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A few days ago, Mr. C posted a congratulatory message on Facebook for my birthday. Being someone who is laid-back and never rushes into anything, it was still a week before my actual birthday, but he went ahead and wished me in advance. Anyway, since I've received early congratulations, let's consider it as receiving advance credits. When I thanked him for the early wishes, he said he would wish..

What did office desks look like in the 1970s? There were no personal computers or mobile phones back then, so desks typically held a desktop telephone, writing utensils, and a few work-related reference books. There were also various forms for daily work logs, draft sheets, and communication forms as per the manager's instructions, as well as carbon paper for making copies. Most work was done vi..

The event that led me to register as a member of the JCC Metrowest in West Orange, New Jersey, and ultimately meet Allison was a horrible car accident. I had been retrieving something from the trunk of my parked car when a speeding car swerved into the line of parked cars along the narrow street and crushed my body between two cars. My legs were crushed. After a long hospital stay and intensive ..

When you take the bus from Mukho town's bus stop and head towards Gangneung city, you'll soon come across the foothills of Balhan-ri. There, a quiet 4-5 km stretch of mountain trail called "Samunjae" begins. Forty years ago, it was mostly bare mountainsides with occasional small pine trees scattered along the unpaved road. Now, it's paved with asphalt, and from there, you can see the deep blue E..

As a child, whenever I sang, my friends would laugh. When I asked why, they would just say it was funny. No matter how earnestly I sang, I couldn't help but avoid singing since it always made people laugh. As my voice deepened during puberty, even more people laughed when they heard me sing. Although I found high notes challenging, I thought I sang fairly well, but others’ laughter made me disli..

I read an essay titled "Three Days to See" during my freshman year of college, and it left a subtle but profound impression on me. When I lived in Alabama, my family and I visited Helen Keller's birthplace, which was about an hour and a half away by car. The memory of her essay came to mind during that visit. Though Helen Keller never saw, heard, or spoke, she wrote an essay titled "Three Days t..

When my two daughters were young, one of the animations we enjoyed watching together was ‘Dumbo’. I loved the movie so much that we watched it together dozens of times. The story about Dumbo, a baby elephant teased for his unusually large ears, who learns to fly with the help of crows, was fascinating. Although the movie was made long ago, it still receives love from children around the world. E..

Late at night, I inspect my daughters' rooms on this floor from below the stairs. Despite the lights being on, it's quiet. The daughters won't be coming down. My wife is already asleep. I sneak into the kitchen and search through the refrigerator, but there's nothing there. I check every corner meticulously. Still nothing. I open every cabinet in the kitchen. Still nothing. I search around the l..

When feeling extremely tired or when the body aches and the appetite fades, the food that most desperately comes to mind is usually the one made by mothers in their childhood hometowns. Eating such food feels like it immediately restores the appetite and provides strength to the exhausted body and mind, and in English, such food is called comfort food. Comfort food is typically simple dishes pre..

In Greek mythology, the offspring of the god of light, Hyperion, and the goddess of the sky, Theia, are a son and two daughters: the sun god Helios, the moon goddess Selene, and the goddess of dawn, Eos. Helios rides a chariot drawn by four horses, rising from the east at dawn and setting in the west in the evening, repeating this journey each day. Selene, driving a silver chariot led by black h..