In a little musical instrument shop in Ireland, a woman playing piano and a man playing guitar sing songs. They don’t know each other, but they share two things very certainly: they love music and can play a musical instrument. They make beautiful harmonies even though there are no people listening to their music. Later, the woman and the man meet again and they pour all their energies into making a recording in a small recording booth for their first album. Those two moving scenes are from the movie Once, which I saw on November 3. A few days later, when the deep impression of Once had faded,
Keimyung University has tried to make an environment to help students study better and has implemented various systems to assist student self-study outside regular classes. Do you know what programs our university offers students to assist with their self-study? I examined how our university and each department have supported the many programs for student self-study. The Center for Teaching & Learning has supported the studying activities of professors and students for four years. They have three programs to aid student self-study. First, Keimyung Learning Community (KLC) is a program that hel
‘Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet’Rudyard KiplingOn first arriving here in Korea five years ago, that old adage of Rudyard Kipling’s seemed to have a certain ring of truth about it: everything in the East, at least in regards to Korea, seemed to run contrary to the western mores I was so accustomed to in Ireland and elsewhere. The language barrier was the first obvious obstacle to confront the innocent abroad, but there were other traits that ran contrary to my own thinking. For one thing, the squatting on the floor of a restaurant over dinner or the fact that
People’s thoughts change very quickly. The things that were not permitted in the past become ordinary in the present. Nowadays, even thoughts about marriage have changed. That is the talk about cohabitation. In the past, it was unthinkable that a man and a woman live together before marriage. However, now thinking about cohabitation is changing because the rate of divorce is rising and people think freedom is very important. Actually, research data show that the people who are positive about cohabitation are 67% in Daegu and North Gyeongsang (research by Daegu Catholic University and the North
Well, not really, but the guy sitting next to me was from that state. If truth be told, I detest KFC in much the same way as I despise McDonald’s. Fast food chains are right up there with Wal-Mart and Exxon as symptoms of what's wrong with this planet, corporate giants who exploit their workers, customers, and the earth’s natural resources in the name of commercial gain. However, I’m not going to get into a diatribe on the evils of capitalism here. No, instead I’d rather turn to an altogether more pleasant topic, baseball, beer, and BBQ.Over the summer months, after several seasons of trying a
Lately, Korean society was shocked because of the forging of degrees. The case of Shin Jeong-ah, a Dongguk University professor and director of the Gwangju Biennale, led to more forgers being discovered. Korean people were shocked about this situation.According to the above mentioned survey, the times when people feel most tempted to forge their degrees are when they make their own resume and when others are promoted solely because of their qualifications. In fact, 66.5% of respondents answered that having no degree or a degree from a non-prestigious university was an obstacle when job searchi
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
My decision had been made. It was the late, crisp autumn of 2001. Two heavy suitcases glared at me from the dim light of the hallway. The tags attached to them, small white pockets of truth set against an apathetic dark mass, contained the following inscription: STEPHEN McGUCKIN; DESTINATION: SOUTH KOREA.These very words filled me with an uncanny feeling of excitement and fear, a feeling best described as the sensation of some unseen anchor tugging firmly upon the sinews of my heart, making breathing a slow, labored process. Indeed, my decision had been made. Deep breath. For the next year, my
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