Yoonhae Kang (강윤혜) / 2014 / Tuesday 9am

Kang Yoonhae   2014, a year of challenges                                             To most university students, a year of sophomore means they are now in a stable circumstance, escaping from a freshman life with full of challenges. However, a year of 2014 which I become a sophomore has already brought me lots of challenges that I have to face with.  I recently changed my major from an Asian language to EIT. In addition, I started living alone in a house near HUFS. These two big changes made me to think of 2014 as a year of challenging.            To begin with, recently I made a challenge of changing my major to EIT. The reason was that I wanted to spend my time learning subjects which I truly have an interest. Last year I once studied about English interpretation and translation slightly in a culture class. I really enjoyed the class and started to consider seriously about changing my major to EIT. Consequently, I'm now an EIT student. It was not easy to make a decision of switching my major as it throws away whole my credits of major that I attended last year. In addition, adjusting to the new department requires relatively high level of diligence as the subject is totally different compared to my ex-major.  However, I'm really happy now. Every time I enter the class I feel very excited for what I'm going to learn today. I'm willing to face this new challenge.            Furthermore, I'm managing to lead my life by myself leaving my family. Until last year I used to live with my brother at Ann-am-dong after I came up to Seoul from Busan. However, he recently got a call of duty and joined the army. Therefore, I had no choice but to have a challenge of living alone. It was very lonely at first because there was nobody who greeted me when I came back to home. In addition, it was a torture to make my own meal and eat it without having anyone to talk. I felt desperate and lonely. However, I felt much comfortable as new semester has begun. My friends really helped me to find my rhythm of life. They mentally supported me. Now I'm trying to become a more independent person who can roll my own life.            My 2014 has started with big challenges. It was a little frightening at first, however, I expect those challenges will make me getting my growth. I believe that it will help me to find the way to my future career and also increase my sense of independence as an adult. At the end of this year I will gladly make up a compliment, saying "Well done, 2014".