[Gwangju MANNAM International] MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10km in their shoes "video"

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MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10km in their shoes in Seoul, Korea

finally,
Gwangju own MIYC 10km video was made!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIwZBdGS6Sk

 

My computer did not work ㅠㅠ

I can't upload directly ㅡㅜ

 

 

 

P.S
in the video,
you can find the most beautiful, active and pretty girl,
Yes,
that's me :P

MANNAM STORY _ MIYC, 10km in their shoes, pledge of peace! (4)

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Today's topic: MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10 km in their shoes (4)

4 postings about one topic, wow, it's really long! Isn’t it?
Today will be the last day of MIYC.

The last topic is the '10km in their shoes'!!!

What's the purpose of the 10km? Why MIYC prepare 10km?

Actually, this 10km event is not the first 10km event. Last April we also had 10km event in all branches. You can follow this YouTube and can watch the 10km of Gwangju MANNAM.
→ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23NoEX525-Q

On that day, not only Gwangju but also other 12 branches had 10km events at the same time.

Then, why the 10km event was made and what is the aim of the 10km event?

 10km in their shoes was an awareness campaign. Holding the flags of the damaged countries (by war), people shouted the end of the war and world peace out. Through walking, participants were aware of the crises that the world faces now. The crises can be the war, climate change, disaster and dictatorship. (Especially this 10km event was made to oppose to the war.) It was a soundless movement toward the world. All participants walked wishing to show their strong supports to the anti-war movement and those who suffer from the ongoing war. 10km in their shoes was the starting point of MIYC. Through 10km event, MIYC began to act as a representative of many youth organizations working for world peace. It was a great step forward visible world peace.

 'Is it possible to achieve world peace just by walking 10km?' People may think like this. However, if you think about the history again then you can find that all the victories of freedom were made through the revolution. Long time ago, people had to bleed during the revolution, but now people don't need to bleed (ok, I admit nowadays also people sometimes (or often) bleed for the freedom). Thanks to the development of media thing, we can easily share our hopes and thoughts with the people who have the same thoughts with us. In this case, people can gather through Internet (or SNS') and can move together even though they are apart from each other. Nowadays, it is possible to go revolution without blood.

 10km event does not end as one day event. I don’t know the exact day but I heard that soon, 10km events will be held in all over the world. It started from one small country, Korea, but it will spread to the world. One candle can find another candle in the darkness. I think 10km event in Korea is the first lighted candle. And the light of the first candle spreads to the other ‘hidden’ candles. One light looks very small and people may be able to recognize it, but if the lights are put together, people can’t ignore it. It is the characteristic of the light. I think all the movements for world peace are like the candle.

 

It is the badge of MIYC.

We can get this badge after finishing the 10km (3km for us:P).

The mark in the middle is 'thumb prints!'

 Don’t ignore the one weak candle.

 It can burn the entire world.

MANNAM STORY _ MIYC, 10km in their shoes, pledge of peace! (3)

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Today's topic: MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10 km in their shoes (3)

Last two posts were about my personal experience with MIYC 10 km. Today, I will post about the MIYC itself. What it is and what is the purpose of MIYC !

What is MIYC?

MIYC is the acronym of MANNAM International Youth Coalition. 

MIYC site says that
  "MIYC was formed from groups of young people coming together with the vision and determination to unite people across borders, cultures, languages and races. MIYC aims to foster a spirit of appreciation and respect for the diversity of humanity, as well as for all individuals that create that diversity."

What is the aim of MIYC?

 MIYC will organize some projects throughout the year and organizations that decided to join the movement of MIYC will engage in those projects. For those projects, there will be a youth summits and summit's aim is to develop practical and sustainable solutions to the challenges facing us in the pursuit of peace. Nobody wants war/fight. Everybody wants peace. Then why the peace couldn't be obtained until now? Because we coulnd't bring our power together. MIYC's role is to combine people's power into one way. One by one, all youth organization will join the movement of MIYC and MIYC will become more powerful. Each of us is very small, but if we put together, we can be a big power.

In my humble opinion, MIYC is a very ideal coalition. MIYC is not just a group, it is a 'coalition'. You may know the clear meaning of coalition. A coalition is 'a group consisting of people from different political or social groups who are co-operating to achieve a particular aim. MIYC was made only to cooperate with each other aiming to world peace. That's all. Nobody can say that it is for specific one group. It can not be like that MIYC is just a good way to gather together in the name of world peace. I hope MIYC spread more further than now and through MIYC world peace would be made.

 

 

 

 

 

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MANNAM STORY _ MIYC, 10km in their shoes, pledge of peace! (2)

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Today's topic: MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10 km in their shoes (2)

 

  After finishing the 3km, We (Gwangju MANNAM) went to the zoo. The zoo is really big!

In the zoo, we did scavenger hunt! Each team has 2 big missions. First one is to find 5 things about the peace in the zoo. 1. fight/war 2. reconciliation 3. harmony 4. peace 5.... I can't remember!!!!!! Anyway, there are 5 things that we had to take picture of it. Second one is to bring 'Cloud'.  Our team was divided into 2 teams and my team's mission was to find fight/war, reconciliation and harmony. We didn't have much time so we only could go gorilla and chimpanzee area.... All we took is... gorilla and chimpanzee !!!!! 

 

Can you imagine what it means?

It is a 'peace'.

Why?

If you look carefully the monkey,
then you can see that the monkey carries her (or his!?!?!?) baby on her chest.
Mother and baby, it is a 'peace'

 

  You may think that how it can be the peace but it is peace. As I wrote in MIYC, 10km in their shoes, pledge of peace (1), peace is not that difficult concept. I think first thing that we have to do to achieve world peace is to make people think 'peace' in easy way. If people start to use 'peace' easily, then the burden of the 'world peace' will be less. Let's start one by one.

 

 

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MANNAM STORY _ MIYC, 10km in their shoes, pledge of peace! (1)

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Today's topic: MIYC, Pledge of Peace, 10 km in their shoes (1)

 Last Sunday, I went to Seoul with Gwangju MANNAM members. For what? To participate in the big peace event named 'Pledge of Peace, 10km in their shoes'. This event was hosted by MIYC (MANNAM International Youth Coalition). Many youth groups who are wishing for 'peace' gathered together in Seoul Grand Park and had a meaningful time. Participants were supposed to walk 10 km, but because we are from Gwangju (it takes about 4 hours to go to Seoul from Gwangju ;<) we walked only 3 km. The weather was so good and cherry blossoms were in full bloom. It was really good to walk while thinking the world peace.

 In Seoul Grand Park, there were many many people (foreigners and Korean), and I was happy that it means many people are thinking about the peace. When I heard this event, I doubted that how many people are thinking about the world peace and come to the event? However it turned out that many people are thinking about the world peace and try to do something for the world peace. It made me really really happy.

 Many people think that 'peace' is difficult thing. The friends who went to Seoul with me also thought that 'peace' is a difficult concept. It is because they never thought about the peace before. Same with me, before joining MANNAM, I also thought that world peace is a good but vague thing. (Thanks MANNAM!) For me, I think that this event was really meaningful in making people think about the 'peace' in light concept.




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MANNAM STORY_ Picnic!

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Picnic Day of MANNAM Korean Class!


 For few days, the weather was so nice. So we MANNAM Gwangju Korean Class decided to go on a picnic. Our office is located in near Gwangju River so we decided to make 김밥 (Gimbap) in the office and go out to Gwangju River.

 On Saturday, we gathered in the office. One by one other students (and teachers) began to arrive and we started making Gimbap. Gimbap is a popular Korean food usually eaten during picnics. To make Gimbap, we need many contents. First, Gim and rice. (Because it is Gim(Gim) Bap(Rice).) And you can add radish, egg, ham,  cucumber, spinach, burdock and so on. There are many kinds of Gimbap. Because the contents are various. We made tuna Gimbap, nude Gimbap, basic Gimbap.

 

<making Gimbap !!!>

 It was really interesting to make Gimbap. Many friends also liked it. We really concentrated on making Gimbap. We even didn't talk to each other. hahaha

 

<busy making Gimbap, it is the starting stage,

it became Gimbap mountain later :P> 

 

 As time goes by, late friends came and we made more and more gimbap. Some of them bring their traditional foods. Our Gimbap buffet became international buffet. :D 

<Gimbap, fried rice, nepali foods>

 

 But,,, sadly, the weather was not good. It was too windy, and even, rainy. So we had to stay in office. Instead going outside, we played games but it was good!

 

 

 It was really nice to be with students. MANNAM Gwangju Korean Class has been preparing some other activities besides Korean studying. Because through Korean foreign friends can learn Korea, but there are many other ways to learn Korea. So in national holiday, we do some special activities. For example, in Seollal(Lunar New Years Day), we made fortune bag, wore hanbok and learned how to bow. I think it is a good oppotunity for foreign students to experience real Korea. I hope many friends come and enjoy it!

 

 Welcome to MANNAM Korean Class~~~~~ :D

 

MANNAM STORY _ Cherry Blossom and Peace

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Cherry Blossom and Peace

Winter has gone and spring has come.

The weather is getting warmer and my mind is getting warmer too. :-P

  My university is famous for natural landscape. There are many trees, flowers and birds….(!?!). I really like it. Everywhere there are green and brown colors so I can rest my eyes. I can smell fresh air and I can hear birds chirping. How nice of it! Nowadays, it’s cherry blossom season. My university is popular place for cherry blossom. Yesterday, I met my friend in university and I could find many families. At every shadow, people set up and took rest. Kids were running and parents looked after them. The weather was so nice and I’ve come to think that “Ah~ this is the peace.” Peace is not big thing. Nice weather, nice cherry blossom, people’s smiling faces and green landscape… all of these small things makes me happy and peaceful.

<Cherry Blossom in Chonnam National University>

  I talked with my friend about what is peace? He answered to me that preventing war is peace. I said to him that peace is bigger than that. Preventing war is one kind of peace. Many people think that peace is difficult conception. People feel awkward about the word ‘peace’. It makes me sad because it means that people are far from feeling peace. They don’t know what peace is and of course they must not experience the peace. Peace is not big thing. I emphasized it again and again to him. I think it will take some time for him to understand my words. I will try my best to make him understand it.

  Please take it easy. People who have so much works and have no time to think about anything else can’t feel peace. I recommend people to have some time for him or herself. If people have no time to take a rest, then people come to think that peace is not reality. The friend that I met yesterday is also busy person. He is busy doing his experiments. So he has no time to think about peace deeply. It is a little bit far from him (he thinks). I said it before that people who achieve small peace and try to achieve big peace. I hope many people think about small peace (his or her own inner side peace) and then, think about big peace.

Peace is not difficult.

Only small cherry blossom can make you peaceful.

If you want to find inner peace or outside peace, please contact with MANNAM.

We can let you know how to achieve small peace and big peace at the same time :P

MANNAM STORY _ Volunteering

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Today’s topic : volunteering

 

There are many ways to help other people. And we say those ways are volunteering.

What is volunteering? Volunteering comes from the word ‘volunteer’. There are two big meanings of volunteer. The first meaning of Volunteer is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it. Another meaning is someone who offers to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it. So, we can draw the meaning of the volunteering. The first meaning of volunteering is working without being paid for it because they want to do it. Second meaning is offering to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it. In conclusion, volunteering is doing something because they like it. Without being paid for money or being forced to do it.

 

Volunteering is not that difficult.

Just help others willingly.

Don’t be shy.

Just try to help others.

That would be the volunteering.

MANNAM STORY _ Nurungji

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Today’s topic! NuRungJi (Crust of overcooked rice)

 

Nowadays, I found the value of the Nurungji. Have you ever tried it? No, have you ever heard about it? Of course not. Nurungji is the traditional food of Korea. Actually it is not a food; it is a kind of snack. Nurungji is a crust of overcooked rice. To make Nurungji, You just overcooked when you make rice. Then, the bottom side will be overcooked and become scorched. That scorched part is the Nurungji. There are various ways to eat Nurungji. We can eat Nurungji itself. We can boil Nurungji with water. We can fry Nurungji and sprinkle sugar over it. We can drink Sungnyung (Nurungji water) also. Isn’t it surprising? Actually I have no idea about Nurungji but today night, eating Nurungji, I feel something different. Nurungji is just rice. Only thing that I can do is overcooking. But whole taste is changed by that overcooking and sometimes it is more popular than usual rice.

 

    < Homemade Nurungji :P >

The thing that I found from Nurungji is this. There are many kinds of rice, and Nurungji is one of them. But many people like (including me :P) Nurungji more than just normal rice. In this context I’ve come to think that MANNAM is like a Nurungji. MANNAM is a volunteering association. There are many volunteering associations like rice! But MANNAM is special like Nurungji. Nurungji becomes special because of overcooking. MANNAM becomes special because of the eagerness of the MANNAM members. The eagerness of the members fired MANNAM (!?! Can you understand my words? Haha) and make it special. Like Nurungji can be cooked in different ways, MANNAM has been doing various jobs. MANNAM volunteered in various places and host big peace festival.

 

It looks plausible isn’t it :P? At first, I concern about that what if people think that it is bad metaphor? But soon, I changed my mind. It is my blog. I can write anything that I can want to write. Tonight, I can understand the people who do blog. It’s a good way to express my thoughts!

 

Anyway,

MANNAM is Nurungji. And I like Nurungji. So I like MANNAM.

Hahahahahahah ;P

MANNAM STORY _ Learning Language

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Effective way to learn language.

 

Yesterday, I posted about the MANNAM Gwangju Korean class. To live in Korea (or some other countries), language is the most important part. To learn Korean, I recommend you to join the Korean class. Then, except for language classes, what can be the effective way to learn language? Of course, staying long is the best answer but in reality, it is difficult to go. Each person has his or her own way. There will be various ways to learn language.

 

One of the effective ways to learn language is to use literature. We usually read the original book in specific language. Or, we can watch movie (or drama) without subtitle. It is really hard at first, but you will get used to it. For me, I choose to watch movie, and write down some famous lines from a movie. The same applies to the novel. Gathering the famous lines, I can have my own diary. Today, I want to share this line.

 

 “Whatever happens tomorrow, we’ve had today.”

 

 

Maybe you know this line. This line comes from the movie ‘One day’. It was really impressive. It is really meaningful. Of course, it’s better for you to watch whole movie and then remind this line, but I think that line itself is enough.

 

Like this, there are some many good famous lines that you can easily find through the book, or the movie. And it is effective for you to learn language. (I did :P)

 

What are yours? Is there any effective way to learn language?

If you have your specific way, then please share with me :D:D:D:D:D

MANNAM STORY _ International Day of Peace

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International Day of Peace

 

Do you know that there is a day to celebrate peace itself?

Few years ago, when I was searching Internet, I found the ‘International Day of Peace’. International Day of Peace was made by United Nations (UN) and the date is third Tuesday of every September. The dictionary says that International Day of Peace is ‘the day that there is no war or conflict in the world, which is made by UN’. Although almost everyone who is not interested in peace could not even notice the day itself, but I was surprised that there is a special day for peace. Now, International Day of Peace is just for one day. However, I hope the day would last and change into the week. So we can celebrate not the International Day of Peace but the International Week of peace or the International Month of Peace! How great it would be if that happens!

 

  Recognition of the peace is still in its infancy. But I believe that someday, everybody would come and celebrate the eternal peace in the world! No war, no fight, no conflict is not that difficult one. If we try to understand each other and yield to each other, it would be easy to achieve the world peace!

 

 For more information of the International Day of Peace, I found the explanation from the Wikipedia.

The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for humanitarian aid access. The day was first celebrated in 1982, and is kept by many nations, political groups, military groups, and peoples.

To inaugurate the day, the "Peace Bell" is rung at UN Headquarters (in New York City). The bell is cast from coins donated by children from all continents except Africa, and was a gift from the United Nations Association of Japan, as "a reminder of the human cost of war"; the inscription on its side reads, "Long live absolute world peace".

Individuals can also wear White Peace Doves to commemorate the International Day of Peace, which are badges in the shape of a dove produced by a non-profit organization in Canada.

 

 

  I hope everyone get to know the International Day of Peace and celebrate in their own ways.

Peace is not that far from us. Take it easy and just try to think about it!