#3. My holiday plan

I guess this Chuseok would be same as usual. Maybe most time of Chuseok holiday, I would stay at home doing homework like this or watching TV. But in the morning of Chuseok, I will visit my maternal grandmother in Seoul. My hometown is Busan. When I was child, my family used to visit relatives in Busan. Now we usually didn’t. My father is the oldest and his sister lives near his home (my home). And our family is Christian, so we don’t have any ceremony. So, traditional holiday doesn’t have important meaning to me. And I even think that those holidays are just holiday when I don’t have to go to school. Like Christmas which is only red marked day on the calendar to military personnel. I often visit Busan, so I don’t feel I have to go to hometown because of holiday. Usually 3day is very short to visit that long distant. Instead of visiting relatives, we choose to relax at home. I want to meet some friends whom I couldn’t meet often because of their busy lives. But they are usually out of their town. Even if they don’t leave, there is no place we can go. Most shops shut down. I think it’s a best way to stay at home relaxing and spending time with family, because we don’t usually spend time with our family although we live together. However I have too much homework to do during this holiday. How pitiful I am…

#2. My captain, Park Yeong-Seok.

I hadn't had anyone who I respected until I knew the mountaineer, Park Young-Seok. He is the first man in the world to complete a true adventure Grand Slam. That is to say, he has climbed the world's 14 Eight-Thousanders, the Seven Summits, and visited both Antic and Antarctic poles. There is no man who completed it except him until now.

He was my captain for the long march on foot. I was a member of his expedition. We walked 630km from Haenam, which is called ‘the end of the earth’, to Seoul City hall for 25days. During the long march, he walked with us. Sometimes he cheered us up, sometimes scolded us for our selfishness and laziness. We were going through a great amount of physical and emotional pain, but his word, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here with you”, made us complete the long march. His leadership that I experienced was a just small part in comparison with his other expeditions for Eight-Thousanders(Everest, Annapurna, K2, and so on), the Seven Summits(the most highest mountains in each continents) and Antic and Antarctic poles. My long march cannot be compared with them. His other expeditions were very dangerous. They even required his and his member’s life. However they didn’t hesitate to follow him. He is the only great captain to them like me. As you see his achievements, he is challengeable and never gives up. He didn’t achieve each thing only at once. For example he tried to climb Mt. Everest for 8times. Moreover he tries to perfect to himself. If other people like Elisabeth Holly, who is an authority on collecting data about high mountain climbing, admit his climbing, he’ll climb the same mountain again if he wasn’t satisfied. That’s the most important reason I respect him. I’m really eager to resemble his uncompromising attitude to himself.

His words that I heard make me overcome other hardships in my real life even if he doesn’t be by me. He is always my captain in my life.

#1. I am,,

Hello, this is my first post on my blog. I'm not accustomed with this because I'm not doing these things. But I think this is interesting, and I will get used to this during this semester.
Now I'll tell you something about me. As you see my title of blog, My name is Baek Doo Hyun. I guess when you see my name, you thought the name of mountain which is the tallest in Korea, Mt. Baekdoo, right? Yeah that's my nickname since I was child. At that time I hated it. Even I wished to change my name. However, now it's good. I like my name and nickname because many people who heard my name usually didn't forget it. Although they forgot my name, they still remembered my nickname.
I'm 27 years old. My major is English, but I'm still nervous when I speak Eglish. That's a big problem!! I really hope to speak english fluently. What should I do? Please tell me the way that worked for you!
I love watching movies, so feel free to tell me the name of movies which you feel like recommending to me except horror movie. If I watch that kind of movie, I wouldn't go to the bathroom that night. The horrorible scene wouldn't disappear for a long time.
I hope this class will be helpful to improve writing skills. Then see you in class. Have a good one!!