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Thursday, 1 January, 2009

Books Read in 2008

Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Psychology in Singapore Issues of an Emerging Discipline edited by Tan Ai-Girl, Michael Goh.

The force of character : and the lasting life by James Hillman.

Colourful Myanmar by Khin Myo Chit. (NLB Singapore)

Kimchi and IT: Tradition and Transformation in Korea by Kim Choong-soon. (Seoul Selection) (partial)

Related: 'Kimchi and IT' Sheds Light on Korea.

Buddhism Religion in Korea by Choi Joon-sik. (Seoul Selection)

Going to Pieces without Falling Apart by Mark Epstein.

Contentment: A Way to True Happiness by Robert A. Johnson, Jerry M. Ruhl.

Living Your Unlived Life: Coping with Unrealized Dreams and Fulfilling Your Purpose in the...Second Half of Life by Robert A. Johnson, Jerry M. Ruhl.

Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth by Robert A. Johnson. (partial)

Wherever You Go There You Are Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Taming the tiger within : meditations on transforming Difficult Emotions by Thich Nhat Hanh.

The Miracle of mindfulness : A manual of meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Related: Meditation on Interdependence.

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Luminous Mind The Way of the Buddha by Kyabje Kalu Rinpoche.

The Silk Road Journey With Xuanzang by Sally Wriggins.

Holy Places of the Buddha (Crystal Mirror 9) by Elizabeth Cook. (partial)

Related:

Books Read in 2007.

Tags: Myanmar, dream, spiritual, self-awareness, Korean, Amazon, book, meditation, pilgrimage, Buddha


Posted in Korean , Personal , Buddhism , Psychology


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Tuesday, 1 January, 2008

Books Read in 2007

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen.

The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling.

Related: The Deathly Hallows and The Tale of The Three Brothers.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

Warrior of the Light by Paulo Coelho.

Miracle in the Andes by Nando Parrado, Vince Rause.

Teach Yourself Korean by Mark Vincent and Jaehoon Yeon. (partial)

The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies by Michael Breen.

Al Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the Middle East by Mohammed El-Nawawy, Adel Iskandar.

Life's Missing Instruction Manual : The Guidebook You Should Have Been Given at Birth by Joe Vitale.

The Art of Happiness at Work by Dalai Lama and Howard C. Cutler.

The Zen of Listening by Rebecca Z. Shafir.

How to Be Your Own Therapist: A Step-by-Step Guide to Taking Back Your Life by Patricia Farrell.

Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy by Gerald Corey.

Uncommon Therapy: The Psychiatric Techniques of Milton H. Erickson by Jay Haley.

Related: A Humorous Milton Erickson Therapy Case.

Buddhism And Psychotherapy Across Cultures by Mark Unno.

Related: Buddhism And Psychotherapy Across Cultures.

The Universe in a Single Atom: The Convergence of Science and Spirituality by Dalai Lama.

Related: Dalai Lama on Theory of Emptiness.

Modern Buddhist Healing: A Spiritual Strategy for Transforming Pain, Disease, and Death by Charles Atkins.

Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg.

Gateless Barrier: Zen Comments on the Mumonkan by Zenkai Shibayama. (partial)

The Sun My Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Related: Meditation on Interdependence.

Tags: psychotherapy, Korean, zen, Amazon, book, spiritual, counseling


Posted in Personal , Psychology , Korean , Buddhism


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Sunday, 18 November, 2007

South Korea Opens Boot Camp to Confront Internet Addiction

From iht.com.

The compound - part boot camp, part rehab center - resembles programs around the world for troubled youths.

Drill instructors drive young men through military-style obstacle courses, counselors lead group sessions, and there are even therapeutic workshops on pottery and drumming.

South Korea boasts of being the most wired nation on earth. In fact, perhaps no other country has so fully embraced the Internet. Ninety percent of homes connect to cheap, high-speed broadband, online gaming is a professional sport, and social life for the young revolves around the "PC bang," dim Internet parlors that sit on virtually every street corner.

But such ready access to the Web has come at a price, as legions of obsessed users find that they cannot tear themselves away from their computers.

It has become a national issue here in recent years as users started dropping dead from exhaustion after playing online games for days on end. A growing number of students have skipped school to stay online, shockingly self-destructive behavior in this intensely competitive society.

Up to 30 percent of South Koreans under 18, or about 2.4 million people, are at risk of Internet addiction, said Ahn Dong Hyun, a child psychiatrist at Hanyang University who just completed a three-year government-financed survey of the problem.

They spend at least two hours a day online, usually playing games or chatting. Of those, up to a quarter million probably show signs of actual addiction, like an inability to stop themselves from using computers, rising levels of tolerance that drive them to seek ever longer sessions online, and withdrawal symptoms like anger and craving when prevented from logging on.

To address the problem, the government has built a network of 140 Internet-addiction counseling centers, in addition to treatment programs at almost 100 hospitals and, most recently, the Internet Rescue camp, which started this summer. Researchers have developed a checklist for diagnosing the addiction and determining its severity, the K-Scale. (The K is for Korea.)

The rescue camp, in a forested area about an hour south of Seoul, was created to treat the most severe cases. The camp is entirely paid for by the government, making it tuition-free.

During a session, participants live at the camp, where they are denied computer use and allowed only one hour of cellphone calls a day, to prevent them from playing online games via the phone. They also follow a rigorous regimen of physical exercise and group activities, like horseback riding, aimed at building emotional connections to the real world and weakening those with the virtual one. "It is most important to provide them experience of a lifestyle without the Internet," said Lee Yun Hee, a counselor. "Young Koreans don't know what this is like."

South Korea's gaming addicts. (BBC News)

Experts say the definition of an addict is less to do with the number of hours spent online, but more about the central role computers and the internet can play in someone's life.

Symptoms include:

  • Preoccupation with the internet

  • The inability to perform normal tasks in everyday life

  • Losing control over yourself

  • The disruption of daily routines and lifestyles

  • Feeling nervous and anxious when not online

Visualising their dreams can help addicts wake up to reality and reduce time spent at the computer, counsellors believe.

Tags: Korean, Game, behavior, addiction, therapy, counseling, internet, social-life, children


Posted in Korean , Game , Psychology


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Thursday, 5 July, 2007

Korean Funny Toilet Sign

From Korean unisex toilet on Flickr.

Korean unisex toilet?

The sign says, "Karma 21 YangJae Drive-In Theatre"

:mrgreen:

Tags: Korean, Photos


Posted in Diversion , Korean , Photos


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Sunday, 10 June, 2007

Korean Exercise 32

Make the following passage honorific where appropriate. We have told you that normally you only need one honorific verb in a sentence, but for the purposes of this exercise use as many honorifics as you can. Look out for sentences that should not have them, however!

김선생님은 대학교 선생님 이에요. 런던 대학교에서 한국말

을 가르치고 일본말도 가르쳐요. 매일 아침 공원에 가서

산책해요. 개하고 같이 가요. 공원은 아주 좋아요. 김선생님

의 개는 고기를 잘 먹어요. 작년부터 부인도 가끔 산책하기

시작했어요. 부인도 가면 둘이 식당에 가서 커피 한잔 마셔요.

김선생님은 대학교 선생님 이세요. 런던 대학교에서 한국말

을 가르치시고 일본말도 가르치세요. 매일 아침 공원에 가셔서

산책하세요. 개하고 같이 가세요. 공원은 아주 좋아요. 김선생님

의 개는 고기를 잘 먹어요. 작년부터 부인도 가끔 산책하시기

시작하셨어요. 부인도 가시면 둘이 식당에 가셔서 커피 한잔 마시세요.

가 - honorific stem 가시 - (+polite) 가셔요 (abbr. contracts->) 가세요

-서 form is (+polite - yo) hon. is 가셔서

See also korean-exercise-29

Tags: Korean, exercise


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Sunday, 3 June, 2007

Korean Exercise 31

Say that you are worried about the following things.

whether: -lkka or -ŭlkka

That teacher will come (to a party).

선생님이 파티에 올까 걱정해요.

That there won't be enough food.

음식이 모자랄까 걱정해요.

That Mr. Kim might not come.

김선생님이 않 오실까(봐) 걱정해요.

That your girlfriend might not like you any more.

여자 친구가 저를 않 좋아 할까(봐) 걱정해요.

That it might rain.

비가 올까(봐) 걱정해요.

Tags: exercise, Korean


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Thursday, 31 May, 2007

Korean-English-Korean Dictionary

A Korean-English and English-Korean dictionary website! Looks great for learning Korean words! :)

Tags: resource, dictionary, Korean


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