Keira Brigit Pauline

I brought the new kitten that I found last night to the vet today. Thankfully there is one very near my home. I am glad I got to have it taken care of within 24 hours. I had it cleaned as it was filthy. It has some fur missing near its ear and a scrape near its front leg. The kitten is about 3 months old. I thought it would be younger. It is very malnourished. The kitten got two shots and some worm medicine. At night it wouldn't come out from under the couch so I put a small dish under it for it to drink out of. It makes a mess when it eats. I am sure it will be fine as a pet because it is still a baby now. When I got back from the vet's I let it out of the carrier in front of the food dish so it would eat and not run away first. It's very shy and nervous.

Last night I was coming back from taekwondo and I had to walk home from the subway station. I had no more money on my bus/train card. While I was walking home I noticed a tiny black and white kitten by the side of the road. I stopped to pick it up, but it hissed at me and tried to run away. I still took it and I held it. I carried it home and it didn't try to run away. It must be about six weeks old. I have to take it to a vet to make sure it isn't ill. It's still filthy, I have nothing to wash it with and didn't have time for cleaning it anyways because I have had to go to work. I will change that soon. It's mostly been under my couch the entire time it's been in my apartment. It was Sunday night when I found out that Puffy died. Puffy was only 3 years old. I am happy to find this new kitty.

Yesterday I went to a doctor at Hoegi. I went to find out about not being able to swallow food well. That started July 6. I have thought it could be stress, the summer heat, many things. It looks like I have GERD, or acid reflux disease. That is when acid comes up from the stomach and irritates the esophagus and throat. The spicy Korean food is one thing leading up to that. I also had a lot of stress with my old job. I didn't like it and I felt the job wasn't worth the strain on my physical and mental health. I was there for six months. After picking up my medication I went to Insadong. I looked around the shops and stuff they sold on the street. I got a few Christmas presents. I poked around a music shop and saw some nice guitars, mandolins, flutes, etc. The concert mandolins had a round back on them. I handled one of them. I don't know how to play one, but they look like fun.I saw many violins and violas. I was surprised to see a lot of ukuleles. I saw an a

My sister and I just talked on the phone. She said Puffy passed away. She was very distraught. I know the cat meant a lot to her.

My sister called me and said her white cat is sick. I do hope it gets better. I would feel bad for her because the cat is her best friend. There are the pictures of her cat Puffy when I first came back from Korea. The other kitten is my Siamese cat Violet. Violet is my baby and I still miss her.

I went to vespers on Friday night. I went to the street market earlier and got some fruit and some yarn. I want to make a nice wrap. It will be cold soon. In the morning I went to the Koreans' student church. There was lots of singing. It made me wish I could speak Korean better. I later went to Sahmyook University and brought my new guitar with me. My friend Wendy said she would help me learn to play. I went to her and her husband's house for lunch and she had a big crowd there. We talked a lot. I later went home for a nap because everyone was talking and talking and I was getting tired. We can play together another time. I left the instrument with her and she said she'd tune it for me. I went home and laid down for a while and later went for a walk. I decided to cross the street and go to the village over there. I found a nice used clothing store and Dunkin' Donuts. I'll have to explore the area later. I almost got hit by a car because I was crossing

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They arrested someone in the Yale University slaying. I am glad. I hope that is the real perpetrator. more later...

There was a Yale student that was recently murdered last week. Her name was Annie Le from California. She was a pharmacology student. When I was in the United States, I lived two hours from Yale. Her body was found on the day she was supposed to be married. That is very sad. I talked to my mother about the case, and she said Miss Le was known to be a genius and "could have been the next Einstein" to put that figuratively. So far nobody has been convicted. I think it's very sad that she had so much potential and didn't get to live up to it. She wasn't sexually assaulted and didn't have valuables on her. The murder must have been done out of revenge or jealousy. This made me think of another murder of a very intelligent person in Connecticut. Dr. Eugene Mallove was a physicist who was known for his interest in very different theories. He was regarded as an eccentric by some in scientific circles because he dabbled in what was considered "the impo

Lotus flowers at Lake Park in Ilsan. Near the eating places at Sahmyook University. Sahmyook University Buramsan in the background. Deoksogung Palace. Flowers at Sahmyook University. Taken from the steps of the art museum at Deoksogung.

Here is Sissel singing "Pie Jesu" from Webber's "Requiem". The piece is one of the better parts of the requiem, which is an uneven work. Sissel is most famous for her vocals in the "Titanic" soundtrack. Edita Gruberova also singing "Pie Jesu" by Webber. Here is Cecelia with a different recording of Pie Jesu. I have only heard her doing this one, nobody else. Lucia Popp singing "Pie Jesu" from Faure's "Requiem".

The Age of Reason I want to read this book. This is about how the "romantic generation" learned to view science. It mentions Franklin, Faraday, Goethe, and many other geniuses of the day. It features writers such as Mary Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge and how they wrote about science as well. It has 500+ pages and looks like a nice thick book to read. The Brother Gardeners This is a great history of botany from the 18th and 19th centuries. I saw this at Kyobo Bookstore, but it cost about 52,000 won. I will get it when it's cheaper. It's a new book and also an import. Best American Travel Writing 2009 I have been collecting this series that started in 2000. Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang This is a journal written by Premier Zhao Ziyang during the Mao era. He became a political prisoner. I have another book called Wild Swans by Jung Chang that I have read half of. I find Chinese history to be very interesting.

Here is the harp-guitar played by the legendary Alex Degrassi.

Yesterday (and still today in the USA) was the anniversary of the attacks in New York City and Washington D.C. and a downed plane in Pennsylvania. I do remember that day all too well. It is one of those situations where people will always ask "where were you when...?) Tuesday, September 11, 2001 was a beautiful day. It was one of those days when nobody wants to be inside. The weather was warm, there was a light breeze, and there was hardly any clouds in the sky. I had been on campus at my new college for two weeks. I didn't have a job, so I decided I was settled in long enough to start looking for something. I walked to the student employment office. When I was in there I heard an office worker say that an airplane had crashed into one of the twin towers in New York City. I was surprised. I thought it was an accident. I wondered how that could have happened. Did the pilot have a heart attack? But then the co-pilot would have taken over. Did something go wrong with

Today I found an article on CNN that said skin whitening cream has become popular in Asia. It focused on how fair skin is en vogue in India. Whitening cream is being sold widely to both genders. It's even advertised on television with ads implying that whiter skin will get them a better job and a better chance at getting a nice life partner. India apparently has a stigma on skin colour, with many people who say that fairer-skinned people are treated better in the job market. India still has arranged marriages and newspaper advertisements for a spouse often say that a fair partner is desired. I do think that the idea of fair skin being more desirable is the "lily of the field" idea. It was popular in Europe for many years. Those with tans were people who worked outside and the rich people could stay inside out of the sun and stay lighter. I have found that this is common here in Korea. Just this week I went to a "Skin Food" shop to find a facial scrub for

This was written in New York Times . It's interesting on who actually quoted this. This person seems like a mediocre student. "It didn’t work out quite as I had anticipated. I didn’t know enough to participate in the exciting physics research that was going on at Cornell. I took German, in which the main thing I learned was that I have no head for foreign languages. My courses in philosophy left me puzzled about how ideas of Plato and Descartes that seemed to me absurd could have been so influential. I did not become wise." Who said this?! It sounds like a mediocre student. (Answer below the picture) "Snakes" by M.C. Escher Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physics... I can't say if Steven Weinberg was a mediocre student overall or not. The truth is that geniuses are just as human as everyone else.

She does very good in this rendition of "Pie Jesu" in Fuare's Requiem. The harp is lovely. Lucia Popp also sang a great version of this as well.

This video features one of the Pacific islands' greatest musicians. He died a few years ago. He had a weight problem, it actually got so bad that eventually he needed a forklift to get on the stage. He was considered someone who had a heart as big as he was. The final part of the video shows some footage of his funeral. I noticed people in the water cheering as his ashes were being poured into the water. It was to celebrate his life. Shouldn't that be what services are for?

I came back from church and found one of my hedgehogs dead. I buried it in the yard with one of my potted flower bulbs. I do hope it comes up again in the spring. I feel bad for the other hedgehog. That one seems to be doing well so far, but she hasn't realized that her friend won't be around anymore.

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I have a lesson in one of my English textbooks about the Westernisation of Korea. It speaks of blond hair on Koreans and imported red wines. When I first went to Korea, I was very surprised to see so many Koreans with brown or blond hair. During my first week I went to a PC bang to check my e-mail and was surprised that the man at the desk had a voluptous mane of light blond hair. I wanted to laugh. Many of the Korean models and movie stars have brown hair. One of the soccer players in the World Cup in 2006 sported a shock of blond hair. I also noticed lots of Pizza Huts, Dunkin Donuts, Outback Steakhouses, and Subways. It was nice to have some of those things, yet I felt it was also sad that there were so many of them. Many Korean children are now overweight because they eat lots of fast food. I was shocked to find out how many of my students said they wanted "bigger eyes". They felt that larger Western eyes were desirable. Many people in Korea and Japan have surg

Recently, I have been researching information about autism. I grew up knowing a family with a severely autistic sibling. He can't speak and must use sign language to communicate. He would sit in church and twirl his tie and stare at it during the service. I also had a neighbour with identical twins that were severely autistic. I could hear them in their yard making animal noises while they played. I had the privilege of meeting Tony Deblois, a blind autistic savant with a talent for music. He spent a lot of time "stimming" and was difficult to talk with, but he could play the piano like Liberace. Those people I knew of were the classic autistics that we often think about when we think of people with autism. I was surprised to learn about the diversity of people with autistic traits. There is an autism spectrum with people who can mostly function well in society, even if they have their setbacks. There are people with Asperger's Syndrome, High-functioning autism