“The most innovate and revolutionary” would best describe the newest device, iPhonus. How is it different from other phones? You’ll have to see all the amazing functions it contains. After looking at all the basic apps, such as Quib Online, LovePotion, Extendable Ear, etc. and many more additional astounding apps, you will definitely be able to notice prominent differences between an iPhonus and any other normal phone that you can find.

The marvelous functions of the iPhonus are inexplicable. One of the numerous apps in the iPhonus is Quib Online, an app that you can use to search about anything on Earth and even outside of the Earth. Another would be LovePotion. Do you have a secret crush that you want to date? If so, then do not hesitate to buy the iPhonus! The LovePotion app will make your crush fall in love with you within 24 hours! What a remarkable app! This is not the end. The Extendable Ear app allows you to hear things that are as far as 5km away from your current location. You can also hear minute sounds that can’t be heard using your bare ears. Oh, you think that all of these apps are useless for you? You might want to think about it once more because there’s another app that you would die to have. The TimeTurn app in the iPhonus allows you to go back in time! Let’s say that you have a big exam coming up tomorrow. You were busy for the whole week and had almost no time to study for the exam. The time of the exam finally came and you completely messed up the test. What would you do? Press TimeTurn and set the time that you wish to go back to. Done! After a blink of an eye, you’ll be studying for your exam that is going to be in two weeks, or whatever time you set up to go back to. What about people who don’t have an iPhonus? Too bad! I guess they should work harder for their exam! Although I’ve only explained four out of the infinitely large diversities of apps, I’m sure that you understood the advantages of having an iPhonus in terms of its functions and usages. So how expensive would this revolutionary device be?

The brilliant device itself with three different types of phone cases, two spare batteries, a pair of earphones and a touch pen are provided with ONLY $99.99!!! Buy the iPhonus with the cheapest price right now and you’ll also receive the Harry Potter series for free! I guarantee you that you will never regret buying the iPhonus and that this opportunity will never come to you again! Buy the latest version of the iPhonus for only $99.99 with all the new functions that are added! You can get straight A’s, make your crush fall in love with you, or even win the lottery with ease. Get your own iPhonus for only $99.99 with the best deal in 2014! If you wish to purchase the iPhonus, please contact 010-1234-5678! You’ll never regret!

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It would be amazing if a statistician would follow me for the whole day and measure whatever I wanted to measure. Some great examples could be measuring the number of calories I consume or how many kilometers I move every day in order to keep track of my health. However, what I find as some of the most useful information are the number of times I sigh a day, and the measurement of the length of hair that grows each day.

Being high school students, we all undergo stress due to the overwhelming amount of homework or tests. Experiencing the stress myself, I realized that knowing how many times I sigh a day could be quite useful. Using the number of sighs, I could better understand both the mental and physical states of myself every day. For instance, if I sighed five times on Wednesday, eight times on Thursday, and ten times on Friday, it is obvious that I have been suffering from the work I was given that week. In that case, I would plan a more relaxed schedule during the weekend to free myself from the stress I had received during the weekdays. If I sigh only a couple of times during the weekdays, I would probably have more energy and strength remaining to use during the weekends. This way, I am able to make a perfect and efficient schedule that would enhance my working ability as well as my mood and physical condition.

For me, long hair is something that has been continued throughout almost all of my life. I don’t even remember the last time my hair was shorter than shoulder length. Since I love long hair and waiting for my hair to grow is one of the things I do every day, I thought that knowing the length of hair that grows each day would be something very interesting. As a matter of fact, I’m sure that many girls would agree with the curiosity of how fast our hair grows. It actually depends on the individual and is likely to be different for each person; however, we still try to find the average speed of hair growth for aesthetic purposes. Even though everybody knows that hair constantly grows, nobody can actually tell the exact measurement or speed of how fast our hair grows. The advantage of measuring the speed of my hair growth is that if I know how fast my hair grows, then I can calculate how often I need to cut my hair, and how much I should cut. Knowing all of this information accurately, having the perfect hair length would become possible eventually. Also, if I get a horrible haircut or cut my hair too short, I would know how many days, weeks, or even months it would take for me to grow it back to my original length.

Wanting to know how fast my hair grows would sound ludicrous to those who don’t understand the pain of a terrible haircut. However, it is simply for brief happiness of waiting for the remaining days to reach a certain length. Additionally, we usually sigh when we feel disheartened or stressed out so counting the number of sighs each day would indirectly show our mood during a certain day.

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Every year, as we get older, we gradually gain more and more unforgettable memories that last for a long time. Although some people might be able to recollect memories far back from the past, others simply forget about the precious times no matter how momentous or significant they were. Being the age of fifteen, the most unforgettable memory would be the day I heard that my dog was dead.

During the long summer break, my mom and I were in Seoul because I needed to study for the SAT. It was the eleventh of July when the incident happened. I was enjoying a normal Friday afternoon, full of happiness and excitement, expecting how much relaxation I would be able to have. In the middle of having a nice dinner with my mom, I received a message from my cousin. The message told me that the dog I used to have died yesterday. I was completely shocked and filled with despair when I saw the news. Bursting out in tears from the restaurant all the way home, I couldn’t control myself from the overwhelming grief.

My brother was twelve and I was only four when we first got a cocker spaniel named Bingo, a very incorrigible and disobedient dog. He used to eat my crayons and pooped out colorful dung, rip all of my brother’s clothes, and even chew on many of our house furniture. After three years of complete disaster inside the house, my parents weren’t able to take care of him and decided to raise him in my grandmother’s house. Since we lived in an apartment and my grandmother lived in a house, they decided that it would be better for both our family and Bingo. I really did not want to live separately from Bingo, but it was the whole family’s decision to say goodbye.

Even though I had only lived together with him for a little more than three years, I can still recollect the times that I spent with him. I still remember the time when I tried to give him a bath and failed, taking him for walks and the coziness from hugging his fluffy body every day. Even after he moved to my grandmother’s house, our family visited him very often, bringing snacks and toys to play with. There’s also another big event that caused a catastrophe within our family. One afternoon, my mom received a phone call from my grandmother telling me that Bingo escaped from the house and he couldn’t be found anywhere near the house. Our whole family had to search for him everywhere for the whole day, but we still couldn’t find him. Later that night, we came back to my grandmother’s house and found him, sitting on the front porch. Everyone was extremely surprised, but relieved on the other hand that he wasn’t lost forever.

After all these precious time with him, the death of Bingo will last forever in my memory. Although I have two dogs that I am currently living with, the childhood that I spent with him will stay as one of my happiest times in life. Nonetheless, there are many adults who have forgotten about the death of their first pet. It has been almost two months and a half since I knew the death of my first pet, and about three years since I got two new pets. Indeed, I don’t feel as sad as I used to feel a month ago. But no matter how happy I become with my new pets, I would never forget the death of my first lovely pet. For all pet owners, the death of their pet is very depressing. It’s very hard to overcome the agony. However, as time passes, they get accustomed to the sorrow and gradually become more and more indifferent to the situation. The reason that they forget about it could partly be caused by the memories of a new pet or pets they buy. The new happy memories from new pets tend to replace the precious memories from previous pets. Of course, perpetually concentrating on the death of one’s first pet is not the best thing to do. However, people should really appreciate the good times that they had spent with their first pet and remember how happy it was to be with the pet that loved them.

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Even though I do not know the purpose or how desperate you are to fit in at DIS, this guide will probably help you a lot by preventing you from being noticed by others. To give you a brief introduction about DIS, it has been a little more than four years since Daegu International School was established. Every morning, the headmaster, Mr. Odom and the Principal, Mr. Jolly stand in front of the main gate, greeting students who get off from the bus.

The first class begins at eight o’clock in the morning. However, there is a fifteen minute homeroom time that students usually spend watching videos from DBS or Jet Stream, or do homework. Each class period takes up eighty minutes and there are five-minute breaks in between classes. During lunch time, which starts at 12:25 and ends at 1:05, students can have lunch in the cafeteria and enjoy their free time in the gym, soccer field, or library. There are two lines in the cafeteria, one that gives you an international menu and another for a Korean menu. Usually during lunch times, most of the guys play either basketball or soccer while most of the girls hang out inside the cafeteria or in the library. After the fourth period class ends at 2:30, students who do not have after school activities can take the first bus that leaves at 2:45. For those who have after school activities, there is a second bus that leaves at 4:30.

All students in DIS are required to wear DIS uniforms in the campus. There are various styles of uniforms that students can wear, including green or blue T-shirts, khaki pants or skirts, white blouses, hoodies, etc. But make sure that you are wearing uniforms that have the DIS logo on them!

To avoid confusion, let me describe the structure of the DIS campus, which includes the early child center, main building, library, cafeteria, gym, dorm, soccer field and basketball court. Right when you enter the gate, you’ll see the cafeteria, under the library. On the right side of the cafeteria is the DIS dormitory, then the gym. On the left side of your view would be a basketball court next to a soccer field, which is right next to the playground and the early child center building. Where you would want to go is probably the main building, located in the left side of the cafeteria.

So how should you behave in DIS to avoid being conspicuous? It’s really not that hard. Pay attention during class, but be sure to make some side conversations because it’s impossible for students to stay quiet for the whole class period. Behaviors after lunch could be playing basketball or soccer if you are a guy, or chatting in the library if you are a girl. During lunch times, you are not allowed to go inside the main building unless you are using the restroom. You are allowed to go inside only after the bell rings. You should always respect your classmates and stay close with them. It’ll be useful if you know some slang that students normally use during conversations.

All of this information might sound too mundane and dull. However, there’s actually nothing that special you need to consider about in order to fit in at DIS. You simply need to act like a normal student and stay away from things that would make you stand out among other people. Good luck and I hope you succeed in whatever mission you are trying to accomplish! 

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Manipulation takes place all the time in society, even though people don’t really realize the fact that it is used every day. Some people might manipulate others intentionally while others do it unconsciously. I strongly believe that manipulation happens intentionally and is the core of our social interaction. I find nothing wrong with manipulating others because it is a type of self-defense that is used commonly amongst people. Even the slightest attempt to persuade someone actually counts as manipulation in a way.

I had been manipulated by external factors several times. One of those examples falls in the category of shopping. I’m sure that most of the girls would concur with how I feel about internet shopping malls. Many teenagers purchase clothes online due to the variety of clothes and the convenience of ordering them. On a Saturday, I was looking through the pictures of clothes and found the most stunning dress. Viewing the picture of the model who wore the dress, it looked like the most gorgeous dress on Earth. The reviews on the bottom of the screen indicated how much people loved the dress. Manipulated by the picture of the model and the reviews on the website, I finally ordered and waited for it to arrive. The result was catastrophic. Compared to the slim fit in the picture with the perfect length, the dress that I received was more of a loose-fit dress that came all the way down, below my knee. Even though I already knew that the pictures were edited, I completely ignored the fact because the captivating dress made me impetuously press the “purchase” button. The manipulation of the shopping mall caused me to order a dress that I would have never bought if I knew what it really looked like.

Visiting places related to superstition is yet another example of manipulation. Nobody knows whether fortune-tellers or tarot cards really have the ability to foresee the future. Nonetheless, people are unconsciously manipulated by those factors. Although fortune-telling is not scientifically proven to be accurate, the presence of “fortune telling” itself causes people to become curious and eventually, they find themselves incessantly seeking for their fortune.

I’ve also had several experiences of manipulating others. The typical “trying to make a good first impression” could be one of them. Usually, nobody exposes the real him or herself on the first day of school. In order to get one step closer to a stranger, I thought that this type of manipulation was needed. If you start talking to a stranger about how much you love food or how obsessed you are about Sherlock Holmes, there’s a high possibility that the stranger would think that you’re abnormal in a negative way. To prevent the situation from happening, on my first day of DIS, I just listened to my talkative classmates and stayed relatively quiet. Even though I’m not that of a timid and calm person, I tried not to be overly jovial. I made people think that I was a placid, tranquil girl, even though I was actually really vigorous and energetic.

Since manipulation happens so commonly inside society, it seems like not many people notice the fact that people manipulate each other all the time. Although there are people who manipulate others without any harmful purposes, manipulation occurs intentionally and I don’t find it erroneous. Manipulation is indeed a key factor that leads to a smoother communication.

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Gatsby Hair Jam

Commercials on TV have become very common recently. Among the various types of commercials, some are creative and amusing while others are too repetitive and boring. I had never really had a commercial that I hated to death, but there is one that I find absurd. The hair jam commercial from Gatsby is probably the most eccentric commercial that I had ever seen.

The commercial starts out with a strange guy holding the hair jam. Only from the head to the upper torso of the man is shown in the screen. His entire skin is covered with a dark grey hue and has two horn-shaped parts in his hair, resembling that of a devil. Next to the weird guy is a picture of a man. Whenever a picture appears on the screen, the strange guy says either “hair jam” or “not hair jam” depending on the style of the hair. If the man in the picture has a nice hair style, the weird man says “hair jam.” But if a creepy man with an awful hair style appears in the picture, the weird guy says “not hair jam.” Just by the explanations above, one may say that the commercial isn’t that bad. However, starting from the appearance of the guy to the weird pictures that show up, I can guarantee that the commercial is weird enough.

First of all, the voice and the looks of the weird guy make me dislike the advertisement. A weird looking guy with dark grey skin constantly repeats the words hair jam and no hair jam. The commercial even ends with him saying “Ta-dah, hair jam.” The steadfast and indifferent tone of his voice makes the advertisement appear creepier. Even the background of the whole scene looks eerie. There’s no background music like other commercials, and the only words that the weird guy says are “hair jam” or “not hair jam.”

Secondly, the pictures that change after he says the phrases are sometimes very strange. One of the pictures has two old men with bunny headbands and one of them is wearing a dress. There’s also a picture of a monk with barely any hair and a man with hair as long as that of an average woman. So the main reason I think that this commercial is so disturbing is that it makes no sense at all. There is too much exaggeration in the advertisement. Using hair jam wouldn’t change a person’s facial appearance. Just because you don’t use hair jam doesn’t mean that you are ugly or not stylish. In the commercial, all the men who used the hair jam seem to be handsome while other men who didn’t use the hair are either creepy old men or has the weirdest hair styles. The commercial seems to give us a silent message, such as “If you don’t use this hair jam, you’ll become one of these weirdos,” forcing us to buy the hair jam.

I honestly cannot understand how the producer wanted to advertise the product. I think that the method that was used to advertise the hair jam is incorrect because the commercial contains a negative meaning that people who don’t use the hair jam tend to be uglier than those who use the hair jam. This commercial should be deleted or remade someday so that people who don’t use the hair jam would be less offended by it.

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