It has been quite long since I was away from my blog because I was damn busy with my school works. From now on, I promise to update more with my blog and gonna share something new, interesting and useful more. Let's start more sharing! :)
World Students in Korea - 5th Batch
World Students in Korea (WSK) Recruiting the 5th Batch The Presidential Council on Nation Branding (PCNB) is recruiting the 5th batch of members for the program “World Students in Korea.” “World Students in Korea” aims to provide international students in Korea with opportunities to experience Korea in a more organized, diverse, and involved manner and to promote cultural exchanges between Korea and the students’ home countries through the blogs (web logs) run by the member students. The 1st batch was launched in July 2009. Members participate in a variety of activities including camps, field trips, workshops, performances and other events. 1. Number of members sought : Fifty (50) 2. Application Period : May 16 (Mon) – May 29 (Sun) 2011 3. Eligibility - International students (i.e. those who are currently enrolled in an educational institution(s) in Korea) - Those who own and run a blog (*Those who do not have a blog are requested to open one prior to applying) - Those who are interested in Korea’s industries and culture - Priority for selection will be given to those who speak Korean 4. Tenure Jun 2011 – December 2011 (6 months) 5. Tasks - Open and run an individual blog upon which students are to post contents (articles, photos, videos, etc.) related to Korea - Attend various workshops, field trips, and events hosted by the Council 6. Benefits - Upon evaluation by the Council at the end of the tenure, students who have shown distinguished on- and offline activities will receive awards (e.g. A round trip flight ticket to home country for Grand Prize winner) - A small gift will be provided for the students who have shown excellent activities upon evaluation by the Council at the end of the month. - Opportunities to attend diverse cultural events and performances related to Korea, or those hosted by the Council - Media coverage (TV programs, interviews with newspapers, magazines etc.) regarding WSK activities and Korea 7. How to Apply Via the Council’s official web site. Click the following link: http://www.koreabrand.net/html/en/embeddedform_5.html 8. Inquiries Ms. Jung-A Lee Culture, Tourism & Global Citizenship Bureau Presidential Council on Nation Branding Ms. Jin-Sook Lee International Cooperation Bureau Presidential Council on Nation Branding *** For further information on the Presidential Council on Nation Branding, visitwww.koreabrand.net World Students in Korea (WSK) 제 5기 멤버 모집 대통령직속 기구인 국가브랜드위원회가 World Students in Korea 제 5기 멤버들을 모집합니다. World Students in Korea는 한국에서 유학하고 있는 외국인 학생들에게 한국을 보다 다양하고 심도 있게 경험할 수 있는 기회의 장을 제공하며, 학생들이 운영하는 블로그를 통하여 한국과 학생들 자국 간의 관계를 더욱 돈독히 하는 데 목적을 두고 있는 프로그램입니다. 2009년 7월 제 1기가 선발되었고, 그간 캠프, 문화탐방, 공연관람, 워크숍, 간담회 등 다양한 체험과 활동이 있었습니다. 대한민국의 온라인 홍보대사로 활약하게 될 WSK 제 5기 모집에 외국인 유학생들의 많은 지원 바랍니다. 1. 모집 인원 : 50명 2. 모집 기간 : 2011년 5월 16일(월) – 5월 29일(일) 3. 지원 자격 - 외국인 유학생 (즉, 한국의 교육기관에 적을 두고 있는 외국인) - 블로그 운영자 (*미개설자의 경우 신청 전까지 블로그 개설 필수) - 한국어 구사 가능자 우선 - 한국의 문화 및 산업에 관심을 가지고 있는 사람 4. 활동 기간 : 2011년 6월 – 2011년 12월 (6개월) 5. 활 동 - 국가브랜드위원회 주최 캠프, 문화행사, 워크숍 등 참여 - 개인 블로그에 한국 관련 소식 소개 6. 특 전 - 활동기간 말 위원회 측에서 평가를 실시해 우수한 활동을 보인 학생들에게 소정의 상품을 수여(대상: 모국으로의 왕복 항공권) - 활동기간 중 매 월말 평가를 통해 우수한 활동을 보인 학생에게 소정의 상품 수여 - 한국과 관련된 다양한 문화행사, 공연, 전시회 등에 참가 우선권 부여 - WSK 활동 및 한국에 대한 방송/신문 인터뷰 및 출연 7. 지원 접수 국가브랜드위원회 공식 웹사이트를 통한 직접 온라인 접수. 아래의 링크를 클릭하세요. http://www.koreabrand.net/html/en/embeddedform_5.html 8. 문의 사항 이정아 국가브랜드위원회 문화시민국 이진숙 국가브랜드위원회 대외협력국 *** 국가브랜드위원회 공식 웹사이트: www.koreabrand.net
Lamp to Light up the World Culture
Once upon a time, Korean ancestors spent overnight with a lamp. Students prepared the national exam with a lamplight. The story ‘Han Seok-bong’, a leading mid-Joseon period calligrapher, is very well-known for the episode that mother checked his son’s improvement, chopping the rice cake next to her son while he was writing calligraphy without a lamplight.
This story became an old tale, which seems impossible in these days. However, in Tong-yeong city of Gyeongsangnam-do, people enjoy wind lamp game at night of Donji day. In Joseon period, students used to play the game with other school students. The key is whose lantern flies the highest and floats the longest.
It tells us that we should light up the darkness, and wish for safety of family members toward the floating lantern on the sky.
Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival
In October, the night sky over the Jinju river become full of fantastic lanterns. It is Jinju Namgang Yudeung Festival. The festival, which started in 2002, has won the top prize in last five years in a row. In addition, floating lantern festival is designated as one of the best festivals in Korea this year. Now, it began to step forward to the world.
Ancestors used floating lanterns for military use. Floating lantern is more advanced tool than signal-fire tower in terms of alerting the enemy’s invasion to other regions. In October, 1592, during the war against Japanese troops, General Kim Shi-min used wind lanterns and torch as military signals. They were pretty effective ways to stop Japanese to cross the river. In addition, the lanterns were used for communicative methods between soldiers and their families.
You can have hands-on experience, such as making rice cakes, playing traditional games during the festival.
Lanterns describing Korean troops and enemies in their costume, fire arrows, and water cannons will be reproduced for war of Jinju fortress. Moreover, there will be lanterns that symbolize each country, such as Korea, China, Taiwan and Japan. Ranging from small lanterns to 15 meter-high lanterns, the various lanterns will light up the night of Nam River.
Fantastic Feast of Light Decorates a Night Sky of City
(Source: YonhapNews, Newsis)
The festival has continued to be held in downtown. The traditional lantern festival in Bongeun temple and Seoul world lantern festival in Cheonggye stream welcome us.
Lantern show of Bongeun temple starts near Buddha’s birthday. The show focuses on Buddhism so there are many religious works. You can feel fantasy because the show is held in exhibition hall. If you feel stuffy, please go outside for lantern festival.
Lantern parade from Dongdaemoon stadium to Jogye temple is a big festival of Buddist culture. You may have generosity when you watch the light of Buddhism arising in city building forests.
Lantern festival, which was held in November, last year, will be held on Cheonggyecheon. The previous festival gave wonderful and warm memories not only to Seoul citizens but also the foreign visitors.
Lanterns of Haechi and ten symbols of longevity were displayed near Mojeon Bridge. There were some lanterns invited from abroad: Koshogawara Dachneputa from Japan, Byungum Mask from China, Giant lantern in San Fernando festival from Phillipines, Heitiki lantern telling about Maori tribe from New Zealand and Jaeshinsongbo from Taiwan. They were displayed near Gwangtong Bridge under the theme of the ‘light of the globe’.
Meanwhile, the theme of festival near Jangtong bridge was the ‘light of recollection’. It presented daily routine of Korean, fairy tale and history, which drew a lot of attention from visitors. Near Samil bridge, many artworks, such as characters, animals, hot air balloons, lanterns made by new artists and LED lanterns, reminded visitors of a floating museum, creating a forest of light.
Lanterns Lighting up Asian’s Heart
Let’s see other lantern festivals in neighbor countries. China has a lantern festival in January 1st, as a Spring Festival. Chinese hang paintings like carps for luck on the wall and have a big lantern festival outside.
In particular, you can watch a variety of splendid lantern works displayed in a small city in China, Chukung , which is three hours away from Chungdu. Most of Chinese people spend Spring Festival, enjoying the enormous lantern.
How about Japan? There is a very popular lantern festival in Fukuoka, which is called Hakada Lantern Festival. It displays lanterns based upon the geographic locations. The shape and size of lanterns are very different from those of Korea and China.
In earlier days, the lantern events called ‘Cheondeungmyeong’ used to be held in shrine or temple during summer. They cut bamboo trees into half, put sand and seashells inside, poured oil, stuck a wick and lighted it. The event has continued to develop and degenerate and finally became a Hakada Lantern Festival. It is very popular to couples for its beautiful scenery.
Lantern tells us a hope. It is like jewel lighting up surroundings. Why don’t we turn the light on without harming nature? You should be careful especially in a windy day to prevent fire. Plus, if we care about our neighbors with the sincerity we light up the lantern with, our heart will be warm like a lantern.
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Time to Update !
Don’t know where to start since I haven’t updated my blog for long time. I don’t know the reason for sure – I don’t have enough time to update or I don’t have anything to write about. Ok, now let me start from when I entered university until now but I guess some of you guys know already via Facebook page.
I restarted my freshman 5 months ago. Since then I was so busy with my life as a university student here. Every day I had to do homework given by most of my professors. Also, every week I have to complete 4 reports for Chemistry Experiment and Physic Experiment class. I could say writing these reports really took so much time and was so hard for me because I had to write them in Korean. Every night I went to sleep around 2 or 3 o’clock and sometimes I couldn’t sleep in order to finish them. When the exam came, it did give me a lot of stress and tension. When the exam was over, no one knows how much I felt relieved and happy.
Now I am having a two-month vacation. During this vacation, I have enjoyed it so much. Last month, I went to Hong Kong for three weeks to join a summer course. Even studying over there, somehow, gave me stress due to the difficulty of lesson I did enjoy my trip there. I went to many places in Hong Kong and Macau. Also, I experience various types of Hong Kong food. It was so nice! In addition, I got to know many friends who also joined the program. We did really have a very nice time together in Hong Kong. The first day I arrived Hong Kong, I felt 3 weeks were really a long period but I couldn’t believe the time flied that fast and everyone went back to their own beloved country. After the course I went to Cambodia for one week. Over there, I didn’t go anywhere besides staying home in Battambang but I was really happy to be there. It seemed like the time speeded up so fast. I didn’t even prepare my feeling that I myself was in Cambodia and then it was the day that I had to leave Cambodia again. I couldn’t manage my time to meet all my friends there since most of them live in Phnom Penh. Thus, I want to say sorry to some of my friends whom I couldn’t meet while I was in Cambodia but we will of course meet together when I go there again.
Now I am back to Korea and still have 2 weeks more before starting the new semester again. I really want to enjoy this short period so much but it seems that I can’t. I don’t know why. After I came back, I miss Cambodia crazily; I got homesick now, I guess. Hope I will be better soon and prepare for the coming semester. Time to fight again! Fighting!
I restarted my freshman 5 months ago. Since then I was so busy with my life as a university student here. Every day I had to do homework given by most of my professors. Also, every week I have to complete 4 reports for Chemistry Experiment and Physic Experiment class. I could say writing these reports really took so much time and was so hard for me because I had to write them in Korean. Every night I went to sleep around 2 or 3 o’clock and sometimes I couldn’t sleep in order to finish them. When the exam came, it did give me a lot of stress and tension. When the exam was over, no one knows how much I felt relieved and happy.
Now I am having a two-month vacation. During this vacation, I have enjoyed it so much. Last month, I went to Hong Kong for three weeks to join a summer course. Even studying over there, somehow, gave me stress due to the difficulty of lesson I did enjoy my trip there. I went to many places in Hong Kong and Macau. Also, I experience various types of Hong Kong food. It was so nice! In addition, I got to know many friends who also joined the program. We did really have a very nice time together in Hong Kong. The first day I arrived Hong Kong, I felt 3 weeks were really a long period but I couldn’t believe the time flied that fast and everyone went back to their own beloved country. After the course I went to Cambodia for one week. Over there, I didn’t go anywhere besides staying home in Battambang but I was really happy to be there. It seemed like the time speeded up so fast. I didn’t even prepare my feeling that I myself was in Cambodia and then it was the day that I had to leave Cambodia again. I couldn’t manage my time to meet all my friends there since most of them live in Phnom Penh. Thus, I want to say sorry to some of my friends whom I couldn’t meet while I was in Cambodia but we will of course meet together when I go there again.
Now I am back to Korea and still have 2 weeks more before starting the new semester again. I really want to enjoy this short period so much but it seems that I can’t. I don’t know why. After I came back, I miss Cambodia crazily; I got homesick now, I guess. Hope I will be better soon and prepare for the coming semester. Time to fight again! Fighting!
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