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There is a time when people feel that they need to believe in God. In the Korean movie, Secret Sunshine(Milyang), Sin-ae has such a difficult time after her husband passes away and her son is abducted in the city, Milyang where she and her son plan to start a new life. After the terrible events, she loses her control and finds something she can depend. Even though she becomes an adherent of Christianity and goes to Church on a regular basis, she begins to defy God when she encounters the murderer of her son. The murderer confesses that he is a Christian and is forgiven by God. She cannot say anything because she feels the he is so impudent and does not seem to be regretful of his crime. Although Sin-ae is consoled by Christianity in the beginning, Christianity plunges her into deep depression in the end. Religion can be a painkiller or a pain-maker because it has not only positive functions but also negative functions.

Religion can be a painkiller because religion helps people to go through their crisis. A lot of religious people become religious when they have a hard time. When they are broke due to the bankruptcy of their company or when they are physically or mentally hurt, they turn to be desperate about their life. They may feel so much pain that they want to avoid the reality, even thinking of committing suicide. They need a painkiller which can release their pain and can arrive at the conclusion that the most ultimate painkiller is religion. Since they are too weak and likely to be swept by even trivial accidents, they expect God or religious faith to make them forget about the painful reality. For example, the Buddha told us, "Human life is suffering" and it means we are not the only persons who suffer. If we believe in Buddhism, we can feel that suffering is a natural process and can avoid falling into depression.

In addition, religion offers rules and guidance on seeking happiness. As human beings, we all seek for a high level of happiness, not being satisfied with only eating and sleeping. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs models, there are five levels of needs: physiological needs, safety needs, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization. These needs are represented as a pyramid. Maslow suggests that people begin to desire higher needs when their basic needs are met. Physiological needs are regarded as the most basic needs and take up the lowest part in the pyramid. In contrast, self-actualization which occupies the highest part is to realize a person's potential and religion can be an element in this level of needs. All religions have their own definition of happiness so they can give many ways to meet self-actualization. For instance, Christianity gives ways to be happy including regarding every event as thankful and reducing anxiety by prayer. On the other hand, the Buddhist approach to happiness is to keep a calm mind which requires the ability to separate oneself from worldly desires such as a craving for money or fame.

Moreover, religion can give norms about which behaviors are proper. When we were born as human beings, strictly speaking, we were not human beings at the moment. We did not know what is right and wrong so we hesitated to do actions. We need to learn shared norms, customs, values to live in a society. However, there are so many norms in the world and we might be confused about what is really right. Yet, when a person embraces in a religion, the religion gives definite norms for him. For example, Islamic asks people to take precautions against excess and wastefulness which lead to greed. When people are greedy, they want to have more and more. They are not satisfied with what they already have so they always keep complaining. Accordingly, they lose endeavor and enthusiasm for work and become lazy, which destroys the actions in regard to hereafter. Since Muslims have a strict code of social rules, they do not waver and do actions confidently.


Furthermore, people who have the same religion can build a group identity. Since we are not perfect by ourselves, we need a group in which we can cooperate with each other and find our identity. As we can share worldviews and values with people in the same religion, we often sympathize with them and build up a shared awareness which is developed into a group identity. A group identity is fortified through religious rites and events. While Christians celebrate the Easter which is a Christian festival when Jesus Christ’s return to life, they go to church and have a Easter service together. Ramadan is another example of religious event. Ramadan is the Islamic month of fasting when Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex during daylight hours. The objective of the event is to teach Muslims about patience and submissiveness to God. Like Christians and Muslims, individuals can easily catch a shared spirituality while going through the same rites and events in religion so that they can build a group identity.

On the other hand, religion can be a pain-maker conveying two negative functions. A function of religion is to separate the world into small fragments and deepen conflicts. As each religion has different beliefs and a distinct area, there is low tolerance towards each other. Also, over time, one religion can be divided into many sects. In the early American history, the conflict between the Puritans and the Quakers is a good example of religious intolerance. The Puritans moved to the American continent to build up an ideal religious society which can be described as "City upon a hill", because they were persecuted in England. Even though they were quite ambitious for their religion, there were so many problems to adapt to the new environment and establish a new society. As political and religious leaders overemphasized the rules and laws in the Puritan society, a group of people argued that the Bible should be the most important part, not the rules they made. Then they left the society and became an independent sect, the Quakers. The problem was the Puritans were so obsessed with their religious purity that they oppressed the Quakers so hard. In summary, religion acts as a knife which divides the world into many small pieces.

To make the matter worse, people use religion to justify violence. A religion has its own beliefs and rituals which can injure people and religion can be used to rationalize the abusive actions. The Sarin attrack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 shows how immorally religious people exploit religious beliefs. The members of Aum Shinrikyo released sarin on several lines of the Tokyo Metro, which ended up killing thirteen people, injuring fifty and causing temporary vision problems for about a thousand others. They said that they committed the action to bring down the Japanese government and make the group's founder the "emperor" of Japan. In this case, the members of the religion were blind due to the ambition for their religion. They were overly into the religion that they forgot about their humanity and conscience. Another case is the September 11 attacks which is suicide attacks which killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States. The terrorists who had Islamic background hijacked the two American planes and crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, justifying their actions with their religion.

In conclusion, as religion has both positive and negative functions, it should be carefully understood. Religion can revive a bunch of people nearly dying who lost their hopes for their life. Also religion guides people into a path of happiness, informs what is right and builds up a group of beliefs. On the other hand, religion can fragmentize the world and make people fight against each other. Even worse, people kill others and justify their action with their religion. That is why religion should be regarded as a double-edged sword. We should use the sword to make human beings prosper, not to result in the extinction of human beings.


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Request for a Scientist’s Insight and Strong Mind

Is a scientist responsible for an outcome of his work which he does not expect? In Frankenstein, a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, is eager to discover the secret of life and tries to make a creature out of old body parts. With his ambition as a scientist, he finally succeeds in bringing his creation to life. However, he is so shocked that he runs away from the creature because the appearance of the creature is extremely ugly and monstrous. Abandoned by his creator and rejected by a lot of people due to his bad looks, the creature murders Victor’s brother and bride. Victor regrets having made a monster which kills his beloved ones. Even though Victor begins to work on the secret of life to do good for people, he is ignorant of the outcome of his work and lured by wealth and fame. For fear that such an unfortunate event should occur, a scientist ought to have a moral responsibility of having specialized knowledge to predict the outcome of his work and not being tempted by wealth and fame.
As the interaction between science and a society becomes more important, a scientist is required to have specialized knowledge to predict the outcome of his work in a society. In other words, a scientist should know what he is working on and foresee the influence of his work in public with his insight of the subject. Accordingly, a scientist has to develop his insight and skills for forecasting about the influence in the society. Therefore, when a scientist cannot predict the outcome of his work in a society, he does not meet a requirement as a scientist and his ignorance gives no excuse. Just as we expect citizens in a nation to know and keep the laws of the nation, members of a society anticipate for a scientist to master the specialized knowledge as vocational ethics. In summary, a scientist needs to face up to the principles and the possible outcomes of the subject matter which he is working on, because having specialized knowledge is a qualification for the scientific work.
Even though a scientist is able to foresee the outcomes of his work, he should be strong enough not to be tempted by the pursuit of wealth and fame. If he continues on the work which he thinks can cause terrible effects on people such as working on nuclear weapons for preparation for a war, he is neglecting his social role as a scientist. A scientist ought to have a conscience and remind that “Science affects people” all the time. He must know that his little decisions and trivial mistakes can result in damaging in a lot of people. Despite the fact that most scientists usually work for the government, a company, or a university, they should not attribute to the organization for which they work when the influence of their work turns out negative in the society. The point is not the instruction of the organization but their conscience and decision-making. A scientist is likely to ascribe the bad effects to his organization when the result of his work finally turns out negative. He may give the excuse that he just works for a company without planning to make a bad situation but actually, he just avoids the responsibility to have a conscience when he decides whether he joins a project or not. In conclusion, a scientist should listen to his conscience and not attribute bad situations to an organization, overcoming the temptation of the pursuit of wealth and fame.
As science and a society keep interacting with each other, a scientist’s ignorance and moral corruption can make an uncontrollable monster in a society just like in Frankenstein. As I discussed before, ignorance of a scientist means the inability to look into his subject matter and foresee the outcome of his work due to the lack of insight. Also, moral corruption of a scientist is for a scientist to pursue wealth and fame at the expense of tremendous harm to people and a society. A scientist can overcome ignorance and moral corruption with his infinite affection for the scientific work and reflecting on his conscience. In conclusion, a scientist is not only a pure scientific researcher but also a member of a society which offers him moral responsibility.

Posted at Wed Nov 16 15:27:44 UTC 2011
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/1186854 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/1186854 ahrum Wed Nov 16 15:27:44 UTC 2011 I feel like I want drink a glass of SWEET wine.





Posted at Sat Sep 11 22:57:45 UTC 2010
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]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618792 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618792 ahrum Sat Sep 11 22:57:15 UTC 2010 about that book but I didn't read the book. Then I decide to read the novel or watch the movie.
Minjung also recommended the book while she and I chatted on skype. I looked around the
DVD section in the library to find the movie "Twilight". I found and started to watch that.
It was amazing. The motif of the story was vampire lengends and its atmosphere was dark and gloomy.
But I was attracted by the movie. The acting of actors and actresses was quite nice.
Especially the actor who acted as Edward expressed the queerness and strongness of vampire well.
I want to watch the film again. Maybe I'll be watching the film in the library again.
See you, Edward. uhmhaha..


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I was worried so I had to go back to my room to check if there was a message from her.
No message. I went out again and finally I could meet her. She said she was very sorry for
being late. I said okay.

We started to go to the city center. My purpose was to pay the dormitory fee and her purpose
was to visit the police office and finish the process of getting residence permit.
At first, we visited a bank but I couldn't pay my fee there. We decided to
go to SiA and ask how to pay the fee. And then, we dropped by Sandens shopping mall and
bought some stuffs. I bought a frying pan. My flatmate, Camile had one frying pan and
she and I shared that but she often use that so just one frying pan was not enough for us.
YES! I got one frying pan! After shopping, we visited the police office but there was too
many people waiting. So, we decided to go back to the campus and ask SiA how to pay. The woman at SiA
informed me the bank which I could pay the fee. I should go back to the city center again
to pay the fee because today was the last day to pay the bill. Maud wanted to stay at the campus
and eat lunch so I had to go to the city center alone. I was very tired but I had to
go. I don't want to pay the late fee. Finally, I found the bank and paid the fee. The process
to pay was very simple. hu.. After that, I ate a cheese burger and browsed several shops.
I found the good coat in a shop and tried on the coat. It fitted well on me and satisfied me.
I bought the coat with 300 NOK. It was also reasonable price. I love my coat!




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I wanted to cook pasta today as usual. I boiled noodle, prepared paprika and onion and
took out the sauce but the sauce smelled bad. I think it went bad. I should have put it
in the fridge. I had to buy new one to eat the pasta.


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]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618788 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618788 ahrum Sat Sep 11 22:54:52 UTC 2010 (Cuz the internet here is so late and I think my computer is not so good.)
I decided to spend today relaxing myself so I wanted to watch the movie.
I played the movie clip and felt something strange. The problem was that the audio and
picture didn't matched. It made me disappointed. How many hours it took to download the movie!
I should try out another way which is like Gomplayer.



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Posted at Sat Sep 11 22:53:51 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618785 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/618785 ahrum Sat Sep 11 22:53:51 UTC 2010 I made Gimbab for a lunch using laver, tuna, kimchi, egg and sausage. After I prepared for separate ingredients, I rolled them with laver. It was my first time to make Gimbab. The Gimbab was a little salty but tasted nice. I made 6 rolls and gave Camile to one roll. She tasted it and said that it is nice.

2. Norwegian Course
I was late for the class because the door of the building F was closed. So, several students were late for the first class of Norwegian course. Because of this, I had a hard time to following the lecture. However, it was interesting to learn Norwegian and maybe I can read signs of the road and some titles. But in Norwegian, there are some sounds difficult to pronounce.
Jeg heter Ahrum men kommer fra Korea. Hyggelig å se deg!

3. International Pub
There was a quiz about Norway at Ostsia but I was not interested in that. I just talked with friends and took pictures. It was not that funny and a little boring.




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]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610619 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610619 ahrum Sat Sep 04 18:49:36 UTC 2010 After that, I went downstairs and met other friends, many Italian guys, Lianne and Tiffany. We talked about love and the story of Roberto and Maud. It was so funny to make fun of Roberto. haha
Emanule(manu) was a good DJ. I felt that the songs he picked was interesting and good to dance. Lianne and Tiffany were good at dancing and I liked their active actions like gestures and dancing.
Also, I got chance to talk about soccer with manu. He said he was a fan of Christiano Ronaldo and I was too!! I wanted to praise for his skillful ball lifting but I was so shy and I didn’t. a poor girl.


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]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610588 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610588 ahrum Sat Sep 04 18:02:35 UTC 2010 At 4 a.m. the fire alarm in my dormitory rang aloud. I could not help being awaken by the noisy sound. The sound was really boisterous so it was a disaster to many students. Everyone including I, Camile, Ludivine and Elodie in the dorm got out because of the noise. Ludivine said, “I just got to sleep!! OMG.. I’ll kill them.” She said to kill them but I don’t know who they are. Is it an simple accident or a prank of naughty people?

2. taking pictures after rain
After the class of “Peter Young”, I went to the library and surfed the internet.
All of a sudden, it started raining. I didn’t have an umbrella so I decided to wait until it stopped raining. After an hour, it seemed that the rain stopped. YES! It nearly stopped raining! The sky after rain was clear and the scenery around the campus was beautiful so I began to take pictures. Taking pictures became one of my hobbies when I arrived in Norway. Now, I eager to take nice pictrures.



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Posted at Sat Sep 04 17:57:56 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610577 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610577 ahrum Sat Sep 04 17:57:56 UTC 2010 He is from UK and speaks so fast even in strong British accent so I couldn't catch almost half of what he said. I was frustrated. Maybe what he said was quite familiar topic to me like masterpieces of Shakespeare so I had to include the contents of the lecture. OMG.. how can I follow his class? What's worse, I have no lecture plan. I asked Catia if she had a lecture plan but she didn't have it. Actually all information of lectures are on the fronter of the university homepage. However I can't find anything about this course so I should ask the professor the lecture plan and what I should read and prepare for the course.
2. soybean paste soup
I'm good cook, maybe. I succeed in making soybean paste soup. Although I bought soybean paste(didn't make it), I cooked the soup and the taste of it was delicious. I boiled a cup of water, put some anchovy and then put soybean paste, an onion, a potato and a piece of paprika. While cooking, I was chatting with Kei on facebook so I said to him, "I was proud of the soup." He said he wanted to eat the soup. I said, "Then, come to Norway!"


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Posted at Sat Sep 04 17:53:12 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610566 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610566 ahrum Sat Sep 04 17:53:12 UTC 2010 The professor is from England and I love that because I got the good chance to get used to the British accent. Today's lecture was about English dictionaries. The contents were not that difficult to understand because I've studied some terms at SNU. I didn't know the history of English dictionaries and I just used it but I can get some information about that today. Therefore, I felt satisfied with the contents and the lecturer. I will study American English next time and I look forward to it.
2. coffee with Norwegian and Dutch friends
I'm getting to feel easy and comfortable in speaking in English with friends. At first I was very stiff, as I remember, because I felt everything was new and different. I didn't know anyone and there was no Korean. However, now I felt satisfied with my environment. I can speak in English with a lot of international students and this is pretty enjoyable. Although my English is not good enough, I can talk to my friends in English. We can communicate and share feelings. I felt this while I talked to Eva and Andrea, Norwegian girls, and Maud, a Dutch girl drinking a cup of coffee. I had a good time talking to them though the coffee was very expensive. It was 39 NOK. They are so kind and nice. I appreciate I get the chance to study in Norway with so nice people.


Posted at Sat Sep 04 17:48:30 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610562 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610562 ahrum Sat Sep 04 17:48:30 UTC 2010 I went to a boat trip with my friends. It was free if I signed up at the front of the campus. When I got up in the morning, it was sunny so I felt so good. However, when I and my friends started to walk, it seemed like it would rain. As I thought it started to rain but fortunately, it didn't last for a long time. We got in a boat and began to sail. At first, it was very enjoyable so many friends talked to each other and took pictures. However, as time went, we felt cold because it was very windy and freezing. So, we went inside the room in the boat and stayed comfortable. A sailman brought blankets for us so we could kept warm. After the boat trip, we went to Ivan's place and drank a cup of tea and that was really nice.
2. an e-mail from Hanako sang
Last summer I took part in the Taekwondo project in Tokyo. There I met many nice people. One of them was Hanako sang. She was very kind, nice and taught me basic Japanese but I couldn't contact her. I sent an e-mail after the project but there was no response. However I got an e-mail from her today so I'm very happy. I miss her. She said it was a pity that she couldn't participate in the project in Seoul this year. I agree with her. Maybe I can go to Japan next year or there will be another chance to meet her. I hope so.



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Posted at Sat Sep 04 17:38:48 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610553 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610553 ahrum Sat Sep 04 17:38:48 UTC 2010 1. English Grammar
I wanted to check out if the course of English Grammar was appropriate or not for me. So I entered the classroom as if I audit the lecture. I expect the orientation of the course to go on. However, the professor of the course gave me exam papers and an answer sheet. OMG! It was a pre-test. At first, I was very embarrassed so I asked the assistant whether it was right for me and I was in the proper place. She said yes. Therefore, I took a test on the first day of the course. Fortunately, the test was not that difficult and similar to TEPS.

2. X-ray test
After that, I had to go to the vaccination office to get a document which allowed me to take an X-ray test. Because I am not European, I should take the test. It took quite a long time to find the office. As I explained my situation to the employee, she gave me a document. She said I had to go to EG hospital to take an X-ray test. It was troublesome because the hospital was very far from the office. She taught me how to get the hospital and recommended to take a bus. So, I got out the office and found the place I could take the bus. The number of bus which I should take was 10 or 11 but I couldn't find the bus. So, I decided to go there on my foot. Usually, most offices close at 3 p.m. in Norway and I had to hurry up. It was 2:30 p.m. I asked many Norwegians where the hospital was and surprised at their English speaking ability. Although they were not students, they spoke English so well. After I got the test, I found some berries on the way back to home, picked and ate some of them. They were so sweet. The scenery around them was also nice so I took a lot of pictures. I was very happy because I was in a peaceful world, Norway.

3. bike auction
A bike auction was planned to start at 6:35 p.m. Ludivine, Elodie and I met at 6:10 in s.t olavsvei(our dormitory). As we arrived in the campus, there were many people and bikes. I found several bikes which looked quite nice and cute. Then, the auction started. When bikes appeared on the table, people shouted prices and they competed each other to get bikes. I couldn't buy a bike because the prices of bikes were much more expensive than I expected. However, Dimas, a friend of mine bought a secondhand bike and was very satisfied with it. I tried on the bike and felt that was good enough. So, I told him, "You got the quite good bike." and he smiled.


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Posted at Sat Sep 04 17:24:12 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610536 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/610536 ahrum Sat Sep 04 17:24:12 UTC 2010 During summer vacation, I'm taking an intensive English course which is provided by the department of English Education in my university.
This course is focusing on speaking in English so in every class, there are a lot of chances to practice speaking in English.
However, it is difficult to speak in English fast and accurately for me.
I think I'm good at writing in English rather than speaking in English.
To speak English fluently, it is necessary to come up with accurate words which can express what I want to say exactly but I don't have the ability to do it. I feel that I am improving but I have to practice and study more.
My professor said my fluency is average but accuracy is little low.
He advised me to record what I said, listen to it and be aware of my mistakes. After this training, I can lessen mistakes because I know about my mistakes. I think it is a good way to improve my English.


Posted at Wed Jun 23 12:57:48 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/531191 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/531191 ahrum Wed Jun 23 12:57:48 UTC 2010 Maybe I became lazy or I had nothing special to write down. haha
By the way, I'm going to Norway on 11th August this year.
Actually I go to Norway as a exchange student.
My parents wanted me to go U.S because my major is English Education and they think that U.S is the best place to practice English.
I agree with them but I chose Norway considering my grades and tuition fees. I believe I can practice English in Norway with a lot of international students. So, I am really looking forward to it.
Is there anyone who has been to Norway or is interested in?
Or any experience as a exchange student?
I need your advice!


Posted at Sun Jun 20 11:43:58 UTC 2010
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/527484 http://www.lang-8.com/96745/journals/527484 ahrum Sun Jun 20 11:43:58 UTC 2010 When I turn out my exam, I said to her, "Thank you for the whole semester!!" She looked happy and I was, too.
And I'm having a winter vacation!! I will go to London and Paris in the next month, January 2010. I'm planning to depart alone though meeting many friends there. I'm really looking forward to it. ><


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