465-word version: ...As a child, I preferred watching TV or playing computer games to hiking. So I always complained about hiking, but it eventually grew on me as my father’s friends, unbeknown to them that it was rather a therapy for me, encouraged me with their compliments that I was more..

...As dust particles and extraterrestrial materials combine under the universal gravitational force to form a mass that does not have a distinct shape at first, the mass rotates, collects more particles and materials from its surrounding...

461-word version: Nothing, Something, Anything Sky blue, the color of sheer innocence, has a cathartic effect on me, lifting me up to the sky whenever I need a diversion or some refreshment. Yet, it is difficult to determine just one color to describe the sky: passionate reddish orange of the ev..

I opened the door and walked in. I was surrounded by the hot stuffy and curious eyes. It was hard to breathe. I saw an empty spot and tiptoed across the damp wooden floor towards the spot, which was usually the corner, where I could be unnoticeable. I sat down and the hardest and most intimidating..

315-word version: My day starts at 6:30 AM, listening to the 고등학교명 radio blasting through the speakers that are “conveniently” located just over my headboard. I crawl down the ladder and try not to wake up my roommates. I have lived in this dorm for three years and learned to be i..

Hearing noises of my cousins, I opened my sleepy eyes. I was not sure when I had fallen asleep, and all I remembered was that I was waiting for my mom to finish her new year’s supper at grandma’s house. I looked around. It was grandma’s room and a single picture caught my attenti..