1. Since I was young, my dream has been to become a chef. I want to minor in culinary studies when I go to college so that I can not only impress my future wife but also save a great deal of money. Unfortunately, I am a horrible cook and the best things I can cook are barbequed pork and beef. I am watching a number of Youtube videos about filleting fish these days out of a nonsensical belief that I will somehow attain the ability to do so. 

2.     On average, I eat two bowls of instant noodles every day. This is a habit that I formulated when I first came to KMLA. I feel an exceptional bliss when I eat instant noodles, a sensation that I couldn’t savor from any other types of food that I had in my life so far. I know it is illegal to consume instant noodles in the dormitory, I think they facilitate my bowel movements due to empirical observations I made throughout two years.

3.     I got short legs but a long, really long torso. My short legs might not seem visually outstanding nor athletically advantageous, but it does allow me to show an “imposing bulk” when I am sitting. Therefore, when I need to engage in an argument or any event that requires an aura of authority and superiority, I insist on sitting down beforehand.

4.     If I had not come to KMLA, I would have ended up in a sport high school. I ran track since elementary school and I was one of the fastest teenage runners in middle school, winning series of gold medals in numerous competitions. My coach and I planned on applying to a renowned sports school, but my parents nearly threatened me to apply to KMLA. Of course, I learned all the clichéd lessons from track and field (all that business of overcoming physical defects, etc)

5.     I hate listening to music, especially those saccharine ballads. Paradoxically, I love to urban dance with my hip-hop club members. The reason is that K-pop focuses too much emphasis on visual spectacles such as dancing rather than the quality of singing itself. I also find it dull listening to the same lyrics and rhythms repeatedly. Again, I know it is bizarre how I never get bored dancing the same choreographies.

6.     I unwittingly make a lot of eye contact. Some people think I am some sort of a pervert because I stare indiscriminately, men and women, especially their faces. But this is only because I think people reveal a lot of secrets through facial expressions and that is why I always remain attentive to them. The subtle changes in wrinkles, eye contact, and shapes of the mouth hint inner emotions.

7.     I nosebleed very frequently. Part of the reason may be that I blow my nose often due to my dust allergies, and my nose dries up fairly easily. The most problematic scenario is when I nosebleed while eating lunch or dinner. I can tell you that bloody Bulgogi does not, does not taste that nice.

8.     I sweat a lot. Fortunately, my sweat doesn’t give off that much of an odor. However, my hands and feet get drenched pretty quickly that it is often uncomfortable and even disgusting.

9.    I have a lack of balance between leg muscles and arm muscles. My legs are one of the strongest but my arms one of the weakest in KMLA.

10.   I often indulge in my own world of imagination. The contents vary from my dreams to nasty things. I practice this so often that my imaginations are so vivid that I can even trigger my body’s reflexes by manipulating it.

11.   Sometimes I feel like I share the characteristics of Park, Jung Hee. He was adroit socializer in terms of vertical relationships compared to horizontal relationships, he hates losing, and hard on the outside but tender in the inside.  

12.   In most cases, I like people, but there is one person in this school who I hate with insanely preoccupied hatred and open hostility. Some people say that certain relationships are just not meant to happen and I think this is the one.

13.   I like to knit-pick on other people’s arguments and rebut them. This tactic dominates my debate habits and also is very helpful in building negative images to those who abhor my petty disturbances.
14.   An aptitude test indicates that my brain is inclined to natural sciences but I never felt any enthusiasm in the discipline. I always felt closer to social sciences like history and politics, but things like physics, chemistry, and biology always required a great deal of perseverance.

15.   I am easily addicted to anything, including love. Once I get my hands on something, I become blind to anything else and that is why I don’t even dare to try things that might inversely control me: but no matter how hard I tried, Facebook just won’t get off my mind.

16.   I knew how to play four instruments but now I retain the ability to play none of them. I got piano, clarinet, violin, and drum lessons but I barely know how to play a famous piece of music that normal people would know. I always envied those who can play the background music of “Pirates of the Caribbean.”

17.   I have an insatiable need to socialize and talk with other people. Maybe because of an insecurity that I might be left alone, deserted by people around me once I halt my efforts to get along with others.

18.   I look like a meerkat, especially when I take off my glasses. Some people say I look cheap and fraud-like. Sadly for you guys, I disagree.

19.   I learned how to lie elegantly and persuasively from my parents. Both of my parents are CPAs, whose job is to assess the credibility of a company and reveal things that need to be revealed. Rather than clinging to the habit of telling the truth, I rather decided to polish my lying skills so that I can smoothly get over difficult situations. But not on serious occasions, of course.

20.   I hate reading books that pretty much explains my lacking reading comprehension skills. I don’t know how I am going to major in history or international relations without changing this attitude.

21.   I am relatively insensitive to coldness; sometimes I wear short sleeves and shorts in winter. During the last few months of last year, my friends always ridiculed my cloths which they deem obviously unfit the weather.

22.   Many people think I am thin and light but actually I have a lot of organ fat and pretty heavy. I weigh about 72 kilograms, not so thin for a man of my height. My belly seems quite abominable especially after having a satisfying meal.

23.   The favorite place I feel most passionate for studying and most productive, is my bed. I just can’t sit down in one place and calm down because my imaginations and other disturbing factors distract me too much. That is why I lie down and read books, unless they are too heavy to hold them in the air for a long time.

24.    My puberty came when I was fairly young, I thought it would come early and go early but instead it just extends for a longer period.

25.   I’m afraid my ideologies will not be tolerated in South Korea and that is why I wish to study overseas and live in countries where selective aspects of socialism are given more respect and attention. I think countries like Germany and France set ideal goals to which Korea should progress.

26.   I hate the current Park, Keun Hye, I mean, really. I think she is Margaret Thatcher with no rationality and rhetoric. I strongly believe that she is a disgrace in Korean history although I respect her father a great deal.

27.   I have sharply contradicting convictions; I am liberal in heart but conservative in reality.

28.   I always comb my hair with my hands unconsciously. It feels so good when my hands slide through my hair.

29.   I personally don’t like chicken, I think the bones are disgusting. That doesn’t mean I won’t eat them on chicken day.

30.   My first impressions are drastically different from who I actually am. Most people think I am calm, quiet, reserved, or even a self-conscious man, but actually I am the antithesis of these adjectives.