world largest cities

Rank	City	Country	Population
1	SEOUL	South Korea	10,231,000
2	São Paulo	Brazil	10,009,000
3	Bombay	India	9,925,000
4	JAKARTA	Indonesia	9,373,000
5	Karachi	Pakistan	9,339,000
6	MOSKVA (Moscow)	Russia	8,297,000
7	Istanbul	Turkey	8,260,000
8	MEXICO (Mexico City)	Mexico	8,235,000
9	Shanghai	China	8,214,000
10	TOKYO	Japan	8,130,000

Amazing population of Seoul! Although we are living in the most biggest city in the world, I am not proud of it. It just makes us to think us as a crowded, terrible city with bad environment. I wish the president can fix the population problem. 

Largest cities in the world ranked by population density (1 to 125)

Rank	City / Urban area	Country	Population	Land area (in sqKm)	Density (people per sqKm)
1	Mumbai	India	14,350,000	484	29,650
2	Kolkata	India	12,700,000	531	23,900
3	Karachi	Pakistan	9,800,000	518	18,900
4	Lagos	Nigeria	13,400,000	738	18,150
5	Shenzhen	China	8,000,000	466	17,150
6	Seoul/Incheon	South Korea	17,500,000	1,049	16,700
7	Taipei	Taiwan	5,700,000	376	15,200
8	Chennai	India	5,950,000	414	14,350
9	Bogota	Colombia	7,000,000	518	13,500
10	Shanghai	China	10,000,000	746	13,400

Please! It’s so crowded! If I was the president, I would make some other cities become the center of sth each. For example, U.S. has a center of education(Boston), center of economy(New York), and center of gov’t(Washington D.C.).

Highest, Biggest Buildings

Highest (2008)

1. Taipei 101 Tower, Taipei, Taiwan-101 stories, 509 meters

2. Sanghai World Financial Center, Sanghai, China-101 stories, 492 meters

3. Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-88 stories, 452 meters

Biggest(2008)

1.  Dubai  International Airport Terminal 3, Dubai, UAE

2. Aalsmeer Flower Auction, Aalsmeer, North Holland, Netherlands

3. Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3, Beijing, China

 So Amazing skyscrapers! In addition, there will be Burj Dubai constructed soon! It will be the tallest building in the world.

Burj DubaiTaipei 101Dubai Int’l Airport

My friend Alex

 Ah! How I miss my friend, Alexander whom I lost touch with. I found the card that friends wrote for me when I was returning to Korea. As I went on through the card, I suddenly found Alexander´s name on the list. His name was written very big than other kids; as if he was John Hancock signing on the declaration of independence. As I looked through the card of his, my memory of Alexander started to sprout up like Jack´s beanstalk. If I climb the memory beanstalk, the thing that I most remember is that he was a Japanese-American and suprisingly, his last name was Lee, same as me. He had few friends; I still don´t get the answer why. When I first stepped in to the class, I assume that Alexander was surprised by me because we were same Asians. Also, my Thailand friend; Bhum(We´re still contacting with email) was also surprised by me. Alexander introduced me to teachers. He told me everything about this school. Since I never ate in the Cafeteria before, so I asked him, ″Alexander, how do I get lunch?″ Then he kindly replied ″Go in to the cafeteria and get a plastic fork, then a milk, and the plate. If you just slide it across, the ladies will put food on it. After eating, you can play outside. Let´s play together.″ I was really thankful not for just the information but also being friends. Because I am bad at making friends, I worried about it all the time. I think the thing that we were both asians were a part of things that made us friends.
          Asian parents are famous for making kids study. From that, we had common interests or characteristics. We both loved reading books; we read the most books in our class, if I see in the book-reading list. We also got good grades and studied quite well. We always got 95 points or higher in Spelling tests. In addition, because American math was so easy, my teacher made me and Alexander to study seperately from other kids; Algebra. That made us tied more by talking and debating about math. Also we liked talking. We talked about our cultures or daily life. We were best friends tied together with these bridges we were connected with.
          When we were talking, there was one situation that made me and him far. When we were talking about our cultures, he said ″Do you know that Japan colonized Korea?″ Because of my nationalism, I got angry but I pressed my anger down and just replied like this, ″Let´s not talk about this. I hate to talk about our bad history.″ We forgot about this conversation and just stayed friends. When our friendship started to come back, I left the United States. He said a heartwarming farwell. ″Let´s see again in the future with success.″ I replied, ″Yes, Indeed. Farwell.″ When I asked him his email, he didn´t have one. I just had to plant him on my brain.
             I folded the card and started wondering what happened to Alexander. So I decided to email my American teacher and ask. Although it is already over an year since I lost touch with him, his memory is still in my memory and will be left forever. I hope I can see him succeeded in the future as we promised.

My favorite writer; Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter, born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After service in the Royal Air Force, he rose to prominence in the 1940s with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world’s bestselling authors. His short stories are known for their unexpected endings, and his children’s books for their unsentimental humour. Some of his most popular books include The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, The Witches and The BFG.- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl

I read almost all of Roald Dahl’s books selling in Korea. Although the titles might show a little childish, but it is not. His imagination is so great. His books are loved by everyone.

    My favorite book of his is the “Going Solo”. Although it is non fiction, it is not solid at all. It is actually fun and more realistic which leads to being exciting.

Listen to my favorite song!

My favorite Song- Fallin- Epik High

 

It is in Korean.

♡Epik High♥-6th Album

War in Israel

Firefighters at the site of a bombing of a Hamas security compound. The attack was aimed mostly at security headquarters, training compounds and weapons storage facilities, Israeli military officials said.

Waves of Israeli aircraft swooped over the Gaza Strip on Saturday, firing missiles at Hamas’s security headquarters and killing more than 200 people. Smoke billowing from the bombs could be seen from Rafah.

Palestinians carried an injured man. The air attack came after days of warnings by Israeli officials that Israel would retaliate for intense rocket and mortar fire against Israeli towns and villages by Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza.

An injured man struggled at the Hamas police headquarters. Most of the dead and wounded were members of the security forces of Hamas, the Islamic group that controls Gaza, but a few civilians were also among the dead, including children.

A member of the Hamas security forces was killed in the strike. “Hamas was warned a few times in a variety of ways, but I can’t elaborate on the warnings,” said Maj. Avital Leibovich, a spokeswoman for the Israeli military.

Palestinians gathered at the site of a Hamas security compound in Rafah. A shaky Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas started to break down in early November. A victim of a strike on the Buriej refugee camp in Gaza. The attacks took place in broad daylight on about 100 sites.

Palestinians gathered around bodies being removed from the site of an airstrike. A spokesman for President Bush called on Israel to avoid inflicting civilian casualties, although he did not hall for a halt to the attacks on Hamas. But a spokesman for Javier Solana, the foreign policy chief of the European Union, called for an immediate halt to the strikes.

 

Women shrieked as dozens of mutilated bodies were laid out on the pavement and in the lobby of Shifa Hospital so that family members could identify them.

Palestinian women flee during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians, at the Kalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem. The Israeli military warned that “This operation will be continued, expanded and intensified as much as will be required.”

A protest at a refugee camp in Lebanon. The Arab League called an emergency meeting for Sunday in Cairo of all member foreign ministers.

Information and picture from; http://blog.naver.com/ebada114?Redirect=Log&logNo=130040087569

Happy New Year!

Happy new year everyone! It’s already 2009! It’s the cow’s year. This year makes me 14 in Korean age. Time is going very fast to me nowadays. It feels like my first day of school was yesterday. It is also my 3rd year of CDI. The thing that sorrows me is graduating elementary school this February. No more playing anymore. Oh No! I really do hope I go to the good middle school between 2 middle schools I can go in my district. If I look back in to my 6 years of elementary school, I had lots of good memories, such as 3 sleep overs and playing with my friends every day; which is rarely going to happen for the 10 years of my future. Anyways, with hope, I want to study well, be healthy and be more optimistic of my future and prepare for the future. Good luck for 2009!

My Dream

My dream is a diplomat; who represents their country. Why? I’d like to represent my country and visit other countries; I love my country. I want to make a peaceful world without any countries left behind. Because of that, I like Seo Hee. Seo Hee was a Korean Diplomat in the Koryeo Dynasty. He made a peaceful discussion with Chinese people, which made people of China and Korea both happy. I want to be a Kor-UN diplomat and make Korea’s diplomatic relationships peaceful and get the peaceful treaties and plans of UN to Korea. I will have to learn many other foreign languages and read lots of books. I also will have to upgrade my debating skills in CDI.

My xtranormal movie

My movie is terrible, but please watch it.   http://www.xtranormal.com/xtranormal/episode.php?aid=31463&mid=20081129232702104

Introduction

I will now introduce myself.

Hi. My name is Soobum Lee-이수범-please call me David in this blog. I am a Korean. I am in Grade 6 in Elementary school. In addition, my email address is soobum8021@naver.com . You will know about me more as I leave posts here. Thank you. Please visit a lot!