Minji's+Journal

Journal entry- 6/3/10

I think success is being able to do what you want to do and find happiness. In my case, happiness is finding a great husband who is tall, handsome, smart, nice, caring, loving, fashionable, and have lots of money. Also being able to do what you want and would enjoy as a job could be called happiness. And by doing the job that I always wanted, getting my hands on lots of money can be called happiness as well. And never regretting what I did would also be happiness.

Journal entry- 5/25/10

The owner of a newspaper is called the publisher. The editor is in charge of the content. Reporters research and write the articles. -has specialities called: beat.
 * Jobs**

Headline: title The credits to the author: byline The beginning of each newspaper article: Lead Something that grabs the reader's attention and makes the reader want to read the rest of the article: Hook Shortened: cropped
 * Structure of a Newspaper Article**

Structure of a Newspaper

First section - [] Local news section -with local news and weather. [] [] Sports section- [] Lifestyle section - [] Classified ads- Paid advertisements-

Journal entry- 5/24/10

--What did you enjoy about being a painter? The fact that I could draw and express myself in variety of ways. I could express the way I'm thinking right now by using different colors. --What are some of the challenges of being a painter? The challenges are that you have to look for your own personal style. And you also have to draw realistically (which I didn't). You could also use different paintings and choose the best texture that will help express your self well. --Could you become a painter full time? Why or why not? No, because the worst thing I would do for a job is sitting down and doing the samething everyday and everytime. I also know that a painter cannot make much money.

Journal entry- 3/9/10

Cup - Ramen:

Making a cup ramen is a piece of cake. It is very easy and fast. All you have to do is put the powder that comes with the ramen and put hot water in it. It is a pie in the sky if you think this is over. You have to start eating after 3 minutes, to get the best taste.

Journal entry- 3/5/10

Dear SO,

I realized that there are more than one way to skin a cat. There are many problems between us and an easy way is to just put an end to this relationship. You have to realize that there are more to the break up than meets the eye. I'm not good enough to have you as my boyfriend. I wish you can meet someone better than me. I loved you and you'll always stay in my heart. I know that I'll miss you and will take a long time to forget you. But, as I said, I don't deserve you. I'll always remember you.

Sincerely, Minji

Journal entry- 3/3/10

Jessica Um, 14, died May 26, 1997, at the hospital because of old age.

Ms. Um was born May 26, 1997, in Mars, between Banana Um and Why Lee. She graduated from pre-school and later served in the Cafeteria. She moved to vancouver in 1999 and made Vancouver her home in 1999. In 2001, he retired from the Hershey Chocolate Factory.

She was a member of the Colacolacolacolacolasofantastic church in SHINee World and enjoyed writing, drawing, painting, and reading.

Her friends wrote: "Jessica married the guy that she loved, Jason Mraz, even though it wasn't public. Eyeliners looked good on her and she loved reading. She had a kind heart, always saying that You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. She also loved going hunting in front of the school, bending backwards, always trying her best. "

Journal entry- 2/19/10

On top of the World- feeling wonderful Once in a blue moon- v ery rarely

During my break I was on top of the world, eating cookies and reading comics all day long. I finished 4 series of comics. My parents didn't care because they were so into the Olympics. These events happened once in a blue moon, without any hak-wons or tutors coming. I really enjoyed my break except for the fact that my dad was furious with me.

Journal entry- 2/5/10

Pacifier-

Pacifiers are always busy, To stop babies __from__ crying, As the pacifiers go __into__ the babies' mouths, The babies stop, As if nothing has happened __before__.

Journal entry- 2/3/10

At February 2nd, 1:50 PM, a locker in Korea International School, Pangyo Campus had been exploded. The owner of the locker was a regular 7th grade student, named Minji Jung. She said that when she opened her locker after school ended, the locker suddenly exploded with flames. The student didn't get hurt very severely, only a small burn on her right hand that she used to open her locker. The police reported that there was a little bomb connected to the locker combination and was set up to explode when the student opened the locker. They also stated that this seemed to be all planned and that the student was the target of this whole plan.

Journal entry- 2/2/10

I went jogging __around__ the lake __along with__ my friend __at about__ 7 o'clock

Journal entry- 1/28/10

In hot water means in trouble

In a nutshell is something that you say when you are describing something using as few words as possible

Dear Minji, I am in hot water everyday to get to sleep. You come out in my dreams and I miss you even though I am looking at you. All I think of is you all day and I can't concentrate on my studies. When I get to see you I am so glad and I spend all my time looking at you. In a nutshell, I love you.

Secret Admirer

Journal entry- 1/26/10

No skin off your nose means that it does not matter to you

No dice means that it isn't possible

Dear Minji,

Hi, long time no see.. I knew that getting an all-A was no dice. I just knew that. You never study or try hard. That is why you can't go to boarding schools. It is no skin off your nose whether you go to a good university or not since you are too young. You could actually enjoy your life here in Korea with your friends but if you go to a boarding school, you won't get to enjoy your life.

Journal entry- 1/21/10

Rain check is something that you say when you cannot accept someone's invitation to do something but you would like to do it another time

Q.T. is an abbreviation for quiet

I really wanted to go to the Green Day concert and I bought the tickets for it with my own money. But since there were finals, I really wanted to take a rain check but I couldn't. I wailed about going to the concert but my mom told me to be Q.T. and she took my ticket away.

Journal entry- 1/19/10

Go bananas means to go mildly crazy

To go against the grain means that you do not like saying or doing it and it is not what you would usually say or do

I went against the grain and studied since it is the finals and the fact that my mom wanted me to go to a boarding school. Because of this I went bananas and now my mom thinks I'm weird.

Journal entry- 1/14/10

Rome was not built in a day- something that you say which means that it takes a long time to do an important job

Round peg in a square hole- If somebody's in a situation, organisation, etc, where they don't fit in and feel out of place, they are a square peg in a round hole.

My mom wants me to go to a boarding school which I do not want to. Once, I had a dream of going to Deerfield Academy but gave up when I saw my final report card. However, my mom didn't seem to have given up. She thinks we still have possibilities if we get a good score on SSAT. When I went to sign up for a hak-won, I felt like a round peg in a square hole, since everyone there was very smart. I started going to the hak-won and it seemed like I was the only one that didn't know the stuff we were learning. But my mom told me that Rome was not built in a day and that I could do it. But I don't believe that I could get into a boarding school.

Journal entry- 1/12/10

Shoot from the hip means doing something without thinking or acting in haste

Shot in the dark means a hopeful attempt

I have a dog at home and it is a troublemaker. She doesn't know her restroom and our house is a mess. My mom thinks it is a shoot from the hip and my dog is now living in a cage. It is sad that I don't get to play with her or sleep with her since it is in a cage but the house is at least not dirty. but I think it is a shot in the dark because it was my 2nd dog and I was really young when I had my older dog.

Journal entry- 12/11/09

On the double means very quickly

Jump the gun means to start before the starting signal

My winter break plans are very boring. The first week, I just have some tutors come in and rest of the time are free time. However, the first week would go pass on the double. The second and third weeks are going to be filled with hak-wons for TOEFL. It will be very boring and my mom would be jumping the gun and make me prepare for the hak-wons when the hak-wons didn't even start yet.

Journal entry- 12/8/09

In hot water means to be in trouble

In one ear and out the other means to hear but not remember.

Bear's perspective- I heard about the boy's mother and how he became the Wolf's head. The boy's words actually went in one ear and out another but I remember most. I am scared that we'll get caught. If we get caught, we'll be in hot water. But since we cut his hair and taught him pipe, there is a low possibility of recognizing. I wish the boy gets his freedom later on.

Journal entry- 12/7/09

A loose cannon means a person who is uncontrolled and therefore poses danger

Tickled pink means to be very pleased and delighted

Yesterday, I said something that hurt my friend's feelings. She was a type of girl who was like a loose cannon and you didn't know when she would go and tell everyone other people's secrets. I was very worried that she might go and spread rumors about me because I hurt her feelings. She easily got hurt feelings and me and my friend were worried because she was not the right person to mess with. But we found out that she wasn't that mad and we were tickled pink that she smiled again when we sang a song for her.

Journal entry- 12/4/09

In two shakes of a lamb's tail means in a very short time; very quickly. ex.) Lina should give me my hair band back in two shakes of a lamb's tail or I'm going to take her's.

Make a mountain out of a molehill means to make a major issue out of a minor one ex.) The 2PM Taec-yeon fan blood letter issue made a mountain out of a mole hill.

Journal entry- 12/2/09

Get your goat means to make you annoyed or angry. ex.) Lina gets my goat when she doesn't buy me mango juice.

When you are in a bad mood all day, you got up the wrong side of the bed. ex.) Esther has been in a bad mood today, I guess she got up the wrong side of the bed.

Journal entry- 11/13/09

My father is a peasant and I have to work in the field all day. Sometimes I wish I went to school like my friends but I have no choice but to help in the fields since I was born in a peasant family. All day, I stay home helping my mother tending the vegetable garden.

Journal entry- 10/19/09

I was young when my father left me and don't remember anything about my father. I can only hear about him through my mother. It was depressing and sad. I heard that my father was strong and powerful. But what good is it if he is not here? Many poor people come to the palace and tell us that my father is dead. There are suitors in the castle and making a mess. My mother is now old and I am not powerful at all. I wish my father returned home safely.

Journal entry- 10/6/09

The book I am reading besides Ulysses is //The Historian//. It is great book and it sometimes freaks me out. The cover of the book seems VERY boring but when I picked it up and started reading, it was so fun. It is very mysterious and the protagonist's father is a historian. The protagonist, who doesn't tells the reader her name finds a book and that is the start to everything. They try to find Vlad Tepes the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. They think he is still alive and tries to find where he is right now and why he is here.

Journal entry- 10/5/09

One thing that Minji did during her break is get a new dog. When she got her new dog her mom was slightly unpleasant about it because the dog was too expensive. The dog was so cute that Minji held her tight. She was so happy that she finally got her dog that she was thinking about for a long time. Her mom wasn't so excited about the little dog but was happy at the sight of her daughter smiling with the small puppy. The puppy was very cute, compared to its siblings, so her dad really liked the dog a lot.

Journal entry- 9/24/09

1:1 School means that a teacher can teach their students 1 to 1. They get to teach and communicate with their students one by one. It is a system to communicate and check every student - not all of them at the same time. A good thing is that no students get left behind and they get their teacher's attention fully. But it will be hard for the teachers since teachers will have to check on their student one by one, it isn't easy to take care of about 100 students each.

Journal entry- 9/22/09

My favorite book is Outsider. It is a Korean internet novel. It doesn't mean that it is on the internet... it is a book wrote in the internet and made into a book because it became so famous. It is so sad. The book is in 3 parts. It is so fun that I actually read 3 of the books in one day that first time I read it. And each book is very long. It is a love story and it is so complicated that I can't explain. But trust me- it is so sad that I cried. I usually don't cry- even during sad movies.

Journal entry- 9/17/09

Dear Penelope, I know that you are waiting for me back at home. I wish I was there with our son, all grown up by now. I miss you very much... but the journey back home isn't as easy as it seems when the god of the sea is mad at you. The pictures of you in my head is fading.. but I know that you'll forgive me.

Journal entry- 9/15/09

Something that is VERY annoying is that there is one person who talks behind my back. Practically EVERYONE tells me that she was talking about me. So that makes me very mad. I can't tell the person that talks bad about me that I hate that person back since I am so 'nice' (believe me, I'm very nice). Actually, I mad because I thought that person was my friend... actually, my best friend. Also, my used-to-be-best friend is trying to take away my friends so that is annoying.

Journal entry- 9/09/09

If I could change anything from yesterday, I would really want to bring Jaebum from 2PM back from Seattle. I would be so happy if he didn't go out of 2PM. I miss him so much already that I can barely sleep or eat. I really miss Jaebum and I would just love to hear him rapping and b-boy ing again. I wish the world didn't read his myspace and I wish they weren't that harsh on him.

Journal entry- 9/08/09

Today, I'm feeling very bad. I am so tired that I can barely open my eyes. I stayed up until 12 o'clock, looking at the picture of the dog I am going to get this Sunday. I hope it doesn't get sold before I go and get it... The dog that is on my mind is so cute!!! It is a toy poodle! Now you know why I am so anticipated to get this little puppy!! And because I am so worried that somebody else will buy the dog before I do, I can't sleep! :( So I am very VERY tired.

Journal entry- 9/04/09

If I could travel to anywhere I want to, I want to go inside the black hole!! Some people believe that it just kills you and some say that it takes you to a different world. So I want to check if it takes me to another world. But I do have a phobia on aliens so... it might be very frightening but I want to try. I have always wanted to explore the black hole, since Disney released 'Treasure Island'. I think it will be fun!!! :D

Journal entry- 9/02/09

If I could change one thing about the MS, I would change the rules into "no homework". I strongly suggest this because many of the students go to academies until late at night. They also have homework from their academies. Also, students are still in their growing stages. they have to grow more- which means that they need more sleep. Homework from teachers will reduce the time of the students' sleeping time. Plagiarism usually happens in home works. Many student plagiarize when they didn't do their homework- so the solution will be to abolish homework.

I disagree! Most students do not plagiarize on a last minute request they simply rush it and do a bad job on the certain assignment. Although I do agree to abolish homework as I despise homework. --Jon B

Journal entry- 8/31/09

The people I admire the most are my family. I don't actually respect them THAT much, but I still love them. They raised me and they love me so I admire them back :). They are very caring and nice (?). My dad grew up from a poor family but he studied really hard so he now has enough money to pay for me and my brother's education. So I really and proud of my parents and I admire them very much

Journal entry- 8/28/09

Televisions and videos can definitely change people's behaviors. Many people (especially boys) play video games. Also, a lot of the video games they play are violent- they kill people, and it definitely shows blood. I once read on the news that a boy from somewhere in Asia (probably Singapore or Philippines...) was a game addict. And what he did was that he got on a taxi and killed the driver like the character from the game killed their taxi driver.

Journal entry- 8/26/09

I don't actually wish for any superpower and that is because I actually have a superpower that nobody knows!!!!! I can actually fly. So I fly over to America without having to pay for a plane ticket. Sometimes people see me from the plane window and think that I'm a terrorist but I am not. I would rather use it to help people escape from a form of natural disasters (for an example, hurricanes). I could also help poor people by helping them fly outside the country for the ones who never went out of their countries before. Or maybe help old people go visit their sons/ daughters outside their countries


 * please note that this isn't a true statement*

Journal entry- 8/24/09

My day so far is doing okay. I feel kind of bad because I didn't complete my homework and I won't get a good mark on it. I wish I could still get an A (if that is possible.) I'm going to make sure that I get everything done from now on. From now on I'm going to read my book, do my homework since I rally want the DSLR my dad promised to buy me if I got all A's. Wish me luck! :D