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I might rather talk about September by Earth Wind and Fire, which I briefly mentioned in my previous post, but I chose Green Day instead simply because the song played on my way home today…

Well, it was this one stanza going like this:

as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends

Green Day might not have exactly meant what I feel about it when they wrote the stanza, as the entire album of American Idiot seems quite political, but I just can’t help relating this to me. I have been thinking about the things I have lost on the way because of my inability, or immaturity. People always realize the importance of something after they lose it, and so do I. Though my memory rests, but never forgets what I have lost.

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Word of the Day from dictionary.com

Thursday September 18, 2008

tintinnabulation \tin-tih-nab-yuh-LAY-shuhn\, noun:
A tinkling sound, as of a bell or bells.

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what the….?

I asked to two of my friends for recommendation as I apply to colleges in Korea. Today I received an email from one of the two, and there was this recommendation attached. The letter almost made me cry, though I don’t usually cry. I had to write her a letter how much I appreciate all her care.

She has never taught me in any official class but has been my unofficial advisor and mentor in my academic path. Well… I should say she’s more than just an advisor because she gave me so many important lessons in life. I have known her for many years, as she was a good friend of the family I stayed with in Los Angeles. She as a frequent visitor, became a good friend of mine as well. At least she thought so. She invited me for a dinner when the whole family left the town for a week or two. I, as an Asian-born, naturally felt that was just an artificial manner. I did not call her and strived for the week. Later she called me, very angry, telling me that it was very rude of me not accepting her invitation. I don’t remember how she exactly put the words in that conversation, but it is clear that the call became a crucial turning point in my life. The conversation taught me how much everyone cares about me and how I should appreciate that. Since then, I have strived to change myself and learned a lot from the process.

She described me as the most beloved, popular person in Santa Monica College.  However, I have to say it was the lessons that she gave me that made me such person. I am just a lucky person having so many people caring about me.

８日は“ようか”だったけ．．．みのからもらったノートをまた捜してみた。なぜかは分からないが僕はどうしても日数の読み方が覚えられない。

えと、 日本語で書いても、みのしか読んでくれないと思うけど、韓国語で書いたら誰も読んでないから‘まいっか’みたいになっちゃった。

昨日6時くらいに寝に行って今日の朝5時くらいに起きた。最初は今日もバスケットの練習に行くつもりだったが筋肉が疲れてるのでちょっとの休みも良いかと思った。代わりに、何もしなくて部屋で音楽を聞きながらうちの子犬と遊んでしまった。まー子犬と呼ぶにはちょっと老けたけど．．．6時には朝ご飯を食べた．昨日からの残り物を全部入って丼を作った。味は良かったけど見かけからは全然おいしいとは見えない、そんなものだった。ご飯を見ながらアニメを見た。ケロロ．．．別に何も考えずに笑った。なんだかケロロ軍曹は子供達から結構人気者であるらしい。でも僕から見るとずいぶんアダルトギャグとかマニアック過ぎの内容ばっかだけど．．．知らぬうちに我々の未来達は悪に染められています．．．ぶっちゃけてBANDAIと言う。

7時くらいには母がおきた。最近なんか毎日遅刻らしい。それで“お母さんー今日ぐらいは早く行ってよー”とか言った。おかげで今日母は8時くらいに家を出た。それから僕は一時間くらい子犬と遊んだり、また音楽聞いたり、ネットでいろいろ読んだりしながら大事な時間を無駄にした．．．

9時くらいにいよいよ髪を洗って服を着て銀行に行った。チェックカードを作るつもりだったけど、外国人には発給が不可能らしい。CEOとかそのぐらいに利用実績がならなければだめだと言うようだ。ちょっと腹立ったがこのどうでもいい性格は銀行職員に笑顔と“いや、申し訳有りません”とかを言った。

それからは母の電話でお忘れ物を伝えに家に戻って母の職場があるミュンドンまで地下鉄に乗って行った。11時ぐらいだったので電車の中には人が少なかった。おかげで席に座って楽にパソコンで翻訳したサンタモニカからの成績表をチェックした。翻訳事務所と電話して今日公証する事にした。母と昼ご飯を食べた。中華料理だったが別においしくはなかった。値段も高かったし．．．僕はとにかく半分は中国人のせいで中華料理には結構敏感なのだ。(笑）

公証事務所に辿り着いたら一時が過ぎた。またチェックして間違いを直して5府の写本を公証した。翻訳と公証全部して₩82500。それからは新しいiPod shuffleが欲しかったので親こっそりと買って行くかと思ったけど、ちょっと真昼の太陽で疲れちゃってマクドナルドでアイスクリーム食べる事にした。そのあと帰り道にとにかく買うかなと思ったが欲しかった赤いやつがいなかったので計画保留。なくしたiPodケーブルでも買うかなと思ったがなんか偽物ぽいのケーブルしかいなかった。だって、ネットのストアでは₩25000のケーブルがどうやったら₩13000になれるの？それに、ボックスのフォントとかもちょっと怪しいだったし、アップルのマックもなかったし。

代わりに本を2冊買ってきた。一冊は韓国の大入試験の日本語試験の準備書籍だった。別にレベルは高くはないが、やっぱり満点とらなきゃ、と考えて練習する方が良いと判断した。あと一冊はある学生の成功記。別にこのようなエッセイとかを読むタイプではないが、全世界名門ロースクール4所同時合格らしい。僕だってロースクール目指しているし、それに今さっそく水曜日まで自己紹介書を提出しなきゃいかないから、良い参考になると思って買った。

それからはずっと翻訳事務所からの電話受けたり、買ってきた本を読んだりしている。なのになんか眠いすぎて今日も結構早く寝に行くと思う。ヤバい．．．自己紹介書早く書かなきゃいけないのに．．．

“Do you remember 21st night of September?”

It is weird. September has come again. I remember me complaining as creating a new playlist on my ipod for summer, “Why did I put this Earth Wind and Fire song in this playlist? It’s not even September yet.”

Yes, it is September already. Like a tree starts again to leave its memories falling on the ground, it is September already. Some of you who can read Korean can check my past entries from September 2007: I was excited about the new semester, thinking of buying a new scooter, which I did not buy in the end. I bought two pairs of shoes which I still wear. I was very depressed in my personal life, but I made a great achievement of taking a step toward a social life: I joined ISF and AGS at Santa Monica College, completely changing my anti-social attitude. This later became an crucial change in my life. Also I made an important observation about life. It was so important to me that it completely changed the direction of my thinking.

Two songs, Risk by Siam Shade and Motto by Judy and Mary, were my favorites from last September. I assume I also listened to a lot of September by Earth, Wind and Fire. That is such a great song… First appeared in 1978 as a bonus track to their first greatest hits album, ironically the song became the most well-known song of Earth, Wind and Fire. Oldies but goodies…. I guess.

And this September, what am I doing here?

I guess, I am just walking in the past. Remembering the memories I have, haunted and locked up, I am breathing the air from the past. I know, it can’t be the same.