MLT Club Member Jung Roe
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I read one of my journals from 8 years ago, going back to 2015. Knowing now what I know, reading that journal felt like seeing a younger self, that I wish I could go back and whisper some wisdom to. Seeing how I was thinking 8 years ago and how I changed and evolved gives some insight into how I should proceed with life now into the future, a little wiser. It gives some interesting perspective and intuition.
Only a journal from the past gives all the details and nuances of your life, feelings and thoughts that memory alone will never capture. In that sense, old journals from the past are priceless.
“My mom is sleeping right now. She gave me a smile this morning which was really nice” Saturday March 21 2015.
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Great photos Keith of places now made famous for me by Any Other Day. Chester sounds like a really beautiful place.
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In honour of John Lennon.
I transcribed this a few years ago from an article I read about John Lennon that was inspiring:
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What a beautiful poem Jacki, in remembrance of John Lennon.
He was an artist who wasn’t afraid to express his vision for a better world.
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Dave, Roger
Here is the original Peter McKinnon video about handwriting with notebook benefits from 2 years ago that precedes the one I posted, that it refers back to. This started Peter’s handwriting with notebook passion.
Some valuable inspiration in this video too I think.
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Hi David
Good point, and I think Rubber Soul was the turning point when the Beatles stopped the focus on live shows and endless touring and went into the studio to produce their most creative music. I think Paul said up until that point they focused on what their screaming fans wanted, but with Rubber Soul it was the artistry they went after, and that move placed Rock music on the same pedestal as classical and great literature and paintings. And indeed some of John’s best work started then. Brian Wilson took notice, as did the Stones, the Who, Pink Floyd…etc. Rubber Soul and focus to studio work started the Rock Renaissance. In the Beatles repertoire, if you compare songs before Rubber Soul, and after (including Rubber Soul), I think the music became so much more complex, refined, and innovative.
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Hi Jurgen
That’s hilarious! “Did you bring the saw” after all that. I enjoyed all the Chevy Chase Griswold family vacation movies. I always laugh at those scenes of fast cars that pull up next to the station wagon on those quiet country highways. Maybe I’ll look up some Griswold family vacation movies over Christmas.
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Hi Tim
That CP Christmas train is for a really good cause to, donating to the local food banks to help people. While it must be a lot of fun to watch the lighted up train pass by, I imagine for the train crew, it would be equally joyful watching peoples faces light up as they pass through the many towns.
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Hi Jurgen
Christmas in Singapore looks like it would be very beautiful and festive, and I imagine quite warm too.
That Christmas decorated car is hilarious. If they went one step further and added neon lights to the car, it would really be something. Imagine this Audi with a Christmas tree tied to the roof. 😁
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Hi Chris
Come All Ye Faithful is a great traditional Christmas song, and it must have felt beautiful singing it. The one in the video at first is OK, but that mechanical voice gets a little irritating by the end. What Child Is This based on the Greensleeves melody is another favourite traditional Christmas song of mine.
Wow you have 3 dozen Korean restaurants in the city, and it looks like you know some of the Korean terminology well. 👍 Bi Bim Bop is one of my faves, and it’s funny whenever I fly to Korea on Korean Airlines they serve Bi Bim Bop on the plane, and it’s one of the best I’ve tasted. Imagine that, airplane food tasting so good. Hope you and your daughter get to go to Korea together, and be sure to order the Bi Bim Bop on the plane. 😊 jjajangmyeon is also another very popular soul food kind of dish like Bi Bim Bop, but is a noodle, like spaghetti, very popular among young Koreans. Some of my faves are Yuke Jang (hot spicy beef soup), and Budae Jjigae (spicy hot pot soup). Couldn’t fall asleep tonight so jumped on here for a bit, and reading your post is making me hungry now. 😁
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I have a few fountain pens that would easily second as an effective ink squirt gun. Couple could probably send a splash of ink a few meters. I am just trying to imagine the aftermath of an ink fight in class in the day among some young teenagers. HAHAHA.
I would think these days in school, overhead projectors, big high def LED screens with electronic white boards are everywhere. I can’t see the chalk board going away altogether though, as I think math just wouldn’t be the same without the teacher writing up formulas in chalkboard and quickly erasing numbers as they balance equations. There is a tactility and intuition to it that would be lost doing math on keyboard.
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Hi Jurgen
That was a peaceful and beautiful video. Thanks. The white lights in Paris at night with the Eiffel Tower in the background looks fabulous. I’ve never been across the Atlantic, but Europe keeps calling. One day.
Back in 2006 I visited Seoul South Korea to see some relatives, and it was a few weeks before Christmas, and I was quite impressed by the Christmas lights and display all around the city. Here’s a short video with highlights last year of Christmas lights around the Seoul.
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Hi Tim
Christmas train sounds really amazing. Looks like you can stand in one place and watch a train parade with lights and music pass by. I’ve never seen one before. Thanks for sharing.
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Nice Daryl. I like the all blue light effect over the drive way, kind of bluesy psychedelic.
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Thanks Daryl, it seems writing down anything, fosters more creativity and inspiration from inside. I’ve read Stephen King does all his writing rough draft by hand first, Hemingway too. All the great 60’s song writers like the Beatles wrote their music with pen and paper.
I’ve personally experienced how when I feel overwhelmed and frustrated with obscurity with thoughts and stress pulling me in a dozen different directions, I start hand writing in my work or personal journal, and it immediately calms me and gives me insight and perspective I otherwise would not have found, and I work my way through things. It’s saved me so many times.
MLT with their music, merch, and everything they do are such a positive and brilliant force.
My friend who is about 10 years older than me said when he started school in the 50/60s, the desks had ink well holders still for dip pens, and he was introduced to fountain pens in school. Unfortunately by the time I started school, the BIC crystal was king, and at first we were only allowed to use pencils, and only in the later grades we could use BICs. In grade 4, I had a friend who was adamant it would only be fountain pens with him, even with inky fingers and all. That always stood out in my mind, going against the flow with something just because you know it’s better.