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안녕하세요, Sue_English입니다. 오늘의 표현은 (또!) 라라랜드입니다^^; "La-la land" 라라랜드! 영화의 배경이 된 Los Angeles, L.A(엘에이)를 붙여서 읽으면 라- 죠. 거기에 영화가 뮤지컬 영화이기 때문에 계이름이나 흥얼대는 소리 "la la"에서 따온 제목이라고 생각했는데요,영어에 실제로 'la-la land'라는 표현이 있다는 사실!이 라라랜드는 어디를 말하는 걸까요? La-la land: usually in someone's head, a fantasy world where impossible things might happen 그러니까 라라랜드는 즉 환상의 세계, 비현실적인 세계를 말합니다. 특히, 영화나 TV 산업과 연관지어 Hollywood가 있는 Los An..

Today I met a friend from university. She is facing one of the biggest changes that might ever happen to her in life, which is marriage. Her boyfriend is in the US air force, so when she gets married later this year, she'll soon be off to the US. She is practically giving up all her previous life to be together with this man of her choice. She seemed determined to live diligently to keep her car..

https://youtu.be/sI8NsYIyQ2A 테드-에드는 10분 내외로 여러 가지 주제들을 강의하는 기획물인데, 애니메이션들도 귀엽고 내용도 흥미로운 게 많다. 오늘은 고양이에 대한 것. 고양이는 왜 그렇게 이상하게 행동할까? 영상의 결론은 결국 '야생에서 살아남기 위해 터득한 생존법이 지금까지도 남아있는 것'. 인상적인 내용은 고양이의 purring(그르렁댐)에 체세포 재생 기능이 있을 수도 있다는! 심지어 고양이가 그르렁 댈 때 나도 영향을 받을 수 있다는 내용.ㅋㅋ 역시 고양이는 귀엽고 멍청하면서 웃기고도 유익한 생물이다. 한국어 자막 있음.

Has never been so hard. There is no turning back, but this road is full of obstacles that throw me down, multiple times each day. I shall not get knocked down. I shall continue fighting, quietly but steadily. Although I have little faith in humanity, I do believe something is better than nothing, and that something might bring about big changes.

Today, work was okay. I wasn't that busy. But I was really tired, so unmotivated, and just down. Hubby is not home yet to make me feel comfortable, and that's yet another reason for me being all blue and sad. I feel like there's no purpose in all of the things I am doing now. Is this pms? Is this the hormones screwing me again? Okay, let's think of the good things that happened to me today. - fo..

So today is White Day. Thanks to this I-don'-t-know-where-it-originated-from modern day tradition, office was full of sweets today. Each and every member of our team was given a small bag of sweets, so I brought mine home, into which I poured(?) even more sweets from the big basket of candies addressed to our team. Work was relatively easy today. I wasn't as busy as the past few days, and it loo..

"Ms Park is hopelessly mired in an ever-deepening influence-peddling scandal." from. The Economist, "Why Park Geun-hye should resign" mire [verb] Involve someone or something in (a difficult situation)(Synonyms) entangle, tangle up, embroil influence-peddling [noun] (정치가의) 불법적인 영향력 행사, 독직 내멋대로 해석: 박 씨는 손 쓸 방도 없이 바닥 없는 권력 비리의 수렁에 빠져 있다.

Dear diary, It's been a while. I knew that posting something everyday was a bit of a high aspiration for me. Once again I failed to prove myself wrong. Anyway, yesterday was a busy day. From 1 to 7 I was at a book talk. After that, I went to meet my husband and his friends, who were having a drink already. I sped up to catch up their speed, (and I had nothing much to do other than eating and dri..

오늘의 비디오: Sue Klebold - My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story. 얼마 전 Netflix에서 보았던 영화 "케빈에 대하여"가 생각나는 토크였다. 마침 오늘 점심 시간에 회사 동료가 "나는 가해자의 엄마입니다"라는 책을 읽고 있었는데. 내 아들이 언제부터 그런 생각을 가지고 있었는지, 그걸 엄마인 나는 왜 몰랐는지, 혹시 내가 그 원인이었던 것은 아닌지 등등자기 파괴적인 생각들로 스스로를 망칠 수도 있었을 텐데, 이 정도로 건강하게 극복해 낸 수 클리볼드. 정신건강의 중요성에 대해 다시 한 번 경종을 울리는 또 하나의 가슴아픈 사례..

Today is international women's day. I really wanted to participate in the rally, but was not able to. Came home at nine, made dinner and ate, worked a little bit, worked out for a bit as well, chatted with hubby, and now writing my diary. Glad I did not create a menu for Wednesdays. Wonder where my life will take me to.