My Ikemi ^^

이끄미 (ikemi) : A Korean buddy that suppose to aid you in your external Korean studies .

Time is gold. Its already almost coming to an end to this spring semester . Time fly without me realizing it. Actually , nothing much will change, class would be like normal, life will roll on like scheduled on our routine board. Only 2 significant thing will be missing, which is the cool-chilling weather on spring-day will be replaced by humid hot summer , and my beloved ikemi will end her service soon.

Just like her appearance, my ikemi, 은영( eun yong) is a friendly person and every action of hers reflects her cuteness embedded in her. Being under her, I've learned a lot thing things outside the classroom, such as using the postal services so i can post stuff back to Malaysia , furthermore improve my fluency and accuracy in speaking in Korean language. I was being treated like a little sister .Now, i decided to blog a little bit about her in order to show my gratitude . I hope we can remain this invisible ties even after our ikemi session ends.

Anyway , last week there's an event which called 5.18 which are held to remember a massacre that took place in that exact place. ( It's her mission to bring me to historical places in 광주( gwangju). Brief history bout the event on 5.18 happened bout 30 years ago .

Background

President Park Chung-hee, after ruling for 18 years, was assassinated on October 26, 1979. This abrupt ending of an authoritarian regime left Korean politics in a state of instability. New President Choi Kyu-hah and his Cabinet had little control over the growing power of ROK Army General Chun Doo-hwan, who took control of the government through the Coup d'état of December Twelfth.

The nation's democratization movements, which had been suppressed during Park's tenure, were again awakening. With the beginning of a new semester in March 1980, professors and students expelled for pro-democracy activities returned to their universities, and student unions were formed. These unions led nationwide demonstrations for an array of reforms, including an end to martial law (declared after Park's assassination), democratization, minimum wage demands, and freedom of press.^[2] These activities culminated in the anti-martial law demonstration at Seoul Station on May 15, 1980 in which about 100,000 students and citizens participated.

Such has nourished a culture of opposition attested, for example, in the Donghak Peasant Revolution, the Gwangju Students Movement, the Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion, or the region's resistance to the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598). More recently, under the Third Republic of South Korea and Fourth Republic of South Korea,

Park Chung Hee's dictatorship had showered economic and political favours on his native Gyeongsang region in the southeast, at the expense of the Jeolla^[4] region of the southwest. The latter became the real hotbed of political opposition to the dictatorship, which in turn led to more discrimination from the centre. Finally, in May 1980 the city of Kwangju in South Jeolla province exploded in a popular uprising against the new military strongman, General Chun Doo Hwan, who responded with a bloodbath that killed hundreds of Kwangju's citizens.

voting bout sexual exposure ....wakakkakakaka.......

i dont even know they are the bad guys or the good guys..XD

.....some random facts, which i dont understand at all

in the museum, looking at 1 of the picture that really reminded me of the poem of the road not taken...XD

diligently working on my artwork from the 5.18 event...hahaha.....

tadah......and its free..^^....( i'm childish isnt it??...being excited over free fun stuff...XD)

~Scream at the top of your lungs~

My 'mid-year' for level 1 had just past few days ago ~.... and i'm aready yearning to go somewhere to indulge myself with some fun . Too bad, money is the restriction.
This reminded me where i've been to everland last 3 weeks ago , the biggest theme park in korea. Too bad it's raining on that they and most of the thrilling rides are closed . ><~ ANYWAY ........ Let's move on to the main topic --> Rides in your life time.

In everland, korea , T-xpress :
It is currently the world's steepest wooden coaster. It is also the world's ninth fastest, third tallest, and sixth longest wooden coaster. ( wanted to ride it.. but the person says the queue is about 2 hours...><~....insufficient of time)


Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio:
Just by looking at the pictures itself , chills are running down to my spine . Me myself aren't really sure if i even have the nerve to ride it. Maybe i will chicken out last minute. XD . But does hours of queue waiting worthwhile for a 30 seconds ride? Well, that depends how fanatic you are towards this kind of games..^^


4th dimension roller coasters :Eejanaika in Japan,West Edmonton Mall in Canada.
This roller coaster not only whirls through the loops, but each cart additionally rotates 360 degrees, guaranteed to scramble even veteran coaster riders





Mystery Roller Coaster : Yokohama , Japan.
This is my favourite one. By looking at the picture itself, i felt like packing my backpack and fly to japan to ride this thing!! Sigh, unfortunately, back to reality , money DOES plays an important factor...><~



Last but not least, upcoming theme park in future : Dubailand( twice the size of Walt Disney World in Florida)


The gateway to City of Arabia , flock by dinosaurs. ( i wonder how would it turn out? Either it turn out to be really cool....or really fake)
One of a kind Ferris wheel ( do they even call this a wheel?!...) . Reminds me of star trek logo . xD

Who want to join me to conquer all the thrilling rides around the globe?! ..Jom~

Don't really have the mood to post a long-winding blog. Must be because I'm not haveing any exams now. I'm more motivated to write when exam's just around the corner. =3

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une ville rêveuse - a dream city~

Almost the whole world, including economic giants USA, Japan and China, is shivering over skyrocketing oil prices, one country on Earth seems largely unaffected. It United Arab Emirates, where the palm island is located.

i bet most of you guys out there have heard bout palm island before.
Incase there's somebody that doesn't acknowledge it's existence, I'll summarize some info bout it here.

Somewhere in Dubai, they made a man made island. I wouldn't dare to say it's the first, but i dare say it's the largest, ( it made it's way to be seen in the satellite view). It cost millions to build such a wonder on earth. Unfortunately , to enjoy such facilities, it might cost you your life saving, or even more. I found myself wondering can i even afford the air tic to fly there..XD

One of its current project is building the tallest building on earth( a tittle once malaysian were proud of) . By the time you're reading now, they are actually building dozens of buildings that will stand up high, exceeding KLCC's height by big numbers , way far more outstanding.



1. Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building is due for completion end of this year. Currently it has 162 completed floors.
2. The Pentominium - 120 floors - Location: Dubai Marina - Completion: 2011
3. Burj Al Alam - 108 floors - Location: Business Bay - Completion: 2010

well, i would not list all out, but i will pick a few that had amazed me to share about~


one of my favorite, the rotating building . The best part i like about it is ,it's environment friendly. Between each floor, there's a turbine, that will charged into electricity when wind blow towards it. ( like those wind-mill) . The energy generated will be used to rotate the whole building . Since it's called the rotating building, you will wake up every morning and enjoy the different view every single day .Each floor rotates at different paces and the building wouldn't have a definite shape~..^^...and those engineers even had calculated the rotation speed , so that you do not even notice it's rotating ( to avoid dizziness)

well, another structure that they plan to built, is this ' lilypad floating city' . Though it's a mere plan, the idea itself make alot of impact on other's, i believe that this even had attract investors to invest on this fairly tale land. i dare say this project isn't going to start anytime so soon. But it might just be the key , in far future , on how to create a city for citizens from all around the globe, if the global warming decided to show no mercy on mankind .


I don't know how much people out there would actually like these kind of stuff, but for me, this keep me inspired to reach my out to my dream of being a great architect . I hope that each of you guys, found things that inspired you to achieve something in life. If you haven't, i hope this post will be a kick start to push you forward.
Anyway, until next time~ ciaoz...^^