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South Sudanese Women are sowing Seeds of Peace with Ox Ploughs

What is the current situation in South Sudan?

Over seven million people — about two thirds of the population — are in need of aid, including around 6.9 million people experiencing hunger. Food security is expected to deteriorate more, with 7.7 million people estimated to face crisis levels of hunger. The ongoing conflict and insecurity have pushed millions to the brink of starvation for years. (MERCY CORPS statistics as of June 2019)

Due to persistent intercommunal violence, including cattle raids, revenge attacks and armed ambushes, many people in the region have been reduced to relying on relief aid.

Is there really no hope?

The more desperate man is, the stronger he becomes.

The first thing to do is to blame the system for creating this world imbalance, and then we’ll have to do what we do.

The Women is Strong

UN Photo/Isaac Billy
A woman awaits her return flight home at the UNMISS terminal of the Juba airport.

This time, women gathered strength. With support from the UN mission in the country, UNMISS, ox ploughs were handed to women’s groups.

“The challenge they reported was a lack of implements to increase their food production. That’s how the ox plough idea was born,” said Samuel Owoko, a representative of Sans Frontieres Germany, the organization implementing the project.

They did really great things. In the book of ‘Doing Good Better’, companies spend a lot of money to help, but in reality they are not helpful and often get in the way.

Ms. Agor, the women’s group leader, said “We have been using hand hoes, and with that you can only do so much. With these ox ploughs coming in, we shall cultivate bigger areas which will help us sustain our families throughout the long dry spell.”

She also had a message for the national authorities: “We want our Government to make sure that there is enough security so that we can bring in our bulls and cultivate. Without peace, that will not be possible. Right now, the roads are full of armed youth. They should go away so that our men can safely return with their cattle”.

Source: https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/03/1059712

I wish they were happier.
As she said, the best way is to stop the conflicts. I would like to tell her country to support the DPCW, the international law of peace. This is the perfect answer to peace.

I want to tell the women’s group again. The power of women is enormous! If the voices of 3.7 billion women around the world come together, no one will be able to stop them. IWPG will help you. 🙂

I sincerely hope that there will be peace in South Sudan.

Peace is up to you 🙂 Good luck!

How can Cameroon achieve peace?

First, we need a basic understanding of the country of Cameroon.

On December 2018, the United States assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Tibor Nagy, raised the issue of Cameroon as among the world’s most dire conflicts, stating: “I fear that [the crisis] could get much, much worse.”

The United Nations conservatively estimates that the ongoing conflict has killed more than 3 000 people and displaced nearly 700 000 more in the Anglophone regions, a staggering number that comprises about 20% of our country’s population. Most recently, on February 14, about two dozen villagers, including 14 children and a pregnant woman, were massacred in the village in the northwest region.

Reference:
https://mg.co.za/article/2020-03-17-cameroon-can-achieve-peace-but-first-it-needs-a-ceasefire/

In fact, this is a really difficult problem. How many people died, and why did they die? The difference between ideology and thought… The resentment and anger of it do not go away. 🙁

We don’t need Violence and Weapons

So what the hell should we do? Should we just stay still? Should we turn away because we don’t know anything? What should never be done is the attitude of maintaining the status quo.

If you look at the reference article, I agree with Maurice Kamto, the president of the opposition Cameroon Renaissance Movement and a former political prisoner in Cameroon, in part.

His second plan is that the violence on both sides must end today. I totally agree with this. Talks cannot begin without the elimination of violence and weapons. Other than that, his arguments include building infrastructure like hospital schools, setting the stage for dialogue and reforming the election system.

It is a proposal that seems to be effective. But I thought this was not enough. I think “civil society” is the key. The bottom-up approach is more effective than the top-down one. And that power is incredibly powerful.

It was a international peace NGO called HWPL that showed me this powerful force. I thought it was impossible to achieve peace.

Imagine if you were a little girl in a town in Cameroon. Can we expect peace to be achieved? No, we live in anxiety every day. Then, we find a little happiness, and we will feel satisfied. We thought this was life. This is so tragic. But peace was not difficult, and furthermore it was not impossible.

HWPL brings people from all over the world together as ‘ONE.’ They shout from time to time, “WE ARE ONE! WE ARE ONE!” As if a powerful hurricane had passed, they establish a strong peace in the place that had passed. Voice of one is not enough to achieve peace, but voice as one is enough to do so.

HWPL Profile

Their plans are concrete and feasible. You can feel that it is the answer to peace. I recommend you to check for yourself.

I sincerely hope that peace will come to Cameroon.

HWPL FAQ : http://www.hwpl.kr/en/whoweare/faq

your friends,
Ming Talyor

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Book Review l The Third Door by Alex Banayan

I wonder if there was another book that shocked me this strongly.

Do you know “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki? I was sucked into this book about three years ago. Since then, I have read more than 100 books, but none of them are this shocking.

After that, I met “The Third Door.”

The first time I saw the book was because I was on YouTube and saw a video that someone strongly recommended the book. While searching for books, he became more attracted to me because he was a medical student like me.

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Book Review l The Third Door by Alex Banayan The Third Door Elliott Bisnow Book Review Alex Banayan

Let me quote a book. “Success in life, business or almost any field you choose, is like getting into a nightclub. There are always three doors: The first door is the main entrance, where almost everyone queues, waiting and hoping to get in. The second door is the VIP door, where the celebrities and billionaires slip straight through. And then there’s the third door.”

I didn’t even know what this meant at first. On the other hand, I thought it was ridiculous. Because I’m 99% human. But I felt a lot of things when I finished reading the book in 8 hours and wrote down the part I liked for 5 hours again the next day.

I wanted to live like him! I felt an overflowing desire to challenge.
I am going to explain three impressive parts of his book.

If The Third Door was a movie, what would be your 3 favorite scenes? ⠀
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Excited to hear what you think, @ me … I’m really curious, so I’ll be reading them all 🙂 ⠀ pic.twitter.com/O9CZapQ5xt
— Alex Banayan (@AlexBanayan) October 18, 2019

1. Miserably Repeated Rejection

I think this is the most charming point of this book. I was in pain with Alex Banayan as I read the book, and I was rejected with him. It’s like it’s going to work, but it’s not going to work. Things didn’t seem to work out well, but he did it beautifully in his new way.

I can’t say everything to prevent spoilers. Read for yourself. You’ll be able to feel a lot. Especially the experience in Omaha, I also shed tears together. You and your friends were really the best at the “Berkshire Hathaway, Annual Shareholder’s Meeting.” I clapped and cheered together.

2. Solving problems in your own way

He met with beings with enormous insight, read numerous books, and tried to find answers. There was also a lot of help, but he solved the problems one by one in a really groundbreaking way. I won’t say much more to purposely wonder. 🙂

There is a quiz. What did he learn most from? Who? Bill Gates..?
The answer is almost at the end of the book.

3. Elliott Bisnow, DREAM MENTOR

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kz9LFhZGW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

He has greatly increased the size of Alex’s life itself. Thinking and acting were all huge scale. As I read the book, I wondered if this book would have been born, if he hadn’t been a mentor. He became a friend and a brother.

He was a great man who met so many familiar people by name. What he did as a early 20s was amazing, too. It occurred to me that I could never do it.

I hope I have such a mentor, and I want to challenge myself.
I will send 30 e-mails right now. Ahahaa 🙂

I hope you learn many things from this book, too.

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

1. Media Facade 2019

It’s an art…

2. IPYG Card Section Performance 2019

3. Card Section of 12,126 People 2018

They are all volunteers. Is it possible?

4. 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit

Parades are also tremendously attractive, and the speeches of former presidents are touching. I definitely recommend seeing it.

5. Media Facade 2017

I think HWPL has the answer to peace. The power of HWPL is best represented by the slogan “We are one!” There is nothing we can’t do if we’re one mind to solve everything.

But the world is now so confused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). There is no one at street, everyone stays at home. Even WHO declared novel coronavirus disease a pandemic. (more than 121,000 cases in 118 countries)

At times like this, if we try for quarantine in one mind without blaming anyone without discrimination, we will all survive. 🙂

P.S my heartfelt condolences to all the families who lost loved ones…

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Asthma l Brief Medical Study

Allergology and Clinical Immunology

After starting school on Monday, I took four classes. COVID-19 has replaced all of them with online lectures. I took two courses in allergology and clinical immunology.

Today, I’m going to summarize a little bit about asthma.

Prevalence

300 million people worldwide
Global prevalence: 1 – 18% of population
Childhood (M > F), after puberty (M < F), adulthood (M < F)
Asymptomatic during adolescence → return during adult

Definition

Sx: dyspnea, cough, wheezing, chest tightness
Chronic airway inflammation
Reversible airflow obstruction
Airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR)
Heterogeneous disease
Syndrome

Risk factors

Atopy
Genetic predisposition
Infection [respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), atypical bacteria]
→ hygiene hypothesis
Diet (low in antioxidants & omega-3 polyunsaturated fats, high in sodium & omega-6 polyunsaturated fats, vitamin D deficiency)
Air pollution
Allergens
Occupational exposure
Obesity

Triggers

Allergen
Virus infection (rhinovirus, RSV, coronavirus)
→ Atypical bacteria
Pharmacologic agent [beta blocker, angiotensin-converting enzyme
inhibitor (ACEI), aspirin]
Exercise
Physical factor (cold air, hyperventilation, laughter, hot weather, weather change, strong smells, perfume)
Food additive (metabisulfite, tartrazine)
Air pollution
Occupational factor
Hormones (premenstrual worsening of asthma, thyrotoxicosis & hypothyroidism)
Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
Stress (not very severe stress)

Asthma-like Symptoms

Do you often catch a cold?
Do you cough for more than a month if you catch a cold?
Do you cough and wake up at 1 or 2 AM?
Is it accompanied by a wheezing during normal breathing or prolonged phase of forced exhalation?
Do you have difficulty breathing when you exercise?
Nose : rhinitis, sinusitis, nasal polyps
Do you have a family history for allergic diseases?

If this medical information violates copyright, I’ll have it erased immediately. I wrote it down for personal study, so please be generous.

In fact, most of them come out when you search for them. If you have symptoms like asthma, make sure to visit a nearby hospital!

If you need professional knowledge,
https://www.niaid.nih.gov/clinical-trials/asthma-studies
https://ginasthma.org/

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Medical Student VLOGs on Youtube

These are the vlogs I sometimes watch. Something motivates me, and it makes me feel good. I hope it will be the same experience for you.

1. 갱이Gani (eng sub), SNU Medicine

She is really pretty. There is a saying as a joke. Pretty actors, like Seo Hyunjin, Lee Sungkyung, appear in “Romantic Doctor, Teacher Kim,” a popular Korean drama.

While watching the drama, I wondered if there would be anyone who can be a doctor with this look, but there really was… lol

2. Kharma Medic, King’s College London

It’s a video that has a visual beauty. He is a sensible artist.

3. Sebastian Pirie, Sydney University

He is funny and humorous. He also often gives useful information. 🙂

Don’t you hate too much? I like simplicity best! I will end it here!

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Letters to Me #12 : Self-Esteem

I recently read a book about self-esteem, “Self-esteem Lesson, Korean Ver (자존감 수업 : 하루에 하나, 나를 사랑하게 되는 자존감 회복 훈련)” It is written in Korean only. It is a book that a psychiatrist (윤홍균, 정신건강의학과 의사) wrote for his daughters based on the knowledge he gained from his long experience.

In psychology, the term self-esteem is used to describe a person’s overall sense of self-worth or personal value. (Verywell Mind) In other words, it is an individual’s subjective evaluation of their own worth. Self-esteem encompasses beliefs about oneself as well as emotional states, such as triumph, despair, pride, and shame. (Wiki)

A STEP TOWARDS PEACE Letters to Me #12 : Self-Esteem 자존감 수업 윤홍균 self-reproach Self-esteem Lesson Self-esteem self-distrust sadness psychiatrist Letters to Me inferiority

The reason I read this book is because my top priority these days is to get rid of low self-esteem and self-reproach. This is because I heard this from someone I respect recently. She also told me that I’m enough competent.

When I read the book, I found that self-esteem was really connected to many problems, such as marriage, dating, work life, relationships between friends, and myself. The point was that I didn’t love myself. It’s “self-distrust.” How about someone on your back, criticizing you all day and comparing you to others? You can’t even run away. It’s so terrible. 🙁

My core feelings are “sadness” and “inferiority.” I could explain my feelings clearly through this book. I have a huge desire to be recognized by others. So, I kept looking at other people, and I usually looked at people who were better than me. That’s why I felt inferior.

Comparing my shortcomings to others’ good points, I always lost. I had high expectations of myself, and I was often frustrated. This gave me disappointment and low self-esteem. If disappointment lasts long, it becomes sadness.

After that, when there was a mistake, I started to blame myself first. The premise of my thoughts was that I tried to protect myself by blaming myself for fear of being criticized by others. I also hated myself.

In fact, there were so many hard work. It was a day that was really difficult, teary, painful, compared, scolded, and felt I was insignificant. I was not recognized by those who I respect. I secretly got angry and cried a lot.

I think I actually needed comfort. It was necessary to say, ‘It’s okay, you can do it.’ But now I can understand and forgive. We all had a hard time then, and we’ve walked the hard way together. She had a situation, too. She had lived a life that was not appreciated by strict father, and that was why I was more severely scolded by her.

What do we want most from our lovers when we’re dating? I think it’s looking at me as I am. But I don’t really see myself that way. I will now cherish and love me a lot. “It’s okay, you can do it. You can do it!!” I will trust my own judgment, make my own choices and make decisions. I will believe in me and comfort me, even if my troubles come like waves again.

Do you want to walk with me?

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

My Favorite Movie Top 5

1. About Time

Rachel McAdams is so lovely… It gave me a fantasy about love. I don’t know how many times I cried in the scene where he spent time with my father. He tells us the secret of happiness at the end. I was impressed. 🙁

2. The Greatest Showman

The character of Hugh Jackman was really attractive. And the movie is the best with the OST and musical scenes. Considering the meaning of the movie, it’s the best movie ever. Especially, in the song “This Is Me,” they was ashamed of themselves, but now they become self-reliant. It means that they had grown up a lot. All the songs are so good.

3. Begin Again

This movie is also one of the best in OST. I have nothing to say. I love you!!

4. Dead Poets Society

Carpe diem! The most memorable scene is when he said “Boys, you must strive to find your own voice.” I’ve been into poetry since I saw this movie.

5. The Intern

Anne Hathaway is a successful young female CEO. She was so cool. And Robert De Niro’s classic charm of subsidizing her with wisdom made me fall for “classic.” I want to be a classic man, who is more valuable as he was used longer.

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Korean Web Drama List on Youtube l by Age

There are many recommendations for Korean web dramas such as best 5 and top 100, but I will recommend you to my taste. It’s very subjective. 🙂

Since there are different parts that you can sympathize with according to age, I sorted them out according to the age of the characters. If you are in your 20s, you can look back on memories of your teenage years and know the lives of office workers in advance.

You can watch it all for free on YouTube, and each episode is about 20 minutes (8-10 episodes per season), so you can watch it on your day off.

10s

A-TEEN (Season 1-2)

Season1 – EP.01

These days, there are no teenagers in Korea who don’t know this web drama. In particular, “Do Hana” was very popular. Everyone is into Do Hana syndrome, copying her movements and tastes.

Though it may be very different from foreign styles, it dealt with friendship and fresh love. Of course, there are many unrealistic things compared to Korean reality. Each episode is about 10 minutes.

A-TEEN Season 1 – EP.24
A-TEEN Season 2 – EP.20

20s

Love Playlist (Season 1-4)

Season1 – EP.01

It is the most popular for college students in their 20s. Would it be good or bad to love in the major? In the same university, same major, couples are called “Campus Couples(CC).” You may think that what others see is important, but in Korea, there are many saying that CC is not good.

This is because most relationships in their early 20s are bound to break up, and people around them who were originally friends are having a hard time. There could be strange rumors. You can’t understand it now, but if you watch web dramas, you can understand the situation. But anything is possible if you love enough! Each Episode is about 5 minutes.

Love Playlist Season 1 – EP.08
Love Playlist Season 2 – EP.12
Love Playlist Season 3 – EP.12
Love Playlist Season 4 – EP.16

Ending again (the Latest!)

It’s a story in her late 20s. There are two episodes in English now. In Korean, it has been up to the eighth episode. It’s the latest! As expected, it is gaining huge popularity. I watch it these days and it’s so much fun. The main female character is so pretty and lovely.

She broke up with boyfriend of eight years, but he succeeded and appeared before her again! But now next to her is a younger man who likes her.
Who will she choose? This is the key.

30s

XX (the Latest!)

Also, there are two episodes in English now. In Korean, there were 10 episodes and it was over. With ending again recently, I really enjoyed watching these two web drama. The main female character is a head bartender.

The story is about friendship cracks because of an ex-boyfriend and love between bartenders. I think “XX” means ‘ex’ and ‘XX chromosome.’ Also, maybe it sounds like a curse, as “야, 이 XX야.” I hope you enjoy it.

Flower Ever After (Season 1)
The Best Ending (Season 2)

Flower Ever After – EP.01

The Best Ending – EP.01

People in their 30s now think more about marriage than about love. Some people want to get married and live a stable life, while others hesitate to get married because of still unstable reality. The story is about four people who are thinking about marriage.

We looked at everything from teenagers to marriage.
Please love Korean web drama a lot. 🙂

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March 1st Independence Movement Day in South Korea, “Sam Il Jeol”

Hi, today is March 1st. Today is the anniversary of “March 1st Movement” in my country. It is also called “Independence Movement Day in South Korea,” and “삼일절(Sam Il Jeol)”

The March 1 Movement started on March 1, 1919. Why this day? In the wake of rumors that King Gojong of the Korean Empire was poisoned, it rose up on March 1, 1919, the funeral day of King Gojong’s death.

There was another reason. After the World War I, “The Fourteen Points” of US President Woodrow Wilson became the basis at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. The President Wilson listed “self-determination” as an important objective for the postwar world. It set off a spark of hope.

The most famous performance at this time is the “Manse Demonstrations.” In Korean, 만세(Manse) means raising both hands high. Generally, do it three times with the Korean flag.

On this day, 500,000 people gathered at 탑골공원(Tapgol Park, formerly Pagoda Park) and shouted “Manse.” From this point on, March 1st Movements were held across the country for about three months. There were 1,214 manse demonstrations during the 60 days from March 1 to April 30. The total number of participants is estimated at 1.06 million.

Japan did not sit still, but violently suppressed it. Of them, 7,509 were killed and 47,000 were arrested. However, because it was a fairly successful independence movement, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea was established in Shanghai in April 11, 1919.

But I don’t think it happened easily. There were 33 ethnic representatives who took the initiative. They consisted of 15 Catholics, 16 Christians and two Buddhists. (if you more info about them: my blog, wiki(ko), other)
They read “The Declaration of Independence” at Taehwagwan, Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul. Soon after, some of them died, and they were imprisoned for about a year and a half or three years.

To celebrate this day, the national flag is hung at home. Flags are also hung on every street. But now South Korea is in an emergency because of COVID-19. There are over 3,000 confirmed cases. I hope the patients will recover quickly, and I want to send a message of support to the medical staff who are really struggling.

Since we are all the same people, I hope we don’t blame each other or split up over this incident. Because we were one in the independence movement.

P.S. a year ago, I wrote the its 100th Anniversary post. 🙂

The Women is Strong

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We don’t need Violence and Weapons

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1. Miserably Repeated Rejection

2. Solving problems in your own way

3. Elliott Bisnow, DREAM MENTOR

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1. Media Facade 2019

2. IPYG Card Section Performance 2019

3. Card Section of 12,126 People 2018

4. 2018 HWPL World Peace Summit

5. Media Facade 2017

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Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Prevalence

Definition

Risk factors

Triggers

Asthma-like Symptoms

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1. 갱이Gani (eng sub), SNU Medicine

2. Kharma Medic, King’s College London

3. Sebastian Pirie, Sydney University

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Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

1. About Time

2. The Greatest Showman

3. Begin Again

4. Dead Poets Society

5. The Intern

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A-TEEN (Season 1-2)

Love Playlist (Season 1-4)

Ending again (the Latest!)

XX (the Latest!)

Flower Ever After (Season 1)The Best Ending (Season 2)

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Peace is up to you :0 Good luck!

Flower Ever After (Season 1)
The Best Ending (Season 2)