Red Diary Day17.

Day17.

THEME : How to make Kimchi Jjigae
TITLE : Do You Want To Be Healthier?

 

 

Firstly, I will introduce Kimchi Jjigae. By Kimchi is a typical fermented food and one of the foods which Koreans love is the best food. Kimchi has a lot of lactic acid bacteria and lactobacilli. It is very helpful to our health. For examples, Kimchi not only prevents cancer especially colorectal cancer, but also makes a viscus actively. Furthermore, powdered red peppers which is are included in Kimchi prevent fatty change because red pepper contains capsaicin ingredient. Mostly, Koreans like Kimchi Jjigae especially in winter. Whenever blowing chilly wind blows or we are being stressed out, we usually enjoy Kimchi Jjigae. Seeing that, we, Koreans solve the stress and protect our body more warmly against cold by eating spicy food.

Secondly, I will introduce how to cook Canned Tuna Kimchi Jjigae. It is a very easy and simple recipe.

1. Prepare sliced Kimchi, water or fish broth, a small canned tuna, a little kimchi liquid, a little chopped garlic, sliced spring onion and onion, tofu and a little sesame oil.

2. Put a pot on the stove. Add a little sesame oil and sliced Kimchi to the pot. Stir until sap with a brine.

3. Pouring water or fish broth to the pot and boil for 20-30 minutes. In the middle of boiling add a small canned tuna, a little chopped garlic, sliced tofu, sliced onion and spring onion to the pot. At this time, if the Kimchi Jjigae is not sufficiently salted, you can add soy sauce.

If you follow the recipe, you will feel fantastic Kimchi Jjigae. Just try it!!

Red Diary Day16.

Day16.

THEME : Optimism
TITLE : How to Become an Optimist

 

Many people often consider themselves to be unhappy and feel grief. As, they usually have dissatisfactions and pet peeves about their position, money, relationship and so on. Thus, it is probably related to happiness and satisfaction. Although most people want to become an optimist, not only that is difficulties, but also we try to solve problem awaiting solutions. Honestly, I am not an optimist. However, I’m always trying to practice changing my mind and finding on my good ways to control my mind. So I would like to share my ways and what I think tells how to be an optimist.

First. Write your pet peeves and dissatisfactions. I think you should better write what happened and why problems happened and solutions which I think doing my are best. If so you would find good ways or methods or manners.

Second. Don’t continuously remember about your faults, problems especially, worries. Sometimes you should better forget your problems in circumstances. Though it is a temporary solution, if you do that, you can readily start something and refresh your mind.

Third. Think positively and read or speak positive sentences. If you repeatedly think positive sides and read or speak positive sentences, you will become accustomed to positive realities. Thus, it is helpful to you. Despite Although situations or circumstances don’t change, you can feel comfortable and affirmative.

As a result, all kinds of ways about becoming an optimist are useful and valuable for you. Even if I can’t always maintain the ways, I try to keep the ways. And I believe the ways can be changed  people’s mind of people affirmatively.

Red Diary Day15.

Day15.

THEME : Happiness
TITLE : To Find My Happiness

 

In my point of view, most people have much desire and want to have much more something about namely money, honor, wish like that(and the like). Furthermore, they desire to have new and high quality things, or relationship with someone such as their superior or rich person.

Although some people already have lots of money or honors or great relationships, they don’t feel satisfaction and happiness. And then, they try to follow suit pursue and get more good better things. I don’t want to blame for them. Because I think satisfaction and happiness depend on person by person(each person). Each person’s is different about their worth of something or someone is different.

In my case, I try to feel satisfaction and happiness. Though I sometimes feel depressed and discouraged and annoyed, I have tried to refresh my feeling and mind. Additionally, I have found satisfaction and happiness around my environment me. For example, when I feel gloomy if I have problems or not, I change my mind by traveling or talking with my friends or thinking about something which is not related to my problems. I try to think and imagine about good memories and my goal positively. And then, I think about gratitude like when I see beautiful sceneries or I receive praise or gift, and I feel satisfaction and happiness every moment.

Consequently, I will keep on my mind and try to find another good way for happiness. In addition, most people would find on one’s way to feel happiness and satisfaction.

Nuance of Verb in Expression ( Go / Marry )

1. go / get / be

•     go - "가다"라는 action
•     get - "도착하다"라는 action
•     be  - visit 하여 계속 그 상태를 유지하는 action

ex)

I go to work 8 o'clock.

  - 8시에 일하러 간다.

I get to work 8 o'clock.

  - 8시에 사무실에 도착한다.

Have you been to France?

  - 프랑스에 가본 적 있니?

2. marry / get married / be married

• marry - marry + someone
• get married - 결혼한 상태, 그 시점
• be married - 결혼 이후 기간

ex)
Will you marry me?
  - 나와 결혼해 줄래?

I got married last month.
  - 지난달에 결혼했다. (구체적인 time을 적어줌)

How long have you been married?
  - 결혼한지 얼마나 되었니?

refer to : Grammer in Use

Stuffy

stuffy
1.(of a place) lacking fresh air or ventilation."a stuffy, overcrowded office"synonyms:airless, close, muggy, sultry, heavy,musty, stale, frowzy;

2.(of a person) not receptive to new or unusual ideas; conventional and narrow-minded."he was steady and rather stuffy"synonyms:staid, sedate, sober, stiff, reserved, impersonal, formal, pompous, prim, priggish, fogeyish, strait-laced, conformist, conventional, conservative, old-fashioned, of the old school; More


Ex)

The room is stuffy.
   -> The air in the room is dry.

I have a stuffy nose.
  -> I can't breath well through my nose.

I'm stuffy.
  -> If you use it to describe a person, it means the person is narrow minded.


Cf)
답답함을 표현하고 싶다면, frustrated, discouraged, annoyed를 쓸 수 있다.

예문)
I'm frustrated.
I'm discouraged.
I'm annoyed.


refer to : Alex
* Thank you, Alex :)

Red Diary Day14.

Day14.

THEME : Fashion
TITLE : Changing my fashion

 

When I was young, I used to wear loose clothes. Nowadays, whenever I look back on my fashion in the past, I felt ashamed. I really want to hide behind everywhere. Though I liked shopping of clothes, I didn’t have a sense of fashion. Besides, until I was a university student, I didn’t wasn’t used to wearing short skirts, shorts and skimpy clothes. I don’t know why I didn’t wear short skirts and shorts. I probably wouldn’t have confidence about my appearance.

It is my anecdote. After graduating, I learned about Oracle and Linux which are a kind of  database systems and operating systems in Hannam University Education Center. One day, one of my female friends said, “Why do you not wear skirts and shorts? Why are you covered with clothes on your body. I feel choky. I don’t understand you. If I were you, I would wear a short skirt and shorts.” Although I answered, “I don’t want to show on my legs and I hate exposure of my body. Also I don’t have confidence.”, I was highly shocked. Formerly, I used to be unconscious of my clothes what that I wear.

However, after hearing being shocked by her opinion, I tried to change my fashion style. Initially, I wore shorts and skirts 5cm above the knee. After then, my shorts and skirts was were shorter than the former. Eventually, I can wear short skirts and shorts and I become have been having more confidence, now.

Red Diary Day13.

Day13.

THEME : Dream House
TITLE : On My Dream Place

 

Most Koreans want to live at an apartment according to statistics. Because the apartment is provideds great environments to us about convenient facilities such as swimming pool, gym and a various stores and hospitals nearby. I also prefer an apartment to a house. Therefore, my real house will be an apartment in the future. However, I just thought about my dream house. I’ll introduce my ideal house. When I view my ideal house, I have several important factors.

Firstly, the ideally exterior of my house is made of woods and not so big. In addition, it is painted white on the walls and red which is covered on athe roof. Additionally, I hope I would like to have a swimming pool which excludes the sun and includes a wooden bench with a big tree. Entering my house, you can see the swimming pool in the right side. And next to the swimming pool, there are is a big tree and wooden bench. Whenever I have enough time, I will enjoy a swim and relax sitting on the bench.

Secondly, the ideally interior of my house is generally white and beige and black in harmony. Besides, design of furniture has is simple. And I would like to hang some pictures on the wall in the living room. Furthermore, I wish I swould like hope to have a wide kitchen and a lot of cooking utensil. In the kitchen, I wish to cook and bake some food, cookies and cakes as like Julia who is an actress in Julie & Julia.

Above all, the best most important thing in my real and ideal house is my family. If I share everything with my family, I never find better things than family them. In conclusion, my ideal house is being with my family.