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CONTENTS BS Letter from the Editor 4 Turkey—An Amazing Land by Murat Palaoglu 52 Where CELOP Students Come from 5 Canyon de Chelly and the Grand Canyon 54 Semester Book Class 6 by Haebareun Kim Registration & Orientation 8 Motorcycle Problems in Taipei by Yu-Chieh Su 56 First Day of Classes 10 Speaking Practice with Renée Delatizky’s 57 and Maria Tomeho-Palermino’s Classes Semester Book Class @ Work 11 Clean Energy City 58 Old Town Trolley Tour of Boston 12 by Haebareun Kim, Koji Sakaguchi & Yu-Chieh Su Trip to Salem with George and Marsha Classes 14 Japanese Cutting Edge Technology by Koji Sakaguchi 60 Welcome to Halloween Town by Koji Sakaguchi 16 The Countries of CELOP: A Crossword Puzzle 61 Around Boston with CELOP Students 17 by Koji Sakaguchi Photos of Salem by Vinicius Souza 18 Japanese Culture Reception by Hosei students 62 Photos of Red Sox World Series Parade 19 by Atthapon Mebusaya and Sottichon Tannapai Movie Reviews Why Did I Get Married 64 Unforgettable 2007 Red Sox by Haebareun Kim 20 We Own the Night 64 Turkey-Greece Soccer Game by Murat Palaoglu 22 Lions for Lambs 65 Whooping Crane by Maria Medina Mendoza 24 The Nightmare Before Christmas 65 Longfellow House with Beth & Dorothy’s Class 25 Dragon Wars 66 A Glimpse of the Charles Regatta by Murat Palaoglu 26 Theater Reviews The 43rd Head of the Charles by Koji Sakaguchi 27 Sweeney Todd 66 Blue Man Group 67 CELOP Interviews Mutlu Aikin by Koji Sakaguchi 28 Film Location Trip to Montauk by Min Jung Jun 68 Kihyun by Yu-Chieh Su 29 Music Review: Jazz Festival 68 Professor Alicia Jioeva by Murat Palaoglu 30 by Chiaki Shimizu & Murat Palaoglu Michael Feldman by Koji Sakaguchi 31 A Special Place: Central Park in New York City 69 Murat Palaoglu by Koji Sakaguchi & Soeul Park 32 by Ying-Jen “Alice” Chen CELOP Alumnus Petra Heidenreich Meets the Mayor! 33 Restaurant Reviews Scavenger Hunt organized by Jenn Kay Fields 33 Paris Creperie by Min Jung Jun 70 Mr. & Mrs. CELOP Contest 34 Family Restaurant by Mutlu Akin 70 by Haebareun Kim, Yu-Chieh Su, and Soeul Park Hei La Moon Restaurant by Harry Gu 71 Fashion @ CELOP 36 Recipe: Chilaquiles Sinaloenses 72 Warren Towers by Koji Sakaguchi 73 Caption This! Contest by the Semester Book Class 38 Birthday in Pam Steeves’ Class 39 The Boston Vegetarian Food Festival by Yu-Chieh Su 74 The CELOP College Fair 40 Similarities and Differences in Three Cultures 76 I Love My Class by JuHwa Lee 42 Notable Events of the Semester 77 We Love Boston 43 Photo Potpourri by Jacquie LoConte’s Class 78 by Murat Palaoglu, Chiaki Shimizu, and JuHwa Lee Semester Book Class (still) at Work 79 Halloween Party @ CELOP 44 CELOP Clubs, Events, Activities 80 Halloween Costume Contest 48 CLASS PHOTOS 82 Nightlife by Vinicius de Oliveira e Souza 49 CELOP Faculty 114 Eid Celebration by Zeynep Yurtseven 50 Staff Photos 115 Dear CELOP students, ing, tolerance and respect In this season of ever increasing darkness and for others who may be plunging temperatures, you have brought your light very different from them- and warmth to this corner of the world. As anoth- selves, and the world is er semester draws to a close and pathways diverge, infinitely richer because of this. good-byes always seem to be a mixture of the sor- This Semester Book is a reflection of just who rowful with the sweet. It goes without saying how the Fall 2007 CELOP students are. It is a record sad we feel to part from new friendships and ac- not only of your impressions, your dreams, your quaintances forged over the past few months. playfulness, your accomplishments and aspirations, However, the sweetness lies in the moments but also of the mark you have left upon each oth- we’ve shared and the memories we’ve created that er, CELOP, Boston, and ultimately the world. We will remain with us for a lifetime. thank you for coming to CELOP and sharing your adventurous spirit. We hope you will always fond- A round of congratulations is in order for all the ly remember your special time here at CELOP. Be CELOP students who braved the sometimes wild sure to stay in touch, and do come back to visit if city traffic and crowded and oftentimes unreliable you ever get the chance. “T” in order to come to class and successfully com- plete their studies here. A microcosm of the world at large, the students at CELOP come here to learn English, but end up teaching one another so much Doreen Miller about their respective cultures and life philosophies. Semester Book class teacher and editor In time, they leave here with a greater understand- Cover: Design by Chiaki Shimizu CELOP Semester Book XX | Fall 2007 Illustration p. 5: Ju Hwa Lee. Editors John de Szendeffy, Doreen Miller, Lesley Andrews Production Assistance Lesley Andrews, Hakan Rudy Seber Photographers Semester Book Class, Lesley Andrews, Jaime Villa, Send correspondence regarding the Hakan Rudy Seber, Thaveewong Chotemaneenophan Semester Book to John de Szendeffy, [email protected] Contributors Jenn Kay Fields, Chris Antonellis, Kim Beqari Distribution Melissa Brown, Liz Salazar www.bu.edu/celop/alumni/ Layout John de Szendeffy th This is the 20 edition of the CELOP Semester Book. It is published every Fall and Spring All material ©Center for English Language semester and available at the Front Desk free of charge to all current students. All Semester and Orientation Programs, Boston Uni- Books can be downloaded from the CELOP Alumni web site as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) docu- versity, 2007. ments, www.bu.edu/celop/alumni . Illustration by Ju Hwa Lee (from Korea), Semester Book class, Fall 2007. Semester Book class, Korea), Hwa Lee (from Ju Illustration by 4 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 5 The Semester Book Class Chiaki Shimizu Pretty, cool, unique. Jamyung “Jay” Koo Ein Mi “EM” Lee Haebareun “Harry” Kim Wants to perform in Sporty, self-confident, Sweet, sophisticated, Creative, fashionable, spicy. Carnegie Hall some day. laid back. feminine. Wants to Wants to be the president Wants to die rich. achieve perfection of United Korea. in her life. Pensée by Jamyung Koo is and un- It sad forgetta- that nothing re- ble events. mains forever; mem- In this book, ories fade, empires fall, love we include articles that stu- Yu-Chieh “Jennie” Su JuHwa Lee Koji Sakaguchi Min Jung Jun Warm hearted, silent but More creative than Friendly, sexy, gregarious. Gentle, mysterious, breaks, and so on. In order not to end dents have worked on in their own class- deep, generous. Wants Harry, cheerful, Wants to have a very always smiling. Wants to to be a movie director fascinating. big and happy family. be happy. these experiences in hollowness, peo- es, interviews about special persons in so she can tell stories Wants to love ple celebrate, commemorate, remi- CELOP, introductions of various cul- through images. somebody. nisce, and record. Our work in the Se- tures, polls in which people are inter- mester Book Class in CELOP is just ested, movie, theatre and visitation re- the same process that most people go views and photos that will remind the through, commonly but never trivially. readers of their precious experiences. Our invaluable experiences in There is a word pensée (pahn-séy), CELOP are exceptional; they constitute from the French which means “reflection.” an extraordinary opportunity for people In the distant future, if, when you coming from over 40 countries to meet read this semester book, you miss the each other, encounter those who have days, have smiles on your faces and feel been unknown to each person and are pensée, it will have been worth it for us culturally distinguished, share their own to make this effort in creating this mem- stories and joyful time, go on field trips Murat Palaoglu Maria “Pame” Medina Soeul Park Doreen Miller oir, and we will simply be happy. It is Handsome, Mendoza Cute, positive energy, Cosmopolitan, to places where they have always wished unpredictable, perfect. Gorgeous, athletic, hot. cooperative. Wants passionate, the sexiest. more than just a class from which we Wants to retire as a Wants to travel around to be a world famous Wants to make a to visit, have various kinds of food, watch fisherman and sail the the world. journalist. difference in people’s learn and earn marvelous experiences. movies and participate in uncountable oceans. lives. 6 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 7 R EGISTRATION & ORIENTATION 8 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 9 F IRST DAY OF CLASSES S EMESTER BOOK CLASS @ WORK 10 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 11 O LD TOWN TROLLEY TOUR OF BOSTON 12 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 13 T RIP TO SALEM George Krikorian’s and Marsha Dean’s classes 14 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 CELOP Semester Book | Fall 2007 15 Welcome to Halloween Town: Class Trip to Salem | Koji Sakaguchi Michael Feldman’s Business Core Class n October 26, 2007, some oth- er classes and our class took a O trip to Salem which is located north of Boston and is called “Hallow- een Town”. We took the commuter rail from North Station about 30 minutes, and then we arrived in Halloween town, Salem. First, we watched a play about what happened in Salem 400 years ago and why Salem started to be called Hal- loween town. Our teacher guided us around the town. The city was really enjoying Hal- A ROUND BOSTON loween, and the colored leaves decorated the town in a more fall-like atmosphere.