FE#6 Vacation activities

Most of my vacation days were with travel. Every vacation, I plan a trip. Sometimes I traveled abroad. Sometimes it was just travel in my country. I love an adventure. So, I always try to find new things. I hope that I see and feel to touch a lot of things in my life. I traveled to Europe for a month on summer vacation in 2006. I traveled my country last summer vacation for 22 days through only walking on foot. It was a very hard time for me. Some people often say that was crazy about that. But, I do not think so, and I do not regret my choice, because I got a number of things like patience as much as I got the hardship. One of the numerous reasons that I love travel is that I can be more mature and get a wide field of vision after travel.

J/Q#5 I love alone and l hate alone too.

I love alone and l hate alone too. I know that I can’t live without people’s smell. I love people. But it is not mean that I do not enjoy alone time. I had a lot of time just for me in my country even though I am usually with my friends in here. Anybody often have alone time. Alone time, it means a lot of things to me. Actually, it is important contributor to make me of now. It has various faces. Every day, it change the face depends on my feeling and my situation of that time. Sometimes it changes as my best friend who cheers up me when I was tired because of big test, or a lot of homework. Sometimes it changes as my teacher who helps self examination for me. And Sometimes it changes as my advisor who helps to think a fear about my future that I cannot see. However it also change as evil. It makes me that I have a lot of worry when I was depressed. I think that it make to mature me more. So, I am going to have a lot of alone time for me in the future. I cannot live without people but I cannot live without time only for me. I like time only for me, but I do not like alone. I know that we can't know the value of together without loneliness.

FE#5 Election

November 4, 2008, I heard that a lot of people shout with joy when I went outside at on 10: 30 at night. First time, I did not realize what had happened to them. After a little while, I thought this moment was the second most historic in U.S history since the American Revolution of the 13 colonies from Britain. Actually, I was surprised that a large number of guys were interested in politics. Maybe, it is not true. I think that because this election was special. Because is he Obama? Or he is African American? Whatever, I hope he changes a lot of things affirmatively. Congratulations! You got the new president. I feel marvelous that I am living at this moment in the U.S.

J/Q#4 Dreams? Faith!

I am still wandering. I have interesting to the numerous things. First, I want to become a mathematics teacher when I was study in junior high school. That time, I really like my mathematics teacher so I studied for getting the attention of my teacher. My score was always first of my classmate even though I did not study hard. Soon I was got a charm from mathematics. However I was lose interesting about mathematics after my teacher stopped teaching for a marriage. Then, my dream for math teacher was broken also. Second, when I was high school student, I always was with radio wherever. After came back to school, my first job was that tune on the radio even though I do not listen that. Every day night, I could not sleep well because time of my favorite program was from Pm 10 to Am 2 or 3. I really enjoyed that. The most reason that I love the radio was music. They often introduced the music that I never listen. So, I could not sleep easily because I worried that I lost good music that I did not know. That was my life. I have listened to music from classic to rock, every all kind of music. And I have liked the writing about my feeling and thinking on my blog or homepage, reading the novel too. So, I dreamed become the radio writer. However, it was also broken by choosing the finance as my major on the University. Now, I look like that I lost the way, actually right. But, I got the unshaken faith through these experiences about my life. I always worried for future so I hesitated to do everything. But, I realized if I hesitate and worry before I try something, I cannot do anything in my life. And if I live just for the future, I never can be happy for the present. I live now, not for future. so, I am happy now.

FE #4 Halloween with Carbondale.

The most surprising thing was that some of Carbondale’s bars cannot open on Halloween. Every year, Carbondale’s’ people often got hurt on Halloween. So, Carbondale forbade bars and kegs. It was a very sad story for me. But I found out that it is just for some bars. And I don’t drink beer. So, it can’t be problem to me anymore. As a result, I can enjoy Halloween in the bar with music, friends, and some drink. I am really happy now because I have other choices. I love parties. Thank you for Carbondale.

S/R#2 Beluga and Human

In Jolings’ (2008) article, “Government declares beluga whale endangered”, the government proclaimed that the beluga whales of Alaska’s Cook Inlet are in danger. And their decision will affect the number of major Alaska projects such as an expansion of the port of Anchorage, or additional offshore oil and gas drilling. However Sarah Palin, who is the Republican vice presidential candidate and the governor of the state of Alaska, dsagrees with government decision. In addition, Palin in discontent about the environmental protection problem refuses the listing of Beluga whales on the endangered list for the reason that the scientific proof is not enough, while we cannot be sure about survival of the Beluga. Although the concern that low population of beluga whales in Cook Inlet was regarded seriously for many years, Palin said that it is untimely. Her lobby to delay the listing decision about whales was successful in April. The further delay would be harmful. The Cook Inlet population hampered recovery because of the development and industrial activities encompassing those related to oil and gas exploration. The environmentalists are glad about the federal decision. Belugas eat the salmon, smaller fish, crab, shrimp, squid and clams. And the killer whales are natural enemies of them. A question of why the population had not recovered still remains. Besides, there are other concerns about their distribution, not only in numbers. They aren’t coming after moving to northern Cook Inlet near Anchorage in recent years. The noise and pollution connected with industrialization of the inlet prevents recovery. And other factors such as global warming, changing ocean conditions and higher temperatures in salmon streams will affect it. Beluga is a solitary endangered population in Alaska waters.

I know that their population is not many in the ocean anymore and their habitats are also decreasing more. Actually, Beluga is regarded as endangered animals in some countries. They face a number of dangers such as developing of the ocean, whaling under the name of scientific purpose, and noise because of human activity. And it is clearly true that they need help for their existence.

First, the federal government should take the safe plan to protect the belugas’ habitat. The destruction of their inhabitation by developing the ocean, for example by constructing a dam, causes them to lose their habitat. For example, the Cook Inlet in Alaska is their major habitat. However, recently, the oil drilling affects the reduction of their population or makes them to move another place. Also, it can cause exorbitant pollution in the ocean because of the oil spillage events. So, they need a safe measure to prevent their habitat from this exploitation.

Second, we should maintain close watch on whaling for scientific research data about whales. Numerous whales are still caught by people who have a scientific purpose. However, now, whales that are caught for the purpose of studying are sold in markets of Japan. Also, some meat of whales is provided for meals of students. This story is not Belugas’. However, if these are continued, we would not say that Beluga is an exception in the future, because already some countries such as Norway are catching the Belugas.

Finally, we should make efforts to prevent noise pollution. Belugas, which are called canaries of the sea, communicate with each other by a variety of sounds. However, because of a change of circumstances that the noise pollution of ocean depths has taken a serious turn, a number of belugas are losing their sense of direction through being annoyed by noises. As a result, it has become one of the causes that they go to their death. The biggest factors that cause the noise pollution that makes Belugas die are searching for crude oil, natural gas, and increasing vessels of traffic volume. Therefore, we should make a treaty to require the equipment for prevention of noise of everyone who makes noise that affects the Beluga in the ocean.

In conclusion, the many environmental problems are often connected with people’s profit. Belugas’ inhabitations are decreasing through indiscreet development by people who only pursue their profit. The federal government should think about the harmful effect that the exploitation gives to them and make regulations before approving the permissions of the ocean.

Reference

Joling, D. (2008, October 17). Government declares beluga whale endangered The Associated Press. Retrieved October 28, 2008 from http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJx0IzvRt6GWrUBb90Foe4URCGagD93SGV0G0

J/Q #3 Death & Holiday

Today, we don’t have holiday about death even though we have a lot of holiday every month on the year in Korea. We have holidays that mourn for the dead such as Armed Forces Day of Korea, the Memorial Day of Korea. I remember that we had a bugaboo day when my grandmother lives, long time ago. The old times, a lot of people believed that the bugaboo day, they should stay at home and close every doors and windows for protecting the bugaboo come to in house. I guess that an epidemic made a bugaboo day. Those times, many people had problems about an epidemic and lot of people died by a pestilence. As a result, peoples’ fear about epidemic made the bugaboo. However, according to developing medical, we can be saved many people from an epidemic. So, this superstition became disappear in the history. The people realized the bugaboo is not real. So, the day doesn’t be anymore in Korea. I think Halloween is far this case of Korea, but Halloween is also connected with fear or terror from death even if I don’t know about the origin of Halloween well. Halloween becomes interesting culture of U.S.A even though that the beginning was about death. It is affirmative way. I don’t think that the death means only bad things. I believe that because of death is exist, life also have the value in our life. And we can think more precious about life. I appreciate that I live and I will die someday. I wish that we have holidays like Halloween in Korea too. I like Halloween. And last Halloween was so exciting experience for me in Carbondale. Thanks for reading.