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2014-04-21 Mulmangcho book party, award

Yesterday was incredibly hectic...work...serious meeting about canceling the rally and then having some distinguished people looking at me to make the final decision...BBC radio interview....booking a studio, unseen, and dealing with communication issue... one bad experience I won't talk about because it is ongoing...and almost everything coming together at the same time, for an incredibly hectic two hours with so many Kakao, texts, emails and phone calls that it seemed my phone might explode as I was holding it...
but there was something that was pure joy yesterday--receiving a very nice "Certificate of Appreciation" from Mulmangcho...




I was pleasantly surprised... it was such a wonderful moment that I didn't crack any jokes when I was at the microphone... and that's from a guy who would crack jokes at his own funeral...
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I still remember that meeting back in October 2012 when Prof. Park asked me if I could teach English to the students at the new school.... I looked her right in the eye, and said, "No." She was stunned, asked if I wanted to think about it, pleading with me to do it. "No," I said, "but I might be able to find some teachers who can teach," but I wasn't really confident. After my first visit, I committed to help for a year.
That was 18 months ago.
Prof. Park openly calls me an angel, constantly thanks me for being a magnet to attract teachers and volunteers to the school, and for using my brain to help the school in so many ways.
Yes, I was in perpetual motion yesterday--when I tried to take a photo with Prof. Park, she was moving at twice the speed I was, as usual, with even more people calling her name...
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For the BBC radio interview, when Yeon Mi Park and I finally sat down, around 8:40 p.m. or so to do the interview, we both had to stop, breathe deeply, there had been so much going on, it was almost a let-down at that point to do the interview, but we did, although that is a completely and unusual story...



















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