Question on "Have p.p". Today, I asked our university housing community to put me on the waitlist for another apartments (and I am not sure if I have already been on the waitlist or not). They responded that "we have added it for you". Does that mean they just added me on the list or I have already been on the waitlist?

Does any English speaker want to changes languages with a native Korean? Hello. I am a Korean who moved to California a year ago. I am looking for a language partner who can teach me English and wants to learn Korean. If you are interested, please message me!! Thank you. :)

Does any English speaker want to do language exchange with Korean? Hello, I am Korean who moved to California a year ago. I am still struggling with English. It's very hard to understand daily conversations among my colleagues. I don't know how to break the ice in English when I meet new people. Please message me or leave a comment if you are interested in language exchange with Korea. Thank you!!

Caffeine effect (please correct me!) I don't usually drink coffee because I am too sensitive to caffeine. Whenever I drank it, my nerves were too much stimulated and thus I couldn't focus on one thing, couldn't sleep until late, and became hard to stay still. I was not basically a coffee person. Today, however, I experienced a dramatic effect of caffeine. I drank a half cup of coffee in the morning. With this good amount of coffee, I didn't experience any of the side effects. Instead, I was highly motivated, was able to focus on work, and felt so confident and happy! I like it because I used to be distracted and downbeat, and suffered brain fogs. Watching a video about caffeine, I learned that caffeine inhibits the adenosine absorption by interfering with adenosine receptors. As a result, it makes us stimulated and happy. As I have experienced such a great effect of caffeine, I should use it some time to boost performance and become happier, but not too much because I don't want to be addicted.

Please correct me Yesterday, I was sad without any good reason. Maybe that's because I was addicted to SNS and the internet. To get over it, I removed the apps and turned off my phone at work today. Came to work, I feel much better today. There is always up and down. Don't be fooled by your instant feelings or emotions. Just observe it and let it go.

I started listening to Invisibilia, an NPR podcast One of my favorite episodes is "fearless". It is a story about a woman who cannot feel fear. She is completely normal except that she has no sense of fear. Because of that, she has faced dangerous situations that she could easily avoid if she could feel fear. Anyway, she has survived because she had logic. If a car approaches to her, she will get away from it. If she came across a bear, she would run away even though she doesn't physically experience the fear. We, human, are programmed to feel fear in order to survive from our natural enemies. However, human life in modern society is different from that in the ancient society. We don't face dangers as much as our ancestors did. As a result, we suffer more from our virtual fear than from the actual dangerous situations in our daily lives. On the other hand, the fearless woman in the episode might experience more dangerous situations than us but she didn't actually suffer from it. The commentators threw a question that which one is better in the modern life, fearful or fearless?

I saw a seal a week before last week. I took a sailing class that was given in the harbor. After the class, I saw a seal seating on a sail boat. To make him out of the boat, an instructor threatened him and yelled at him but he refused to leave the boat. He didn't seem to get scared, rather, he talked back to the instructor. I had no idea what he was trying to say and why he wanted to stay on the boat but it was a cute moment. I am studying English. Please correct me! Thank you so much!!

Today was a busy day Last night, I realized that my toilet bowl was clogged by toilet paper...I wanted to take care of it immediately but it was already 1 AM and no stores opened at that time. So I just went to bed. Today, I woke up little bit late cause it's Sunday then went to the nearest store. Unfortunately, there was no clog remover for toilet bowels so I just decided to buy a clog remover for pipes or something like that. I poured the gel type remover into the toilet bowel and covered it with the lid. Just letting it that way, I went out to meet my friend. We had burgers and some beer. After returning home, I realized that I didn't bring my key... yes, I was locked out! With a little hope, I rang the bell of my house, but my roommate was being outside. It is Sunday... but I had to call the maintenance office. Yes, it is Sunday, there was no person in charge in the office and they said they will direct me to the police department of the university housing. I waited for it but no one answers. I hung up the phone and it was time to go to the church so I gave up and went to the church. During the mass there were a couple of missed calls from the police department. When I went back home, my roommate was already there and she said the police department people had visited the house. If the police department visited, I have to pay $20... today I just lost my money for nothing. Today was really long and busy day... But wait, there is a good news, my toilet bowl has been fixed by the clog remover while I was having to stay outside since I had been locked out. This is my story today and free corrections that will make this sound more natural are always welcome!! Thank you so much!