NEVER GIVE UP! DREAMS WILL COME TRUE

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The assignment which was given to our English B class was to watch the ‘Korea Got Talent’ which is a Korean program. The purpose of this program is to look for people who are talented in something such as dancing, singing or more several things. The video that I watched was about a deprived boy whose name is Choi Sung Bong. When I listened to his song ‘Nella Fantasia’, I was so impressive because he was extremely gifted at singing. He voice was enough to touch my heart already. In addition, when I heard about his story, I was deeply moved by his past. He told that he had been lived in terrible circumstances. When he was three years old, he was brought to the orphanage and he ran away from the orphanage at five because he got beaten by people. Since five years old, he slept on the stairs or public toilets and he sold gums to eke out an existence. Even if he had a hard time of living, he was able to overcome and the examiners cheered him.

Unhappily, he could not win the first unless he was in the second. He lost by a narrow margin of in this contest, but he announced that he is already satisfied that he could sing in front of the audience. He was just an ordinary boy and he was just born in a small country (South Korea) which is not really known as foreigners. However, this video started to spread out all over the world and many people started to watch him in the youtube and support him. Therefore, this situation is actually more valuable than winning.

After watching this video, I could look back into my life and reflect on myself. I did not realized that I expensed lots of money to buy things that all I want unless some things were unnecessary. I regret about my action and I really admire him. If I were him I would kill myself or I would live without any hope. He was just amazing and I cannot believe that the music was his treatment for healing himself. The music was a good remedy for him.

In my opinion, this video inspired me to live meaningful life. Also, he gives lessons to all people that ‘although you are poor do not give up and set your goals and go toward for your dream.’ He showed this lesson through this video.

                                                                                              

Ellen Gustafson

Ellen Gustafson is a Co-founder of FEED and creator of The 30 Project. She had a speech because she is trying to change the way the world eats. After watching the Ellen Gustafson’s speech, I was shocked about the hunger and obesity. The number of people who are with starvation and overeating are increasing. Both of them are extremely different problems, but both of them are increasing rapidly. Through mentioning about America and Africa’s lifestyles, I could noticed about how different they are. Therefore, when Ellen Gustafson was talking about these two issues, I was surprised about the reality.

 

             In the Ellen Gustafson’s speech, she mentioned about different lifestyles between Africa and America. Of course there are hungers in America but for America, the main problem is about obesity. She was saying that the hunger and obesity are caused by the agriculture. For example, in America, the scale of agricultural system is very huge and interesting. In addition, it is directly related to the human’s food. In contrast, in Africa, the scale of agriculture is totally different from America. Because of those things, the gap of obesity and hunger are growing. When I think about two problems, I just think that two countries need to share foods and reduce those problems. When I compare to our country, our problem is similar to America. Because people are hard-working, they usually eat fast food.

            

             As we can see in her speech, she mentioned about selling Feeding Bags or Feeding system which are for people who usually skip meals. People who volunteered to help poor people, they offer food for poor people. When we buy just a feeding bag, it means we can offer one child’s food for a year and the bag only costs about $20 to $50. It tells that only a little amount of money can save people’s lives.

            

             After watching this speech, I realized that I need to save my allowance and donate for poor people. Although I think it would not be a big help for them, unless they can have meals three times a day. As I am in a community service in school, in a community service, we offer meals to 100 children once a week. On the other hand for obesity, people just need to reduce eating fast food and unhealthy food. Through this speech, I could learn lots of lessons and I could know the purpose of Ellen Gustafson’s speech. It motivates me to work hard in a community service.