@ Don't eat the marshmallow....until ~!

Living on your budget is simple but not easy. 

Earn more money! 

If you are not able to do that, spend less. 

But, how? 
Let me introduce you two ways to spend less.

First, you might have an experience that you repented after shopping.

While buying that item, you rationalize your conduct as like "That's what I want for a long time" or

"If I don't buy this right now, someone will buy it so that I can't get it later."

But, you certainly might regret after coming back home or taking a bill later.

"Why didn't I overcome the temptation?" or "How can I pay for this right now?"

But that experience can be a good medicine for you to block another impulse buying.

Try to recall that memory before you may feel an impulse-buying temptation.

"I am not going to repeat such a same mistake again!"

"That's not what I need right now!"

That will help you control your passion to buy something unnecessary right now.

Secondly, set a big, long-term goal.

For instance, "I will buy a bigger house in 7 years. or "I will buy a brand new car in 3 years"

When you can't overcome the temptation to buy something, try to imagine a picture 

in which your family along with you are smiling in front of your new and big house.

'Don't eat  the marshmallow now!'     '
Don't eat the marshmallow... yet!"

And, you might be able to get a box of marshmallow.

Or, maybe you  can get a big marshmallow factory.

** The Pictures above are extracted from Google Image.
     They are used for an educational purpose.

@ At last, I learnd!

At last, I made it!

As a novice, I struggled to learn to edit pictures and attach a music for more than 5 hours.
(It is attached below) It was hard to learn but very fun!!

Anyway, in that film, I tried to express the value of freedom.

Egypt crisis reminded me of  Korean transition to Democracy. We, Korean, had already experienced the struggling path to Democracy in 1987.

Mubarak certainly is going to be stepped down and forced to leaved from Egypt. It looks like that the game is over. The middle class, who has taken a role of a trigger to transition to Democracy in the past history, already took part in the lines of protesters.

We know well the victory is always for the people

who try to save themselves. It can never be for any dictator. Freedom and eternal peace is also given to the people who try to pursuit them by themselves.

That's why we always do our best to protect and keep them...

** The Picture above is extracted from Google Image.
     It is used for an educational purpose.

 

@ Song for 'Power Transition'

<Imagine>-
<song>
Imagine there's no freedom
It's hard to live there
all men below one
Above us only king
Imagine all the people
Living for one man ~~~~~

<rap>Mubarak, Kim jung il, Mugabe…
You’re all dictators.
Step down… step down.
Why stick to power.
Why suppress people.
Return,, return,, the power to people
Give back,,give back freedom to people


<song>
Imagine there's no freedom
It isn't hard to get
Nothing to kill or die for
And no power too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace


You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

*** red words are changed parts

** The Pictures above are extracted from Google Image.

     They are used for an educational purpose.

@ Reflection on today's class

Dissscussion about N-generation will be helpful for me to understand my daughtes. Even if I have been thinking that I knew them well, I didn't know totally them, actually.

They might have thought me as a hierachical father or one of the old generations who can't catch the speed of change. The more I tried to feign to understand their characteristics, the more they might think me an out-of-date person or a dual personaity.

Actually  my daughter are not exact N-geners, because they don't absorb in the Net but enjoy music and net-dialogue.

Whether they are exactly N-geners or not, I think the effort for understanding each other is very important. Communication is the best way to understand them. As my wife suggested, I tried to have more than 1 hour to be with them, to read with them, and to play with them, everyday.

Through the talk, I can read their thought, at the same time,  they try to understand our efforts to improve them.  In conclusion, I will try to catch up with the world change and to catch up my daughter's minds.
  

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@ Wanted a roommate (homework for ESOL class)

I am 45 years old and a journalist.  I usually get up early at 6 A.M to go to work and come back home around 11 or 12 P.M. I enjoy drinking a little with others but dislike having a noisy party especially at my home. I like watching all kinds of movies - especially human dramas, and listening to every genres of music except heavy metal sounds. During weekends, I used to go playing golf in Korea, but now in USA I often go to museums in D.C or historical sites near VA with my family. I like touring but I was too busy in Korea to enjoy it before. Now in VA, I had a lot of great pleasure to look around many places in USA and Canada. Lastly, I cannot but say that my worst habit is smoking. Actually I tried to quit smoking a number of times but failed. I must not be self-control in that part.

I like a roommate who is tidy and clean, because I dislike living in a messy house. I like friends enjoying wines and music but not loud parties in a house. I like a person who is humorous and enjoys jokes but not too much talkative one. I try to be considerate to others and vice versa. A person enjoying sports like golf, tennis and ski will be welcomed. Smokers are OK if they smoke outside of the house.

** The Picture above is extracted from a movie poster.
     It is used for an educational purpose.

 

@ N-generation by Don Tapscott

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clp3pVEOZ5I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7BLwrFS2I&feature=related

Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation (or Millennials),^[1][2] Generation Next,^[3] Net Generation,^[4] Echo Boomers,^[5] describes the demographic cohort following Generation X. As there are no precise dates for when the Millennial generation starts and ends, commentators have used birth dates ranging somewhere from the mid-1970s^[6] to the early 2000s.^[7] Members of this generation are called Echo Boomers, due to the significant increase in birth rates through the 1980s and into 1990s, and because many of them are children of baby boomers.^{[8][9][10][11]} The 20th century trend toward smaller families in developed countries continued,^[12][13] however, so the relative impact of the "baby boom echo" was generally less pronounced than the original boom.
Characteristics of the generation vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions. However, it is generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies. In most parts of the world its upbringing was marked by an increase in a neoliberal approach to politics and economics.^[14] The effects of this environment are disputed.^[15][16]

** The Pictures above are extracted from U-tube.
     They are used for an educational purpose.

@ Personality Traits

Trait-Positive		Trait-Negative
Attitudes
accepts authority, loyal, devoted	rebellious
accepts what's given	ignores, rejects what's given
affectionate	distant, cold, aloof
aspiring, ambitious, motivated	self-satisfied, unmotivated
candid	closed, guarded, secretive
caring	uncaring, unfeeling, callous
change; accepts, embraces-	rejects change
cheerful	cheerless, gloomy, sour, grumpy
considerate, thoughtful	inconsiderate, thoughtless
cooperative	uncooperative, unhelpful, combative
courageous	cowering, fearful
courteous	rude, impolite
decisive	indecisive
devoted	uncommitted, uncaring, hostile
determined	indecisive, unsure
does what is necessary, right	does what is convenient
perseveres, endures	relents, gives up
enthusiastic	unenthusiastic, apathetic, indifferent
expansive	kept back, tight, constricting
faith in life	life can't be trusted
faith in oneself	lack of faith in self
faith in others	others can't be relied on
flexible	inflexible, rigid, unbending, stubborn
forgiving	unforgiving, resentful, spiteful
focused	unfocused, scattered
freedom given to others	authoritarian, controlling
friendly	unfriendly, distant, aloof, hostile
frugal, thrifty	wasteful, spendthrift
generous	stingy, miserly, selfish
goodwill	ill-will, malice, hatred
grateful	ungrateful, unappreciative
hard-working	lazy
honest	dishonest, deceiving, lying
humble	arrogant, conceited, ego-centric
interested	indifferent, uncaring
involved	complacent, indifferent
jealous, not	jealous, envious, covetous
kind	unkind, uncaring, cruel, mean
mature	immature
modest	vain
open-minded, tolerant	narrow, close, small-minded, intolerant
optimistic	pessimistic
perfects	allows imperfection
persistent, sustaining	flagging, fleeting, unsustaining
positive	negative
practical	impractical, not viable
punctual	late, not on time
realistic	naïve, impractical
reliable	unreliable, undependable
respectful	disrespectful, rude, impolite
responsibility; takes-	blames others
responsible	unreliable, undependable
responsive	unresponsive, unreceptive
self-confident	lack of self confidence, insecure
self-directed	directed by externals
self-disciplined	undisciplined, unrestrained, indulgent
self-esteem, high	self-esteem, confidence - low
self-giving	self-centered
self-reliant	dependent
selfless	selfish
sensitive	Insensitive, indifferent
serious	silly, trivial, petty
sincere	insincere, dishonest
social independence	social approval required
sympathetic	unsympathetic, unfeeling
systematic	unsystematic, disorganized, disorderly, random
takes others point of view	insists on own view
thoughtful towards others	thoughtless, inconsiderate, callous
trusting	suspicious, mistrusting
unpretentious	pretentious, affected, ostentatious
unselfish	selfish
willing does, willingness	unwilling, reluctant, recalcitrant
work-oriented	convenience first

                                                                                                                    1-24-2011