별로 관심도 갖진 않았지만 한국엔 새 대통령 투표가 있었고 이명박후보가 당선이 된 모양이다. 계속해서 노무현 정부는 물러가고 이 당선자의 새 정부가 들어서며 이렇게 저렇게 바뀔거라는 얘기 투성이다. 새 정부가 들어설 차비를 하는 이때 한국 뉴스, 특히 신문에는 이번에도 역시 말같지않은 뉴스에 쓸데없는 손가락질과 은근한 아부도 눈에 띄인다.
펜이 칼보다 무섭다 (강하다?) 라는 이야기는 어렸을적부터 수없이 듣고 읽었다. 무릇 신문이나 TV등의 방송매개체 media의 주된 임무란, 사실을 알리고 국민에게 필요한 정보를 알려 계몽과 improvement of life에 앞장서는 한편, 경제와 정치를 constantly 견제해서 잘못된 길로 들어서거나 system abuse를 못하도록 해야 되는 것이 옳다고 알고 있다.
펜이 칼보다 무서운 이유는, 나의, 내 가족의, 내 조직은 물론 나랏님들의 어두운 잘못/dark side까지 만인들에게 알려질수 있다는것 아닐까 생각해본다. 나랏님들이 국민들 특히 여론 무서운줄알고 제대로 일을 하게 만드는데에는 특히 신문의 역할이 무엇보다도 중요하지 않은가! 하지만 지금 한국의 신문들을 들여다보고 있으면 한숨밖에는 나오질 않는다.
나라가 잘되는것 보다는 연야인들의 사생활이 더 궁금하고, 여배우의 몸무게가 중요하며, 가수들의 새음반이 더 많은 페이지를 장식하고 있는듯 하다. 연애인들의 사생활이 국민들에게 활력소를 주는 밝은 내용이 아니고, 여배우의 몸무게가 경제성장을 비추며, 가수들의 새음반이 다우존스의 포인트를 좌우지하지 않는 바에야 그런 쓰잘데 없는 가쉽들로 지면을 채우고 국민의 감수성을 바닥치게 할바에야 아까운 종이 그런데 낭비하지 말고 나랏님들과 기업들이나 체크를 좀 해주었으면 한다.
한때 우리의 부모님들의 세대엔 기자라는 직업이 은근히 존경받던 때도 있었나보다... 청렴결백한 선비같이 권력에 무릎꿇지않고 재력에 휘둘려 지지않던 그런 존재였었나 보다.
이제 대한민국의 새해에는 새로운 대통령이 나라를 이끌어 나갈 모냥이다. 그 사람이 당선 전에 어떠한 사람이었는지 이젠 그다지 중요하지 않다. 앞으로 어떻게 대.민. 사람과 한국인이 분열되어 살고있는 사회를 하나로 밝은 곳으로 이끌어 갈지만이 주목될 뿐이다.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Zeitgeist
[TIME + SPIRIT: Ger]
The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: "It's easy to see how a student . . . in the 1940's could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kings" (James Atlas).
The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for “time-spirit.” For example, the Zeitgeist of England in the Victorian Period included a belief in industrial progress, and the Zeitgeist of the 1980s in the United States was a belief in the power of money and the many ways in which to spend it.
The spirit of the time; the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation: "It's easy to see how a student . . . in the 1940's could imbibe such notions. The Zeitgeist encouraged Philosopher-Kings" (James Atlas).
The general moral, intellectual, and cultural climate of an era; Zeitgeist is German for “time-spirit.” For example, the Zeitgeist of England in the Victorian Period included a belief in industrial progress, and the Zeitgeist of the 1980s in the United States was a belief in the power of money and the many ways in which to spend it.
Pastiche
A dramatic, literary, or musical piece openly imitating the previous works of other artists, often with satirical intent.
[American Heritage Dictionary]
[American Heritage Dictionary]
Ewing's Sarcoma
Sarcoma [flesh + tumor] is a CA arising from mesenchymal tissues such as muscle or bone; sarcoma such as multiple myeloma, may affect bones, bladder, kidney, lung, liver, parotids, and spleen.
Ewing's sarcoma/tumor is a diffuse endothelioma forming a fusiform swelling on a long bone.
Ewing's sarcoma/tumor is a diffuse endothelioma forming a fusiform swelling on a long bone.
Day Four: Made to Last Forever
God has . . . planted eternity in the human heart.
Ecclesiates 3:11 (NLT)
Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day!
No, no, man was made for immortality.
Abraham Lincoln
Ecclesiates 3:11 (NLT)
Surely God would not have created such a being as man to exist only for a day!
No, no, man was made for immortality.
Abraham Lincoln
There is more to life than just here and now.
"This world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever."
1 John 2:17 (NLT)
Since I was made last forever, what is the one thing I should stop doing and the one thing I should start doing today?
Tent vs House. Live each day as if it were the last day of your life.
Again, it's the relationship: His love, forgiveness, and salvation. If you choose to live without God on earth, how would you live with Him in heaven?. This life is just preparation for eternity; however, use your time & money wisely. Harvest on relationships & character, rather than fame, wealth, achievement, even fun. Reorder your priorities. To make most out of your life, you must keep the vision of eternity continually in your mind & the value of it in your heart. God has purpose of your life, but it doesn't end here. Think about eternity and be prepared.
Phil 3:7 - what Christ has done for us. No confidence in flesh. I consider them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ. Stop being too conscious about the consequences of your action, but rather be good and ethical. 2 Corinthians 5:6 - every moment we spend in these earthly bodies is the time spent away from our eternal home in heaven with Jesus.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
from the book
Michael Breen. The Koreans: who they are, what they want, where their future lies. St. Martin's Press, NY, NY. 1998.
p. 3-4
The local media can be extremely misleading as a source of information. They generally do not see their role as a check on government and business, with the result that government intensions are frequently reported as facts a huge proportion of news stories, when you follow them up, turns out to be speculation, trial balloons, rumour, and deliberate distortion.
"you need a high-level bullshit indicator to figure out what's going on."
p. 29
Rushing parallel to this stupidity was a gushing torrent of bonhommie characteristic of Koreans in which accuracy is a distant second to feeling."
labelling without significant purpose, be cool people, be cool. don't be hot-heads, there are plenty of rednecks out there, you don't have to be another.
p.32
Most Koreans would crawl a million miles over broken glass for their mothers, but not for their fathers.
Most Korean mothers would do far... far more than that for their Kids... Steelers' WR Hines Ward surely agree with this.
p. 33
They approach the world with a personal confidence, but with clenched fists.
The ghost that haunts us will continuously do so if we don't break the chain.
p. 3-4
The local media can be extremely misleading as a source of information. They generally do not see their role as a check on government and business, with the result that government intensions are frequently reported as facts a huge proportion of news stories, when you follow them up, turns out to be speculation, trial balloons, rumour, and deliberate distortion.
"you need a high-level bullshit indicator to figure out what's going on."
p. 29
Rushing parallel to this stupidity was a gushing torrent of bonhommie characteristic of Koreans in which accuracy is a distant second to feeling."
labelling without significant purpose, be cool people, be cool. don't be hot-heads, there are plenty of rednecks out there, you don't have to be another.
p.32
Most Koreans would crawl a million miles over broken glass for their mothers, but not for their fathers.
Most Korean mothers would do far... far more than that for their Kids... Steelers' WR Hines Ward surely agree with this.
p. 33
They approach the world with a personal confidence, but with clenched fists.
The ghost that haunts us will continuously do so if we don't break the chain.
Labelling without proper purpose
I picked up a book and started reading this afternoon at a library. "The Koreans," its title just captured my eyes and I began to flip through few pages. I thought it would be just another book about Korea & her people, how they suffer how they wrestled through the economy growth from sixties to nineties, etc. Sure the book talks about this, but in very honest way; not some foreigner living in the country for a while blabbing about what he saw. Rather, Michael Breen, the author, tells me about Koreans that I thought I knew by heart with a major bitch-slap.
He talks about the Koreans in depth, not Korea as his book title says and unlike many books I read talks about the Korea in somewhat superficial way. I almost felt that he knows Koreans far better than me and his stories just reminds me things that I ignored or put away very deeply for a long time.
I like the book very much so far. At some pages I had good laughs, specially when he wrote something that only Koreans (or people lived in Korea and understand its culture pretty well) would take it... more like inside joke... and some other pages made me almost tearing when he describes poor Koreans I know and I live with (no pity here) and some heart moving stories. He also points at some problems that I sometimes encounter with other Koreans and non-Koreans secondary to cultural differences - some I'm proud of though. Many times when he makes points and advises for Koreans, I also thought "this guy is absolutely right, I need to change."
Mr. Breen also criticize Korean news media, which I have so much fudge with, very honestly. My favorite definitely is "you need a high-level bullshit indicator to figure out what's going on." Within this one single sentence he explains everything that goes wrong with the media in Korea. I also noticed that he rather makes honest take-on Japanese, which many non-East Asians would not risk to speak of....
Anyhow, I only read about 1/4th of the book, but so far I'm very surprised at how much I'm enjoying this book. I hope by the time I close this book I learned some valuable lesson from this blue eyed (ha ha I'm not even sure if his eyes are blue) koh-jang-yi British gentleman.
He talks about the Koreans in depth, not Korea as his book title says and unlike many books I read talks about the Korea in somewhat superficial way. I almost felt that he knows Koreans far better than me and his stories just reminds me things that I ignored or put away very deeply for a long time.
I like the book very much so far. At some pages I had good laughs, specially when he wrote something that only Koreans (or people lived in Korea and understand its culture pretty well) would take it... more like inside joke... and some other pages made me almost tearing when he describes poor Koreans I know and I live with (no pity here) and some heart moving stories. He also points at some problems that I sometimes encounter with other Koreans and non-Koreans secondary to cultural differences - some I'm proud of though. Many times when he makes points and advises for Koreans, I also thought "this guy is absolutely right, I need to change."
Mr. Breen also criticize Korean news media, which I have so much fudge with, very honestly. My favorite definitely is "you need a high-level bullshit indicator to figure out what's going on." Within this one single sentence he explains everything that goes wrong with the media in Korea. I also noticed that he rather makes honest take-on Japanese, which many non-East Asians would not risk to speak of....
Anyhow, I only read about 1/4th of the book, but so far I'm very surprised at how much I'm enjoying this book. I hope by the time I close this book I learned some valuable lesson from this blue eyed (ha ha I'm not even sure if his eyes are blue) koh-jang-yi British gentleman.
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