”會者定離”

- 만나는 자는 반드시 헤어지게 마련이라는 불교(佛敎) 용어로, 이 세상의

무상(無常)함을 일컬음. ↔ 거자필반(去者必反).   -

”拈華微笑”

- 영취산(靈鷲山)에서 설법(說法)한 석가(釋迦)가 연꽃을 들어 대중(大衆)에게 보였을 때 마하가섭(摩訶迦葉)만이 그 뜻을 깨닫고 미소를 짓자 석가는 그에게 불교의 진리를 전했다는 데서, 마음에서 마음으로 전하는 일을 말함. 염화시중(拈華示衆). 교외별전(敎外別傳). 불립문자(不立文字). 심심상인(心心相印). 이심전심(以心傳心). -

”聞一知十”

- 하나를 들으면 열을 앎. 곧, 아주 총명 (聰明)함 -

”客反爲主”

- 손이 도리어 주인이 됨. 主客顚倒 -

”居安思危”

- 편안히 살 때 위태로움을 생각함 -

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2004년 영국문화원은 개원 70주년을 기념하기 위해서 영어를 쓰지 않는 102개국 4만 명의 남녀를 대상으로 '가장 아름답다고 생각하는 영어 단어'를 물었다. 1위는 단연 어머니(mother)였다. 2위는 열정(passion)이었고, 3위와 4위는 각각 미소(smile)와 사랑(love)이었다. 1위에서 70위까지 매긴 맨 끝 순위에도 아버지는 끼지 못했다. 호박(40위), 바나나(41위), 우산(49), 캥거루(50위)만도 못한 것이 '아버지'라는 이름의 남자들이다. 102개국 비영어권에는 우리나라도 포함되었을 것이다.

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이을춘 시인은 이 시대의 모든 아버지를 대신해 그 이유를 말한다. 아니 토해낸다. '아버지는/ 결코/ 무심한/ 사람이/ 아니다./ 아버지가/ 무관심한/ 것처럼/ 보이는/ 것은/ 체면과/ 자존심과/ 미안함/ 같은/ 것이/ 어우러져서/ 그 마음을/ 쉽게/ 나타내지/ 못하기/ 때문이다.'

또 '아버지가/ 아침 식탁에서/ 성급하게/ 일어나서/ 가는 장소는/ 즐거운 일만/ 기다리고 있는 곳은/ 아니다. / 아버지는/ 머리가/ 셋달린 괴물과/ 싸우러 나간다./ 그것은/ 피로와/ 끝없는 일과/스트레스다.'라고 했다.

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-[어버이 날 ESSAY] 호박, 캥거루에도 밀린 ‘아버지’라는 이름|조선일보 05.07.10

양승윤 한국외대교수

”Old men like to give good advice in order to console themselves for not being any long able longer able to set bad examples.”

”Justice will assert itself”

On Ped's (Panisara Pimpru) wedding night on Valentine's day, Ped's close friend Mei li or Li (Sirin Horwang) has drunk too much wine and fallen asleep in Ped's room. Waking in the early hours, she drives back to her home, but has an car accident on the way. As a result, she meets Loong (Theeradej Wongpuapan). He helps Mei Li check her car engine and offers to return her car's wing mirror, but Li demurs and says that he can keep it. When Li arrives home in the morning, her parents and grandmother scold her. Moreover, her father forbids her from driving, so Li has to go to work by public transport.

One night, Li wakes up in the middle of night and go to the roof of her house. She accidentally catches her younger sister and her boyfriend also on the roof. Her sister's boyfriend calls his 'elder' (responsible adult), who turns out to be Loong. After that, Li meets Loong again at a BTS Skytrain station. This time Li accidentally breaks Loong's sunglasses. Li consults with her neighbour, Plern (Ungsumalynn Sirapatsakmetha). Plern helps her by suggesting Li writes her mobile phone number on something and give it to Loong. Li buys a replacement pair of sunglasses and writes her number on box, and arranges to 'bump into' Loong to give him the new sunglasses. After waiting for Loong to call, Li consults with Plern again, and go to a Video Rental shop that Loong visits regularly. Plern uses a trick to get Loong's mobile number, but later goes to work at the same video store instead of giving Loong's number to Li. As revenge, Li uses Plern's mobile to send messages to Plern's 3 boyfriends, inviting them all to the store at the same time. This causes an argument, and when Loong comes in to the shop, he accidentally drops his laptop.

Feeling responsible, Li take Loong's laptop to Ped's husband, but he can't fix it. Li goes to return it at the BTS office. Since Loong is away from his office, she leaves a message with security, but she falls asleep. When Loong finishes work, he finds Li, and they share the BTS to get to their respective homes. As Loong's laptop was so damaged, and the laptop bag was so old, he decides to throw it away. Li picks the bag up out of the bin, and takes it home. There are many things inside including film negatives. Li has the nagtives printed, and finds Loong's pictures with Kob Kavita (Taksaorn Paksukjareon), an actress in "Saint's Tear", a popular television series that plays a supporting role in the film. However the pictures are posted on internet and published in newspapers, as the photo printing shop owner posted them on Hi5 as they were of a famous actress.

Li meets Loong again on a skytrain while he is sleeping. Li tell him the truth that the pictures might have been published because of her, but Loong doesn't mind. Loong tells her that Kob is his ex-girlfriend and they broke up because their time schedules didn't match. When the skytrain arrives at Ekkamai Station, Li suggest to Loong that they watch the stars at the Bangkok Planetarium and see an exhibition about Mcbright comet which will pass close to the earth. Li asks Loong to watch the comet with her in Bangkok when it passes. Later, before the Songkran holidays, Loong asks Li to come celebrate by throwing water. Li, who has already agreed with her family to visit China during the holiday, makes an excuse when she gets to the airport that she forgot her passport, and so can't go with her family to China.

During the Songkran festival, Plern joins them. Li doesn't enjoy the festivities because of her. Li knows Loong's address, which is a guesthouse next to Chao Phraya River. Li changes her clothes and go to see Loong, and finds him asleep. Li falls asleep next to him. After she wakes up, Loong asks her to travel around Bangkok. Loong also asks Li to come to family day at the BTS, as he can take her into the depot. Loong takes pictures, but Li damages the camera.

On the family day visit, Li finds out that Loong is leacing in 2 days time to spend 2 years studying in Germany. Next day, Li goes to Loong's house and finds that his stuff has been packed. Both walk to talk on Taksin Bridge Li say goodbye to Loong at the bridge by saying that she want to be acquaintances only, echoing the breakup between Loong and Kob. Next day, Loong goes to Germany in the morning, but sends Li a box. Inside the box is the wing mirror from when they first met, the damaged sunglasses, Bangkok Planetarium tickets, and the damaged camera, with the memory card still inside. Li opens the memory card and looks at the pictures. Li rushes to Suvarnabhumi Airport to try and stop Loong, but it is too late - his flight left at 8am, and she arrives at 4pm. On that day, the Mcbright comet orbits to the earth. Loong watches the comet on board his plane, while Li watches it as well.

2 years later, Li is working a night shift as a stock broker. While going to work one evening, Li accidentally meets Loong on a BTS Skytrain. Loong has changed to work the day shift and has been back in Thailand for a few months. Both get off the Skytrain at Siam station, which is the interchange station between the Sukhumvit Line and the Silom Line. Li goes downstairs to change to a different line and doesn't turn back to look at Loong. Li gets on her train, but the electricity goes out. Passengers call their friends or family to say the train has stopped. Li's phone rings with an unknown number, and when she answeres it, it is Loong. He asks Li to again celebrate Songkran. Li replies that she is free for the holidays. When electricity comes back on, Loong is on the same Skytrain, standing next to Li. He tells Li that she has his number now, and to record it.

Refer to: WIKIPEDIA

”Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness”

당신이 잘 하는 일이라면 무엇이나 행복에 도움이 된다.

- Bertrand Russell (British Philosopher) -

”Judges should be have two ears, both alike.”

- 심판자는 똑같은 두 개의 귀를 가져야 한다. -

”傷弓之鳥”

- 화살을 한 번 맞아 혼이 난 새처럼

항상 공포를 느끼며 경계하고 있는 것을 비유하여 일컫는 말 -

”Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.”

행동이 항상 행복을 가져오는 것은 아니다. 그러나 행동 없이는 행복이 있을 수 없다.

- Benjamin Disraeli (British Prime Minister) -

”Does thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.”

”인생을 사랑하시오? 그렇다면 시간을 낭비하지 마시오. 인생이란 그런 시간들이 모인 것이라오.”

- Benjamin Disraeli (British Prime Minister) -

”Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.”

두려움 때문에 갖는 존경심 만큼 비열한 것은 없다.

- Albert Camus (France Writer) -

”It is only with the heart that once can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

사람은 오로지 가슴으로만 볼 수 있다. 본질적인 것은 눈에 보이지 않는다.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery (France writer and aviator)-

The name "Tea Party" is a reference to the historic Boston Tea Party of 1773, a protest by American colonists against taxation by the British government when the colonists had no representation in the British Parliament that pre-dated but laid the ground for the American Revolutionary War. Tea Party protests have sought to evoke similar images, slogans and themes to this iconic period in American history. It may also refer to the often-used acronym TEA Party, a play on a party slogan: "Taxed Enough Already."

- Wikipedia

蓋棺事定

관의 뚜껑을 덮고서야 일이 정해진다는 데서, 시체를 관에 넣고 뚜껑을 덮은 뒤에야 비로소 그 사람이 살아 있었을 때의 가치를 알 수 있다는 것을 말함.

“영웅은 특별히 용감한 게 아니고, 그저 남보다 5분 더 용감할 수 있을 뿐”

- 로널드 레이건 전 미국 대통령 -

특히 배우 문성근씨가 맨 처음 영화 제작에 나선 계기는 진정한 부끄러움의 힘을 일깨워준다. “노근리 사건을 세상에 알린 <에이피>(AP) 통신 기자가 연락을 해서, 2년이나 기다렸는데 한국에서 왜 영화로 안 만드는지 의아하다고 말했다. 한마디로 쪽팔렸다.”

-[한겨레프리즘] 뻬앗긴 들에도 봄이 오듯이/김경애 사람팀장