a day in the life of piano monkey

the world have turned while we were weaving not once but twice and now onto a third, first of another three hundreds and sixty then five. of weaving and stretching the boundaries, of the places and the thoughts we have shared, once individual thoughts and now a co-habitat, not only we have been freely swimming two minnows but we also have grown like two tree roots, intertwined in rich, dark soil, perhaps deeper than tall. the years went by, flying, we forgot to count the days, heady aroma filling up heads and hearts sometimes high, sometimes low. but always full, rich and enveloping, simultaneous, free and generous. and all these thoughts are simple, isnt it, to three little words. i have said it freely to you and you have said it generously to me. i hope to give you more of such humble offerings, just like a well-brewed coffee, common yet most beautiful in the morning, especially when it's been drawn, just for you and no one else, despite the fact that there are...

(from community of st johns, princeville, illinois, 2007 visit) the things i got done for gabe recently: clean up his room (26 lighters found so far) got his parking ticket sorted out got his student loan sorted out got his credit card sorted out got his phone bill sorted out got his banking sorted out apply for canadian pension plan stuff apply for b.c. insurance stuff sent off 7 thank you cards things in process: waiting for his last paycheque get his 407 ETR account sorted out finish writing thank you cards (will kill me) call the embassy meanwhile, along with a nasty cold (i thought i was dying seriously, coughing my sides out), with sunshine (high of 28 yesterday), also with constipated sky threatening rain (that would be today), i am looking into the first long wknd of the summer, victoria day wkind, it is the unofficial start of the summer.  my god, where did the spring go?  well. i know and you know where it went.  cant believe i...

my brother gabriel (korean name: geon, from chinese letter, 'to establish') lee was born as the third child, the baby of mr. and mrs. lee on 25, august, 1981 in seoul, south korea.  i dont remember much since there's only two years of age difference, but from pictures, he was a rather chunky little happy baby. he grew up in seoul with granny, mom/dad and mike and i.  because we are all close in age, we had much bickering, beating, punishing and general tomfoolery.  the third kid was the one with fleet feet, keen nose for trouble and lightening-fast action for mischief. we moved to toronto in 1992, and much to my dismay, i was put into same school with gabe once again (right before that, i just started junior high and was pretty excited about going to school by myself).  at st. gabe's, we made much fun of our ESL classes and often tried to express 'academic' superiority over one another.  i went off to loretto abbey and he eventually went to brebeuf. whil...