The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky I remember going to the theater with my friends to watch the movie adapation when it first came out in 2012. At the time, I didn’t understand why my friends who read the novel were so excited to watch it, but now I do because I loved reading every part of this book. One morning, while reading the book, I suddenly felt alive as if I hadn’t been born until that moment.
Magnetic Poetry
In our literature classroom in high school, there used to be a wall with magnetic word pieces that you could use to make poems. It was called Magnetic Poetry and I remember we had so much fun writing weird poems. I recently came across this photo and thought it would be fun to have one at home too. I breathe hard when we bathe ferociously at night with your manly father and sister & brother but it is a secret never ask y we did it So I purchased one last week and put it up on the metallic cover of my fan coil unit.
Instagram Archive (ig.sungatae.com)
One downside of quitting Instagram is that there’s no easy way to look back at my posts. It feels like I’ve lost a chapter of my life since it was where I used to share life updates. To preserve those memories, I decided to upload photos and videos from Instagram to my own domain. As the title suggests, I intend to treat it as an archive so I won’t be uploading any new posts there.
My First Marathon
I ran my first marathon at Niagara Falls two Sundays ago. When I started running at the beginning of last year, I never thought I would run a marathon. I ran simply because I wanted to get better at soccer. In fact, I never liked running growing up because it was boring and tiring. But this time was different. I was still tired, but I felt good after my runs. It helped me clear my mind.
The Origin of sung·a·tae
After a visit to the DMV in 2016 to get my driver’s license, I received a license in the mail with my name misspelled. Instead of Sungtae Kim, it had Sungatae Kim with an awkward “a” between the two syllables of my first name (scroll down to see the license). At the time, I couldn’t be bothered to visit the DMV again, so I carried it around for almost 2 years until I got it fixed.
중심 잡기
살면서 길을 잃었던 경험이 있었나요? 어떻게 길을 다시 찾게 되었나요? 나는 길을 자주 잃는다. 고등학교 때도, 대학교 때도, 직장인이 되어서도 나는 올바른 길을 놔두고 한참을 돌아온듯 하다. 돌이켜보면 내가 길을 잃게 된 이유는 내가 놓인 길에 집중하지 못한채 현재를 초조해하고 미래를 불안해하며 중심을 잡지 못해서 인듯하다. 아무리 옳은 길에 있어도 중심을 잃은채 비틀 거리면 샛길로 빠져버릴 수 밖에 없다. 그래서 요즘은 내가 옳은 길에 있는지 걱정하면서 시간을 보내기보다 내가 지금 서있는 길에 집중하면서 중심을 잡으려고 노력하고 있다.