Once she got out of the woods(out of the danger), she got a camping award. Later on in my life, I really want to help her and help a lot of dogs. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(I don't really know if this relates to me) idioms & plans for winter break ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">When school's out for the winter holidays Sol is coming over to my house. This is a total record breaker. NEVER in my life have I had or gone to 7 sleepovers in 4 months. Really! Once we had two sleepovers in 2 weeks.:) When we get home, Sol is going to play with Rupia. We will do EVERYTHING on the double. Today we are going to finish all our hw while playing in the middle. Then tomorrow early in the morning we are going to wake up at 7:30 after sleeping at 11:30 (hopefully). We are going to walk Rupia (for the first time!) and then train her to do some tricks. I am really excited. I hope that we have a great time and we don't jump the gun and fight.
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">January 6, 2010
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idioms & journal by Bear **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In hot water- in trouble If the shoe fits, wear it- if something applies to you, admit it or do something about it. Bear- Crispin is always diffident. He never feels good about himself. If the shoe fits, wear it! Don't do nothing about it and look down in the dumps! <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">December 9, 2009

Idioms ** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Loose cannon- irresponsible and reckless behavior tickled pink- delighted When I got a dog suddenly, I was tickled pink! The dog was a cute papillon and I decided to name it Rupia. I assumed that my parents bought me this new dog because I was very responsible for the past few months (wanting to get a dog). I asked them and they said I was unusually responsible and unforgetful the past few weeks but they told me that the main purpose of buying me a dog was so I become a responsible daughter. They do not tolerate my loose cannon.
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Idioms ** Make a mountain out of a mole hill. --> to make a huge deal about something really small. In two shakes of a lambs tail --> suddenly, very fast
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; font-size: 10pt;">December 3, 2009

My friend always makes a mountain out of a mole hill if I say something that she doesn't expect. And then we kind of get in a fight and in two shakes of a lamb tail, we're heading off in different directions. Then after class I'm still not talking to her. Then the next day, without even apologizing we're just friends again, she assumes. Well that's not how it is. I'm just being too patient with her. I've been chasing her for a long time, because she has been the greatest friend ever. But now it's her turn to chase me and want me, if she actually wants to be friends with me.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**November 12, 2009 Medieval times teenager** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm exactly 12 years old. I work for some of my parents' landowner. I work on the field. I also fetch water and herd geese. My favorite goose is called Beepo. She is very pretty and she lays a lot of eggs. In concslusion, my life is not easy, but it is good. "You can never make life easy, but can make life good."

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**November 11, 2009 Crispin chapter 1** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My mother died. She wasn't very popular in this small town. Her only friend was the town priest. After the funeral, Aycliffe told me to work for him the next morning. I feared him, everybody did. He said it was for the "death tax".

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">**October 21, 2009 Resume of Ulysses**

Ulysses

2134-5756 castle of Ithaca Home: 1234-1234 Great City, Ithaca 12345 Email: ithacaluvulysses@ithacafly.it.ac

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Profile** A middle aged sailor who is married. Strong and burly. Can handle anything. Has dealt with horrifying monsters such as the Scylla and Charybdis. Is a crew leader.
 * Experienced** in sailing, dealing with beautiful women, fighting, disc throwing, acting, being a leader, being a crew leader, being a warrior.
 * Professional Goals** include being the most famous sailor, actor on board.

- year: won the trojan war award --- year: won the monster fighting award --- year: won the actor award
 * Education**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">


 * Experience**
 * sharpthrowing discs, spears, etc
 * creating new sports
 * fish research

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">October 18, 2009 A character from Ulysses (POV) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have wrinkles, I have shrunken, I have a hunched back. I am old. Still, I work very hard to raise my herds. My hog population is shrinking fast. I don't know when I am going to live till. Oh look! A beggar. Beggars come along every so often. They tell me about Ithaca's hero, our king. I believe he is long dead now for he has not come home for 20 years. This beggar looks familiar to me though. Something in his eyes. Oh whatever. He's from Crete, a long way for a beggar to come. I let him rest although I do not believe that he has seen Ulysses. Soon after, Telemachus comes. I hug him, for he is like a son to me. The son of the very hero, Ulysses. He is strong and brave and he has come back from his journey to find his father. Suprisingly, the beggar transforms from a weak and feeble beggar to strong and handsome Ulysses. Ulysses and Telemachus hug. I am very touched.

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">A 'snapshot' from the Chusok break <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the Chusok break, Yena went to a condo that is called Oak valley. Yena goes there about 3 times a year and it has a lot of fresh air. She usually go with my cousins. In Oak Valley, her cousin and she rode bicycles. They found this special steep downhill road that leads to the Oak Valley church. They went there about 5 times up and down the hill and we prayed in the church. The best moment was when Yena and her cousin were going downhill and the wind blew at Yena's face. This 'snapshot' makes her feel very fresh and cool. :D

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">September 25, 2009 Why Chusok is special to me.... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Chuseok is not special to me. I have to go to this stupid place with my cousins that I don't even like. Also, I have to put my dog in the hospital for 5 days. I hate it. I don't want to go. But the good thing is that I get to go to a soccer jamboree. I am also planning for some friends to come over. Still, Chusok means nothing to me.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">September 24, 2009 What a 1:1 school means to me... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think that a 1:1 school means that it is a private school and we use macbooks/ computers to work so that the teachers can see what we are doing and help us. The pros to this is that we are going to be in a very high level of technology. Also, typing would be faster than writing.The cons of this 1:1 program are that students can be doing inappropriate stuff like games or watching movies during class. This has stopped about 90% though, because we have an ARD system in which all the teachers can see what we are doing on our mac. This program might be kind of expensive. I still like the old-fashioned way of writing. It helps me think more, especially on essays.:D

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">September 22,2009 What I think about half days... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #808000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I think that half days are unusual. They are partly good and partly bad. They are good because you get to go home early. They are also partly bad because if you have a subject that you really like that day, you only get 40 minutes of it. Also, you miss afterschool sports. I would rather have a full day than a half day. You get your lessons all done and you get to do everything, not finish off without even finishing it.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Setpember 16,2009 Land of the Dead taking place in KIS <span style="color: #ff00c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All KIS students are dead. We are all ghosts. The teachers are the supervisors of the dead. New people who want to come to KIS are all alive, ready to die. We plan their future and a new girl is going to die today because she will trip down the stairs. If ghosts do not listen to the ghost supervisors,you get send to the ghost of Mr. Bray. A ghost named James gets sent to the Bray cellar. He gets sent there for stealing the ghost test <span style="color: #ff00c6; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">s. Soon everybody in the world dies. the end

<span style="color: #ff00c6; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace;">September 15, 2009 Something that's been annoying me lately... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Something that's really been annoying me lately is someone not turning THE PROPHET OF YONWOOD in. It is the third book in THE CITY OF EMBER. I really want to read it. I hope that annoying person turns the book in.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September 9, 2009 If I could change something about yesterday... If I could change something about yesterday, I would change something that happened during after school soccer. I would have liked to have scored a goal:D Also, I would have liked to treat Rupia more nicely this morning. I was really tired so I didn't treat her nicely. I feel sorry for you. Today, when I get home, I'm going to be really nice to her<3.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">September 7, 2009 My day... Today my day was ok till lunch. I had Spanish first block and Sol and I didn't know there was homework so we had to finish up very quickly in 5 minutes. But we all learned that we have like a HUGE test on EVERYTHING we learned so far in Spanish. Agh. I have a feeling I was going to die. But Sol, Sarah, and Lisa brightened my day up. For D block, I had math which is fun because the teacher's really funny and he teaches well (Mr. Jobe). During Advisory we went to the PAC and we heard about RCY and I thought that it was pretty cool but I decided not to sign up because I already had after school soccer. We were having a GREAT time at lunch and we were talking about how much we hated E block when I realized that my E block was PE!!!! I had forgotten that and I had worn short sleeves, short jeans and flip flops. I almost fainted. I needed sneakers, fast! I quickly traded shoes with Sol:D It's nice to have a friend like her. We played hockey in PE and I didn't really want to sweat because I was wearing jeans. But, I still sweated. So now, here I am, huffing and puffing because I had PE and then had to go all the way down to B1 because I left my macbook at Mr. Salazar's. Bye!I have to record a skit with Katherine.:O

<span style="color: #fe00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September 4, 2009 If I could go anywhere on Earth... If I could go anywhere on Earth, I would go anywhere that has everything I want. I would want a school with a great big garden, a lake outside, fresh air and a school where you study when you are in class but you go outside and play during recess time. I would also want a big house that has several dogs, 1 beagle, 1 golden retriever, 1 schipperke, and 1 papillon. My friends would live right next doors to me and they would all have dogs. Every week we would meet, go to the park together and walk all of our dogs. This would be the perfect life for me.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">September 2, 2009 Sunday... the day I got my first dog:D <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I got a dog this Sunday. My mom did say in three weeks. When we were looking around in the pet shop, my mom said that today she would hear no whining from me asking to get a dog that day. We were looking around when we saw a papillon dog from france. It was very cute and my mom said that she really wanted that dog, that it was the perfect size. It looked very smart, its eyes told everything. My mom said that the moment she saw that dog, she could feel like a connection. I have no idea what that means, personally. But still, I kept on petting it and didn't whine although I really wanted it today. My mom didn't want anyone else to have it so she asked the manager of the pet shop if we could put like a hold on it. The manager said no and so my mom kept thinking, thinking and thinking. Finally she asked me if I wanted to take it home today. I didn't say anything but I just kept smiling. I didn't want to look too eager. But my dad and mom finally agreed that I would get it today!!! I was really happy. First, I was going to name it Rupus. Soon I found out that we were going to get a female so my mom and I changed it to Rupia. Now, I have to get up atleast 15 minutes earlier, but I don't mind that much. It's nice to have someone, or in this case a living something, to be right there when you wake up, wagging its tail. I really hope that Rupia will stay with me for at least 10 years. :D

<span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">September 2, 2009 If I could change a thing about MS.... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> If I could change a thing about MS, it would be having more lunch choices. In my opinion, most of the lunches at KIS are disgusting. Its not what you would expect for a 3500 won lunch. I could buy a great pizza and it would be 2000 won. Although pizza (as an example) isn't healthy, I found a bug in the food last year. That's not clean. Also, the people serving aren't very nice. If you order what you want in the deli slowly, they shout at you to hurry up. It's not a very nice thing. I guess I can't do much about it, but I would rather pack a lunch of clean healthy sandwich than buying it here. More lunch choices is a great idea for everyone, I think. Usually, we eat the same things that we eat like every week. Generally, I just want a better lunch time without the people working there shouting at us. :D

I admire___ the most... (living/dead) ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I admire Helen Keller the most. She is dead now, but she made history:D She was a beautiful young girl when she was young, but soon she got a terrible fever and it left her blind and deaf. Afterwards, Helen had such a temper that her parents didn't know what to do. They hired a teacher for the blind and Helen grew up with Annie Sullivan, the teacher. Soon Helen understood words that people said by feeling their lips, Helen could speak by herself, and Helen could spell out words on other peoples' hands. Helen was the first blind person to enter Radcliffe. Later, when Helen became old, she traveled around the world making speeches. The people were astounded and encouraged by her. She is one of the most famous woman in history.
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If I had a super power... what would it be? ** If I had the chance to chose a super power and the ability to use it forever, I would chose to have the super power to save Earth from pollution and global warming or any economic problems at the time. I would want the world as clean as possible. I would want all animals to be happy and people to not worry about money and about the clean society. I would want a lot of hi-tech stuff to decrease global warming. I would have great schools that worry more about the happiness of life instead of the smartness or homework. I would make people try and work harder to make the society better.
 * <span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">August 26, 2009

The third week of school:D ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today was the start of the third week of school. I had PE first block and I sweated a WHOLE lot. So far, the school year has been GGRREEAATT! I definitely like this school year way better than last year because first, I know where I'm supposed to go. Second, I LOVE the new building (especially the sky bridge part:D) Third, I already know a lot of people from 6th grade so I hang out with them often. My mom just told me that I am going to get a dog in 3 weeks. I hope it passes as quickly as the first 2 weeks of school. =) I can't wait to get a dog! I don't have a sibling and the only pet I've ever had were fish. :D They're nice and friendly and good to talk to, but you can't be as active as if you have a dog. A dog is a huge commitment but I think that I'm old enough to take care of one. :D Today after english I have Social Studies, and then Science. I don't really like either of them but the Social Studies teacher is real funny:D Anyways, gotta go!
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Sincerely, Yena