1. CGV
I personally think that, for the past two
years, I was among the few most passionate members of CGV, the soccer club of
my school. For the last two years, playing soccer on the futsal field or the
soccer field was one of the factors that made my life so enjoyable, and I thus gave
up about two thirds of the dinners for the pleasure of playing soccer. I can’t
wait to play soccer again after the end of the 8th period today.
2. Wings of Thought
Four hours of physics project class every
week during the semester, and the whole winter vacation in the laboratory, or
in the Mr.Kim’s office. True, it may seem to others that being a member of ‘Wings
of Thought’ is a very tiresome and difficult thing to do (it actually is partly
true), but I could have precious opportunities to study about various physical
phenomena, be close with the members of the club, and interact actively with my
physics teacher.
3. 10th floor
Total chaos. Anything
can happen, and anyone may be the victim.
4. Watching Soccer
I really love playing soccer, but I also
love watching soccer. Although I cannot watch a lot of matches here in KMLA, I
try to make enough time so that I can at least watch the highlights of the
Premier League games, Champions League games, and some other games of the teams
I like.
5. Losing things
I lose things very easily. For example,
when I went to Europe two years ago, I lost my hat more than 20 times. I lost
my father’s watch and sunglasses when I went to Las Vegas last year. I lost my
pencil case four times after I came to this school. I lose my earphones once a
month, and I lose my pencils every two weeks. I try very hard to keep track of
the things I have, but my efforts are not always successful.
6. Physics
I personally enjoy learning physics, and
thus invested a lot of time to learn physics. I am a member of ‘Wings of
Thought’, which means that I have four units of physics project studies every
week. Furthermore, I listened to various physics courses provided in KMLA.
Physics has surely been an integral part of my life in KMLA, and is one of the
important factors that define who I am.
7. Fantasy literature
I fell in love with fantasy literatures
three years ago, when I was preparing for the interview of KMLA. I was soon ‘addicted’
to fantasy literatures, and spent every single nights reading fantasy novels; I
would tell my mother that I was going to prepare for the interview, and read
until it was about 4 o’clock in the morning. Fortunately, I was able to refrain
myself from those novels after I entered this school, and nowadays, I just
enjoy reading fantasy literatures as a pleasant hobby.
8. Handwriting
I have an awful handwriting, and it takes
me so much effort to write letters neatly enough so that others can interpret
them. Ironically however, I am quite good, compared to my atrocious
handwriting, at writing Korean/Chinese calligraphy, which seems very odd not
only to me but also to my parents and my friends.
9. Tomato sauce
There is something that I realized very
recently; tomato sauce is just amazing. So amazing that I can worship it as a
sacred gift from god. Last week, I devoured two bottles of tomato sauce(with my
roommates) before I could even realize it.
10. Webtoon
I love reading webtoons. Every night, I
read the daily updated NAVER webtoons, which are updated at 11:00 p.m. every
day. Every afternoon, I read the daily updated DAUM webtoons. Sometimes(not
every day, but two or three times a week), I read some webtoons from other
websites, such as LEZHIN, or KAKAOPAGE. True, reading webtoons requires quite a
lot of time, but it is what makes my life happy.
11. Lying down
During the two years of my life in KMLA, I
fell in love with lying down. I love lying down on the desk, on the floor, on
the futsal ground, on the gym floor, and anywhere that seems ‘safe from
possible infection’. All my stress seems to fly away at least when I am lying
down somewhere.
12. Basketball
When I was in middle school, I loved to
play basketball, and I became a member of the basketball team of the school
when I was preparing for the interview of KMLA (that was when the team was
formed). However, after the coach dropped me from the starting lineup to let
her personally favored student participate in the tournament (I was the better
player, but he was the student of her class.), I started to lose my passion in
basketball. Nowadays, I rarely play basketball, only when I have no other
things to do.
13. Mathematics
I enjoy learning mathematics and solving
problems, and the pleasure of finding the solutions is what makes mathematics
so fun for me.
14. U.S. History
I am a ‘science kid’. Most of the
activities that I have done in this school clearly prove that I am a science
kid; practically everything that I did was related to science or math. However,
taking AP U.S. History class made me think that I may have some ‘potential’
interests in subjects other than science and math.
15. Japanese comic books
I can’t read Japanese, but I am a great fan
of Japanese comic. Reading Japanese comic books is one of my favorite hobbies,
and I usually use the weekends to read through a particular series of comic
books.
16. Animations
I started to watch Japanese animations
after Geonho Min, an 18th waver, advised me to watch animations as
well as comic books. I followed his advice and watched some famous Japanese
animations, and I really enjoyed some of them.
17. Ongdalsam
I am a founder and the first
captain of “Ongdalsam” club, a volunteer club of KMLA. It was established in
2014, and it aims to apply appropriate technologies for installing water
purifiers suitable to regional conditions, and providing facilities for simply
treating waste waters, especially in countries suffering from water shortage.
Last year, we went to Vietnam and did voluntary works there.
18. Pimpled face
When I was in elementary school, I used to
have the ‘purest face skin’ among the boys in the class. Unfortunately, my face
went through abrupt changes as I graduated elementary school, and about the
time I was taking my first mid-term test in middle school, I clearly had a ‘pimpled
face’. Since then, the number of pimples steadily increased, and I lost control
of my skin after I came to this school. Now, pimples seem to be an inalienable
part of my life, although I am planning(or wishing) to completely get rid of
them after graduation.
19. Facebook
I have to admit it. Facebook is a perfect
way to waste my life. But I do not yet have the courage to quit it.
20. 1004 & 1006 Union
I mentioned above that 10th
floor is a total chaos. Well, 1004 & 1006 can be called as the center of
the chaos. Kids go wild and insane in this ‘union’.
21. Voice
My actual voice was lower than the voice I
usually make. However, many of my friends seemed to be very uncomfortable with
my voice, and I thus started to use higher pitched voice. Now, I feel more
comfortable with using higher pitched voice. Actually, I forgot how to use the
lower pitched voice.
22. Writing
I personally believe that I am not that
skillful when it comes to writing, especially when I have to write something in
English. Although my life in KMLA has improved my writing skills, I am still very
poor at using the right words, describing something vividly enough, and most
of all, expressing my thoughts with written words. I think the only choice I
have is to read more, experience more, and write more.
23. Vocabulary
I suck at vocabulary. Therefore, I have to
struggle in order to deliver my thoughts to others with my limited list of
words. Although my life in KMLA has improved my vocabulary, I still strongly
feel that I have a lot of work to do.
24. Not
serious enough
Since I was young, I never wanted to lose
my close friends by being too serious or by fighting with them. Therefore, I
tried to be optimistic, positive, and most important of all, tried to endure
instead of bursting into rage or getting too serious. True, others may not
agree to my idea, and I know that some may not like me because I am overly positive
and excited all the time. I also know that I cannot get serious enough even
when I have to. I also know that sometimes, I cannot get angry enough even when
I have to. But that’s my way of living my life, and I do not, and will never
feel that it is wrong.
25. Making jokes
I like making jokes. Unfortunately, my
jokes are not that funny, but I still love making jokes. I love to see my
friends laugh when I make funny jokes, and I also love to see them frown when I
make awful jokes.
26. Lazy
I get lazy very easily, especially when I
am doing something against my will. Therefore, many times in my life, I failed
to overcome my laziness and did practically nothing until the very last moment.
Then I would feel deeply endangered, do everything at the very last moment, and
then get lazy again. It is a vicious cycle that I always struggled, and will
always struggle to overcome(and probably fail most of the times).
27. Public Image in KMLA
It is a deep tragedy that my public image
in KMLA is very different from the truth. The majority of the people in KMLA
seem to believe that I am attracted to men. Well, I am not against LGBT (I
respect everyone’s personal preference), but I am just like other boys; I am attracted to women. (This may
surprise many people in this school). I even had a crush when I was in KMLA(This
may also surprise many people in this school, and put some people into fears.), although I never had the courage
to confess.
28. Das Boots
The music video of the remake version of
the music of the commercial “Das Boots” was what publicized my image(mentioned
in #27) in KMLA.
DAS BOOTS….!
29. Sleeping
I love to sleep. I love to go to bed early
and sleep until it’s time for lunch. But life in KMLA just doesn’t allow me to
do that. One of the reasons I am looking forward to graduation…..
30. America
I was born in America, but I came back to
Korea before I could even speak(my English pronunciation is thus far from
good). I lived in America for one year when I was in elementary school, but I
stayed there too short to feel any ‘attachment’ to America. Of course, living
as a KMLA student, and especially as an international field student, forced me
to deeply acknowledge the fact that I am ‘legally’ an American. However, I
strongly think of myself as a Korean, and I am very proud of it. I am even
planning to go to the army few years later.
