Happy Birthday to ME!!!



JUN Yong Soo- age 5



High School senior



  

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Yes, I made it! Finally reached the BIG ONE. In the days of old, in Korea, it was especially rare that men or women reached their 60th birthday. Since, when you are born in Asian countries of Confucius learning, one counts the months in your mother's womb, on the day of your birth-you are One Year old. It is like saying this is your First Year of life. Depending on the birthdate, one could become on the next Moon, or Lunar New Year, called in Korea the Sollar (means MOON not the Solar or Sun in Latin) New Year. Confused? Well, to make it more difficult in recent times SOME Koreans just add another year on the western New Year's date of January first. Some wait until the Moon New Year (not called Chinese New Year over here!).



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So on this past January 25th, I turned 59 (counting in the Western way) but actually counted in Korea as my 60th birthday. Now it gets worse, for us Old Fart Adoptees, on Febuary 3rd is the Sollar New Year and I would then be 61...Somebody shoot me now!

Hoping to make it another ten years on earth!