How a 19-year-old boy sees Jai Kyeong Kim Feb. 20 th 1991
Hebron Academy
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The Moment How can I be described? From what I have done in the
past or from what I will be doing in the future? Probably Both.
But, who I really am can be seen when I capture myself in this
moment. I am at the cross section of my past and future
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Same Root Two Trees There is something, hollowness, inside my
heart. Perhaps coming from the gap of my two identities: Korean and
international student. But I will not separate them. I will make
branches of harmony.
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Life is good only when it is magical and musical, a perfect
timing and consent, and when we do not anatomize it.... You must
hear the bird's song without attempting to render it into nouns and
verbs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Seek help Jai Kim Nothing is stable Nothing is permanent Butthe
present, although the time disappears, will be existing Have you
ever thought how painful the present could be? Keep thinking Remain
modest Timelessly dream, Keep seeking for the wisdom and the truth
But when you are blocked, Think that there is nothing you can truly
possess. When you truly understand this, Then, please, please,
share your life to those in painful present. Imagine how blissful
their present can be.
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Snow ..There are full of harmonies. In Hebron, from enormous
harmony of light and shadow, sky and earth, nature and civilization
through sports and education, and faculties and students well
exist, making picturesque scenes and beautiful sound. In dinner
time, when natural darkness is filled up outside while artificial
light prohibits darkness to come inside, when I sit with my friends
and am dissolved as a group, I hear personal Hebronian stories, the
stories of failures and overcomes. From I will fail the class, I am
totally not ready for the test! to I am getting As this term., I
hear the balanced stories. If I relax a little bit from business, I
can feel the surrounding of harmonies, a beautiful one.
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Crosswalk in dawn Gloomy Night at Hebron
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Gloomy Day Jai Kim In the starry night, I look up at the sky,
Laying down on the field. I have no time to look back. I have no
need to look back. All the beauties surround me. I am filled I am
satisfied I am happy The smell of night wind touches my nose The
ray of moonlight looks at my eyes The sound of weaving grass talks
to my ears Wind blows, awakening, provoking. Now, I have enough
time to recall And I need to wail. Gushing out with emotions, My
heart is empty, Shouting and echoing in yearning. All the memories
I made, All the happiness I felt, My tears without my permission
slowly cover my face. In the dismal night, Stars disappear And the
moon hides behind the trees The hazy dawn approaches With the fair
sunlight.
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It is the place where magnificent colors blend together. It is
the place where artificial and natural create a harmony. It is the
place where grass field is widely opened out. It is the place where
trees are sparsely erected. And, it is the place where we can
perceive the part of true nature. I am the midst of the connection
to the real world and imagery world. I hear, smell, and see the
realism, but at the same time I hear, smell, and see idealism. I
hear a sound of industrialization, but at the same time I hear the
sound of wind, peacefulness, and calmness. I smell the engine oil,
but at the same time I smell the breeze of sunlight, beauty, and
nature itself. I see what no one sees, and I see what everyone
sees. I am at the place where two different ideas coexist. Sky
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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself
that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the
Creator, there is no poverty. -Rainer Maria Rilke