Encyclopedia of Alex Kim
A Alex
Alex, the origin and first English name of mine. My body and mind still remember the
warmth and the atmosphere of the room when my English teacher was assigning myself and
two cousin sisters, our first English names. My English teacher’s name is Jonathan, and he
lived next building with his wife and his son. Jonathan named me Alex, my older cousin sister
Cindy, and my younger cousin Moby. He wrote each of our names on separate boards. Alex,
Cindy, and Moby, we were amused by his cursive writing because it was too gorgeous for
four, five, and eight year old babies. When I first tried to spell my name cursively, my hands
were sweating and shaking so much enough that when I finally had finished, the letters all
looked like Harry Potter’s scar on his forehead. Apparently, I was crying and whining all about
why I was not able to create my name with sophistication. Even though being not able to spell
my name cursively had broke my heart and ego as a babywriter, this experience had helped
myself to keep my English name as Alex.
B Ball
I love soccer. My love towards this sport hadn’t just started with a click in my head, it
has stories. The time flies back to when I was 7 years old in preschool. It was recess time
when the teacher told everyone to come out to the playground. The sliding rides and lifting
rides, still too gigantic from a 7 years old child’s sight, gave gigantic amount of joy and
happiness that he hadn’t even thought about what soccer is. This day, the teacher told us we
will be playing soccer not huge rides. Everyone seemed to know soccer and they had smiles
on their faces that reached to their ears but at least I wasn’t. I was the only one with his lips
sticking out and full of disappointment on his face. …..
C Car Accident
5th grade, the best and most exciting day of the week was Friday. On Fridays, my
TaeKwonDo hagwon offered play times and recreations. With my mind fulfilled with
excitement, I was waiting riding on my kickboard for the traffic light to turn green calmly and
quietly though. When the traffic signal for cars had turned red and the traffic signal for people
had turned green, all the tires were slowing down, and soon all the tires had stopped.
Checking my right and left sides for safety, crossing the crosswalk seemed perfectly fine and
safe. Now, the only thing that I had in my mind was to get to TaeKwonDo fast as I can.
Tasting the asphalt ground with my left foot, I felt the day was the day of fast kickboarding. I
kicked the ground smoothly but still strongly, the kickboard and myself were traveling the
crosswalk like a feather falling down. Suddenly, a taxi hit me right in the belly. At the moment,
everything seemed to stop for few seconds. I felt nothing. Not even my breath, and my five
senses seemed to be dead. Few seconds later, I flew away with high speed. I tumbled 2 to 3
times, and laid still like a dead man. I couldn’t feel the pain. I tried to get up, but my legs were
shaking hardcore that I fell down. I could see many people and my friends go by and ask me
if I’m okay. My dad had arrived after a while, I was just blinking my eyes, without any feelings
and was sent to the hospital.
D Dream
I dream all kinds of dreams. They can be literally anything. These Days, I have
nightmares. They really get me frightened and I don’t like it. I feel like it is going to happen
sometime in my life. Usually in my bathroom, I feel really weird, but all those things are cured
by a single happy dream.
E English
English is my second language. When I first tried to speak it, my tongue would twist.
Also, my face had crumbled into a ugly face slowly. First time to speak English was when I
first got to Canada. When I had finally arrived, I couldn’t see and think properly because my
senses got numb from the flight. Even though there were some ups and downs in Canada, I
had some what learned English and came to this school with other anxious and excited
emotions.
F Fried Chicken
We Koreans, call chickens, god chickens. The reason behind the name is the taste of
chicken. When a chicken piece goes into our mouths and bite it, it makes a crispy sound,
sometimes with a juice coming out of it which flows in the mouth between teeth and tongues.
By the way, my favorite chicken is fried chicken. It’s the chicken that you can make it to swim
in the oceans of various sauces. While vacations, I would have chicken 2 per a week but I
can’t now because of school. I miss the vacation.
G Girls
I think there aren’t two genders, male and female, but two types of species, Male and
Female. Girls are so hard to understand. They don’t know what they want to eat, what to do,
where to go, and what to buy, but are always whining of what they want. That drives me
crazy.
H HIghschool
All the times before I finally got to highschool, I always was afraid and frightened of high
school by its atmosphere of heaviness sort of feeling and pressure. When I was 8th grade, I
came to highschool to play soccer for the middle school soccer team. When walking by the
bridge to get to highschool, I always was try to behave decently and gently because I thought
the teachers and high schoolers might see me. Walking down the stairs to get to the field was
really nervousing and heavy. Nowadays, the stairs are not as nervousing but still heavy. Also,
it feels extremely comfortable in highschool then what I’ve thought before how it is going to be
like.
I Iron Man
Iron Man is a Marvel hero and I would like to be a hero. The reason why I like Iron Man is
because he created the suit by himself. It is not superpower but his ability. I tried to make a
suit for myself but when I tried, my hands were not ready for it. They would shuffle and dance
around and I gave up.
J Jisoo
Jisoo is my Korean name that my grandfather gave me. In chinese letters, Ji means
wisdom and Soo means superior, beyond others. Myself is not that wise and superior, but
still, I’m Jisso. Also, Jisoo is a girl name. I personal think Jisoo is a toughguy name, but other
people think the name is girlish or something. When I was a little child, I hated being teased
for my name being girlish. With two little fists holding tight, I punch the ones who teased me
right in the stomach. They usually cried and the teacher blamed me and I cried too. These
days, I think my name Jisoo is pretty legit and nice.
K KISAC
The KISAC tournament is a humongous event for student athletes in international
schools. Last year, with a concept of celebration of opening the high school, our school, KIS
held the KISAC soccer tournament for middle schoolers on high school. The tournament
occurred on Saturday. Many people had come to watch us play and other teams from various
schools came too to play. It is called KISAC tournament and there are many teams, but for
KIS team, it was more like a game of KIS and NLCS. First game was held in the morning. My
body felt numb so I had to stretch my arms and legs. By doing so, I felt my leg is good today.
Shaking and stretching was really powerful that I could imagine how fast I might be able to
shoot that day. Until the semi finals, with a loss to NLCS, we smoothly had beaten other
teams. With a golden goal right after a whistle to start off the game, we shifted to the finals.
Everyone had injuries and rashes, but everyone was remaining still and hard. NLCS won the
other team to get to the finals after losing to us, and the finals had started. With everyone
playing the finals with mentality, we won.
L League of Legends
I have nothing for the letter L so I’m writing about League of Legends. To shorten the
name, I will call it LOL which the same as laugh out loud. Currently, my rank is Platinum, but it
was not easy as anyone thinks. i started the game about 3 years ago. It was really hard to
play and I didn’t even have a single clue about how to be good at LOL. Currently, it is the fifth
season of League of Legends and I started playing from the late second season. The third
season, I got to be a Bronze and I hated it. For example, I was so mad that I punched my
macbook like a Thor and it sounded like a shotgun. With my mental going up and down, I
finally got to Platinum. When the window saying I’m Platinum, I screamed, yelled, laughed,
and shouted of joy. I almost fainted because I lacked oxygen by the disasters that I made. I
almost got to Diamond, but I failed. And, my mental broke and I’m almost about to get down
to the deadly Gold. LOL is a nice game, by the way.
M Money
Money is a good thing. I don’t know if it is a good thing or not, but i love the smell of
money. When I get money, I usually save it and that is maybe the reason why there is so
much dangling cash papers in my room.
N Negativity
Sometimes, I really get negative. You really should not touch me when I look down.
Just look at my face or the way of me talking. When I’m negative, I won’t really look happy,
and I will sigh a lot. That is the end line of my volcano erupting and destroying the
surroundings. Please don’t touch me when I look negative.
O Old School
After years had passed, I missed my elementary school that I never even had the chance
to graduate. I visited the school and it was the same as before. It was 78 years old then, and
the school still had the same old teachers and same old smells, feelings, and atmosphere. By
walking to each stairs and meeting buddies and teachers, without noticing, I felt my eyes
become watery. When I tried to get to 2nd floor, there were friends and juniors welcoming as
warmly as my parents. Visiting old school was warm and comfortable. By walking up to the
roof of the building, my eyes weren’t just becoming watery, but started creating a fountain of
tears. Visiting elementary school, was heartwarming.
P Pokemon
Pokemons are great. They gave me happy memories and they are still on TV!! When I
used to whine and cry to my parents to buy me toys, I usually would want Pokemons. Right
after they bought me, 3/10 broke because I would throw them to the ground with a spell. “Go!
Pokemon!” When they break, I fall to the ground and cry as loud as I can so that they will
have sympathy for me and buy me a new one.
Q Quiz
I really hate quizzes. They are just disgusting. When I have quizzes in front of me,
usually my head becomes blank like my Korean textbook. Nowadays I don’t cry, but before I
used to swear when I have bad grades.
R Ronaldo
Ronaldo is like the best player of the world. He scores goals like a machine gun. Many
people imitate his ceremony when he scores. When you lend not right while the ceremony,
you will automatically injure your foot. When I loved to watch soccer games, if I was watching
a Ronaldo game, I would have a happy face and be amused by how he would dribble and
score goals.
S Space
Space is known as the space that is expanding and expanding. I love to talk about
space and how the world is created. When I talk about space and about the world, my mouth
moves faster and my eyes become larger with excitement. Space is really unknown like how I
don’t really know about myself.
T TaeKwonDo
I love TaeKwonDo. The best thing about it is that you get to laugh and be joyful when
you are tired. When I first started TaeKwonDo, I was in 2th grade. Started it with a white belt,
still never leaving it with a black belt. From white belt to red belt, it took me a year. Even
though red belt is not considered that high, but a year of TaeKwonDo gave me tons and tons
of morals and lessons. The beginning of that year, when I tripped and fell to the ground with a
boom sound, I sit somewhere at a corner, and create a little pond there. Also, when I had a
fight with another kid, I usually punched them right in the face and be teasing him/her. After
that one year, I realised I had stopped all that. After some time passed, I had to go to a place
called “Kukkiwon.” This place is where I had to go to earn next ranks. When I first got into the
building, the first thing I saw was that the inside looked like a sports stadium. The matches
and tests gave me some bruises, and pride as well. By going to Kukkiwon several times, I
finally got to third rank of black belt.
U Universe
V Victory
Victory is almost always nice. Whenever I am victorious, especially when it gets me
really happy, I’d have a smile that is reaching to my ears. Isn’t that same for anyone? I love to
win, and when I lose, I’d have a mouth that is reaching my chin. Award me with a victory,
that’ll make my day.
W Writing
I like to write. This is not to look good to a writing teacher or anything. I like to write
because it allows me to express my situation. For me, writing is a simulation and a tool for
imagination without videos, but makes readers to create a video. The only thing that matter
when I write is that I must be willing to write it. My hands literally shake and I get a headache
when I write without a reason or motivation. I just hate it and i really don’t know why. It feels
like my liquid used to digest is boiling hardcore. Also, I’m a slow writer and I also hate when
people tell me to write faster. I’ve tried before, but I have too much thoughts and too much
sentences when I try to write a sentence. Therefore, I’m a person who takes hours or days to
create an introduction. Others may think this is not efficient and is a good way, but I’m used to
this and I won’t fix it. I like essays than anything.
X Xray
Y
Z Zoo
I am a coward when the topic becomes to flying animals or insects. For example, I fell
down to the ground and laid down for a second when a bird fly by me. Also, I can’t walk near
birds because I'm so frightened. When I went to the zoo, there were many animals and I was
sort of frightened but excited. There was a place where there were many birds and you go
inside and give them breads. Somebody pushed me inside that cage..I don’t know who but if I
catch him/her, I will destroy, When I got inside, I almost ruined my pants. The birds looked so
scary, they flew by me, above me, and under me. I just threw the bread pieces away and
went out of the cage. Until now, I’m still safraid of birds.