Showing posts with label Latin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latin. Show all posts
Saturday, 8 August 2015
Funiculi Funicula
Life is fast you can't stop it not even if you tried. Enjoy the little time that you may have. Forget all your sorrows, fears and mistakes. Live for the moment not for tomorrow or in the past.
Monday, 12 December 2011
Friday, 11 November 2011
Dum Vivimus, Vivamus
Dum vivimus, vivamus - let us live while we live - let's enjoy life.
신나는 빼빼로 데이 !
©Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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신나는 빼빼로 데이 !
©Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Citius Altuis
Sorrow Words
Monday, 10 October 2011
Cogito Ergo Sum
Cogito Ergo Sum - I think therefore I exists.
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum - I question, because I think thereby I exist.
Before coming to Korea I knew didn't know anybody (except for my birth family) now several days later I have befriended several other KADS from all over the world. But somehow I still feel lonely, I can't shake that feeling of. I know I'm complaining now, I probably shouldn't because I found my birth family, but I still can't change my feelings...
I feel inpatient, like I'm just waiting for days to go by, I have so much thing to do in Sweden... Yet I also feel annoyed, irritated and a bit angry. All because a certain person decided we knew each other well enough to stroke my back. It really annoys me, it annoys me even more that I seem to make such a big deal of it. I realise that I have issues with the opposite sex probably relating to my adoption story. You know, being relinquised because you were the wrong sex, not because you weren't loved. (But maybe it's the same thing) and yes I know my story is more complicated than that, but still fact is that I have a younger brother that was born after me. I don't resent him, I really don't it's complicated. But somehow it feels like all people do is to live me, desert me or betray me, it really makes me less prone to trust men. Honestly. I wonder if it ever will be easier to trust a guy, probably not.
Funny thing is that my relationship with my adoptive dad has remained pretty much the same, in comparison with that of my birth dad and younger brother. My dad never betrayed me, he in a way rescued me or helped me when no other man seemed willing to. I realize that now. I've learned at least that much from this trip, I only wonder now if I will be able to cope with all this... Let's just say my weekened has been pretty quiet and uneventful, but also a bit stressful.
母は私が今まで結婚することができます
엄마 난 절대 결혼할 수있을 것입니다
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Citius Altius
Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum - I question, because I think thereby I exist.
Before coming to Korea I knew didn't know anybody (except for my birth family) now several days later I have befriended several other KADS from all over the world. But somehow I still feel lonely, I can't shake that feeling of. I know I'm complaining now, I probably shouldn't because I found my birth family, but I still can't change my feelings...
I feel inpatient, like I'm just waiting for days to go by, I have so much thing to do in Sweden... Yet I also feel annoyed, irritated and a bit angry. All because a certain person decided we knew each other well enough to stroke my back. It really annoys me, it annoys me even more that I seem to make such a big deal of it. I realise that I have issues with the opposite sex probably relating to my adoption story. You know, being relinquised because you were the wrong sex, not because you weren't loved. (But maybe it's the same thing) and yes I know my story is more complicated than that, but still fact is that I have a younger brother that was born after me. I don't resent him, I really don't it's complicated. But somehow it feels like all people do is to live me, desert me or betray me, it really makes me less prone to trust men. Honestly. I wonder if it ever will be easier to trust a guy, probably not.
Funny thing is that my relationship with my adoptive dad has remained pretty much the same, in comparison with that of my birth dad and younger brother. My dad never betrayed me, he in a way rescued me or helped me when no other man seemed willing to. I realize that now. I've learned at least that much from this trip, I only wonder now if I will be able to cope with all this... Let's just say my weekened has been pretty quiet and uneventful, but also a bit stressful.
母は私が今まで結婚することができます
엄마 난 절대 결혼할 수있을 것입니다
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Wednesday, 7 September 2011
Citius Altius Fortis
Citius, Altius, Fortis - faster, higher, stronger.
생일축하합니다 어머니!!!
©Taste Of Kimchi, Elle
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삼일
생일축하합니다 어머니!!!
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Monday, 1 August 2011
Ars Longa Vita Brevis Est
Ars longa vita brevis est; art is eternal, life is short.
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Saturday, 16 July 2011
Ars Gratia Artis
Art for arts sake.
Just for the record it's two different kind of dough which took about 4 days and 12 hours to finish... And the correct guess would be sour dough bread.... I even went up at 5:30 AM just to finish the last batch... If that's not dedication, then what is it foolishness ? The long wait was actually worth it because the taste was priceless...
I has also learned that I has been accepted to a Korean course at University level, but I decided to decline the offer since I for one already have booked tickets to Korea. Nothing is better than learing Korean while in Korea, right? I could of course have accpted the offer and hoped that I could get permission begin later but I'm not going to take that chance. To be away for two months which basically are the lenght of two subcourses doesn't seem feasable any time soon.
No, ars gratia artis - art for arts sake, maybe my new motto...
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Just for the record it's two different kind of dough which took about 4 days and 12 hours to finish... And the correct guess would be sour dough bread.... I even went up at 5:30 AM just to finish the last batch... If that's not dedication, then what is it foolishness ? The long wait was actually worth it because the taste was priceless...
I has also learned that I has been accepted to a Korean course at University level, but I decided to decline the offer since I for one already have booked tickets to Korea. Nothing is better than learing Korean while in Korea, right? I could of course have accpted the offer and hoped that I could get permission begin later but I'm not going to take that chance. To be away for two months which basically are the lenght of two subcourses doesn't seem feasable any time soon.
No, ars gratia artis - art for arts sake, maybe my new motto...
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Another Cupcake
Candy Land
Italian Bread
Upside Down
Chocolate Chip
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Ad Perpetuum
I'm caught in between my life in Sweden and a life in Korea. Right now it feels like it is a permanent thing like ad perpetuum... Maybe that we'll never change because I will always feel like an outsider someone that's almost always questioned, asked inappropriate questions and because of my appearance not looking like an ethnic Swede but rather that of a Korean. Are there even such a thing as ethnic Swedes .... ? Maybe, but I think that would only be the Finnish Lap people...
These days Sweden has a diverse culture with many different ethnicities not only because of international adoption but also because of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants.
By the way, maybe I seem negative and constantly complaining but if you think so, then it's not likely that's going to change.
(Of course, there's a limit to what is accepted on this blog. But please don't turn this blog into a personal war zone. Sorry for the expression)
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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These days Sweden has a diverse culture with many different ethnicities not only because of international adoption but also because of 1st and 2nd generation immigrants.
By the way, maybe I seem negative and constantly complaining but if you think so, then it's not likely that's going to change.
(Of course, there's a limit to what is accepted on this blog. But please don't turn this blog into a personal war zone. Sorry for the expression)
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Ab Imo
Amore
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Amore
Translation:
Amor vincit omnia, Ab imo pectore, Sine amore, nihil est vita, Si vis amari, ama,Amor caecus est, Amor animi arbitrio sumitur, non ponitur, Numquam periit amor, Eis quos amo
Love conquers all..., From the bottom of my heart..., Without love life is pointless...,If you wish to be loved, love...., Love is blind.., We choose to love we do not choose to cease loving..., Love never dies..., To those that I love...,
All of the above quotes summarize exactly how I feel being adopted but more so how I feel about my birth family. Like my heart's about to burst open really, but I also know that if I was to cut all ties with my adoptive family the consequences would be to high. Basically my entire life wouldn't be worth anything, nothing at all. But most importantly I love my adoptive family and I can't imagine a life without them as much as I try to think of a life without my birth family. Sadly the latter seems to be easier to accept...
I mean for years I only used to have fragmented sentences on a paper, only the knowledge of them. How old my supposed siblings were and how many and so, birth dates and more. For years I didn't have that but now I also have their faces and actually met them to.
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Ab Imo Pectore
Sunday, 8 May 2011
Ab Imo Pectore
I wish more than anything that I would be able to go back to Korea, some time soon. And not just go to Korea for seightseeing but to see my family... That's my one wish, my ab imo pectore... Until I get a reply from my birth family I don't dare to hope that I'll be back in Korea in just a few months time. I've already started looking at tickets but I dare not make my next move which would be to book an airplane from Sweden to Korea.
Also I don't want to get my hopes up in case my family are engaged elsewhere, who knows what plans they might have made. I dare not be to demanding, there's already so many mistakes I wish I could undo or at least put back to normal.
Ab Imo Pectore...,
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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Also I don't want to get my hopes up in case my family are engaged elsewhere, who knows what plans they might have made. I dare not be to demanding, there's already so many mistakes I wish I could undo or at least put back to normal.
Ab Imo Pectore...,
© Taste of Kimchi, Elle
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