30 things about me

1. Naturalist
-I am a naturalist. I love nature, try to understand every detail hidden inside nature. Therefore I regularly go outside and observe all kinds of species I encounter. I take the photo and categorize based on taxonomy. This changed me a lot; I take my camera whenever I go outside, recognize the distribution of certain species at the certain place, and absorb nearly every information to my knowledge. I have a lot of things to write about, but there is not enough space to type in one section. So I'll talk about this below, one by one.

2. Svalbard
-Last summer, I visited Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. There, what strikes my eyes were mountains covered with barren soils and rocks. I expected white icebergs since Svalbard is 'Arctic', but ices only existed high on the mountain. Once, I had a chance to have a talk with Leif-Arild Hahjem, a Norwegian meteorologist who stayed in Svalbard from 1984. Among his long speech full of Norwegian accents, I still remember when he pointed me a green grass growing near the institutes. He said such plant should not exist in Ny-Alesund. And that imprinted me how severe current Global Warming is. Visiting Svalbard was chance to enlarge my knowledge and envision my future. I can realize what ultimate goal should I have as a future ecologist.

Beautiful scenery, but shouldn't be like this

Climbing an iceberg without an ice

3. Insect, Birds, and Mammals
-The reason why I decided to major ecology is until now, I can't specialize my interest. I like insects, birds, and also mammals as same as other species. It is hard to decide which kinds of creatures I should focus on. For me, every species is equally intriguing, impressive, and interesting. Maybe I can figure it out later after gaining more experiences and knowledge. Thus, my current choice is 'ecology', which can deal with entire ecosystems and lives.

Scorpionfly(Panorpa Coreana). Found in campus

Watch out! In DMZ, mines are everywhere.

4. DMZ
-Between the first and second floor in Dasan building, there were dozens of photos about wild lives in DMZ. I constantly visit there and observe the variety of endangered species facing critical threats of extinction. The entity of DMZ itself is ironical, the remnant of bloody civil war is now heaven to wild animals. Even though I'm not interested in politics or diplomat, this place reminds me tragedic memories whenever I visit.

Drying specimens.

5. Specimens
-If you visit 2nd floor in Dasan building, you can see my insect specimens. January 2017, biology teacher Mr. Han introduced me insect laboratory in SNU. From there, I learned how to deal and make insect specimens. Last summer, I made my own insect specimens in KMLA to use during GLPS. Anyway, making specimen is one extent of nature observation. I can precisely identify the species and learn deeply about the insect's anatomical structures. But there was 1 tradeoff through specimens: other students started to think me as a cold-heart insect killer.






6. Kumdo(Kendo)
-Kumdo is only sport I interested in. I first learned Kumdo when I was 8, but not systematically. After I entered KMLA, I began to learn 'real' Kumdo. From basic pose to competition, learning Kumdo was one great joy every morning. But great joy comes great responsibilities. Mr. Kim ordered me to come Kumdo morning exercise instead of gymnastics, therefore I have to wake up 6:10 every morning these days.

7. Cartoon drawing
-I used to draw a cartoon and uploaded at KMLAonline, students' homepage. The cartoon itself was simple(or sloppy), I only draw stick figures with huge initial on the head for identification, but somehow I uploaded for years. Of course, there was no such main theme inside the cartoon. I usually draw some 'unusual' or 'wicked' event I saw during my freshman year. But when formal headmaster resigns, I draw a cartoon for satire.

MSG Life. 

Since I became sophomore, I stopped uploading a cartoon. I faced lots of tasks and exams and I had no time to spend 2~4 hours to draw the cartoon. Maybe after the college application, I will draw it again. Maybe.








8. Paleontology
-I always wanted to be a paleontologist, a scientist who looking for fossils of ancient creatures like dinosaurs and mammoths. Those enormous but vanished creatures stimulated my curiosity and aspirations of learning. That is why my Facebook profile image is T-rex skull taken in Smithsonian(The photo has been unchanged for last 2 years and I'll not change it forever). However, nearly 3 years in KMLA altered my interests and thought, thus my current dream job is an ecologist-person who study entire ecosystem, not one specific creature. But still, paleontology remains in one of my personal interest, influencing me in many aspects.

9. Martial arts
-I like martial arts as an extension of Kumdo. Sometimes, I watch traditional martial arts performances through Youtube, try to mimic what I saw. These days me and my roommate Dongwook practice and perform martial arts inside the dorm. Dongwook is fascinated with Chinese martial arts: Wing Chun and Zui Quan. Besides, my interest is martial arts using weapons like sword or stick. In room 1005, martial arts training is a daily routine.

Giants of the Lost World.
Maybe some of you saw this.

10. Giants of the Lost World
-Due to my interest in paleontology, I'm now translating 'Giants of the Lost World' by Donald R. Prothero. Maybe some of you saw that I was wrestling with a weird-looking book with dinosaurs cover. It is a book of extinct creatures in South America continent, explaining all kinds of marvelous creatures from Paleozoic to present. With Mr. Kim, geology teacher, I'm planning to publish the translated version this year.







11. Star Wars
-Everyone has their favorite movie. For me, Star Wars series is my favorite. Of course, I like other movies like Jurassic Park or Pacific Rim, but there is no doubt that Star Wars is best among them. I first met Star Wars through 'The empire strikes back', and fascinated to Darth Vader(and also to his theme, Imperial March). Last year, I saw Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and nearly cried. How on earth I can remain calm while our mighty lord Vader slaughtering Rebel scums!

Lord Vader in Rogue One

12. Photography
-Even though I'm in TTL, my photography skills are horrible. Compare to my roommate Dongwook Kim, one of the most skillful photographers in KMLA, my skill is worthless to say. Actually, I started to take a photo in order to identify species I met, not for artistic or self-development purpose. So my subject is always living creatures and I practiced only to take 'identifiable and clear photo'.

13. Suncheon
-I live in Ilsan but Suncheon is my another hometime. I lived in Suncheon with grandparents before I entered elementary school. There, I had really nothing to do except farming with grandparents. And I had chances to met various insects and become familiar with them. Life in Suncheon was short, less than 1 year. But that experience is one of the most influential events in my whole life. Why? Because there, I first decided to study ecosystem. In other words, I found what I love in Suncheon.

14. Sibling
-I have a sibling, 2 years older brother, but we are not in such a lovely relation. Frankly speaking, I don't like him. Despite, my brother influenced me in various fields like biology. He has a great interest in animals, especially insects, but I can swear I'm slightly better than him.

15. Comics and Animation
-Reading comics and watching animation is one of my hobbies. Unlike my academical interest, I usually prefer Sci-Fi or Fantasy genres in such sub-cultures.

16. Yu-gi-oh!
-Maybe some of you already know that I 'still' play Yu-gi-oh! card game. I first started it when I was 10. And from that moment, I'm still playing this card game with the same deck(Cyber deck) for almost decade. Once, I had a chance to enter state championship, which can directly lead to Yu-gi-oh! World Championship. However, I resigned because I had to go '학원'. That was one of my worst decision in my life ever.

Cyber End Dragon. My favorite card and ace card.

17. Charles Darwin
-I heard Charles Darwin when I was very young, with his splendid theory of evolution. I was fascinated not only because of Darwin's theory but also because I made appropriate reason to skip Church every Sunday. My parents, pretty docile Christians, gave up taking me to church when I rebutted them mentioning Charles Darwin. This was quite important to me since from that moment, I can sleep until noon on Sunday.

18. Bo-staff
-In room 1005, it is possible to find interesting tools for martial arts training. Not only bamboo swords for Kumdo but also 4 feet bo for training bo arts. I trained bo staff skills through youtube and books and now I can perform a little.

19. Ignorance
-I'm not close to idols, vocals, bands, and drama actors. What people called 'basic common sense' doesn't work for me. When one classmate made a speech commemorating David Bowie, I had to search google who the hell he is.

20. Field guides
-My one weird habit is, whenever I saw new field guides, I buy it right away. But the problem is, I don't think deeply about how to use it. For instance, during the vision trip, I bought field guide of 'shark'. Until today, I didn't have a chance to see and identify sharks in the wild.

21. GLPS
-I participated in GLPS twice, 'summer' in 2016 and 2017, because insects are common in summer(winter also has lots of animals like birds and mammals, but little boring). In GLPS, Nature Observation(or FOP) is my only interest. Sorry for Eric, but Head or PA is none of my business.

22. Lego
-Lego is the first toy I bought on my own. I like Lego, but I like mixing every piece into one. It doesn't matter how they look, colors, even the series. Whenever the pieces fit into each other, I fused them and make Kimera.

Young Pagrus major (참돔)
caught in Ulleungdo

23. Fishing
-Fishing is my one hobby. Since I entered KMLA I go fishing every winter vacation, which is a rare chance for me to observe aquatic species.





24. Video games
-I used to play PlayStation 2 when I was 6. My father bought a PlayStation for my birthday and Christmas present, one present on two occasions. My first game was Tekken 4. The PlayStation itself has broken long ago, but I still play Tekken series. Maybe some of you saw me playing Tekken in the arcade when we went skiing this winter.

Yoshimitsu in Tekken series. I still use this character

25. Nonchalance
-Sorry to say, but I'm really poor at names. In fact, I still don't know the name of some 21 wavers. I know their faces, but matching the exact names to person is total hardship.



26. Noodle
-Noodle is my favorite types of food. I'm strict to foods, but generous to noodles. But if somebody asks me the reason of processions, I have nothing to say. What I can only say is, "I like noodles because I like noodles".

27. Ushanka
-I like my hat Ushanka-what people call a funny looking Svalbardian hat. Fluffy and warm, it helps me to stand the ferocious cold in KMLA winter. Some friends ask me whether that hat made of polar bear's fur. Actually, it was dinosaurs'. My Ushanka was made of polyester, fiber from petroleum.

28. Color Black
-My favorite color is black, but no special reason. Maybe because the color black can absorb any other colors, even white. For a realistic reason, I prefer black because black clothes taint less.

29. Modern technology
-I'm not familiar with what people called 'modern tech' like cell phone, laptops, MP3...

30. Prepare
-I put nearly everything in my bag, in order to deal with any kinds of situations. 2 AA batteries, sewing box, cutter, tweezers, medical scissors, half-feet ruler, USB, glasses cloth, a small edge from MacGyber, Scotch tape and etc... My friend Bryson really owed me on this.

Arbor day: A new national holiday

I still remember the time that my grandparents planted trees every 5th day in April. They planted acacia tree, pine tree and white birch in mountain near the house. Planting trees granted me a great joy. Digging a ground to half feet depth, placing sapling inside, filling the hole with extracted soil and watering them. Through the procedure I learned about the existence of nature that surrounds us and how marvelous nature is. The memory of Arbor Day still stored deep in my memory palace with sense of nostalgia. 

The last Arbor Day as a national holiday in Korea was in 2005. Started in 1948, Arbor Day was originated in purpose to turn Korean mountains green again. Before this project, most of the mountains in Korea was bare mountains. Slash and burn farmers cut down trees for farming, while other use tress for firewood. Due to such artificial interruption, there was no green in mountains but only brown and red bare soils. Bare mountains were vulnerable to sudden flooding. Every summers, people lost their homes and lands due to mass landslides. Mountains were horrible in aesthetic view either.   

Bare mountain in North Korea. Unlike Korea, bare mountains still remain in North Korea

Finally, in 1948, Korean governments realized the seriousness of this problems, and this was the genesis of Arbor Day in Korea. Registering to national holiday, people started to plant saplings in mountains every year. Mountains gradually turned into green. Birds and animals returned. Thanks to this effort, majority of bare mountains were recovered.  

However, as mountains became green again, people started to question the necessity of Arbor Days. They believed that Arbor Day has no use since most of the bare mountains are recovered. Like killing a  dogs after hunting is over. Anyway in 2005, Arbor Day was excluded from national holiday. And my memories about Arbor Day stopped from that moment.

But was that a wise choice? Absolutely not. The original purposes of Arbor Day was not still completed. If I hike a mountain right behind my school, I can easily find acacia and maple trees. They are the results of 60 years Arbor Days tree-planting. The problem is, those trees are not perfectly suitable to Korea. Acacia and maples were imported from America and Canada in 1960s. Since they grow fast in harsh conditions, they were 'selected' by governments. In other words, we brought invasive species to recover environments, and it is worthless to stress out hazardous of invasive species in local environments. 

This directly become the reason why we should register Arbor Days to national holiday. Country government have responsibility to rectify their past fault. Currently, Korean temperate forests require continuous control. Native arbor species like oak and pine should planted and dead tree branches and leaves that block sunlight reaching to young saplings needed to cleared. Arbor Day can accomplish these goals. As I mentioned above, national holiday has great influences to people. Reminds how Buddha's Birthday or thanksgiving day affects people's behaviors. People tend to put significance and follow the original purposes of national holidays. In other words, national holiday leads people to 'act' something. 

Today, nobody doubts the importance of preserving forests and environments. We all know that is crucial problem which directly tangled with our lives. But, despite those significance, it is hard to reach to real actions. Arbor Days can be solutions that guide people to take actions. Bright, better future is not given but gained.   

For additional information about Arbor Day click the link below.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day

Anti vs Co

 If I divide KMLA family into two distinct groups, that can only be 'groups against student council(anti-council)' and the 'group that stands for student council(co-council)'. And if I need to choose a side, I'll belong to the first group, anti-council. The biggest difference between the two groups is how they look at student council. For my view, same as my group's view, I believe the student council is useless enough to perfectly mess school up. There is nothing similar to dogma or faith which binds our group members, but only awful behavior as student council make us to tightly join with each other. We don't make certain united opinions for political movements. We don't discuss how to take over the council. The anti-council group is not a terrorist community or mobs want to rebel, instead, we try our best to avoid any interactions with student councils. We don't care what they speak, especially what they murmur during the Monday morning ceremony. What anti-council only interested is kinds of unveiled problems from student council, like head executive impeachment scandal, imposing incentives on student departments, and unfair penalty point rule. Those unlogical and both ridiculous actions unite us and make us fight against the council. In other words, we are just an alarm of student council's fault, that only reacts without voluntary movements. Every member of anti-council is fine students who seek peaceful and calm school days, without experiencing any troublesome turbulence. Anti-council doesn't believe a 'few' selected students to disrupt school's regime only based on their own will. We dislike tyranny and solo-playing of the student council.

 However, the other group, co-council, is pretty dominant all over the KMLA family. They support and encourage student council. Whenever the problem advent, they rise to advocate the council. Co-council is a downrght bulldog of the student council. Maybe they believe the student council can only 'change' our school. For their point of view, teachers and school administration are too old and refractory to change the school. For the sake of students, student council should be head of students. Whenever co-council notice the others mock or criticize the student council, they become outraged and strike back with their weapons like 'students' responsibility' or 'necessary interests'. Once, a Facebook page called 'KMLA Bamboo Forest' uploaded mild criticism to student council.  Then, every co-council members became social justice warriors who pressed 3~40 'angry icons' and replied counter criticisms to the anonymous uploader. At that moment, they weren't different with gangsters who rob supermarkets in a pack. 

 I'd never thought how co-student council group thinks anti-council. But it is possible to surmise based on their words and actions left in KMLA Bamboo forest. As I wrote above, whenever the student council attacked, vigilance committee composed with co-council literally lynch anonymous uploader. Last semester, there was a criticism to the legislative council, one part of council's triumvirate system. According to that post, the legislative council did nothing during entire semester, but enlarge conflicts between each department and teachers. Unfortunately, what mentioned in criticism is all correct. The legislative council failed to accomplish their commitment since they spent entire semester fighting each other. However, what co-council replied to the post was shocking. Starting from bad manners, lack of leadership, ill-tempered, problems in own personalities... and etc. Some replies are a just personal attack. Next Monday morning ceremony, the legislative council had brazen cheek to reproached as 'before you criticize us, you need to pay great interests to us.' Really. Despite all kinds of irony and sophisms they protest, it is possible to know how co-council thinks anti-council. They believe we are just complaining mobs who only want fine GPA, what we called 'Nae-mi'. But in fact, we aren't. They don't have proper logic. They're just political hooligans. 

 Then, what is the problem? When it came from? I believe this problem always exist unless the student council itself is eliminated. Whenever the student council born, students divided into two sides. One doesn't put an intense value on the council itself. They believe council itself is just a title. On the other hand, another side worships the council. While anti-council expects the student council is another form of volunteer, co-council deifies the council as a pioneer who resists for equality and freedom for an entire student. Anti-council believes themselves as supervisor of the council since they vote for council, while co-council believes themselves as apostles. In short, causes of difference is just 'who values what'. And for the last, can this two group face each other eye-to-eye? Well, in fact, students in KMLA study together, eat together and rest together with their nemesis. As the cause is simple, a solution is also simple enough. The end of the student council or student council try their best to accomplish what they promised.    

Arctic safari

 August 2nd, 2017, I successfully escaped from GLPS. After two days, I finally arrived in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard. The place where people commonly called 'the Arctic'. It was cold and foggy, but no snow. Mountains with small pebble stones are everywhere, but there were no coniferous. The entire views were quite different from the white and pure sanctuary that I dreamed inside air plane. I soon became worried. "Is this Arctic? No snows, no ice... What if they tricked me and left me somewhere like island Seymour in Antarctic peninsula?" After I noticed a huge glacier far away, I corrected my ludicrous thought. I was, in Arctic.

Here I am. Facing glacier.

 Team leader explained us(including me and other researchers) about our tasks. Even though my ear was opened, and my head kept nodding, my attention was already focused to Arctic terns gliding above my head. Sharp and stylish V-shaped wings, fiery scarlet beak, and deep black head are breathtaking. Terns soar up into the sky and hover for a few seconds. After a blink, they dive down the blue sea and pick up small silvery fishes. One shot, one fish. No failure to Arctic terns. They were truly amazing creatures.

Arctic Terns.

 Before the research team leaves Korea, we gathered around and choose who will conduct what in Svalbard. And my given task was to observe and documents every animal I met there. That was what I exactly want to do! I was so pleased that I can achieve my interests and curiosities by conducting 'official' research. On the other hand, I was relieved that I wasn't allotted to some ridiculous research topics. What if I was caught in 'collecting micro organism data from sea ice' or 'preserving Arctic lichen near institution'? Maybe I can't bear putting green and red lichens to plastic bags. Anyway, my research topic perfectly fits into my interests, so I was satisfied.

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 Unlike its barren view, Svalbard was full of different animals. Some of them were similar to species in Korea, but the majority of them were pretty different. To adapt the harsh conditions in Arctic, many of them look so fuzzy and fluffy. In other words, most of them were very cute. Among 10 different birds and 3 different mammals that I met in Arctic, the most impressive one was Arctic fox.
 

Arctic fox. But brown. Such a tragedy!

The first one appeared during lunch time. I was eating the salmon sandwich the cafeteria. All in sudden, a fox with a transmitter on its neck approached to the cafeteria. The wall of the building is made up of transparent glass so we can see fox through the wall. The fox seems to have interests to human. It came closer, and sniff like a dog and run away. It was a short moment, but enough to take enough photo for my topic. What if I didn't bring my camera at that moment! That's a nightmare.

While I'm looking my photos, I realized what I believed was totally wrong. I always dreamed the 'White' Arctic fox. White like canvas. But Instead, the truth was much browner and darker. It looks more similar to one hungry coyote.

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 At first, I was bit worried. 'What if I failed to see the variety of animals in Arctic? I don't have the second chance!'. But after 3 days, I figured out that was just an apprehension. I saw fox, reindeer, seal, puffins, guillemots, Fulmar and so many species that I can't even remember. But one thing, the most primitive and ultimate goal was not completed. I never saw a polar bear. What's the difference between Arctic with no polar bear and Paris with no Eiffel's tower? It's nonsense. Until today, I often dream about 'What if I met polar bear there?' My imaginary flaps its wings and soar around the sky. How spectacular? How amazing to see white, furious beast through my eyes?

 And as always, my ration makes clear answers. "What if you met polar bear? If it was, you are not here then. It's a beast. B-E-A-S-T."

This is a polar bear. And he never drinks Coca-cola.

Writing Junyeobland

'I always know that I'm not close to fairy tales.'

That is what popped into my head when I have a chance to write a 'Junyeobland' .

Snow White? Cinderella? Sleeping beauty? According to my memory, they had never been my troops. It's not only because they are 'extremely' boring to me. But maybe I don't like its stereotyped synopsis. Why always good versus evil? Why always good defeats evil with ridiculous gambit? Maybe I was sick of too 'Disney-like' characters and stories. 

'I'll never build my own fiction like that. I swear I'll never.' 

After a short brainstorm, the first sentence of the entire story was complete.

Once upon a time, there existed Juneyeobland.... 

'Fine. Mundane start. Be a bit sadistic to the storyline. Little dystopiatic, but not too much.'

....the country without day but only night. 

'Great. I like this setting. Isn't it sounds more interesting than a bright, shiny kingdom with a beautiful princess?' 

Since it was always dark, people were all gloomy, and crimes occurred every day. Crops wouldn't grow, and rivers were stained with blood. The country itself was a nightmare.

'Perfect. Now I constructed a concrete plot of the Junyeobland. I can assure that this dark and gloomy setting will lead to serious events. And this serious plots will fascinate readers! So... now, I need a character who begins the story.'  

I spun my pen twice, right and left, and start thinking again. Soon, marvelous ideas about story flourished from my brain. I garnered every one of them and polished with refined thought.  

One day, a lady with glittering dress came to the country and said, "Let's have festival every day! It shall bring light and happiness to this land." Since that day, there was music, glittering lights, and party in every part of the country. Many visitors came to see this exquisite place. One of the visitors was a young princess from a distant country. She lived on a dark, stormy land where the sun never shined. Since the princess had never seen a sun, she was also dark and gloomy. 

'So now is the time that the villain should advent.' 

But stereotyped villain, which represents the pure evil is not appropriate in my story. Who believes Cinderella's stepmother is attractive to readers? This is my personal opinion, but villain should leave the intense impression to readers as main characters. 

'Villain is also a trend.' I murmured. 

Then, what kinds of incarnation of evil should villain be? Jealous? Avarice? Abomination? Seven different sins of mankind?Or madness of human who wants to destroys the world for fun?  Since I knew that my head was full of miscellaneous thoughts, I need to calm down and filter my thoughts. 

'Great Idea. I like that.'

When the princess saw people enjoying the festival, she was so annoyed. She wanted to break the peace and joy. So she made up a plan. One day, she stood up upon the festival, dressed like......

But I was little worried about the appearance of the princess. I always want to escape from the stereotype. But if she is the main villain, then there should be proper descriptions of her in order to represent her 'evilness' to readers. After a short thought, I finished this sentence with a single description. 

....a witch. 

Sorry to my conviction. But I can't imagine a more appropriate word than the 'witch' in this context. However, I soon realized that Junyeobland had also becoming archetypical. Full of cliche, cliche, and cliche. And that is 100% antipodal to what I have sworn before.  

'Okay... to break some cliche, it need some small reversal.' 

With the handful of apples on her hands. She screamed, and threw one apple in the middle of the crowd. One man picked up the apple, and everyone was astonished. The apple was shining gold. Princess said to the crowd with screeching voice, "The most beautiful shall own this apple." Then she disappeared, with giggling laughter. 

'The most beautiful shall own this apple.' Just like a witch inside story, I also giggled and keep writing. 


The storyline of Iliad overlaps with Junyeobland. Princess acts just as Eris, the goddess of strife and discord. 'Aren't they ridiculous?' 
'But I always want to break such boring and archetypical development in my story.' 
'If I do, some kinds of reversals are imperative!' 

From that moment, my logic had nearly lost its control. I grabbed my pen straight and scribbled.    

There in the festival were three beautiful women. Staring at the golden apple, one woman picked it up. She smirked at other two women and said, "Because I am the most beautiful women in Juneyeobland, I deserve to own this apple." Then another woman, who wore a frilly dress snatched the apple from her. "What are you talking about? Look at your face in the mirror before you dare to speak! I am so much prettier than you! Look at my splendid face!" The other woman laughed. "You guys are just a two long....

'A word that means both ugliness and ridicule. Does it actually exists?' 

For more than a minutes, I cogitated and cogitated like philosophers in the school of Athens. But I couldn't find the optimal word in this sentence. 

...squids," she quoted. "Can't you see the real jewel in front of you?" 

The three women were about to fight when a man stopped them. "This isn't something that you women can solve by yourselves. Since this is a very difficult conundrum, let's open a contest to decide the prettiest women in Juneyeobland." Three women agreed. 

'But Junyeobland doesn't need Prince Paris to judge who is the most beautiful. Instead, it should be more democratic.'

And the only word popped in my brain was 'Beauty contest'.    

They had a week to decide their outfit. Finally, it was the day of the beauty contest. People from all over the world visited to watch the contest with great anticipation. Even the princess who threw the apple came to see, disguised. The contest was about to start. Every people's attention were on three women. 

Okay. Now it's time to burst every reversal at once! Cliche should be broken. Archetypes should be abandoned. Boring and stereotypical Disney-like story should be over! Now is the climax. Junyeobland should be different, as I sworn.

But bell ring was much faster than my handwriting. I recognized that chain writing should be over right now. But my story isn't done yet. Anyway, it needs ending

What I had to do is end Junyeobland as possible. Leaving every plots and event as MacGuggin, ignoring the logical sequence of each plots, I barely wrote the last part of Junyeobland. 

Suddenly, lights went out, and a scream pierced through the darkness. And then there was none.

Thanks, Agatha Christie. 

In the status quo....

In the status quo, Korean Minjok Leadership Academy(KMLA) is one of the most brilliant, famous, and innovative high school in Korea. Not only in qualities of educations held in KMLA but also the other external factors like club activities prove the fame of KMLA. But, there are no doubt that KMLA always has some sloppy and nasty problems inside, which sounds ridiculous and minor to others, but crucial enough to students in the campus. Today, this house reveals the hidden problems of KMLA one by one.

<other students>

The first incident happened last year. The news was wild about president Park. Most of the people in Seoul held the endless protest for impeaching the president. KMLA should participate the protest since KMLA's main purpose is to grow true leader. However, our school headmaster had a different viewpoint. Despite the continuous request of students, he continuously refused to permit students to join the protest. He argued that the school must be politically neutral; students argued that such dogma wasn't political neutrality. Matters became greater when the questioning against school authority propped the challenging of an others case, seemingly irrelevant-school policies and decisions. Soon, the discussion shifted towards evaluating the capacity of the incumbent headmaster. As the discussion heated up, numerous accounts on the headmaster's unfit qualities were made. One of the most significant was the issue of misogyny. The president of the student legislative council at the time spoke up on a post-incident about the headmaster's use of sexist profanity against her. This sparked a series of outrages entailing much more relevant accounts. Hypocratic views were also problematic. Always insisted on the refusal of social hierarchy that universities posses. However, he himself didn't stop. But that's not the only problem...even now after he's left.....

Paper was ended incompletely.

Biological perspective toward philanthropy

Philanthropy to university became an issue in Gladwell's podcast. Simple as beautiful, Gladwell's topic can be concluded in one sentence, I believe. 'Should philanthropists donate their money to prestigious universities like Harvard and Standford, or to less prestigious universities like Glassboro state university?' It is quite controversy debate topic, with some ironic dilemmas, which make hard to answer. But, according to my opinion, allocating philanthropy to the prestigious college is much beneficial than another choice. Through this post, I'll explain why based on 'biological perspective'. 

Before I start, I want to stress out that society itself is a fluid model, just like organic structure. Since society is run by with humans and their activities, we can't analyze and estimate society is purely run by economic principles, like cause and effect or supply and demand. So I believe only insisting 'social equalities' doesn't work at all. We should concede some inequalities, especially in the status of each university. Gladwell should concede Stanford or Harvard is much successful and potential than colleges like Glassboro or Vassar(But I don't mean such universities are more inferior than others).That is why we should vision society with a fluid model, and focus our topic through biological perspective. Anyway, what I wrote on this blog is purely my 'own' opinion, so it is your choice to accept or not. 

Many animals, especially mammals, tends to pursuit benefits but avoid risks. Maximizing merits but minimizing de-merits is one of the most frequent strategies in the ecosystem. Term 'optimal foraging model' can be a good example for this phenomenon. Optimal foraging model means that natural selection would prefer species that maximize benefits but minimize the costs, and animals will evolve to satisfy this status. Whenever animals face certain situations, they naturally choose choice with 'higher success rate' than others. WHY? Simple. There are no creatures on Earth wants to work more and earn less. If there is, it will perish. This can be a selfishness, but anyway, it is a principle in nature. The reason why I'm mentioning biological principle in this post is, public, sponsors, or philanthropists are mankind. They can't free from this principle at all, I believe.

For philanthropists, donating fees for universities is one kind of selection. I don't believe it purely derived from altruism. Most of the philanthropists wish their philanthropy effectively aid students. In other words, they are investing in student's potential. So it is natural that philanthropists are focusing more toward famous universities like Stanford, Yale, and Harvard. As I mentioned before, this is purely based on their biological choices. It can't be criticized, it can't be blamed. It is 'natural'. Without a doubt, prestigious universities graduate more potential students than other universities. Compare the influence between Stanford and Glassboro in society. Even though Stanford already have the tremendous of money, but Stanford will not disappoint philanthropists in results. It is trust. It is obvious that prestigious universities have trust to public. Philanthropists will not regret their donations since they know they money were used for well. No one regrets when their choices are stable and potential enough.

I'm not blaming Glassboro. I'm not criticizing 'un'-prestigious universities are not compatible for philanthropies. It's just a choice, but I'm just disagreeing Gladwell.