Sean's Summer
Journal Entries - Week Eight
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Saturday, 02 August 2008
Well, I do have something to report now. I went and got a tattoo. My
second, actually, but the first one I got about 14 years ago. I never really
figured I’d get another one, but it felt like something I should do. I decided
that I wanted to do it after I got here, but I didn’t know exactly what I
wanted. I knew I wanted something written in Hangul (Korean script), so I had
the people at the studio help me figure out what to get. They actually did an
awesome job. We found a short poem, and after an explanation and figuring out
the emotion behind it, I decided it was exactly what I wanted…just a bit
longer than I expected. I told them a little about my past and gave them an idea
of what I was looking for, which was something about surviving and starting
over, and this is what they came up with (loose translation):
한 잎세
봄을 세상에 다 주고
One leaf gives all to the world in Spring
가슴으로 끼는 생명의
장엄함이여
Feeling the magnificence of life
다시 긴 겨울
언 땅을 떨치고
Again breaks up the frozen ground after a long winter
부활하는 생명의
소중한
약속이여
The treasured promise of life's revival
I
love it. I may have to memorize it because it’s not exactly easy to see since
it’s on my back and I may get some questions about it later.
Well, I’m spending the rest of my weekend writing papers and posting
stuff on the Internet. Not much else to say right now. I did get some more
souvenirs and I did get the box of stuff sent off to my dad earlier in the week.
Hopefully it arrives safely. I’d hate to have my vases broken before I have a
chance to see them in my house…and break them myself the next time I move.