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Obviously accepting one's own weakness is a painful experience. However, this also brought me a more meaningful lesson. I could learn how important it is to try not to lose control over myself, and, above all, how fundamental joy it brings to my life to understand and forgive myself. I believe that all sorts of enlightenment is very personal and largely emotional, thus certain..

I think it is the third time in my life that has confined myself to reclusive life conditions on my own. The first time was my high school years. It was not in a strict sense a reclusive time, but my concerns were largely towards mental aspects that were not able to be shared with any of my friends. Indeed, oil paintings and comic books that I used to draw on my own made mysel..

I think it was very fortunate for me that I happened to begin to stay at a flat in Dundee last September. Above all, this small town, but larger than St Andrews, has a shape that is pretty alike to that of Seoul. The river Tay is fairly a big river for the size of the town and always reminds me of Han river. And a low hill, called the Law, in the centre of the town also resemb..

I hear many British quite often complain about the weather especially in Winter. I think, more than political parties' empty arguments, the weather is the true punching bag, or what Koreans call the drum of neighbours. However, I like the weather of Scotland more than any thing else. It is true that the weather in winter is very often so windy and the wind is usually so bitter..

Some of the photos I took while I was jogging here are really nice so I'd like to show some in my photo album on my mobile. Until June this year I'll be staying in Dundee. One thing that I tried hardest was to keep the promise I made to myself. One of those promises was to jog at least once a week. I didn't have much time to walk around as often as I used to in Seoul. However,..

Already more than a month has passed since I came here. Many things happened, but I think everything is all right except for one thing that all things here are finished extremely early. Every shop closes mostly at around 5 pm unless they're pubs, restaurants or Tesco, even the sun seeming to join by completely disappearing at the latest by 4 :30pm just leaving its red in a few..

There are not so many things to mention, although this week was my historical first week of being at Scotland and its small city, St Andrews, in my life. I think I'll use this blog as kind of my open diary although I keep writing my private diary separately. I don't want any additional space for making some records particularly with some photos, which is one of the reasons tha..

역사교육과 단상.. 배민 (서울 숭의여고 재직) 한 달 후면 영국 스코틀랜드의 St Andrews 대학에서 Modern History 박사과정을 시작합니다. 지난주 학교에선 교감선생님과 교장선생님이 제 유학 소식에 무척 놀라기도 하셨고 기뻐하시기도 하셨습니다. 또 학교가 사립학교라 재단 이사회에서 휴..

연극 (달이 물로 걸어오듯) 예전에 봤던 연극이다. (2008년 여름 홍대역 산울림 소극장에서였다) 나이도 많고 돈도 없고 한마디로 별볼일 없는 나이든 남자 수남에게 나이차이가 20살 이상 차이나는 젊은 술집여자 경자가 다가온다. 둘은 사랑에 빠지고 결혼을 한다. . 그리고 행복하게 살아..

시경 (詩經): 2500년전 그 전 500여년간의 사람들 사이에서 지어지고 불린 노래를 모은 시집 중학교 때 나는 한문반 클럽활동을 했었다. 이백과 두보의 한시에 매료된 건 나중에 고등학교에 올라가서 세계사를 배우면서 중국사의 당나라 문화를 공부하면서였고, 중학교 때엔 막연히 한시의 ..