The email I received from Ben last November took me completely by surprise. A rather nice surprise since I had only seen Ben once since we were kids and that was on his 21st birthday. I don’t remember much about that night if truth be told; 21st birthday parties tend to be like that. My last clear memory of Ben is of he looked aged 12 in 1984 when his parents moved him to far away Melbourne to a school for “troubled boys.” I wouldn’t describe him as a troubled boy, at least not from the perspective of one his mates. The phrase “troubled boy” implies meanness or naughtiness, but even though Ben
I love hearing about success stories. How did Richard Branson earn his first million? How did Steven Spielberg come to make movies? How did the Beatles first meet? We can’t all be as successful as the likes of them, of course, but no matter what our interests, hopes, and dreams are, we can all gain inspiration from not just the successes of others, but also from the mistakes they learnt from and the set-backs that didn’t set them back.It’s hard to believe it’s only been ten years since the first Harry Potter book was published. From obscurity and financial insecurity to a fortune eclipsing the
On June 2nd, the 15th Hermes English Speech Contest was held in the multimedia room of the new Bauer Hall. Forty-seven students from universities across the Daegu and Kyungbook area competed in the morning preliminary round, with 16 chosen for the afternoon final round. Five Keimyung University students and one Keimyung College student made the final round. First prize went to Lee Sang-jun from Yeungnam University, second prize went to Park Jun-seok from Kyungbook University, and the two third prizes went to Kim Ye-Hyang and Kim Eun-hye from Handong University. Judging the contest were Keimyun
End of the World Predicted at Meditation LectureOn April 19, a lecture organized by the meditation group Brahma Kumaris (BK) was held on the second floor of Bauer Hall. The lecture, entitled "From the Inside Out - A Silent Revolution,” was conducted by Australian BK member Lee James and translated into Korean by fellow BK member Professor Ryu Jeong-hee from the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation, who also organized and promoted the event. Mr. James was visiting Korea on a tourist visa when he gave the lecture.In the email invitation sent to Korean professors, Mr. James was descr
October 9 just happened to be the day I realized I had no idea for this column. Luckily for me, that was also the day that Kim Jeong-il decided to test his supposed nuclear bomb. For a time, news of the North’s test dominated the world’s headlines as the world waited to see what would happen next. How would the world react? How would Kim Jeong-il react to the world’s reaction? That was also the same week that Ban Ki-moon was appointed to be the next United Nations Secretary-General. With the Korean Peninsula the centre of the world’s attention, it seemed like the topic of my column was chosen
In the Last edition, Professor Lyons shared with us his love of walking. In this edition, I'd like to do the same and share with you my own favorite form of transportation: taxis. My uncle owned a taxi and let me drive it, basically, whenever I wanted to. Most Saturday nights, whilst a student, I could be seen whizzing around town taking sober people out to get drunk and then later, home again. The Saturday night shifts were my favorite for two reasons: I made money instead of spent it, and I got to meet about 300 people a night. They really were fun times.The job was so much more than talking
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