Tadol's Blog

Today, there were many issues. My favorate Japaness singer, Sakai Izumi(Vocalist in Zard) and Korean actor Yeo Jae-gu passed away. And Jeon Do-yeon became the best actress in Festival De Cannes. In addition, Miss Korea Lee Honey informally became the Miss Universe. Thus, there were not only good but also bad news today.

I have been a fan of Sakai Izumi since I was a high school student. Almost all her songs are very good. But I can't listen to her new songs. So I'm very sad.

And, actually, I don't know Yeo Jae-gu well. But I remember that I had ever seen him in <Mystery TV Suprise>. Anyway it's sad event.

By the way, happy news reduced my sad emotion. Jeon Do-yoen was one of the best actress in Korea before she wins Cannes best actress prize. But, now, she became the best actress in the world. It's very encouraging event for improving Korean movie. I expect to grow Korean movie.

Finally. according to informal survey, Lee Honey is the best beauty of participating delegates in Miss Universe 2007. I expect that she will be formal Miss Universe. Good luck.

I think S/W Maintance is very important. And It's more difficult than development. I have fixed and added function on the S/Ws which are developed by me. But I seem that many people think developing S/W is difficult and important. So there is tendency to think about maintance insignificantly. But the cost of maintance is very high.

Most of the clients frequently request something which will be fixed and added. And then an officer assigned will have to take it. But the requests are infinite and never ending. And they are sometimes changed. For example, A client says "I want to use a function like this.". And then maintance officer will add function. And the client will sometimes say a few days after "I want to change the function. I tried to use it. However, I think that it and what I want are different."

If above events are frequently occured, maintance will become annoying work. So I think some people who work for S/W company must take the high cost of maintance into consideration. That's because they can't have only to put blame on clients. And developers have to think for convenient maintance when they work. Let us say, documentation, naming method, modulization, and so on.

Anyway, I wrote this article because I have been stressed for maintance. I hope that developers win public recognition.

I received a last lesson of this term in SDA today. So I could see that whether pass or repeat. I was passed. And I will be level 3 next month. But I don't think my conversation ability is not level3. So I'm worried. In addtion, My teacher in level 3 is Duke who is very strict. I'm afraid.

I'm not good at English speaking and listening yet. I think that because I didn't practice hard. I usually become deaf when I hear English speech. And I usually become mute when I speak English. It's difficult for me to study English. Maybe.. I seem that there is no King Road when I study English. I'll just have to study hard. Go! Go! Seung-chul~!

I haven't written this diary for a long time although I was less busy than before. I had been interested in English from January to March. So I had thought I can study hard. But I couldn't do so because I didn't fundamentally like English. It's confused for me to have to study English though I wasn't pleasure while studying. I usually don't study if I feel it's boring.

But I'm interested in solving problems in http://acm.uva.es.(I solved 7 problems. My current rank is 16330th of 64320.) The problems are written in English. So I must translate them to understand. After that, I can try to solve it. So that I started to be interested in English again a few days ago. In my case, study is started when I think it's interesting.

Anyway, I'm interested in studying English and solving algorithm problems now. I think I can't do others for a while. That's becuase I fall in above.

Let me tell you about my hobbies or interests. I like music, inline skating, and collecting stamps.

First of all, I'll speak to you about music. I always listen to music while using a computer. I like various genre, R&B, rock, ballad, New Age music, and so on.

Moreover, I like to sing. I sometimes record my songs and listen to them. I have a friend who likes to sing. He and I evaluate mutual songs each other. I think that music keeps me sometimes calmly, sadly, and happily. I love music so much.

Second hobby is inline skating. inline skating is very interesting. But it's sometimes dangerous. So I always put on protective equipment and do light exercise before main exercise. I usually do it in Top Dong. it's near my house. It takes about 20 minutes on foot from my house.

Finally, I have collected stamps since 1995. But I lost two stock book in 1996. There were many stamps in the book. Although I was angry and frustrated, I have constantly collected since that time. So I have many stamps. But I haven't arranged stamps on the pages of books these days. I'll have to arrange them today.

One of the most valuable my stamps is the DokDo stamp. I didn't get it on delivery day. And postman said that he lost it. So I doubted him. But He delivered it a few days after. I don't know the reason. Anyway I received it. So I was happy.

Thank you for your attention.

I had taught algorithm to a middle school student for 3 days, as out-of-school studies. He is preparing for entering science high school. And I think he study science(including computer) very hard. I was pleased because I have thought that I help students who like science. If he pass contest in school, he'll participate city contest. I don't know the result yet. If the result is good, I'll be happy.

I took TOEIC today. I haven't studied and took it for a long time. So I don't expect good score. But If it is higher than previous score, I'll be happy. the part 1 and the part 5 were easy than what I had thought. but part 2 was very confused. And I still feel time is not enough. So I put the 15 anwsers thoughtlessly. I'll must promote the level of reading speed and listening ability.

I met three friends yesterday. They are Kyung-Ran, Hae-kyung, and Seok. I treated to them because I was paid for my project.

First of all, we went to the SaDaeChunHwang for eating pan-broiled SunDae. And there were many problems while eating it. Although we ordered Cheese pan-broild SunDae, it's simple pan-broild SunDae to come us. And the gas burner didn't come into action several times. But, In the end, we ate it. It was delicious.

After that, we went to the madrid for drinking. I drank Gin Tonic and Tequila Sunrise. They are not strong. Especially, I think Tequila Sunrise is good for women because it like that beautiful sunrise and is not strong. Gin tonic is gin and tonic water. The proof of gin is 40%. But Gin tonic is not strong because of mixing with tonic water and ice. Anyway, the two cocktails were good.

Finally, We went to a bar called 7 club. We drank beer which are corona, budweiser. And we talked about company, relationship, department, etc. We felt so good. And we promise to meet frequently. Next meeting place is SinJeju. kkk;

There was the wedding of my seniors. I went to the wedding place with Seok. There were many people(including alumni of my department). And professor Park Kyung-Rin was an officiate at the wedding. I was impressed by him because he was wigged. I had heard about his wig before I saw the figure.

And, because there is no any wedding feast in there, I went out eating a pork cutlet with my friends after that.

Anyway, I think the bridegroom and bride will be happy. I congratulate them on their combination. Congratulations!!

I was reelected as the president in my class in SDA. I was the president in Level 1 Class. At that time, Anet recommended me. And she recommended me this time too. Anet said

"I recommend Smith. He was president our last class."

And I said "I recommend Anet.". However, president have responsibility for taking heavy objects like beverage, cookies, etc when we have tea time. And the students in our class are women except me. So I couldn't refuse.

But I can't speak and listen English well. So I'm afraid.

Anyway, do my best~!!!

I take Level 2 lesson in the SDA these days. My teacher was Korean when I was in Level 1. But I'm Level 2 student now. My teacher is American whose name is Todd. His pronunciation is better than Level 1 teacher because he is a native speaker.

He tells us a story every day. But I can't hear them well. I understand partly. However, I seem that the other students understand well. I know my listening ability is bad. My writing ability is better than it. So I can write this. But I can't speak English well.T-T. I feel I need to study harder than now. Although English is very difficult, it is mere language.

I will conquer a mountain called English!!