2019-12-30 Eunhee podcast recording, Eye Contact Mentoring, Santa Ken, KOTESOL

In the beginning of one of Will Smith's movies, his character says: "Life isn't how many breaths you take, but it's the moments that take your breath away."

I hate such corny lines.

Except when such corny lines become reality. :-)

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There are some days that I look back at what we have done, and think: Damn, did we do all of that?

When I think about posting about it, sometimes I am not sure which story to highlight. So I started putting together collages to capture the many moments.

The day started with an interview with Eunhee Park for her YouTube channel. She does it all-editing, production, interviewing, camera work.

Last week, I was featured along with a TNKR student on the Channel A Show "Eye Contact." Today Kuang-ok stopped by to meet a possible mentor. Hailey visited us earlier this year along with a mutual friend. She was watching TV last week when surprisingly she saw me on TV. The TV show is finished, but our collaboration with Kuang-ok continues.

Full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ-NXJ3wNAo&list=PLn7xtnmarHFo0ddUJrmXFFN6Wd2VyrL9I&index=5&t=0s

Shorter clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENEY7MNihuY&list=PLn7xtnmarHFo0ddUJrmXFFN6Wd2VyrL9I&index=4&t=0s

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JiYoung Park stopped by to pick up a gift sent by TNKR sponsor Ken Stuart! That meant that we had four TEDx speakers in the building today!

Challenges can become opportunities when you take actions (Jiyoung Park)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEAGdab7F40&list=PLn7xtnmarHFo0ddUJrmXFFN6Wd2VyrL9I&index=95&t=0s

You Can't Save the World (Casey Lartigue and Eunkoo Lee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFaXvG-rSmQ&list=PLn7xtnmarHFo0ddUJrmXFFN6Wd2VyrL9I&index=11&t=0s

The Lives of North Korean Women (Eunhee Park)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4Iy8VBxYc&list=PLn7xtnmarHFo0ddUJrmXFFN6Wd2VyrL9I&index=28&t=0s

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This photo is actually from yesterday, we met with Scott Kim to talk about various things. He has been with us since 2017. He is working on various business projects, we hope during TNKR's Year of Mentoring that we can also make some connections with him, although he may be too busy to study in our new Track 3 program. He remains the only TNKR student to have never joined Track 1, he was already at a high level when he first joined us.

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MAILBAG!

Thanks to TNKR Sponsor Ken Stuart for sending gifts to TNKR students and donors.

Also, I received a copy of the Winter edition of KOTESOL's English Connection magazine. TNKR has a three page spread, pages 19-21.

Each of these activities deserves a separate post, with each having an interesting or inspiring back story. They turned out to all be special moments from today.

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