"Hey Jude... Don't make it bad...Take a sad song and make it better...Remember to let her into your heart...Then you can start to make it better.."
- The Beatles - "Hey Jude"
A day began with going to the temple. Mom woke me up and we left sis at home to go to temple. The place was really far off that we had to take a bus that was driven by the temple. It took about an hour from the place we took the bus. Mom paid every respect to each stations...by bowing herself down.. just like how all the other old grandmas did. Our main purpose of coming here was to greet my dear grandmom. She is dead... She was dead when my dad was only in primary school.. I've never seen her and when I come to think of an image of grandma, I can only picture the grandma I have now, as Grandpa married three different wives and only one staying alive now. The one we went to pray for today... is my grandma.. the one who gave birth to my dad.. The one who made me... ALIVE...
Her corpse was here... Our family used to bury a dead person at the graveyard we owned at the province but for some reason, they'd decided to take the body out and place it in the temple.They had done that the last year... I heard that dad by himself, dug out the grave and took out the bones at the grave... Although he doesn't speak of his memories with his mom... It's still his mom... And that's the model I should follow in treating my parents... Whatever it is... Still my mom.. Still my dad...
However, the room where grandma was kept was closed temporarily. It was due to some periodical reason they say. Mom and I were disappointed and we headed up the mountain to the biggest room where they stored all the names of the believers with the status of monks. It was also the place where they held the mass. Mass took for quite a long time, as it took about 2 hours.. It was such long period. It included all the times where the people stood up to bow down but mom did not ask me to join the crowd. I guess she kind of respected me for having a different religious belief.
I do not think Buddhism is unbelievable. Is also not that Christian is unbelievable too. I do think every religion has its own respect. To be honest with myself, I still do not know who God is. Ever since I became a Christian, all the blessings I got and the good things happened to me had somewhat came as blessing from God. I still do not know whether it was really the blessing from God or it was just a mere fortune. But one thing for sure, is that every religion has its respect that it deserves... For they follow the rules and has their objectives to do good for the society. They work hard in a sincere manner in their prayers and mass.. If there is someone out there who controls our life fortune.. Please... look at those people who are desperately praying and save and help them...
After the long hours of prayers, mom and I quickly left the hall to have our lunch. The temple gave free lunch for everybody. I ate two bowls of it. With a full stomach, mom and I left for home again and I fell asleep on the way home. Guess I was tired from the continuous works these few days.
On the way home, sis called mom saying that she want to go out and play with her friend. Mom was objective about her idea as she has not been studying these few days. Mom told her either she come back in 2 hours or just stay at home. Sis complained and mom told her to stay and just hung up the phone... Then I thought... is sis still a good girl mom? And also thought that sis could have just leave house and not come back... At least... for me... I guess that's what I would be doing.. Disobedience and doing things that I think is right. Not listening to what elderly says... How stubborn I am..
We reached home and as mom knocked on the door, there was sis opening the door. Seeing her face looking calm...it made me another time of realisation.. How bad I am... How disobedient I was..And how normal it was to hana to listen to mom. And even thinking that sis would do the same thing likeme and just leave the house... This is the difference between me and sis and why sis always get praised... I've got a lot to learn...
Left home not long after. I first headed for LG service center that was nearby. I had this problem with my phone ytd that I couldn't receive a SMS from my friend. I'd thought that this could have happened at other times either. Thus, I decided to go to the service center.
Service centers in Korea are always friendly. It made me feel as if they are competing in every aspect with Samsung. They were so friendly. After having a consultation with the engineer I was told that the only thing they could see is that either there was problem in the connection for the person sending or I was turning my phone on for too long. I did not have any spare battery so I did not off the phone for a single time. I was also told that this was more about the phone's agency not the gadget.
With all the info on my hand, I took down the number for my phone agency and headed for gym. On the way to gym, I put on an earpiece and called the agency. Like the last time when I called them, they were really friendly until I'd thought they were overly friendly. The person guided me through and advised me all the solutions he got. Even after I hung up the phone, she gave me a call after 30mins to ask whether the problem with the phone was solved, although I wasn't able to asnwer any of them as I was busy making my body. There were like 10 missed calls from her.. After hanging up the phone, I just remembered to make a call and ask about the calling plan of my phone. Dad did not tell me anything that I had to ask to the agency. As I called, the girl guided me through so friendly again. And this time, I had to tell the person the info to prove that I am the owner of the phone. The phone was gotten after my grandpa's name so all the info had to be about grandpa. She first asked me about my grandpa's name and his birthday to verify. She told me that there were two things that had to be checked to make sure that I'm the person. She asked me whether do I know the address and I asked her back whether this is a quiz. She laughed and said is not a quiz but just to verify. I told her I only know a few info about my grandpa's location but not the full address. As the call was recorded too, it wasn't like she could just tell me the info without the verification though it was pretty obvious that I was the owner of the phone. She told me whether did I know the method of making the payment whether it was bank, direct transfer, or cash and stuff. I told her I did not know and she smiled and told me whether I can make any guess like bank. I asked how many answer chances I have and I told her I will just try all of them. It was pretty obvious that she was just trying to make the word come out from my mouth and that was all. Haha so I just said number 1. Bank. And I got it right haha. She laughed and told me about the info. I decided to cut the 5G data so I can't use it outside. I hung up the phone after a long consultation and headed for gym. And what I saw after I gymmed at my phone's sms was hmm pretty pleasant I guess.. The feeling that many would know..
I want to upload the screenshot image of it but the google blog isn't listening since a few days ago. It's time to change to other blog alr. The message was like:
"This is consultant Lee Ruri who just consulted. You, the grandson of Lee Eung Ho inquired me so friendlily that it was a consultation that even made my day. Although it's a cold weather from morning to night, but I would hope that you wouldn't lose your bright smiles that is like flower. Have a pleasant Tuesday^^♥" >LGU+ Consultant Lee Ruri
The feel... of hmm it was a multiples of feeling but indeed a good one. How it feels like to make someone's day.. How it feels like.. to make someone happy... Then I thought... Youngsub.. Live everyday's life like today. Remember today.. Remember those moments.. Those moments you thought was nothing and walked past by had been a such pleasing moment for others... Live everyday like today by being easy-going and pleasant.. to anyone you see in the world. It's for myself and for the people around me... A smile could brighten everybody's heart... I saw a living proof of it today... Another thing was to be calm... I just thought that I should not be bossy about the fact that I was friendly and even received such message. Calming down... and taking it with the mere happiness to have made someone's day would be enough... Even ideas like becoming a comdeian which once was my dream job came up to my head... Making somebody laugh..is one that I feel the happiest... Hope fate draws a clear line for me..
Got home... and ate such heavy dinner again. I ate 600 gram of pork belly for dinner with various side dishes mom prepared. It was such filling one that I am still keep going to the toilet. Dad just got home after the long hours of work and finally having his dinner.. Hope tomorrow is another full of experiences and encounters..with a joy like today..
Goodnight..
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