September 2010
4 posts
"Autumn arrives in early morning..."
Temperatures dropped dramatically this week. In another tradition, 추석 [Chuseok]—22 September, Wednesay—is called the ‘Mid-Autumn Festival’. In actual experience (mine), it marked the first day of Autumn.
The streets were freshly recovered from heavy bouts of rain. By instinct, I had on warmer clothing - a heavy scarf over summer cotton. More for ornamentation than with any...
Indoors in the entire day. Heavy rains all over Seoul serving as a convenient excuse. Once in a while, I like not ever stepping out the front door. Stay home, chill out, listen to the rhythm of the pouring rain.
EXCEPT!! The only rhythm I was listening to, the only other thing as committed to not ceasing, was the noise from the upstairs compound*. Imagine pulse-altering club music heard from the...
An Existentialist Conversation.
Mi: Kimchi stains on your pants.
Me: That's not kimchi, that's my blood.
Mi: Blood?! It's not blood, it's kimchi.
Me: No, it's blood; I have suffered.
Mi: What could you have possibly suffered from?
Me: Overeating.