November 2007
3 posts
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C...
In 1897, serious difficulties began to appear in front of Rachmaninoff who was already working as a composer, pianist and conductor at the age of 24. After he completed First Symphony in 1897, it was severly denouonced by critics—one even mocked the piece might have been produced by ”a Conservatory in Hell.” Young Rachmaninoff was devastated, also with financial problems....
“What is Community?”
One day, when I was a junior in high school, American Literature class was discussing prejudice. At one point, our teacher asked me, “JoAn, every Asian can play a musical instrument, right?” Of course, I said, “No. That is not true.” But since all of my siblings, including the Korean exchange student we host, and I play a musical instrument—I play the violin, Kate plays the piano, Peter...
My Violin
My violin is ill.(thousanth tears) I have played the violin more than 10 years now and have used this violin about 2years now. This violin is made in 2002 in Germany and had another user before me. When my aunt presented the violin 2 years ago, it soon became one of my best friends that I share my feelings at least one hour a day! Even though it has a lot of wounds on its body—the...
October 2007
2 posts
Creation: the First Day
Okay. Let’s talk about the first day of Creation. Genesis1:3 says, “And God said, “Let there be light, and there was light.” A lot of people argued that this is not scientific because the celestial bodies, such as Sun, moon..etc., that give out lights were created on the fourth day. Well, so, is it really not scientific? Of course, it is scientific. Visible light that...
Evolution is Wrong!!
Well, fortunately, I had a chance to learn about the humoungous fissures in the theory of evolution. I was stunned by the facts—indeed, very simple common sense-like facts—that proved the wrongness of evolutionism. Let me introduce the biggest mistake in the concept of evolutionism. The changes between pinches in Galapagos Island that Darwin observed are called variations within...
September 2007
5 posts
Being a noiselss patient spider...
A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman A noiseless patient spider, I mark’d where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark’d how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of...
Tereza and Tomas
I understand Tereza, her life, her dreams, her love, her obsession with Tomas, her everything. But, Tomas cannot understand Tereza; he cannot bear the tough traces that the harsh life left to Tereza even under the name of love. It is. It is definitely easier for me to understand Tereza because I am at the point of view that knows everything about her. He loves her, but also, he enjoys...
The fact that nobody really knows me...
May be I am hoping to be remembered by others or I want to show who I was to others although myself well knows that the past is not as important as the present. I am in college right now and nobody really knows me compared to that in my high school, I was pretty popular to both students, parents, teachers and even to the administrators. May be, I miss that “glorious” time. That is why...
A Philosophy For Success
This was the speech that I wrote for my speech competition. I earned the second place with this speech. Actually, I do not know the exact reason why I am posting this, but it is true that I want to post this. :-) Well, I tried my best in the competition and I am still proud of that. Can this be the reason why I am posting this?? I don’t know! -_ -;; In 2006, as they annually do, Forbes...
home...
John H. Payne who is the author of “Home Sweet Home” once wrote, “Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home.” Although I have been in college only for ten days, my dorm room and new friends are nice, the cafeteria has great foods…etc., my home is just too sweet and graceful. After I again contacted with...