2014-02-20 Geoil Bok book luncheon

My boss arranged for me to have another great lunch. But forget about him treating me to a hole-in-the-wall restaurant. Today we had a lunch at a great Chinese restaurant.

The occasion was to celebrate the publication of Geoil Bok's new book "Laissez Evoluer" published by our friends at the Korea Economic Research Institute.

During lunch, I learned a few things about the value of sitting next to the main speaker or guest at a lunch of dinner meeting.

Everyone was talking to Mr. Bok, so he didn't have much time to eat. On the other hand, for me: Head down, chopsticks up and moving in every direction. It seems that I had a pair of chopsticks in each hand. It didn't just seem that I was eating enough for two people--I actually was! For me and Mr. Bok!

I later mentioned Mr. Bok in a Korea Times column. 'Situationist' (koreatimes.co.kr)

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My colleague Yoojin Lee wrote: 복거일 선생님께서 Laissez Evoluer(진화하게 하라)라는 책을 내셨다. 번역본이 아니라 영어로 직접 쓰셨다. 영어... 하아... 언젠가 넘어야 할 산이라는 생각을 십년 전에도 했었더랬지 ㅋㅋ 그때보다 지금은 좀 나아졌으려나
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Who is the problem in this photo? The guy with no hair or the one with white hair?

They were debating, so they didn't hear us saying, "Hey! Photo time!" Or maybe they didn't care!

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