30... Too much... I think

Thirty things about me

1.     Daegu

I was born in Daegu. Actually, I moved around a lot after I was born. I was in Daegu, Daejeon, Seoul, Gangwon-Do, and so on. I could experience a lot and I have a lot of photographs of me in many places.

2.     Volleyball

I believe this word describes one third of my life at KMLA. I have devoted tremendous amount of time in volleyball. I can dare to say that volleyball club could stand up again due to me. This might seem haughty but Mr. Sung also knows my accomplishments since the men’s volleyball club achieved a prize for the first time under my lead.

3.     Soccer

Soccer also describes one third of my life in KMLA. I have started playing soccer when I was in elementary school. However, in school, I could make many friends by playing soccer at the beginning of the semester.

4.     Friendship

This is the last word that would fill up for the missing third of my life at KMLA. I can proudly say that there is at least one friend that can put everything else beside for me. Because of this friend, I believe my life at KMLA was easy for me to go through.

5.     Life motto #1

This motto has been the first that I have tried to live up to. My life motto number 1 is ‘Live your life happily all the time.’ Maybe this motto might be the reason why I smile often.

6.     Life motto #2

‘Do not do things I will regret.’ This motto is another motto that enabled me to do all the things I have wanted to. I believe that there will not be many chances for me to do in the future. Thus, I have always chosen to act first when there are goals I wanted to reach.

7.     Academics.

I know that the student’s primary focus should be on studying. However, maybe because of my life motto number one and two, I was interested more in athletics and chose to focus more on athletics. However, I do not regret my choice because I believe I have gained priceless experiences due to sports.

8.     FFT

For and From Them. This is a name for volunteer group that goes to India every year. We get a chance to volunteer to little children to teach them what they cannot experience easily such as painting and origami. Since we have to cut all the materials since children cannot use scissors, we have to do lots of work. I believe that my personality grew up a lot going to India.

9.     Student guidance

I had to stand up almost every day in front of the school to catch late people. Although burdensome, I could feel the weight of responsibility doing works related with student guidance.

10.   Robot

When I was young, I played with numerous robot toys my father bought for me. Since I was in contact with robots since I was young, my interest for robot gradually grew up. I went to many robot competitions and I could see lots of types of robots and foster my dream as a robot engineer.

11.   Physics

My grade at Physics is not good. However, I kept on studying Physics maybe because of my dream as robot engineer or my refusal to yield in. And now I am taking AP Physics C and I am surprised that I am enjoying physics.

12.   Simplicity

Most of my friends tell me that I am simple. I agree. I do not like complex situations or complex people. I want the situations to be easy to organize. Complex situations usually create many misunderstandings. Thus, I do not like complexity.

13.   Health

This word is the word I focus the most. I believe that health is the most important aspect in life. Without health, I believe that people cannot live happily.

14.   Sacrifice

I made many sacrifices in this school. Before coming to KMLA, I did not have to think about sacrifices. However, I had to give up my position and time and energy for many reasons after coming to this school.

15.   Food

I like to eat a lot. One of the best things for me in this school is good food. I can eat delicious food in this school. Cool!

16.   Leadership

The school’s full name is Korean Minjok Leadership Academy. I believe that this school has fostered my leadership through numerous activities. However, being a captain in volleyball team made my leadership grow the most.

17.   Tsundere

Well… This word is not what I think of myself. But my friends told me that I am Tsundere a lot of times. I do not really know why they call me as this.

18.   Weepinball

I like this name that my friends gave me. I also believe that this Pokemon looks like me.

19.   Ability to be serious when I need to be

I try hard to make the atmosphere of volleyball club very fun and bright. However, I believe that all sports need some parts when we need to be serious in order to advance. Thus, I usually make the volleyball fun but I become serious when I need to be.

20.   Straightedness

I am a person who do not really like hiding feelings and words. I just say what I feel towards people whether they might like it or not.

21.   Love

To be honest, I am writing this because I ran out of topics… From many tryouts, I have concluded that I am too young to love HaHa…

22.   Strict

I am a person who does not compromise with others. I usually make standards for choices and follow those lines.

23.   Positive

Since I try to enjoy my life all the time, I live positively! I laugh a lot and smile a lot. Well, I think that it is never bad to be optimistic!

24.   Loyalty

I believe I am faithful to friends. Once I make friends, I try to stick to them. I believe their words over others’.

25.   Astray

I did not follow my parents’ words many times. I believe that I have strayed a lot. However, I also believe that straying a lot made me grow up a lot.

26.   Candy

I like candies. A lot! I am running out of ideas… ARGH.

27.   KMLA

This school I believe is the biggest luck that came to me. All the invaluable experiences came from this school. I hope that I can make a lot out of this school this year as well.

28.   Puberty

I am not sure whether if I went through puberty or not. I still fight a lot with my parents to be honest. Through puberty, I hope I grow up a lot!

29.   Canada

I was in Canada when I was in 5^th grade in elementary school. The memories will never be forgotten and I absolutely will keep on contacting with my foreign friends

30.   Mr. Garrioch

I love you! I hope this statement makes up for the last one.^^

The last time I hated myself

           The last time I hated myself. On 28^th of July, I was on a swing in a nearby playground at 11 o’clock. On the sky was a moon that seemed to look inside me and know everything and every aspect of me, a knowledge that seemed for me impossible to gain. A feeling of guilt and regret swerved over me. I did not study at school which my parents paid. I used a lot of money doing extra activities such as going to India. All the activities I took pride in just seemed as excuses for my lazy behaviors. In short, I felt despondent.

           As all the other feelings do, the feeling of regret faded away as time passed. One day, after a week or so, I had a chance to have introspection. I found out that I am a person who is straight forward, a person who only does something when I am interested, and a person who is full of potentials. Of course, this might seem a bit haughty. However, I concluded that it is not bad to take some confidence in oneself after all. I believe that was the time when I actually planned out for my life. Before, I was a person who just ran into incidents without actually planning.

           I planned for my third grade in high school. I was a person who did not care about grade that much. I focused more on athletics and my interests. However, maybe because of feeling nervous about college or because of just interest to see how much I can achieve in academics, I planned my study. I felt satisfied and estranged at the same time. Since I have never planned out my life specifically, I do not really know how it is going to be. However, what I can know for sure is that I am going to do well. Why? Because I have faith in myself and in my plans, I know that I am not going to fail. Even if I do, I know that I am not going to fall hard.