BRACE YOURSELVES !!

everything that happen in your daily life must have its own reasons. it must be something that you can do or even endure the suffering even if it is really difficult. so, brace yourselves and believe in everything you have because your are born for it.

^_^

FROM HELL_JACK THE RIPPER

The true Jack the Ripper never identified

Catch me if you can..

for those who loved the crime movies or novels that full of mysterious element, i believe that you must know this legendary murderer. he also being dubbed as...

WHITECHAPEL MURDER 

' From Hell ' is one of the films that being adapted from this unsolved mystery. for this time i'm not gonna give my point of view regarding this movie. but, i think that i would like to shared some information regarding this topic.

WHO IS HE??

• A serial murderer
• Killed at least 5 London female prostitute in 1888
• He mutilated the body in unusual manner
• Never being captured
• Remain as one of England’s and world’s most infamous criminal
• Also known as “ Whitechapel Murder “ and “ Leather Apron “

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER

• More than 120 years of mystery
• Just a normal guy
• He might have been a medical professional
• He was right handed

THE CANONICAL FIVE

They are the victims that have been believed killed by Jack The Ripper

JACK THE RIPPER SUSPECT

• George Chapman
• Dr. Neill Cream
• Dr. William Gull
• Prince Albert
• Montague J. Pruitt
• Aaron Kosminski

there are also rumors saying that Jack The Ripper might be a woman and not a man. it is because during that time, it is not rare to see woman walks with a blood stains on her dress. thus, she is not being suspected by the people around her.

Jill The Ripper

but, after more than 120 years lastly the scientists  have found the real criminal. if you realized, he is already being suspected a long time ago. but due to the lack of evidence the policeman can't arrest him. with all the technologies nowadays, the mystery is solved! they found that Aaron Kosminski is the real jack The Ripper.

Aaron Kosminski – Polish Immigrant

Kosminski’s name is clearly visible in a hand­written note by Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Donald Swanson

so now you know...

AKIRA SHOCK !!

maybe this is my real face when  i got a 'surprise' this morning

is it a good or a bad new?? even until now, i still can't figure it out yet. i don't even know why. everything in my head are just spinning together. speechless. that is also the best word to describe myself at this moment. i can't even sleep now.. hahaha..  acah2 burn midnight oil even though i still have a lot of things to do tomorrow. 

actually, everything has been revealed 4 days ago. i thought that is the only surprise that i will get  for now. but everything is beyond my expectation and my control. ohh beside of having that kind of face (even just in my head) i also have this kind of face.. 

feeling wonderful and grateful.. ^_^

see, i even confuse with what i actually felt. the reason why i feel so wonderful and grateful is because my dream has become a reality. at this moment, it not just my imagination anymore even i still can't believe it. huhu.. so, i hope that i'll use this golden or maybe this platinum opportunity to become a better person in the future not just in academic but in everything. but......

hahaha... i just want to leave that space blank. i don't want to continue that sentence anymore. if you're so curios about it then try to figure it out. if you are not interested then leave it blank forever...

counting the days...

INTERCULTURAL COMPETENCE..

for last week's class, we were discussing about one of the important thing when you go aboard. "intercultural competence" means that we can communicate with other people with different culture effectively.

so, for our homework we need to find some of the information that will be very useful for us in the future. as an international student, we are not only going to deal with all Americans. but, bear in mind that we will need to communicated with the people that come for all over the world. for instance from Saudi Arabia, Japan, Thailand etc. so in order to make everything goes smoothly we need to at least know a little a bit about their culture.

thus, my group had decided to come up with the topic "things that will make Koreans feel offended". so basically, we  were presenting about the Korean culture to all our friend. don't worry it is not about K-pop at all. hhaha..actually we got all of this from Mr, Google :P

1. Sticking the chopstick in the rice bowl

as the picture shown above, for korean sticking the chopstick like that is something that can be consider as rude. it is because they usually put something that look kinda like the chopstick during funeral. so, it just like you are eating with dead person when you are sticking you chopstick like that at dining table. oh, actually Japanese all feel the same way when they see people sticking their chopstick in the rice bowl.

2. Writing a name with red ink

i still remember when i was a primary school student, there are some of my friend said that 'if you wrote a name by using a red pen, he/she will die' as i grow older, i come up with the conclusion that statement is just like one of the pranks made by those children. unfortunately, it is a fact! even though it not usually happen, but it is one of the things believed by the people that lived under the same sky with us. so, we still need to respect their culture.

3. Touch their shoulder 

in our culture, we usually touch our friends or family member's shoulder to comfort them. but it doesn't apply in the same way to Korean. it is because they consider that we are treating them like a child when we touch their shoulder. so, we really need to be careful especially when we are interacting with the Koreans that are older than us.

last but not least, what i can conclude is there are still a lot of culture that we need to explore in order for us to become someone with intercultural competence. in my point of view, i think it is really helpful for us to understand all these cultures by directly interact with the people that practice those culture. and one of the best way is to study aboard. for me, it is just like to kill two birds with one stone. it is because you will have the opportunity of gain knowledge and experience a lot of new things at the same time.

culture is just like the rainbow that make our world colourful :)

THE GREAT GATSBY

this movie is actually being adapted from a novel written by an American author,  F. Scott Fitzgerald. it is about a young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby who really obsesses at Daisy Buchanan. Jay Gatsby always hold an extravagant parties but he never joined it. 

Nick Carraway is Daisy's cousin.  one day, he attends to her house for dinner. he is being introduce to Jordan Baker and she reveal that Tom, Daisy's husband has a mistress. the important event in this movie begins when Nick has been invited to one of Gatsby's party. he manages to meet Gatsby personally with the help from Jordan Baker.

Gatsby holds all that luxurious party are just to impress Daisy and hope one day she will appear again at his doorstep. at the middle of the movie's plot, Gatsby has success to reunite back with Daisy and they begin an affair. Daisy does not even hesitate to tell her husband that she is in love with Gatsby. so, tom decided to confront Gatsby. He reveals to Daisy that Gatsby is involve in illegal activities. after that, out of sudden, Daisy realized that her allegiance is to Tom.

after that, sadly Gatsby is taking the blame on Daisy's behalf for killing Myrtle. because of that, myrtle's husband assumes that he is his wife's lover. so, he goes to meet Gatsby and fatally shoots Gatsby and himself. after that Nick willingly do a small funeral for Jay Gatsby, his friend.

quote from the original author of this story

for some reasons, i really think that this quote is actually being directed specially to Jay Gatsby. it is because maybe for Gatsby, Daisy is his everything. so at the moment she leave him, it just like his whole world fall apart. 

i really believe that Gatsby is being involve in all those illegal activities because of his love toward Daisy. so, i feel sympathy to Gatsby because Daisy easily broke the promise that they made a long time ago by marrying Tom. Next, even after all what Gatsby has done to make her happy,  she doesn't even appreciate his effort and Gatsby can't do anything about that. 

on top of that, i also think that Daisy is someone who is materialistic. you know why? just think the reason why she choose Tom instead of Gatsby who is undoubtedly love her? i think it is because when she knows that all Gatsby's fortune comes from the illegal activities, she thinks that one day maybe all the fortune will disappear when his crime is being uncovered. thus, she choose Tom who is truly rich man even though he cheats on her. i think when she is already get tired of all that and she is already an old woman then, she will realize that she actually need a true love. Money can't bring the happiness.

# before i end i just want to share the meaning of  "OLD SPORT"

“Old sport” is Gatsby's catchphrase that will be constantly repeated throughout the novel. It is associated typically with England and aristocratic old money, something Gatsby strives to be associated with.

see you next time...

FACT #2 - THOMAS ALVA EDISON

for some reasons, i really think this beautiful quote inspires my daily life :)

do you ever feel stuff or afraid when you are in a place that full of darkness? if yes, then you maybe suffer a nyctophobia (Fear of the dark or of night). so, how you life until today? hahaha.. all of that thanks to Thomas Alva Edison, the one who invented the practical electric light bulb. if he did not invented that kind of thing, i don't think we can live as comfortable as we are now. 

1879 Invented the first commercially practical incandescent electric lamp

decades later...

so, to show that we appreciate his effort to create something that is very useful, we at least need to know a little bit about him. first thing first, he is not only an inventor, he is also a businessman. if you think that he only invented the electric bulb, then you are completely wrong. it is because he is also the one who developed the  phonograph, the motion picture camera. he had been dubbed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park".

that is a little bit interesting facts about Thomas Alva Edison ( those are the one that i use in my SAT and TOEFL essay)

so, now let's move to the to the second part ^_^. actually i just want to give some of my point of view regarding this person's quote that i find really interesting.

what do you think??

for me, i totally agree with that statement. it is because usually the result that we will get is really depend on the effort  that we put like the equivalent exchange. we will not get something that is falling down from the sky. thus, i think i think this quote is applicable in our daily life especially to the student like myself. i think the harder we work for something, we will not regret on any kind of result that we may get because we have done the best we could do.

thankyouu...

ROMEO AND JULIET ~

is still there people who never heard or know about a tragic love between Romeo and Juliet? i believe that everyone must have heard about them. it does not matter how you know them since they are the most famous fictional characters for most all the time ( that is what i think.. ). you know why?? it is because there are numerous masterpiece that based on they story adapted in various forms; novel, movie, cartoon, anime etc. here they are..

the main issue that has been discussed in this novel is the forbidden love between two person from different clan. those two clans are never in a good term. but because of a strong love between Romeo and Juliet, they even disobeying their own parents. it become such a tragic love story because both of them are trying to achieve their happiness until up to one point killing their own self.  

actually i had read and watched the story of Romeo and Juliet in various forms. so, i personally think that their action have the pros and cons not only to themselves but also to the people around them. first, the pros that they get due to their action is they can find their true love. both of them fall in love at the first moment they meet. they also promise to each other to face all the obstacles and endure it together. it really make them a match made in heaven. However, regardless of all that  they end up dying without even achieving the happiness that they always dream. it really disappointing when Romeo killed himself when he really believe Juliet had died . actually Juliet just drank a potion that only make her unconscious for awhile because she does not want to marry to Count Paris. see, because of their recklessness, they end up dying at young age.

next, the effect of their  action toward the people around them. people around them get the benefit when both clan ( Montague and Capulet ) end their feud after their kids had successfully prove to the world that they can accept each other even their family are enemies when they are willing to die together. so, because of that, Montague and Capulet are ready to accept each other. but before their death, their forbidden love also brought a catastrophic effect to their family. catastrophic effect, somehow i think is such a excessive hyperbole in this case. anyway, because of that there are several family members from both clan are being killed. i think it really upsetting because they are being killed while protecting the one that they love.