Resident Evil review

 The movie Resident Evil series are thrillers containing some violence. It is about a virus, which goes by the name “T virus” and has an effect of moving dead beings by restoring some of their cells and making them move. To be blunt, the dead beings infected by the T virus becomes a zombie starving for living flesh. A company “Umbrella” had made the T virus, but by an accident, it goes loose and total turmoil and massacre begins.

 The computer graphic was not fantastic in a technical way, but the way it was combined with the story itself was the best I’ve ever seen. Overall, the movie looked quite natural even though it was mainly about fictional things such as zombies, monsters, some unearthly research institutes and some inhuman action. In other words, the combination of computer graphics and actors were very natural, almost perfect.

 My overall impression about this movie was that it’s a good movie to spend time with. Maybe it wasn’t better than this because I’ve watched it on my laptop computer. However, I still think that it’s quite a good movie, taking you to the world inside the film and meet the zombies there. One flaw about this film is that it contains too much hitting, shooting, killing, eating people alive, lots of blood and human organs, some monsters. Therefore, this is not recommended for children. If one is going to watch this movie, I also recommend them to check no children are around, and then primarily consider going to the theater or borrowing a DVD and watch them on a HD screen with full volume. Or, if one is watching it on their laptops, to wear headphones and adjust the volume high enough for this movie is a thriller anyway. 

Expressing myself (Mr Moon's assignment)

10b1 강건

I emit black logic from my steel heart but others see it as hope.

 Recently, I have been thinking about life over and over. We work, study, struggle hard to survive in this jungle. When I looked back my footsteps I have printed in the white parchment called time, I found out that I could not see any bright colors in them. Grey, black, some were even missing. Considering that dark colors have filled up my life until now, I found that a change is needed absolutely, but how? I have few bright paints that I could use to paint the parchment which lay in front of me. From now on, I think it’s time for me to find more colors from others and I’m looking forward to it. 

The body -after reading the first thirty pages

 The body is one of the stories in the book Different Seasons written by Stephen King. I only have read the first thirty pages or so of that book, and to be blunt, I do not like it so much. At least, I do not like yet.

 The overall story of the first thirty pages is this. All of the main characters have backgrounds which are not that good. One boy, probably Teddy has a mad father. He put Teddy’s ear close to the stove for ten seconds each which made him nearly lose his hearings. Also, a boy called Chris had a father who was an alcoholic. One day, these guys hear that they might be able to find a dead body and makes a plan to search for it.

 The story of the first thirty pages is roughly like the above. Actually, I dosed a lot while reading that part. I hope the rest of the story is more exciting just like Shawshank Redemption. 

     Saturday morning, we watched a video clip, a story about a monk and a boy living in a temple. The boy is not yet adapt to living in a temple in the middle of a mountain and makes some mistakes such as not recognizing toxic plants. One day, maybe he was just bored and he caught a fish, tied a rock around it, and let it go again. He did the same thing with a frog and a snake he caught that day. The monk saw the boy's actions and tied a rock to the boy that night. Next morning, the boy begged the monk to untie the rock 
and the monk said "Are you in pain? What would that fish and the frog and the snake would feel?" and promised the boy that he would free him from the rock once he found all the animals and free them. So the boy finds the fish, dead it was, and buries it. The frog was alive and he frees it. The snake was dead also and the boy burst into tears. This is the part I have watched. 
     I believe that this story is trying to give us a lesson that we should think what others would feel before we act. If I tell my friend a lie, would he be upset? Probably yes and that's the reason you should not lie. If  I hit my friend, would it hurt him? Would he be angry? Yes, and that's the reason why you should not hit others. Like this, any action could bring a unexpected sequence of harming others physically or mentally. In order to prevent that misfortune from happening, we should-as the video clip has told us- be in other people's shoes before we act. Being in other's shoes remind me of my childhood. When I was a child (I'm still young but when I was 'younger'), I used to think of only myself. Most kid are like that but in my case, it was far worse. I did not know to think in other people's positions and even though everyone smiled at me and agreed to me, they were annoyed and frustrated inside. 
     Also, we could even think that we human have forgotten how to coexist with the nature. For example, the boy in the video clip is still young but is already bullying animals in a quite cruel way. He is the reflection of human race and we are violent against the nature. I think the another lesson of the story was that we should value every living being and furthermore, try to coexist with the nature itself.
     So, to wrap up, the main two lessons of this story was to try to be in other's shoes and to value life and the nature.

Coke Family in 2037

 In 2037, KMLA is in war. Students have formed a group in order to get snacks from the outside and to protect their identities as the Coke Family. One day, most of the members are taken away and the chief reads the story of the finder of the Family, to the rest of the clan.

 Maybe it was because I was so stressed out studying. Anyway, for some reason I went to the supermarket and bought a bottle of coke. It was the start of everything.

 Its taste was strong and thrilling. Bubbles in coke were biting my tongue. I wasn’t sleepy or tired anymore. I felt as if I could do anything without being stressed out. When I left the market, my backpack was full of bottles of coke. That was my first encounter with coke and I knew I would not be able to get away from it.

 Since then, in my daily routine there is a special event. In England, there is a time called “Tea time” when most people drink tea and take a rest. Instead of tea time, I made “coke time.” At 9:45 p.m. every day, I put a bottle of cold coke and a piece of brownie on the table. Until 10:00, I enjoy the taste of coke and brownie, reviewing the day. My friends might say I’m nuts, but I stopped to care about what others say.

 After buying coke every weekend and carrying them from the market all the way to the dormitory, I started to feel the need of a transportation system that could bring snacks safely and swiftly into the school. I had to persuade some of my friends with coke in order to get lend their help for transporting coke into KMLA at night. This group existed until I graduated.

 This is the history of us, the Coke Family. The first boss of this group, Gun, has first established this group to get, and spread coke. Now, since the school is trying to ban all snacks and drinks in dorm, we need to fight against it. Gun gave us coke, a reason to rebel and also the shield from stress. Now, get back to your own missions and let us survive this war and enable coke inside KMLA!! All hail Coke!!!!

shawshank redemption reading journal

 The story, Shawshank redemption is about Andy Dewfrane who lost everything and was put into Shawshank prison for committing murder.

 Andy Dewfrane was put into Shawshank for murdering his wife and her lover. He insists that he did not, but the situation is very bad, all proofs say that he committed the crime and thus, he becomes a prisoner. His first few years in Shawshank are an absolute nightmare. However, he eventually adapts to prison and uses his experience as a banker to help the warden earn enormous money and in exchange, he receives protect inside the prison society. Things are well until a guy called Tommy provides Andy a story and with that, a hope that Andy might be able to prove himself innocent. He had met the murderer who actually murdered the two people. The warden Norton hears the news and sends Tommy to another prison so that Andy could not prove his innocence he could use Andy longer and earn more money. Some days after, Andy disappears. In his cell, behind the picture of a Rita Hayworth, was a tunnel. Andy had dug a tunnel out of the prison and had disappeared.  This is the overall story of the book “Shawshank Redemption.”

 The movie of this story is somewhat different. Some scenes I have seen in the book were exaggerated to emphasize the terrible life inside Shawshank. Parts such as Hadley killing one of the new prisoners could be one. Also, Brooks committing a suicide, Tommy being murdered by the Warden, Red and Andy rejoining at the end, all these are the points where the movie is different from the book.

 I actually like both the book and the movie “Shawshank Redemption”, but if I had to pick one, I like the movie better. While the book takes time for the story to develop, the movie shows only the highlights and events required to understand what is going on. Furthermore, the part where Red and Andy met at the place Andy always dreamed of, was really impressive. I kind of felt like… as if they just had to meet.

 Shawshank Redemption was a story that made me think a lot. I’m still young and even free unlike Andy who was imprisoned. Why am I feeling so depressed and having a hard time struggling to survive? Andy did it when he lost everything and was thrown into a prison. As Andy did, I would finally free myself from this problems and one day, would become happy.