WORLD

WORLD
FIVE FOR FIGHTING
TWO LIGHTS

Got a package full of Wishes
A Time machine, a Magic Wand
A Globe made out of Gold

No Instructions or Commandments
Laws of Gravity or
Indecisions to uphold

Printed on the box I see
A.C.M.E.'s Build-a-World-to-be
Take a chance - Grab a piece
Help me to believe it

What kind of world do you want?
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now...

Should there be people or peoples
Money, Funny pedestals for Fools who never pay
Raise your Army - Choose your Steeple
Don't be shy, the satellites can look the other way

Lose the Earthquakes - Keep the Faults
Fill the oceans without the salt
Let every Man own his own Hand
Can you dig it baby

What kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece
Be careful what you wish for
History starts now...

Sunlight's on the Bridge
Sunlight's on the Way
Tomorrow's Calling

There's more to this than Love

What Kind of world do you want
What Kind of world do you want

What Kind of world do you want
Think Anything
Let's start at the start
Build a masterpiece

History Starts Now

Be careful what you wish for
Start Now

Note:
I've fallen in love with this song since the first time I heard it. Two thumbs up for the song writer and also for the singer.
To see a piano version of this song you can click the link below:
World (Piano Version)

RESOLUTIONS

My Resolutions in 2011 are:

1. Getting bachelor degree from Civil Engineering Department Institute Technology of Bandung

2. Going abroad for vacation or working

3. Having my own income
#By becoming young educator for Indonesia Mengajar Batch 2
#Working for one of geotecnique lecturer or soil mechanic laboratory

4. Having A2 Deutsch certificate

5. Having IBT TOEFL score >90

6. Mastering 1 more languages after Indonesian, English and Deutsch. Option: Spanish or Japanese.

7. Completing writing 1 romance.

8. Having min. 100 books

9. Loosing my weight -> Becoming less-than-52kg girl

Strawberry Swing

STRAWBERRY SWING
COLDPLAY
Viva la Vida (Death and All His Friends)

They were sitting, they were sitting in the strawberry swing
And every moment was so precious

They were sitting, they were talking in the strawberry swing
And everybody was for fighting
Wouldn't wanna waste a thing

Cold, cold water bring me 'round
Now my feet won't touch the ground
Cold, cold water
What you say?
It's such, it's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

I remember we were walking up to strawberry swing
I can't wait 'til the morning
Wouldn't wanna change a thing

People moving all the time
Inside a perfect straight line
Don't you wanna curve away?
It's such it's such a perfect day
It's such a perfect day

Ahhhh....



Now the sky could be blue
I don't mind
Without you its a waste of time
...could be blue I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time
The sky could be blue, could be gray without you I just slide away
The sky could be blue, I don't mind, without you it's a waste of time.

Note:
I do really love this song.
This song has been so much inspired me to curve away.
To see the cute video of this song you can click the link below:
Strawberry Swing official video

Army/Military Service in Korea

South Korea is one of the countries that implement conscription for its citizens, men aged 20-30 years who physically and mentally healthy. Each of these men have to undergo the program for 20 months. According to several (male) Korean friends (male), that period will be the most unpleasant pleasant time in their lives because it will cut their youth time, a period in which they normally use to have fun. Once obtaining a warrant for conscripts some will feel as if their world collapses for a moment. For example my friend Jae who always looks cheerful all of a sudden he got irritated when I asked when he would join Army Service. It seems that the topic is sensitive to the Korean guy who has not been on Army service.

What do they (Korean men) do in army service???

First of all they have to quit school or from work for a while. Then they are required to fill out a form where they wish to be placed, naval, air force or a soldier who helped American troops. But most of them end up as the army. Basic training they received about 4 weeks in training camp, after that they just transferred assigned to the unit they choose to continue with the remaining time before conscription to 20 months ahead.

Army Service be one important factor why the sense of brotherhood among the Korean guy is very close and tight. In addition, there is interesting thing that I gain about army service. One of simple way to distinguish whether a guy that has or has not been in army service is by observing their body shape. If someone has OK/good/awesome body (strapping, athletic, good arm) I can guess that he had joined army service. If his body is not OK, I will guess that he hasn't joined army service yet, hehe. exception for Korean actors, has or hasn't joined army service they have good body shape like won Bin on the picture below. Kyakya,,, I love Won Bin.




* Einegelberose *

Counting The Age in Korean Version

For calculating the age, the formula used by the Korean people is: current age = current year - birth year + 1. Plus 1 is there because of all newborns are considered 1 year old. So, I who was born in the year 88 according to the Korean people, my age is 24 years old this year meanwhile in normal calculation my age is 23 years old. Haduwh,, I feel getting older?!? So I won't follow their formula, *hehe*

Oppa (오빠) or Ahjussi (아저시)?!?

Just as the people of Indonesia, the Koreans also use some terms to call another people particularly to call people who are older. Here are some common terms that they use.

# Oppa (오빠): a call from one girl to older brother or to a guy who is older than her (until about 10 years older). 'Oppa' is also intended as a lovely call from girl to her boyfriend or a guy she likes.

# Eonni (언니): a call from one girl to older sister or to another girl who is older than her.

# Hyeung (형): a call from one guy to a older brother or to another guy who is older than him.

# Nuna (누나): a call from a guy to a girl who is older than him.

# Ahjushi (아저 시): a call for a man who is much older than the caller. The word is commensurate with the word 'uncle'.

# Ahjuma (아줌마): a call for a woman who is much older than the caller. The word is commensurate with the word 'aunt'.

# Songsenim (선생님): a call for teachers.

# Sunbae / Sunbaenim (선배): a call from junior to senior or to more experienced person.

Some of my Korean friends invited me to call them the 'Oppa/ 오빠 'but because in Indonesia the pronunciation of ' Oppa ' refers to 'grandfather' none of themI call' Oppa '. Moreover, 'Oppa' sounded a little bit sassy in my ear. Maybe I'm just going to call someone with 'Oppa' if and only if he is my boyfriend, hehe.

There's something funny related to the selection of the word 'oppa' or 'Ahjussi' to call an older guy. So for example like this, if there is a guy who is 13 years older than me and I call him 'oppa' It means that according to me that guy is OK/good looking. Meanwhile, if I call him the 'Ahjussi' It means that according to me that guy is not OK. * Hehe *

So 'Oppa' and 'Ahjushi' can be used to distinguish the quality of the face of a guy. * Hehe *

So It's a nature thing that park Hae Gun was a little bit irritated when I call him wit 'Ahjussi' *hehe* *peace*

# Einegelberose #

Me and My Korean Friends

In the Global Village Habitat Indonesia-POSCO program, I "infiltrated" into the group 8, which consisted of:
1. JEO/ WOOYEONG -> The Leader /The Big Nose
2. KIM/MINJI -> The Vice Leader /The Red Hair Girl
3. PARK/HEEGUN -> The Oldest /Ahjushi / Gun n 'Roses
4. HONG/HYEONKI -> The Chubbiest /SLR Guy
5. PARK/JIWOO -> The Tooth-Braced Guy
6. PARK/GYEONGSOK -> KIMONG/The Most Handsome One
7. YOO/JAEYUNG -> The Youngest
8. KIM/SUNJAE -> The Warming Up Instructor/Look-Look-Look
9. LEE/EUIJIN --> The Translator
10. KIM/SOHYUN -> The Brown Hair Girl
11. HWANG/YUNJEOUNG -> The One Who Asked me to The Pool After Welcoming Dinner
12. JEONG/SUHYUN -> The Calling Mother
13. PARK/MIHYEON -> Coconut

Because their names sound very similar I give nicknames to each of them. Thank God I was incorporated into the group whose members were nice, funny and friendly. For a moment I felt a bit insecure because my skin is the darkest among them. Luckily my group did not contain of (super) slimy girls (like in Korean series I ever watched) so that I didn't feel being inferior among them. *hehe*

(Left to Right: Gun, Kimong, YunJeoung, Ji, EuiJin, Me, Jae, MihYeon, SuhYun, MinJi, SohYun, Sun, HyeonKi, WooYeong)

Being acquinted with 13 new friends made me want to discuss about Korean name. Here is some information that I can share with you guys.

Korean Names consist of two parts, the family name and first name. In the Korean language, '이름 / ireum' usually refers to a family name (성 / Seong) and forename (명 / Myeong) collectively.

If a foreigner (nonKorea) wants to have Korean name then he/she must undergo 'Changseong' which literally means 'what is creating a new family name'. But contextually 'Changseong' means 'civil administration procedures so that foreigners become citizens of Korea or the process of reporting to the head of the clan name of the relevant government units, in the village, village heads and sub-district, once approved by the court.

There are about 250 surnames in Korea and 3 surnames that most widely used (which covers nearly half of the population and the most preferred by foreigners who naturalize theirselfves) : Kim, Lee and Park.


According to an article I red from a blog [sorry I forgot the blog address], most Korean names have 3 syllables that fits perfectly with the date of birth (YY/MM/DD).

Family Name: shows the last number of births year.

0: Park 1: Kim 2: Shin 3: Choi 4: Song

5: Kang 6: Han 7: Lee 8: Sung 9: Jung

Middle Name: shows the month of birth.

1: Yong 2: Ji 3: Je 4: Hye 5: Dong 6: Sang 7: Ha 8: Hyo 9: Soo 10: Eun

11: Hyun 12: Rae

Last Name: shows the date of birth.

1: Hwa 2: Woo 3: Joon 4: Hee 5: Kyo

6: Kyung 7: Wook 8: Jin 9: Jae 10: Hoon

11: Ra 12: Bin 13: Sun 14: Ri 15: Soo

16: Rim 17: Ah 18: Ae 19: Neul 20: Mun

21: In 22: Mi 23: Ki 24: Sang 25: Byung

26: Seok 27: Gun 28: Yoo 29: Sup 30: Yon

31: Sub

Because I was born on July 18, 1988 so my Korean name is "Ha Sung Ae". Sounds a bit funny huh?!? *hehe*

But actually it does not as simple as that. For example, according to the rules above, I can guess that the birthday of my friend named PARK/JIWOO is February 2 but in fact, he was born on 2 April. *DengDong*

Based on my conversation with my friend, Hwang/YunJeoung about name after marriage, the information I've gathered are:
# Children will inherit the paternal family name.
Example: Hwang/YunJeoung (f) is married to Park/HeeGun (m) their children will become Park / ... ..., eg: Park/Haeri
# The husband's family name will not be attached to the wife.
For cases like the above, Hwang /YunJeoung will not necessarily be called 'Mrs. Park '. People will more often call her with HaeRi Emma, which means mother of HaeRi.

So that's all I can share to you guys. Hopefully what I've writen can be beneficial to anyone who reads this blog.

If anyone wants to correct, please leave comments. I'll always be open for critics and advice.

Best regards,
* Einegelberose *