HoDong Choi

Ho Dong Choi
ESL Listening & conversation 2
December 18, 2009

First Semester

During first semester, I experienced 3 things at the ESL listening & conversation class. First of all, I made power point presentation slides and presented about the topic “Sleep early for the good condition at the test vs Stay late to study more”. For example, I made the power point slides. Making the slides, I tried all of the animations and effect to know which are funnier and more interesting. I also took resources, such as slide designs and pictures, from the website of Microsoft. After I got the slide designs and pictures, I put them into the power point slides. I thought many times about designs, animations, also contents, so I had been confident of my presentation. However, when I went to front of student, I got nervous too much and became stiff. I was even hard to smile. In my opinion, I should have a lot of practice to be accustomed to present. Second, I made a video about World greatest. For example, I took many pictures of many themes, such as nature, piece, love, and friendship. Additionally we, especially Mimi, Alex, and I, went to many places in hays to film many good scenes. After we got many videos and pictures, we started using movie maker to complete our World greatest videos. At the first, we were not good at using the program, so we made many mistakes. However, we made a surprising video as we practiced several times. The video made many Americans surprised. I thought that making effort never betray me. Also, I thought that we couldn’t be successful without our cooperation because it was necessary to get many ideas, pictures, and films for our project. Third of all, we made own t-shirts. For example, we searched the silk screen painting and went to the company to get specific information of it. Following the steps, we bought frames at the Wal-mart and stapled the silk on it because it was the cheapest way. If we bought silk screen frame which is made in the factory, we must have paid a lot of money. It was really hard to staple them on it. I got hurt many times. At the same time, we drew our faces on the transparency because we would put emulsion under the transparency drawn our faces to make a form of our faces. Finding the good time for burning the emulsion was also hard. After we did the all procedures, we put inks on the frames and test it with gray t-shirts given by Mr. because it was dangerous to print it at the first time. When I was done with the first T-shirts I was very satisfied and happy. I showed it to everybody and wore it often. As we were done with first T-shirts project, we started making second ones using the other way. The difference from first one was that we used “Adobe photoshop” to make stamp styled pictures. For the stamp styled pictures we asked to several teachers and student like Marry, Father Fred, and Steve first because they will get angry with us if we use their pictures without their agree. Working with the program, I used many kinds of colors, especially pink and purple. I thought that I was good at this work because I could find good matched colors well. I also felt good. Everybody asked me how I could make it and how much I used. In my conclusion, this t-shirts project lets me confident and satisfied.

Chad Final Test

16^th Dec

Chad Gong

A guy I love all the time

There’s one person is really important in my life. That guy is my dad. As many Chinese, he never show his love straightly. Because of his special way to show me love, sometimes I made misunderstand with him in my childhood memory. One day in my 8 years old, I was bored by my cram class in summer vacation, so I escaped from this class and went back to home. I turned on TV and staring to relax myself. It came as a surprise that my father went back to home at that time because of his documents. He looked at me for a while and then realized I cut my class. I still remember his angry look at that day. He slap on my face and almost shouted: “Are you trying to skip the school?” I was shocked and stare at him without words and begun to sob. After that, he shut the door heavily and left me in home. Why he is so angry, this is just my first time skip school and that’s only skip school, I thought. I had no idea I was too scared or too tired, I fell asleep on the sofa till night my mom came back. She noticed I was fever and let me go to bed. The next day morning, I saw some medicines and a note on the desk, it was written on “My son, don’t forget take medicines.” I thought that was from my mom till some weeks later, my mom told that note was written from my father. Come to think it now that was nothing wrong with a father hopes his son on the right way of life, and I am always moved when I think about this story especially the medicine and note.

Actually his not often show his serious face in front of me. He likes to accompany family in weekend and some special days. In my 17^th birthday, that was the last birthday before I came to here, he pushed away all the dinner party (fortunately that day is weekend) and celebrated my birthday. He was so happy in my birthday even happier than me. He told me so many stories about when I was a child and said “You were that little when you were a child.” hundreds times. I thought he may miss the past time we stay together. We talked about many memories very late at that day, and I felt our relationship like friends more than father and son. This time he enjoined me much like my mom, even that was terser I still can feel the love he trying to express me. After that night, I think he is not only my father but also my best friend. I do miss that night and I hope we can talk like that all the time. There is one stage I have no reason and began to worried about go abroad to study. I have been expecting for go to U.S.A since my father told me the plane for sent me go abroad to study but when it comes, I don’t think I’m ready for this. I even can’t keep silent, and my mom didn’t know what she can do for me. It continued 4 days until my father came and talk to me. He told me a lot his stories about when he left home and went to high school, actually I knew he just want to let me know this problem is universal and don’t have to worried about that. Then he given me so many advices and experiences for many common problems we would met on the way of study alone. At last, he said: “From now, you are a real man. I just can give you some advices. You can make your choice, my son. Whatever happens, just follow your heart.” I can’t see any father’s role when he talked with me, that’s more like a sincerely friend.

Now I can understand it’s really hard to be a man to say love with others. I love my father so much but I won’t bring out “I love you” these 3 words to my father. At fathers’ day this year, I sent my father a text to thank him for these years taking care of me and help me be on the right way of life. My father relayed me “thank you” 2 words. In fact, as my mom told me, he was so happy when he received my text. These days, I chat with my mom on line as usual, when she talked about my father, she remind me chat with my father because he miss me so much, and she told me he still kept that text. I couldn’t hold myself and want to cry. This is the love between 2 men, no one bring out love this world but we knew we love each other. I don’t chat with my dad many times, even if we chat I have no idea why the conversation is always so short but it can’t deny we miss each other, it just because this is our special way to convey the love.

Thank you so much, dad. I love you. I hope one day I could have guts to say these words in front of you.

ethanchen

Ethan Chen

Dec 11

One day we bought the airplane tickets on-line. If we bought the tickets on-line so we needed to pay the money before we got the tickets. But my father didn't know so he didn't pay the money on -line and said it's ok we could got the tickets. I told my father if you didn't pay the money they couldn't gave your tickets because if more people wanted this people they could sold it. My father didn't follow my mind and kept saying it's ok we can get the ticket. On the next day we arrived the airplane we didn't got the ticket but my father still said it's ok.

Alex Eun

Alex Eun

12.10.09

ESL writing

specific sentence

He/She is stubborn that he/she hates to be wrong. For example, when I finished a math test, my friend always checked the answers. He was really smart. If he got wrong answer, he never changed his answer. Even, he checked the answers with math teacher, but he never changed. He/she is stubborn that he/she doesn’t show weakness to me. For example, when I went to movie theater with my girlfriend, I wanted to watch comic movie. At that time, my girlfriend always feel so boring. However, if the movie began, my girlfriend was always laughing. When, I saw her, she stopped laughing. Then, I asked “Is it fun?” she always replied “No, it was so boring.”

Chad

Chad Gong

10th DEC

My father is stubborness that he hates to be wrong. For example, one day, he was arguing with me about pronunciation of a Chinese word called ”zhui”. He instate that word called “ya” and told me trust him because he is older than me. Actually that word has 2 pronunciations but in this word, it should be pronounced as “zhui”. However I told him so many times, he just doesn’t want to change his mind. At last I used Chinese discretionary to show him I am right but he said:”Maybe it’s changed, that should be pronounced as “ya” when I was young. Anyways it’s not my fault.”

Ho Dong

Ho Dong Choi
ESL Writing 2
December 10, 2009

My grandfather

My grandfather is stubborn that he hates to be wrong. For example, he insists that he is always collect. When I went to school in Korea, I had done a lot of homework, so I sometimes asked to my cousin, named Yong Gook, about a difficult physics question. At one time, my grandfather and Yong Gook were in the living room watching a funny TV show, and I asked him about Newton's first law of motion. Seeing my book, he said that he can teach me, but I didn’t think he can do it because he is old enough to forget it. So, I turned down it, but he made me listen to him and started to teach it. Even though I said that he is wrong showing book, he said “My knowledge is more exact than the book”. In my opinion, he is most stubborn man among my relatives.

DIAO dec10

Dec 10

Writing 2

DIAO

My father is stubborn that he never shows he is wrong. For example, my computer was broken in this summer. I broke the memory card of my computer. After my father knew that, he said “I can fix it.” I do not think he can fix it. He even does not know what is the different between CPU and memory card. I cannot say no to him because he is my father. I know he cannot fix it, so I ask him “do you really know how to fix it?” He said yes to me. He lost a lot of stuff inside of computer such as CPU, memory card, hard discs. My computer is absolutely broken after he “fixes” it. He told me “it is OK. I will fix it.” He bought me a new one after 3days. He said “I already fixed it, that one is very good. I want use it, so I bought a new one to you.” This is why I said he is stubborn.

Wang

When I hear my father said the wrong chinese word, and told him. He would not think I was right. Even I helped him to search the dictionary about that word, he still thought he's right or he would say that's his teacher's wrong. Next time he saw that that word, he still speak like last time, and he was never change it.

when my father used his cell phone, and he wanted to send massage to other people. Some times he can not type some word in his cell phone, he would tell me to helped him to type. After I finished type, I said it is so easy. he said "I just want to give you a test about cell phone and I know how to type this word because I am your father." Next time, he wouldn't asked me about that, he was going to ask my mother because he don't want show me the same problem again.

Jiawen

My mother simply will not let any kind of weakness show. For example, one time my mom stayed at home to write a report for a company. She wasn’t sleep for 3 days. On these days morning when I woke up, I saw she still sit in front of the computer. I said “mom, you sit in front of the computer for a long time you must be tired, I think you need to take a rest before you continue your report.” “I know, I am ok, I can continue my work now.” she said. I saw her eyes became red, I tried to ask her again, but she still told me “I was ok”. When she worked, I saw she ate the gum to refresh herself. I told her “I think you really need to have a rest, you see your eyes tell me you really need it.” I got the same answer from her. I didn’t know although the behavior has already told me she was tried, she still said she is fun.
My mom also hates to be wrong. One day I asked my mother to take my homework to my aunt’s house. I told to her I needed the yellow and green text book, it was in my first book case. When she came to my aunt’s home she gave it to me. I said “It isn’t that one. It told to you I need the yellow and green one, but this is just yellow in the book.” She said “You didn’t say clear, I just found this on your desk.” “But I said the book is in my first book case, did you see the book case?” “No you didn’t tell me the book is in the book case, this is your mistake, why you always left your book in the room.” She said to me. I had no idea to say anything about it. I didn’t understand when she forgot something why she didn’t have mistakes, all wrong are belong to me.

Jiawen

My ski trip
It was great experience at Ski resort, and I had three specific fun moments in this ski trip.

First, it is I went to the boys’ room play with them. For example, every night, I went to the boys’ room. We went to the supermarket to buy many foods. In the evening, we cooked dinner together. After cooking, we left many dirty dishes in the sink. All of us didn’t want to clean it up. Then we found out a good idea to make excuses. Ethan said he needs to take shower. Kevin said he needs to have a rest. I said I have to do my homework, so Yangyang had to wash those dishes which we used from Wednesday night. When they need to clean the room or wash dishes, they called Yangyang to go their room. We also watched TV in their room together. We watched NBA games with them. During the game, Yangyang said that she wants to sing. She sang some really old songs and danced. She danced was really crazy, she shake her head, her long hair in the front of her face. She looked like a madwoman. When I saw her, I couldn’t stop laughing. How crazy girl she is. Caden couldn’t stand her, he thought that she sang too loud. And he turned up the sound of the TV. Because the TV was so noisy, RA knocked the door. Yangyang and I thought that we couldn’t stay there, so we hided in the restroom and locked the door. When the RA came in the room, he just said that we were so loud and we could stay in the boys’ room. After the RA leaving, nobody told us to go out the restroom. Yangyang and I stayed a long time in the restroom, but they watched game in the living room.

Second, it is I lived with my friends and slept on the sofa every night. For example, after came back from the boys’ room, because the bedroom had enough people to live. So Yangyang, Judy, and I had to sleep in the living room. We talked about three girls who lived in the bedroom. Judy was really angry at what they did. We turned up the TV and sang songs, and talked loudly. At midnight, I called my mom. We turned music loudly. Sometimes, we learned some funny actions. Everyday we slept on the sofa, so we didn’t want them fall asleep. When Yangyang did some funny actions, Judy and I was laughing. Every night in the living was make me unforgettable, because in the dorm, most of the time I spent alone. I didn’t have fun with my friends, and I couldn’t go to bed too late.

Third, it is I skied every day. For example, on Thursday morning I took ski lesson. Sally, Amy, Yangyang around a circle, it was not different for us, we were easy to get that. All the morning, we learned how to ski. When I finished lesson, I was too tired. At that time, I didn’t think my body is belonging to me. I didn’t have any more power. I lay on the snow ground. I said I don’t want to ski any more. But after that, I had a rest at hotel, and I felt much better. I broke what I said before. I went to the ski again. When I got off the cable car, I felt on the ground. The cable car which behind me hit my head. It was too hurt. I ski on the slope, suddenly, Nick and Amy to greeted me on the cable car, so I raised columns in front of me. I rushed to the protect and broke it, everyone looked at me and laughed including myself. I thought how stupid I am. Then Lucas and Ralph saw me. They took me to the high slope. Before I followed them, they told me it much easier than others, there have many women and children. But when I got there, I found I am deceived by them. The slope was much sheer than others. I was so scared. Under the Lucas and Ralph’s protect, I slided one third of the slope. Because of the sky became dark, I took the car down the slope.

In my conclusion, I played with my friends. I tried the sport which I have never tried. Even though I am not good at it, but I got over myself. I got more friendships from the trip. I was happy and enjoyed during the trip.