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May we be proud of this new world?

My best 100 x 10 set of Push-up (NO PAIN,NO GAIN)

Push-up Samples

It's been quite a while I didn't proceed with my push-up exercise as I busy with my study  as a Senior in my University and sometimes even too lazy to do it due to my hectic student's life. But recently I feel I want to continue with that exercise again since I really miss it so much. And yes, for sure it must be really painful for the first week but I will be fine.

When I flashed back to my last push-up workout on February last year, I managed to gain the count for about 100 times non-stop with 10 set of push-up! - Total 1000 count push-up per day and sometimes I could done more than that. That's good enough for me that time for sure.

To me personally, push-up exercise is definitely easy and cost-free workout!

You can do it anywhere like inside your own room or office without having to pay out some cost to it rather than you go to gym and pay monthly gym fees just to get the shape you want. Push-up is the full-body exercise that you should give it a try and it is definitely beneficial to yourself! Well, why don't we give it out a try and challenge yourself to make your record count to 1000! Don't give up guys as if you don't fight for something, you will fall and fail for anything. - I bet that's the very best quote I ever mentioned in here! If you are a beginner, make the count rise gradually as you can't put so much pressure on your muscle during your starting phase. Try to make it 50 count per day on the first week trial and try out 100 count for the next coming week. Remember, you will definitely feel pain on your muscle as you just started on it but trust me, it will paid-off once you get your desired shape and at the same time, your health is definitely at a very good state for sure. - 

    Keep fit, gain up your shape, maintain healthy and stay young!

Happy 10th year anniversary of Independence for My Beloved country Timor-Leste (East Timor)♥

                                    

We are in the 13th year of the start of our way of liberation. This
is the greatest day marking the 10th year of our country and may it be celebrated, as a citizen of the great Crocodile land, I feel the deepest joy and excitement for having witness this happy day.
we have accomplished many and great tasks in a short time, we owe all these achievement to our fallen heroes and for those who are st...ill live..for that I THANK YOU
However, we can never consider what we have achieved
to be sufficient, because we must, and are determined to, accomplish even
more and greater tasks. We shall raise our country to the level of the
most prosperous and civilised nations of the world. We shall endow our nation
with the broadest means and sources of welfare, We shall raise our
national culture above the contemporary level of civilization. for that we, all the new generation shall work hard, we must perform greater achievement, because we are capable of overcoming difficulties of national unity, and we shall UNITED AS ONE for greater TIMOR LESTE.
I express my heartfelt wish that all of us will celebrate, this great day, in greater honour, happiness, peace and prosperity.
How happy I'm to say I'M TIMORESE
VIVA TIMOR LESTE...HONRA, PATRIA E POVO.

PROM NIGHT IN SUN MOON UNIVERSITY

 

 

Prom night is coming to Sunmoon University... Somebody say: "Whaaaaaat!"

Ok yes, We know, We are not in high school but hay, Why not???

As part of cultural events, the international students committee will host a Prom night (think of it as American culture).
...
We will be introducing to Korean and other students the idea of Prom Night.

The Theme for our night is: Walk of Fame.
So This means you can come dressed as "the Hollywood star you ARE" or that you want to be...

So come join us and lets have truck loads of fun.

For more information and to reserve your place please email: smupromnight@gmail.com

 

 

 

Facebook page :

http://www.facebook.com/sol.lee.332#!/events/388032217883857/

 

World Ocean Forum Scholarship UCC Contest

Any international students (no Korean nationals) can apply.
Any majors can apply.
Must be 18 or older and reside in Korea
Can participate individually or in group


Theme key words: ocean, dream, Korea, home country


File format: over 720x480pixel/24fps
Length: less than 2 minutes
Size: less than 200M
File format: avi, wmv, mpeg


Deadline May 4, 2012
Submit appliation to wof@wof.kr
Title the file [last name, first name_school] or [team name_school]


If you have any questions contact wof@wof.kr, 051-461-4396.


Grand Prize 1,500,000 KRW, Second Prize 500,000 KRW, Third Prize, 200,000 KRW.
If you receive the scholarship, you must attend ceremony.


Download application at http://wof.kr/eng/sub03/sub03_03.asp.
WOF 스칼라쉽 UCC 공모전
한국 국적을 제회한 모든 외국인 대학생, 대학원생
18세 이상 국내 거주자
단독 및 공동으로 지원 가능


주제 키워드: 해양, 꿈, 한국, 출신국가


해상도: 720x480 pixel/24fps
시간: 2분 이내
용량: 200M 이하
형태: avi, wmv, mpeg


마감일 2012년 5월 4일
wof@wof.kr 로 지원
파일명 [영문이름_영문대학명][영문팀명_영문대학명]으로 지원
문의: wof@wof.kr, 051-461-4348


최우수상금 1,500,000 원
수상자는 반드시 시상식에 참여


http://wof.kr/sub03/sub03_03.asp

Sejong University accepting applications for Master's Degree in Asian Studies

Sejong University: New Students Invited Master of Arts in Asian Studies





Sejong University in Seoul is now offering a post-graduate program taught in English focusing on the interdisciplinary study of East Asian culture, language, politics, history, economics, philosophy, reliigon, and education.

Fall Semester classes begin on August 27, 2012.
Application period April 23 - May 31, 2012
Scholarship policy: 100 ~ 60% waiver depending on certain conditions.

Admission website: www.sejong.ac.kr/eng/
Asian Studies Department website: asiap.godohosting.com/xe
02-3408-3107
asian@sejong.ac.kr
98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Sejong University

Timor Leste, Tetum, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesia or English?

J. Ramos-Horta, Dili | Fri, 04/20/2012 11:53 AM

Once in a while, a journalist or scholar opinionates on Timor Leste’s choice of its official languages. Victor Richard Savage, associate professor in geography at the National University of Singapore, wrote recently “The current presidential election in Timor Leste has brought international visibility to this rather marginalized state within Southeast Asia.” 

Mr. Savage then proceeded to provide us with his scholarly opinion on what is actually a very simple issue in Timor Leste, the issue of languages.

Articles 13 and 159 of our Constitution determine that Tetum and Portuguese are our official languages and Indonesian and English are our working languages. Can one be more open-minded and pragmatic than that?

Timorese leaders and people, though islanders, are very outward-looking, open to cultural influences, eagerly learning and absorbing the good (and bad) we see, read and hear around us. We are among the most polyglot people in the world. A very large percentage of us manage as many as three to five languages — a native language, Tetum, Indonesian, English and Portuguese.

I always advise our youth to be open-minded toward information, knowledge and other cultures and learn as many languages as they can. I tell them not to be provincial as the average Australian, American or Briton, who speaks only English.

An increasing number of young Timorese are becoming conversant with English. It is estimated that English is understood by 31.4 percent of the population.

According to Timor Leste’s 2010 census, close to 90 percent of all Timorese use Tetum in their daily life. An estimated 35 percent are fluent Indonesian language users and 23.5 percent speak, read and write Portuguese. This is a very impressive number bearing in mind that in 2002 less than 5 percent of all Timorese understood Portuguese.

In his essay, Mr. Savage questioned the wisdom of Timor Leste’s language policy and suggested that we should opt for English rather than Tetum and Portuguese, ignoring the fact that our Constitution provides space for Indonesian and English as working languages.

However, Mr. Savage erroneously claims that while Tetum is an official language, “on the ground one gets the feeling that Portuguese has been given priority because it is the language of communication of the political and social elites — in short, it is an elitist language in Timor Leste. This language policy has its own challenges.”

It is obvious that either Mr. Savage has not been to Timor Leste or has been there only in the usual fly-in, fly-out fashion. Most proceedings in our National Parliament, Cabinet, seminars, etc are conducted in Tetum.

The Timorese resistance, government and our Church have done more for the spread and modernization of Tetum than anyone. That Tetum is today spoken by almost 90 percent of our people is a great measure of our success in nation-building. But Tetum is still in the process of becoming a truly modern, functional language. Hundreds of words are borrowed from Portuguese, some from Indonesian, and I believe that in another 10-20 years Tetum will be a very colorful, rich and dynamic language.

In another 10 years, at least half of our people will manage Portuguese; our own version of Portuguese, as lively and musical as the Portuguese spoken in Rio or Luanda. And Tetum will be as colorful and lively but better endowed to face the challenges that come with the nation’s opening to the world.

Mr. Savage, like many anglophiles, seems to hold a very simplistic view that English alone would literally opens heaven’s gate for poor Timor Leste and would solve our economic and social problems. And if English is the key to Timor Leste’s future then I presume it must also be every poor country’s road from rags to riches.

Conversely, following such a line of argument, does the said scholar and others want us to believe that it was the English language that actually catapulted nations like Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy and France into major industrial powers? And how does one explain Portuguese-speaking Brazil’s rise to global economic status overtaking aging England to become the world’s sixth-largest economy? 

And how does one explain the ongoing “fragile state” of some Pacific islands and sub-Saharan African countries, which were under British rule and adopted English as their official language since independence?

Furthermore, how about our Aborigine brothers and sisters in Australia whose life expectancy is 10 years less than ours? Aren’t they supposed to be much better off since they have been colonized by English speakers for some 200 years?

Contrary to the Singaporean scholar’s assertion that our decision not to use Indonesian has to do with political sensitivities, I say we have no hang-ups as far as the Indonesian language and culture are concerned.

I have even argued that we should elevate Indonesian to official language status at some point. We just have to carefully look at all the implications in terms of costs, availability of qualified teachers, etc. An estimated 36 percent of our people speak Indonesian but in the age bracket of 5-10, particularly in rural areas, this percentage drops significantly.

While we have great respect for the scholar’s seemingly great knowledge about Indonesia and are grateful for his very wise advice, Timor Leste and the Republic of Indonesia enjoy exemplary relations in every dimension thanks to the foresight of the leaders of the two countries in opting for a forward-looking, pragmatic approach in managing the relationship.

Timor Leste, since 2005, has been an active member of the ASEAN Regional Forum and participated in every ASEAN Ministerial meeting for almost 10 years now. We have full-fledged embassies in five ASEAN capitals and by the end of 2013 we will have embassies in the remaining five. We also have embassies in Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing. There are 20 foreign embassies in Timor Leste and international organizations based in Dili.

While I am grateful for Mr. Savage’s useful contribution to the debate on the language issue and for so generously showing us the possible ways out of “regional marginalization”, I dare to challenge the Anglo-Saxon-centric view that somehow the whole world would be a better place if we all surrendered to the dominance of the English language.

We all know that English is an important language, almost incontournable (inevitable) if one wants access information on science and technology, international trade and money markets. But, the fact that a particular language has regional or global usage does not necessarily mean we must all automatically dump our historical languages and roots and adopt that language as an official language.

Even if we were to be persuaded by Mr. Savage and other like-minded scholars about the “superiority” of the English language and adopt it as our official language, there would be extraordinary challenges in terms of the human and financial resources required to implement such a policy.

I concede we are not all as practically-minded as our Singaporean brothers and sisters. I confess we are mostly somewhat romantic, and possess a historical perspective, because we have a long history, and do not possess the Singaporean practical and trade-oriented mindset.

So, will we be condemned to slow progress merely because we have a vibrant multi-cultural, multi-lingua, colorful, dynamic society, spending time to enjoy the beauty of life?

I am sure we won’t. I am sure Timor Leste will be able to deepen the quality of education, integrate seamlessly within ASEAN and spur modern economic development without forsaking the common sense feeling of belonging to our roots.

The writer is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and President of Timor Leste.


For more information  


 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/04/20/timor-leste-tetum-portuguese-bahasa-indonesia-or-english.html

유학생의 하루

한국에 있는 외국인 유학생 자이미토의 하루를 재미있게 그려 냈습니다.

Today is a historic day for all Timorese and the World

We have had two president elected democratically by us and now is the time for us to once again exercise our political right to decide which one of them is deserved, qualified and meeting the political, social as well as cultural requirements to be our president and to serve our country as defined in the constitution. No doubts that both candidates have excellent plans for TL's future development in needed sectors with which, if elected, they can cooperatively work with the next government holders in order to bring the country out of instability, poverty and consequently establish a sustainability of good economics conditions. 




God bless Lu-Olo and TMR




 God bless Timor-Leste.

Korean Red Cross - Hanseo University Scholarship

RCY Foreign Student Application

Hanseo University is interested in offering Scholarships to the applications who are the members of Red Cross and Red Crescent Youth(RCY) from all over the world, especially from Asia country. The university would like to invite scholarship sponsored  foreign applicants for the education of humanity related studies and the majors of their interests. for this reason, the university seeks to contribute to the enhancement of national prestige of Korea, the promotion of mutual interest among nations and global peace.

Criteria of application is as follows;

• Recommendation from Red Cross/Red Crescent National Society.
• 1 year membership of Red Cross/ Red Crescent National Society.
• Number of Student : About 15 student a year (less than 2 student per country)
• Age : under 21
• Proficiency in English : from middle to high level.
• Standard for school System Education level : Graduate of regular government-certified school who has completed over 11 years education for elementary middle and high school courses.
• Period of study : Four years Bachelor Degree course, and additional six months for the Korean language Training Course.

For student reference : basic expenditures for schooling such as tuition and boarding will be covered by Hanseo university, whereas international air fare, meals and personal expenses will be under the responsibility of an individual student.

Application will accept every year april.

Address #360 Heamimyun Seosan, Chungnam, Korea(356-706)
Tel No- 82-41-660-1706
Fax No- 82-41-660-1707
e-mail sdh0527@hanseo.ac.kr or huircy@gmail.com

Election Day for Timor Leste 2012

Today is the election day for Timor Leste people to choose the new president for the country♥♥ and  to all my beloved east Timoreses, Be smart to vote or choose your leader that you think can change your country not only yourself. 

and José Maria Vasconcelos, famously known as Taur Matan Ruak (Tetum for "Two Sharp Eyes") is the president-elect of East Timor.


For more pictures

 https://www.google.com/search?q=taur+matan+ruak&hl=en&pwst=1&prmd=imvnsu&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=ASGRT72eGcf6mAWN54zKBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBQQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=635&sei=BCGRT_CJAuigmQWA_4zZAQ