During the recent visit to my son's home at West 96th Street,
New York, NY, I was invited to the Dong Bang Grill, Fort Lee, NJ
on Wed Jan 7th by a group of old classmates.
There were five good old friends, who were nice enough to spend
some time to meet me. Who were they? Hong Binn Lee was
the one I had communicated through the facebook,
and then he contacted several friends.
There came Ki Hyun Hani, Jin Hong Kim, Jaiock Chu,
Hong Binn Lee and Young Shup Yoon.
The most recent encounter was with Hong Binn
around twenty years ago, with Ki Hyun possibly
30 years ago, with Jaiock about 44 years ago.
How do I still remember our last meeting year with Jaiock?
He was a very nice and generous friend, who visited my wife
while she was still in the maternity ward after birth of
our second son, Jim, and awarded her the largest bunch
of flowers as a congratulatory gift for the birth of our baby boy.
Jim will have the 44th birthday in a few days,
so how can she ever forget Dr. Chu?
Soon after our arrival at Jersey City, NJ, Jin Hong invited us
to his apartment for a nice dinner after he took my wife and me
for a walk along the Fifth Avenue in a rather cold day,
which makes almost 48 years of period.
How about Young Shup? I almost thought we hadn't met ever
since our graduation, but he corrected me by reminding
my attendance at his completion ceremony from the Graduate
School of Public Health about two years after our graduation.
Then it was almost fifty years since we had seen each other last.

Despite these enormous intervals, we were able to recognize
each other. I was so grateful to all these nice guys for
accommodating me. We had sashimi with soju, followed by good dinners as well as our great talks.
At the time of departure, we wished good health to each other.
On my way home, Jaiock dropped me near the corner of
W. 96th Street and Broadway, and then we shook our hands.

I do not know when I shall have another reunion, more properly
speaking, whether I shall ever see them again considering my age.
Was I sad? No, I was happy and grateful for having such a good time
with them. This is the way as it should be.
Again I just wished all of them happy and healthy years.

As to the photograph taken there, since I don't see any class-63
graduates in our webpages, let me name them from the right
in the photo for your convenience:
Ki Hyun, Kwan Ho, Young Shup, Jaiock, Hong Binn, and Jin Hong.
We looked and felt really good though our prime time had gone
along the ceaselessly flowing river waves.
We still have some good rounds ahead of us.
Thank you everyone.

Six classmates of Class 63