littlewonderlog

These days, I am writing every day.

I have always liked to scribble floating thoughts and shove them away into some dark corners, yet these days, it’s a more conscious and intentional activity. And today, I have decided to write down why I write.

1. It clears my head. It helps clear up floating thoughts.

2. It’s fun, especially when things just write themselves and when I find it funny to re-read what I had just written.

3. The record becomes memory. I can’t really rely on my damn brain that forgets everything in a second, yet writing creates a record and it boosts memory. Even if I forget things, I can just read what I wrote.

4. It might help somebody. The lessons I learned from my experience can be of help to somebody or my writing itself can give pleasure (hopefully).

5. Consistent writing should improve my writing skill. I prefer writing well to just writing. It would be great if my writing gets better the more I write.

6. Writing helps organize thoughts. It’s a bit different from the first one – clearing my head. As I am writing something, I often realize that there’s an error or flaw in my thinking. Writing also clarifies thoughts by structuring them.

Just as I will keep reading and learning languages for the rest of my life, writing will be part of my life as well, while I enjoy it fully and also make it useful for me and hopefully for somebody else.

The squat is a pretty familiar term for Koreans. You see it everywhere, and everybody does it everywhere, but the correct Korean term isn’t that familiar (at least to me). “스쿼트(S-quo-t)” has been used for a long time, but it turns out that “스쾃(S-quat)” is the correct spelling in Korean. It looks simple in English, but then not so much in Korean.

“스쾃(S-quat)” just seems strange. Maybe it’s because my eyes have been so used to the “스쿼트(S-quo-t)”. I don’t know why I am spending my precious time thinking about this (and even writing about it).

Something needs to be done. Yes.

Starting today, I’m going to use “스쾃(S-quat)”. It’s strange, but I will get used to it, eventually, as always.

Please don’t.

We don’t really need to learn when each fruit is in season (I always forget anyway). When I just go to the supermarket or traditional market, they just scream. You can’t miss it, right there. Oh, those must be in season now.

Now, it seems like it’s the orange season. They are big, in good condition, cheap, juicy and incredibly sweet. Since they are all imported, maybe talking about their ‘season’ is somewhat odd. Still, as a consumer, feeling the change in supply, it’s the season (If you disagree, go away.)

Well, so, anyway, go get some oranges.
They are delicious. Holy moly.

From writings, photos, to videos, now is the era of content theft. People post others’ creative works pretending they’re their own.

Still, people who create keep creating, for the act of creation isn’t something people can take away.

 

 

After watching the Japanese-dubbed Culinary Class Wars to the end of season 2, I have started another show to watch: “Moco’s Travel Kitchen.” A Japanese actor, Mocomichi Hayami, travels around Japanese cities in a truck full of kitchen utensils looking for special local ingredients and introduces special recipes using them. With this show, traveling around Japanese cities, finding out about extraordinary local food ingredients, watching the cooking process, and learning Japanese are all possible. Quite a package. In terms of Japanese listening, it’s a bit more difficult than the Culinary Class Wars since the audio less clear. The overall energy of the show is rather serene for my taste; hence, the fun factor is a bit weaker, yet the sense of the ‘real Japan’ factor is great.

While learning Japanese, I can also travel through Japan.
Still, in my house, washing the dishes.

Apparently, feeling a bit regretful about missing the cherry blossom picnic, he asked me to go to Yeouido. Ugh, since I wasn’t really up for the bustling crowds on Friday night, I counter-offered an idea of driving through that area, and we made a deal. We couldn’t go onto the Yunjung Road due to the traffic restrictions, but we drove around the area and could see cherry blossoms as well as people who were there to see them. They were with friends, partners, spouses, kids, or by themselves.

Whoever you’re with, may the warmth of this fleeting spring be with you. With this blooming spring vibe, may you have flourishing days ahead.

 

After a 3-month break, my fingers were out of control on the piano keyboard. I didn’t even remember when rotation was supposed to happen. But then, after some practice while warming up my fingers, the memory started to come back. It wasn’t my brain that remembered, but my body, my fingers. Although my piano skills still suck, I have realized again that what our body memorizes doesn’t go away easily.

I am sitting at the piano again today, so that I can move one step further away from being so bad.

My feet feel light during my morning walk.

The thought of the park soon being covered with greenery makes me excited. The greenery of April and May has a sense of purity and youth, different from that of summer. While summer’s greenery feels cool enough to empty my mind, spring’s feels light and fresh.

My feet feel light, and so does my mind.

Despite cherry blossom season being in full swing, I don’t really go out for a picnic.

It’s not like I’m busy (but I am). It’s just that I’m not that into it. And I found a good cherry blossom spot in a park near my place. My husband and I went there last night, but it was too dark to see anything. So we tried again early this morning instead of our usual morning workout. We power-walked to the park and took a slow walk after we got to the cherry blossom spot. It’s as good as those famous cherry blossom areas. We might be able to see the flowers more closely if we visit Yunjung Road in Yeouido, yet this spot has its own merit and it’s not as crowded as it is there. After coming back home, my phone said it took about 55 minutes to walk 4.7km and recorded 6,000 steps. Not bad. Not bad at all.

Why bother traveling for cherry blossoms? We can just take a simple walk around the area. I feel blessed as I am fully enjoying this spring.

I got a call from a friend who was out for a walk during the flower-blooming season. After talking about this and that, the conversation led to the topic of learning English and Japanese. We talked about our learning methods and what worked for us and what didn’t.

It is a blessing to have a friend who likes learning languages. A friend with whom I can share learning methods and experiences of trial and error. A friend with whom I can plan to travel together someday and speak those languages.

It is a real blessing.