| "Se Hee, wake up and have a breakfast!! You are almost late for school" Most of you might think that this voice is from my mom. However, it is not. My grandmother is the one. Whenever I think of my childhood, my grandmother is everywhere. Because both my mom and dad had jobs far from Seoul, my sister and I were raised by my grandmother.
I spent my most of childhood in grandmother's house. It is in Seoul, however, very rustic. The house is near the elementary school so, I can hear children shouting, laughing and even screaming from home. This house had a green iron gate which makes creepy sounds when using it, which later turned out very familiar to me. We had front yard. There we put the low but large wooden bench, where my sister and I used to do the homework in summer and had barbeque parties with my grandmother. We had two big dogs, heendungee and gom, and a chicken named dak. In the morning, we always heard the dogs barking and the chicken crowing. Also, there was pretty big empty space where my sister and I could exercise. We used to skip ropes and do the hula hoops. In summer, when it was so hot to do something we wore bathing suits and made a little pool with a big red bucket. We had a lot fun there.
The only one word that can describe my grandmother's house is "stuffy". Just entering the house I have to pass all the fruits or vegetables she was trying to dry, for example, apple, chili and so on. I can smell all the dried foods at the same time, which isn't always good. Also, there were boxes, my sister and I don't even know what those are, but my grandmother always brought those things and stacked in front of the door. I used to bump into those carelessly. The kitchen was where my grandmother spent most of her time. But my sister and I spent most of our time at the living room. There was a small chubby TV, which doesn't even do its work well. On the left side, there was a desk, where my sister and I used to our homework. In front of TV, there was a small table, we used to have meals. Beside the TV, there was a piano, which my sister and my grandmother used to play it. They both really liked it, unlike me. The house was full of piano sound during the day.
I went there quite often after moving back to my parent's house. I know that it is very much different from what I remember in childhood. Due to the development in Seoul, everything had changed. The place that has meaningful for me is now in my heart, however, I still miss the days I spent my childhood.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2015
CHOI SEA HEE(최세희)/My grandmother's house/Thu 1-3pm
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Hello!
ReplyDeleteI really liked your beginning about how your grandmother woke you up every morning. I think using speech marks really added some energy into your writing. At the end of the paragraph 2, you wrote you had lots of fun with your sister but it was a little bit unclear how you had "fun". I know you wrote that you played hula hoops and played in the big red bucket but maybe you could elaborate and tell us a funny, memorable episode? You described many senses such as hearing the creak of the door and the piano playing and smelling the dried vegetables.
I would describe the atmosphere of your writing to be very cozy. Your writing clearly demonstrated how there is no place like home, where you grew up. I can understand how your grandmother's house is very important to you, because it meant all your childhood was spent there, being close to nature and your grandmother and her ways of living. It was really sweet to read about how you were nurtured by her love. I think your writing would be better if you chose to be a bit more specific, for example, you could tell us how you spent time in the house with all the objects you described to be inside. I got that there was a desk and a TV and a small table but maybe tell us what you did with them and what meanings they had.
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Hi Sea Hee, this is MinGu!
ReplyDeleteI liked how you described your childhood home so specifically. Even I can imagine your grandmother's place. Visual representation was really good and I can actually empathize with your memories because my grandparents also live in a place like that. The way you presented the place was clear, but some parts of your house is a little bit vague. Maybe showing how long it was from the gate to the front door could have been better.
The atmosphere around your grandmother's house seem to be somewhat different from what we perceive to be Seoul in a conventional way. However, I am pretty sure you have chosen this place to be one of your most valuable places is because you have a lot of memory about it. Some minor grammar issues need to be taken care of, but the essay itself, Wonderful.
See you in class!
A Rustic Place in Seoul
ReplyDelete"Se Hee, wake up and have a breakfast!! You are almost late for school" Most of you might think that this voice is from my mom. However, it is not. My grandmother is the one. Whenever I think of my childhood, my grandmother is everywhere. Because both my mom and dad had jobs far from Seoul, my sister and I were raised by my grandmother.
I spent my most of childhood in grandmother's house. It is in Seoul, however, very rustic. The house is near the elementary school so, I can hear children shouting, laughing and even screaming from home. This house had a green iron gate which makes creepy sounds when using it, which later turned out to be very familiar to me. We had front yard. There we put a low but large wooden bench, where my sister and I used to do our homework in summer and had barbeque parties with my grandmother. We also had two big dogs, Heendungee and Gom, and a chicken named dak. In the morning, we always heard the dogs barking and the chicken crowing. Also, there was pretty big empty space where my sister and I could exercise. We used to skip ropes and do the hula hoops. In summer, when it was so hot to do something, we wore bathing suits and made a little pool with a big red bucket. We had a lot fun splashing each other and playing with dolls.
The only one word that can describe my grandmother's house is "stuffy". Just entering the house I have to pass all the fruits or vegetables she was trying to dry, for example, apple, chili and so on. I can smell all the dried foods at the same time, which isn't always good. Also, there were boxes, my sister and I don't even know what those are, but my grandmother always brought those things and stacked in front of the door. I used to bump into those carelessly. The kitchen was where my grandmother spent most of her time. But my sister and I spent most of our time at the living room. There was a small chubby TV, which doesn't even do its work well. On the left side, there was a desk, where my sister and I used to our homework. In front of TV, there was a small table, we used to have meals. Beside the TV, there was a piano, which my sister and my grandmother used to play it. They both really liked it, unlike me. The house was full of piano sound during the day.
I went there quite often after moving back to my parent's house. I know that it is very much different from what I remember in childhood. Due to the development in Seoul, everything had changed. The place that has meaningful for me is now in my heart, however, I still miss the days I spent my childhood.