이 철새도 덩달아 날라 갈 준비가 되었오이다.
일월 2일부터 16일 까지 대나포인트에 있을예정인데
7, 8, 9일 빼놓고 나머지 날들은 친구들과 만날수 있으니
이 철새 귀엽게 봐줘  다음 만날때 끼워 주시기 바랍니다.

As we all know, we had so-called 3 Kims' Era in Korea.
And I blasted them time to time openly through my lousy
opinion on Korean nespapers in NY, especially DJ when
he started so-called "Sunshine Policy" after he was elected
as the 9th President.

As you might know again, 3 Kims were YS, JP, and DJ who
were born in 1925(DJ), in 1926(JP), and in 1927(YS) - all
about the same age, and all used to call themselves/ and
by others by their name's initials.

I think JP was the first one that used his initials when he
published his essay book "JP Column?". And I asked them
why they don't use their real name as President, instead of
initials in English.

And when they were around on the newspaper front page,
they were all in 70s which I called them as 777 Jackpot as
we see in the Casino, even though they were not Jackpot
in Korean political world.

Why do I write about them - DJ, JP, and YS?
It's because I want to cheer you up, sunbaenim-deul, Class
of 65. All of you might be in early 70s - maybe 71 or 72 ?

Let's think of 3 Kims. You still have many years to enjoy in
your Remaining Years(yeo-myong) and I can see you're in
good health with sharp mind - sharper than anybody I know.

Tomorrow - will be all sunny and 65 degree F.
Isn't it nice to hear fine weather report, Sirs?

Tomorrow - For Eternity !
And Eternity will begin with Tomorrow.

'인생은 70부터'라고 생각(환상?)한다면
여명이 '餘命'이 아닌 '黎明'이 아닐런지요,ㅎ,ㅎ.

착각은 자유 이겠지만서도 만사 생각하기 나름 아닐런지요?   -EO

Thanks for the encouragement, Dr. Bang,
although we the class of 65 may not be thought of in connection with the three Kims
in spite of your good intention.

I played golf yesterday, and I'm afraid that will be the last golf outing in Michigan this year.
We had another good golf season in Michigan.

One time I had a printed story in the waiting room of my office, which states "life starts at 80,"
which my elderly patients all enjoyed reading.
It is all "attitude, attitude and attitude" that is all that matters, as you and Dr. Bang are saying.

 

I want to quote my friend's words again which have been used
as the slogan for our high school Web in Seoul -

"The Time of  Sunset(seuk-yang) is More Beautiful than the Time
                of Sunrise/ or Dawn of the Day(yeo-myong)"

It's, of course, poetic because he was once a famous poet, but
we can apply to our Remaining Years as an encouraging words.
And as Lee sunbaenim said -
                                 Attitude, Attitude - That's All That Matters.