Edelweiss, the Flower of Peace

Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Every morning you greet me. Small and white, clean and bright, You look happy to meet me. Blossom of snow, may you bloom and grow, Bloom and grow forever. Edelweiss, Edelweiss, Bless my homeland forever. Source : http://k.daum.net/qna/view.html?qid=00zdn I think Edelweise, it stands for "Worldpeace" I heard a song in the movie called "Sound of Music" I was very sad song, the General of Ostria sing that song, He should exiled from his country by invasion of Germany. He cannot sing a song at the end of lyrics in the song. but at the end, he and his family can leave their country and get happiness She always gives a mild smile everyday, but we cannot realize. Peace will also bloom and grow forever if we always remember her existence. I want to think about her existence tonight Maybe she always lives in people who desires her face. Oh, Edelweiss of Peace! Bless our gracious creature in this Beautiful world! I will let my hope to your pillow side at night. Let me see your face in my dream. Show me your beautiful smile, Sleep tight! My Sweetlord! at the deepest night of desire, From a boy of pure heart 2014.06.30

Bomb blast in Nigerian capital kills 21

Abuja gripped by fear after deadly attacks by Boko Haram Islamists

ABUJA (AFP) ― A bomb exploded in a crowded shopping centre in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Wednesday, killing at least 21 people in a city already gripped by fear after a series of deadly attacks by Boko Haram Islamists, police and the government said.

The blast shook the Emab Plaza at 4 p.m., the National Emergency Management Agency said, as shoppers were buying groceries ahead of the country’s World Cup match against Argentina, which kicked-off an hour later.

“The casualty figure for now is 21 persons dead, 17 injured,” national police spokesman Frank Mba said, adding that an arrest had been made.

Senior government spokesman Mike Omeri confirmed that the blast was the result of “a bomb attack.”

Rescue teams were deployed to the scene and evacuated the victims from the area, NEMA spokesman Manzo Ezekiel said.

Rescue workers are seen at the site of an explosion at a shopping mall in Abuja on Wednesday. (AP-Yonhap)

“The explosion struck at peak business time,” he said, adding that the area was busy at the time of the blast and that 40 cars had been destroyed.

The blast, at the entrance to the mall, was powerful enough to blow out windows in buildings on the opposite side of the street, an AFP correspondent on the scene in the immediate aftermath said.

The area, sandwiched between two other shopping centres and one of the busiest in central Abuja, was littered with the burnt out wreckages of cars and soaked in pools of congealed blood.

Rescue workers could be seen picking through what appeared to be the scorched body parts of victims.

An employee of the nearby Newcastle Hotel in the Wuse II area of the city, who did not want to be named, said she clearly heard the explosion.

Soldiers and police cordoned off the scene of the blast and firefighters were at the location, as thick smoke billowed into the sky, an AFP reporter said.

A soldier close to the scene but who demanded anonymity told reporters that two suspects who tried to flee the scene were caught.

One of them who was shot by soldiers as he was fleeing later died from his injuries.

Oreoluwa Adeoye, who sells phone accessories at the nearby plaza said, “I saw many dead bodies. Some taxi drivers parked at the spot of the explosion waiting for passengers. Some drivers perished there with their passengers.”

“It is terrible. There are a lot of human bodies shattered ... They are in pieces. The security agencies have been picking human bodies (parts) in nylon bags,” said Shuaibu Adamu Baba, an education consultant who said he lost his driver in the blast.

“I lost a driver that has three wives and eight children,” he lamented.

Boko Haram which sparked worldwide outrage by kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls in April, has attacked Nigeria’s capital twice in the last 10 weeks.

A car bombing killed 75 people at the Nyanya bus terminal on the outskirts of the city on April 14 while a copycat bombing at the same spot on May 1 left 19 people dead.

The security services put the capital under lockdown following the second explosion as Abuja prepared to host a World Economic Forum summit on Africa in early May.

While the forum went off without a hitch, a Boko Haram attack in the heart of the capital less than two months on will raise fresh doubts about Nigeria’s capacity to contain the group’s worsening insurgency.

 

Source : http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140626000590

 

 

What a Sad thing!  I wish all victims in this terrible accident be rest in Peace.

It should not happen anymore in our future,

I cannot help stop doing work of worldpeace.

 

World Peace can make us United One like Worldcup Soccer!

 

 

 

Whole world are so excited !

At this time, I just return to a big soccer fan like when I was a student!

I used to enjoy playing soccer when I was in elementary school,

so it made me so excited if teacher says that let's go outside to play a soccer instead of the class.

And when I was in middle school, I spend my most time at the soccer stadium.

I never forget the bright light and passion of stands filled with many spectators.

Do you know how much yummy eat

 

instant noodle while watching soccer. haha

All soccer players always make my heart beats thick.

In 2002 World cup, all Koreans just were crazy at soccer. When Korean national team went the quarterfinal and semi-final, all Koreans cried and cried.

Korea!! This country is so amazing and wonderful country!

During the period of World Cup, there are so many soccer fans, who come out and shout

"Dea Han Min Guk" (It means The Republic of Korea) !

Surprisingly, it is unusual scene. Foreigners also are amazed at our passion to our nation - Korea.

I believe this national characteristics made today's Korea!

Not only soccer, all sports also have those kind of power to make people one!

When we have a sight in the same place and if we have the same aims,

we can be one and we can make a power beyond our imagination.

Yes! That is right!

Just like sports competition,

If all people dream the same aim : World Peace, we can make a difference.

Let's break our consciousness and sow seeds of peace!

Nobody want war, but want World Peace. It is time to recover everything just like FIRST!

When make people look forth one aim ; World Peace and Ceasing the wars,

World Peace will be able to come true. Why don't you join us?

 

Sending letter to my friend, Dreams of peace

Good evening, Dreams of peace!

I always dreamed of all people standing with wavering flags of peace.
No war, No dispute, No Chaos!

Dreams of Peace!
I called a lot of times, but you can never answer me.
but It is time that you have to come out!
Please see and feel their anxiety.

Can you feel their heartbeat?
I wannaa see your face at the top of mountain.

I feel sorry who cannot see your face.
If they see your face, all of them cannot leave you and come to you.

Nowadays, I feel the wind of change in this world.
People's life is longer than that in the past.
also I can see a lot of activities(just like IPYG) based on peace.

I felt alone because no one could know my desire for you.
but in these days, people's mind get warmed by the wind of change.

Full of love, Full of Hope
I want to hug with you till the end of time.

Today, it's raining heavily and sparkling thunder all around.
but end of this time, Sun gives a mild smile for me just like you.

I wait for you in my deepest mind with a small candle of light.
Please knocking at the gate of my spirit, and I will open my mind for you.

Come quickly! My Anxiety!

Sincerely yours
From a shiny boy

Life, Peace, World

What do we have to live this moment?
Everyone has a dream, and mana people towards for dream then Endeavors.
Childhood have a lot of kids dream of world peace.
Over time, The adult don't talk The peace in the world and we forget about it.
War takes place in a number of places.
Many people don't mistake dying for no reason.
We all expected to live in this world,
 his two euros do not have to worry about a thing happens not?
Anyone know what peace is.
What is Peace? Do you think Peace is live in unison?
At least once, We should think about it.
Right now we are all living is The world equal to peace ?
If you live in every happyday, May be that's what peace is?
We should strive to live a happy tomorrow.
If we think go out very pure_conscientiously every moment.
World will be change like peaceful.

IPYG, Giving Light of Peace to this world!

Our world is suffering from many disaster, war, earthquake, dispute....
it occured many places in this beatiful planet.

I wonder mindset of all world peoeple are naturally distorted by invisible thing
How can people fight each other? How come?

I always want to live with my family(friends, lovers,etc) in happy mood.

But it's not easier to come closer to person that has different thinking.
I felt like going under and under to space that has no support at the bottom.

While I am talking to my friends with the subject as mentioned above,
My friend always says "Don't take care about it, Let's Drink!"I
I felt like being frustrated

After that time,
On my way to business trip to Busan,
I saw a lot of people walking around the city
They're walking along the side walk and holding banners of worldpeace
They were working at IPYG(International Peace Youth Group) for worldpeace.

I think worldpeace is just like a word in textbook.
Because it cannot be realized into physics in our world till nowadays.
Many Peace activitist have their catchphrase and do their act in enthusiastic mood,
but it just did in temporily and their outcome always disappeared quickly.

But Peace Walk movements in Busan makes my mind hot and outraged.
I am also in youth ages, but I did not act like them.
Their behavior comes into my mind, as lighthouse shines his light to the darkest Sea.

After seeing that, I come back to my business accomodation and think about Peace.
I thought and thought that the meaning of peace and how can it achieve at this world.
Also, I searched IPYG on the internet and study about their activity.

I found that the amazing things
They declare worldpeace and do their activities in a variety fields of this world.
(Sports, Volunteer to help Social Communities, etc)
Many people in our world follow their mottos(they have 235 affiliates in the world)

I thank for their works and also want to be part of them.
Would you like to join?
It will be an excting jouney of your life!

Working for Peace : No one can deny this is the answer of our living world!

Even though some time has already passed, whenever I hear the word "peace", there is a ringing in my heart.
 
A few weeks ago, I visted the U.N Memorial Park with my children.
 We were walking around here and there when we saw a large crowd gathered in one area.

People of various races, color and nations along with a magnificent band were preparing some parade.  And there was one man proclaiming peace on the podium.

Honestly speaking, the idea of peace is something we are all familiar with, but it never really struck a chord with me.  Peace was always vague and distant.

Our world is suffering everyday from wars and oppression, yet the reality is that we just watch these incidents
as if they were some fire accident occuring across the street.  

The speech I happened to hear by chance that afternoon still lingers in my heart.

The truth is, there are many people in the world who work for peace and many who have won awards for their efforts towards peace.
Yet, there is not one place on this earth where peace exists.

The speaker urged the importance of those working for peace to be united as one.  There is no you and me, high and low- we must all work together as one.

This statement really made a strong impression in my heart.

I'm Catholic and even though the person next to me is Muslim, if we truly became one there would be no reason to fight for religious reasons.  And I also
realized that there would be no reason to criticize and point fingers at each other.


The reason why we couldn't become united as one was because we were so busy claiming that MY religion was the best.  As a result, rather than achieving peace we have
been living in a world with unending violence and wars.

The speaker's words, that it is our duty to end wars so that we can leave peace as an inheritance to our descendants, remains in my ears.

It felt as if all people of the world were gathered together in the U.N. Memorial Cemetery.

Through the voices and every motion of the people gathered on that day, I can feel the deep longing and desperation for peace.

Even though the crowd was shouting for peace in their own respective languages, they became one through their gestures and no one could deny their sincerity.

They were all holding signs with words displaying their longing for peace written in their own languages.

Have you seen their joyful expressions as they participated in the Peace Walk(IPYG Peace walk)?

Regardless of age, race and gender, everyone became one that day as they shouted their yearning for peace in one voice.

It was an event that I happened to come across by chance, but I'm so thankful and blessed to have participated.

It made me think that, the confident and resounding voice proclaiming peace on the podium along with the large crowd united as one,
is what true peace is.

It was an unforgettable moment that made me realize that true peace will be possible when all people set aside their differences and become one.

WAR: What is it good for?

What comes to mind when you hear the word "war"?  Pain, suffering, death, violence...
Honestly, war is somewhat vague for me because I've never personally experienced a war during
my lifetime.  I've been so blessed to live in a country that is safe.  Now that I think about, safety is something
that I take for granted.  It's something that I believe is so obvious.
Before I became familiar with IPYG,
I had no interest nor did I have any idea what was going on in the world around me. 
When I was living in the U.S., I had several friends who were sent to Afghanistan as soliders.
They were just teenagers, no more than 20 years old.
I heard countless stories of how their friends were killed
during their short time in the Middle East.  For WHAT did they die?
And what about the families of the
young soldiers killed during duty?
 Who will compensate them for the loss of their beloved son?  No amount
of money could ever make up for the death of these young soldiers.  They were mere children.
Look at this photo.  They should be playing soccer or drawing pictures of dogs and cats. 
Why are these young children holding
such viscious weapons?  Were they born merely to fight in a meaningless war and eventually to die?  No. 
This is why I respect IPYG so much.  For a long time, many have talked about this issue and acknowledged
the need for change.  However, IPYG has taken action to turn our hopes into a reality.

IPGY has shown us that
peace is possible and that a world without war, a world without the death of young lives is possible.
Let's join hands with IPYG and create a world where young people no longer have to be killed in pointless wars.

What does peace mean to me?

Someday I thought, “What does peace mean to me?”

Everybody seems to have a different ideas of what peace is. Many sources define peace as the description of a society where there was neither war nor social unrest. What is peace to me? What defines peace, and what are you willing to sacrifice for it?

World peace is a wonderful thought but I didn’t think we’ll ever see it. So, I described what peace means to me in my life. To me, peace is a feeling of calm, warm, satisfaction and the feeling that all is well in my world, my family, and my work.

Jimmy carter said, “Peace is more than the absence of war. There is an inner peace that comes from personal security and personal freedom. Peace also includes the sense of a mother and father that children will live, that they’ll have food for them to eat, and that they won’t be subject to a lifetime of suffering that could have been prevented.” He had been awarded novel peace prize at 2002. Many people including him feel and know keenly the necessity of peace, however, they couldn’t suggest an alternative which is method of world peace.

Few month ago, I was happy to contact the international peace youth group (IPYG) because of participating in peace activity with effective and realizable method. IPYG’s motto is to create a lasting change in the world through our passion and desire to see peace-loving citizens in every nation and a united world youth.

Since I met IPYG, my thought about peace is changed and broaden. Peace is the absence of war, not only between nations but also between personal, and nothing should have to be sacrificed for it such as youth, it should come naturally.

 

2014 FIFA WORLD CUP BRASIL, Big World Festival is getting under way on June

The World Cup of the big world festival is getting under way on June.
The World Cup is played every four years. As you know, the World Cup is the event the brought harmony and unity to people even though we are different cultures, boarder, races and  all ages.
So thirty two top national teams from around the world play to see which is the world’s champion.
The 2014 World Cup that is held in Brazil is already expectation who will win.
IPYG is says to become one named peace as the world cup that is all come together with soccer.
To become one all together, IPYG also holds Victory Cup as sports event.
IPYG is works to peace with each country’s youth members through the variety of different sports not only soccer, but also basketball and cricket etc.
We need to interest in world peace all together.
I wish world peace come true quickly as possible.
Also, I wish all of the athletes who will play in the World Cup do their best and hope to play without injury.
peace ;^)

IPYG, Effort to Recovery of Human Dignity

I was so pleased and happy to get to know IPYG, International Peace Youth Group.
I  am so excited  that we can leave a peace to our next generation and be a peace maker!

 I had seen a video about the evils of war.
A documentary reporter had taken that video when he had been in the war place.
 There was a boy who didn’t eat a piece of apples but went to a corner.
 The reporter was curious so chased him.
 He could see a dying baby with a too swollen  stomach unusually for the famine.
The boy went to his younger brother and gave an apple to him.
 Though he was starved, he wanted to save his dying brother.

 We know that war violates human dignity and leaves only sacrifices of youth and kids.
 The chairman of IPYG claims that Why is young life thrown away without having had a chance to bloom because of war?”

How nice the words are!
 I agree to their request that the head of every country should sign an international agreement to bring all wars to an end.
 He says We can be one in one truth, before one God,  and make a world peace. We can join in his peaceful movement! I certainly believe it is our mission as a youth in the world!

IPYG for Peace, the mission for our dreams!

What do think about peace?
Someone said 'peace is healthy state to conduct and establish something' .
in other  words, peace can be refered to possibility to fulfill human's specific dreams.
But all over the world, who can dream a dream getting aside few people.
Many of people are at risk of massacre and genocide.
The tragedy happened in this time. We are very sad to watch those videos.
Orphans remains. The poor children weep beside their dead parents.
Oh it is heartaching sadness.
IPYG was born notwithstanding this tragedy of the world.
IPYG has courage to have direct contact with former and current presidents all over the world.
Morever the chairman toured around the world 10 times in order to meet terrified youth intimately.
So 270 youth groups are currently affiliated with IPYG.
Who can argue the cause of international war?
Who can tour around the world to seek refuge and descarded people all over the world.
I am proud of Korea.
Because we were afflicted under historical hardships but we can afford to embrace and understand by our chairman.
Our chair man has ingredients to fulfill peace all over the world.

What is IPYG & Why am I joined IPYG?

I am one of the youth
who wants to live with happiness. So When I was a university students
I experienced a lot regarding helping poor and elders because I thought that was the most worthy and I will be happy helping the poor.
But there was no hope anymore.
I felt so empty even if
I have done those things.
That was why I changed my major from volunteering to the peace and conflict of humen.
However,even this major also there was no any conclusion. I really worked hard to get full happiness but as always so far the truth love seemed never come true. That time I got one so precious calling from one Peace youth group,IPYG which is International peace youth group. Actually  I have many experiences about many organizations and I already joined many , too.
So, that time I felt IPYG also just another normal organization which has no solution for the world peace. But they were totally different. They have strong minded for World peace and this members of IPYG were so energetic and have very warm hearted for anyone in the world. They have more than 250 organization partners in 75 different countries with them.
They proclaimed that they just want this world to be in full of happiness, true love  and peace. I have not really known about other countries and people. But this IPYG has gathered all people in the whole world.
And I could know and started to care about all other country's members and the thing there are too many who are in danger.
I asked to the member of IPYG like this below.
Then how can I help them who are in charge?
I am just one youth not a politicians or anyone who has a high fame.
But I love your desire for world peace by wanting for nothing.
Then they answered through this question like this.
If you really long for a peace ao far, no matter what is your position is of course you can join working for peace and added more.
The world peace is not just for one person. This is for everyone's right and responsibility so we all must join to be a peace activitist each of us.
This answer hit my head and one thought came in my head.
We all actually really had to be peace activists. Then,we haven't thought about this and why we have been fought so far? What for?
In the world there are too many tregedy and cruel events happen everyday.
We absolutely needed to bring the truth peace.
However, there were no exact answer for this question.
Really amazinglly, IPYG had the answer for the sincere love and peace.
I will be also one of the members for peace and want to be as a partner with IPYG. They are awesome youths. I do respect their own ideas.