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00:00:00Hello friends, welcome to Friday Night Live with Honkily episode 237.3
00:00:22Yeah, the previous two episodes, I'm using Zoom software now, I think it lasted like only 30 minutes.
00:00:32Why? I don't know, possibly internet connection issue.
00:00:37I don't know, I'm using different computer than what I typically use at home.
00:00:42Okay, so, yeah, but, okay, so, after last episode, what I did was, I tried to, I, in two hours, maybe two, three hours,
00:00:59tried to install, actually reinstall a computer software program, which is free in the internet, I used that software before.
00:01:08Because that's the software that I need to use during the internet interview, okay?
00:01:13I've used that before, it's the kind of software that's not being used very often.
00:01:19Okay, but, but I've used it before in this computer, okay, but what happened was,
00:01:27so, I need to update that software, because last time I used that software in, like, internet,
00:01:32it was, like, four years ago, okay, so, since then, there have been a lot of upgrades to that software,
00:01:42so, I need to kind of upgrade that software, or uninstalled and reinstalled it, right?
00:01:48Okay, and I, you just keep giving me error message, okay, but, I used to be a computer programmer, okay, so,
00:01:57so, that computer science background you helped, is resolved, okay, yeah.
00:02:06Really, I looked up in the internet, many different solutions, okay,
00:02:10but this didn't work, okay, and, but I learned a lot in the internet,
00:02:14okay, so, okay, so, where is the software housed inside of hard disk C-drive, okay,
00:02:23some paths, so, yeah, I learned that from internet, and then,
00:02:26then, what I realized, as a former computer programmer, is this, okay,
00:02:36in Microsoft Windows, you can uninstall a program, right?
00:02:40Okay, but, I think that uninstall program, which is part of Microsoft Windows operating system,
00:02:53okay, I think it's a little bit buggy, it has some errors, okay,
00:02:57what happened was, their computer software, when I uninstalled it,
00:03:04it removed all the files inside of that folder, of that computer software, okay,
00:03:10but it did not remove the folder itself, so, I had to manually remove it, that folder,
00:03:18after that, reinstall, redownload and reinstall, because, this, I know this as a former computer program,
00:03:29okay, when, when you reinstall a computer software, sometimes, this installation program,
00:03:39you can see, if, that computer already have, that computer software's folder or files or not, okay,
00:03:52so, sometimes, if that software folder already exists, then, it does not redownload that package into that folder,
00:04:05because, it just assumes that that folder already exists, okay, so, that was the issue,
00:04:11so, I manually deleted that folder, and then, reinstalled, so that, you can,
00:04:19copy over, all the internet, this whole software package, in a brand new folder, okay, so, it worked,
00:04:29it, it took me, like, two to three hours, okay, oh, wow, trying different things, right, oh,
00:04:38I even downloaded it, yeah, well, from trusted server, down in a dynamically linked library,
00:04:45oh, yeah, it's, it's computer-pringal, okay, so, part of software package, but, yeah, but,
00:04:56turn up here, not necessary, but, still, right, trying different things, okay, so, it worked, finally,
00:05:05okay, uh, why is this book dirty?
00:05:09Uh, I cannot tell you, it is so good, so, well, again, what can I do?
00:05:25Yeah, some reason, deuda, this, this is very dirty,
00:05:32both of them are,
00:05:35I watched those, dirty bubbles,
00:05:39I took care of the software issue, now it is resolved, after that, ate some food, basically
00:06:06like wheat biscuits, and then I watched television and brushed my teeth, and then before that
00:06:14dental floss and brushed my teeth, and then, yeah, uploaded the Friday Night of the Hungry episodes,
00:06:24and then, yeah, watched TV, eating food, and then went to bed, turned off lights, and studied
00:06:33some, yeah, the low area, that I'm about to interview next, sometime next week, yeah,
00:06:40some studying, and then slept, woke up, that was 2am, and then I was hungry, so I went to gas, drove to
00:06:49gas station, bought some food and water, and drove back, and now we are here, okay, yeah, now, five minutes
00:06:57break, okay, I'll be mindful, okay, so because this, for whatever reason, it may terminate in 30 minutes,
00:07:03okay, so, it's been like six, six minutes so far, so, yeah, you tell in mind, okay, yeah, yeah,
00:07:12okay, five minutes break, thank you, okay, okay, very cool,
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00:15:35Nice.
00:16:00Yeah, so I guess we can continue our discussion about existentialism.
00:16:15Mr. Franz Kafka and Sue.
00:16:22I'm wondering like...
00:16:38It's quite too warm.
00:16:41I'm wondering like...
00:16:48Why Mr. Franz Kafka is so famous?
00:16:52I mean, other than the sympathy factors and other than the fact that he's a very handsome guy.
00:16:59Other than that, well, I'm straight, okay? I'm straight adult, male adult.
00:17:04I'm straight, okay? But yeah, I cannot appreciate other guys.
00:17:08I've been good looking. There's nothing wrong there. I'm straight adult, okay?
00:17:15So other than sympathy factors, other than the fact that he's a good looking guy,
00:17:23let's just talk about his books, novels, essays, commentaries or letters, correspondences, okay?
00:17:33Uh, his sentences.
00:17:45Let's go to the screen share.
00:17:48Sure.
00:17:50Sure.
00:17:51Let's read some of his paragraphs, sentences.
00:17:55Uh, yeah.
00:17:58In Wikipedia, okay, sure.
00:18:03Okay.
00:18:05Sure.
00:18:14Okay.
00:18:18Okay.
00:18:19I think that's good.
00:18:20I think that's good.
00:18:21I think that's good.
00:18:22But...
00:18:23It's good.
00:18:24Yeah.
00:18:25Wikipedia, yeah.
00:18:26France Kafka biography.
00:18:27Good looking guy, right?
00:18:28Yeah.
00:18:29Sure.
00:18:30And...
00:18:31Let's look at his sentences.
00:18:37Transited to English, okay?
00:18:40So...
00:18:41Okay.
00:18:42So...
00:18:43Let's look at his sentences.
00:18:45Transited to English, okay?
00:18:46So...
00:18:47Let's look at his sentences.
00:18:52Transited to English.
00:18:53Transited to English.
00:18:54Okay.
00:18:55So...
00:18:56Uh...
00:18:57Works?
00:18:58Some snippets.
00:19:01Yeah.
00:19:02Okay.
00:19:03So...
00:19:04Okay.
00:19:05Let's look at his sentences.
00:19:07Transited to English, okay?
00:19:08Okay.
00:19:09So...
00:19:10Uh...
00:19:11Works?
00:19:12Some snippets?
00:19:17Yeah.
00:19:18Yeah.
00:19:19Okay.
00:19:22You
00:19:39Yeah, well, let's read it enclosed in my own four walls. I found myself as an immigrant
00:19:46Imprisoned in a foreign country. I saw my family as trans aliens whose foreign customs rights and very language
00:19:56Deified
00:20:01Comprehension
00:20:08Oh, defied, not defied, defied comprehension
00:20:12So how to understand? Okay, though I did not want it. They forced me to participate in their
00:20:19Pisa rituals. I could not resist
00:20:23Okay
00:20:28But this his diaries not his novel
00:20:30Fourth sentence in his one most famous novel, Metamorphosis
00:20:48As Gregor Samsa, one morning, from restless dreams awoke
00:20:58Found he himself in his bed into a monstrous vermin transformed
00:21:07Okay
00:21:09Best bet? Okay
00:21:16Best bet? Okay
00:21:26I mean, of course, we cannot
00:21:29Evaluate or write or
00:21:33Based upon a couple of sentences
00:21:34Yeah
00:21:35So, I'm wondering, is there something actually really special about his writing?
00:21:49His sentences, plot summary, story structure, as a writer.
00:22:02Or is it somewhat overrated?
00:22:10Or do his works deserve the kind of degree of fame that exists today, internationally,
00:22:27translated into multiple languages, pretty much, all major languages, right?
00:22:44I mean, this is French Kafka, right? Translated to Chinese, both Cantonese Mandarin in China, Korean, Japanese, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, English, French, originally written in German language, okay?
00:23:06So, whether it's overrated or his writings maybe deserve that fame or I don't know.
00:23:30So, metamorphosis, okay, there was this man who had a good night's sleep and woke up and he realized that he is an insect.
00:23:55He became an insect.
00:24:02Is that the kind of story, fiction, novel that only he could have come up with?
00:24:14Or did other people already, before Franz Kafka, were there some similar novels or fairy tales, whatever?
00:24:25Just look at the metamorphosis novel, okay?
00:24:36Just look at the metamorphosis novel, okay?
00:24:46But his contemporary friends say he had a very good sense of humor, okay?
00:24:53So, what they're saying is that Franz Kafka enjoyed reading his novel to his friends, okay?
00:25:02So, and his friends left, Franz Kafka himself left while reading.
00:25:08So, basically, it's designed to be a comedy humor, okay?
00:25:13Okay.
00:25:14Did Franz Kafka intend his novels to be existentialistic or was it a coincidence?
00:25:26Maybe he just wanted to feel funny, dry sense of humor, maybe.
00:25:47Did he even know about existentialism?
00:25:59I'm all done.
00:26:17What is the kind of truth about the human being he is?
00:26:22A human being transforming into some animals or insects, okay?
00:26:30Actually, in Tibetan Buddhism, reincarnation, okay?
00:26:39If a person passes away, then be reborn as an animal, it could be a lion, tiger, ox, reincarnation kind of thing, there is some similarity there.
00:26:53That's why in Buddhism, they are vegetarians, they don't eat animals, at least monks, priests, in Buddhism.
00:27:04Okay, yeah.
00:27:08Jarry's plan, yes.
00:27:29End of castle.
00:27:30Okay.
00:27:31Yeah, this guy in castle novel by Kafka, he wants to get into the castle, but they wouldn't let him in.
00:27:40So he stayed in a hotel outside of castle and start to date the hotel's owner's daughter.
00:27:50Okay.
00:27:51Okay.
00:27:52Okay.
00:28:00It's hard to get into the castle, maybe symbolizing some promotion, upward social mobility, get a higher paying job and stuff.
00:28:11Higher status, social status.
00:28:12Okay.
00:28:13Socio-economic barrier.
00:28:14It's been interpreted that way.
00:28:15Okay.
00:28:16The castle.
00:28:17Try to get in, but they wouldn't let him in.
00:28:18Okay.
00:28:19Okay.
00:28:20But is this some kind of novel that other people could not have come up with?
00:28:24Look, when I read Arthur Schopenhauer's German philosopher's essays, his sentences are extraordinary.
00:28:37It's very, really extremely smart.
00:28:38Very intelligent.
00:28:39Okay.
00:28:40Arthur Schopenhauer, I don't think he wrote any novels.
00:28:41He wrote essays as a philosopher.
00:28:42Okay.
00:28:43But, but I mean, I don't know German language too much.
00:28:49Okay.
00:28:50But, translated from German language to Korean language or to English language.
00:28:55Okay.
00:28:56I mean, I don't know German language too much.
00:28:58But, but, translated from German language to Korean language, or to English language, I don't
00:29:05know.
00:29:06Okay.
00:29:07Okay.
00:29:08So here's my great.
00:29:09to Korean language or to English language, so that I can understand, okay?
00:29:16I can still feel the vivacity, the liveliness of Schopenhauer's sentences.
00:29:27It's that amazing, okay? But when I read Franz Kafka's sentences,
00:29:31I don't really see anything too extraordinary, to be honest.
00:29:38Okay? I'm just being honest, okay?
00:29:40Now, let's see if this video ends. It's been like 30 minutes now.
00:29:46Okay.
00:30:08Mm-hmm.
00:30:36Mm-hmm.
00:30:58In my past, I have read some novels, totally page turn on, okay?
00:31:02Great, like, story, plot summary, and also sentences.
00:31:12So, a novel, okay?
00:31:16There are two things.
00:31:18Sentences.
00:31:20Are those sentences beautiful?
00:31:22Okay?
00:31:24There's more microscope level.
00:31:26More macroscopic level.
00:31:28The storyline.
00:31:30Plot summary, okay?
00:31:32Okay?
00:31:33Is it an intriguing, interesting story?
00:31:36Including?
00:31:37Yeah.
00:31:38Story, what happens, and also characters.
00:31:40Character development, okay?
00:31:42In a novel, okay?
00:31:44Are they interesting characters?
00:31:46Or interaction between characters?
00:31:47Or it could be just one person.
00:31:49What happens there?
00:31:50In that story?
00:31:51Novel.
00:31:52Novel.
00:31:53Is it an interesting story?
00:31:55The macroscopic level.
00:31:57Microscopic level.
00:31:58The sentences.
00:31:59Are they beautiful sentences?
00:32:02Interesting sentences.
00:32:04Or it could be bizarre.
00:32:07But those sentences, are they interesting to read?
00:32:13So, when it comes to Franz Kafka's novels, maybe not my copy, but maybe a good enough number
00:32:25of people maybe like his sentences, may find it interesting, and maybe a good enough number
00:32:34of people find his story, characters, interesting, okay?
00:32:41Maybe other people do.
00:32:43But me, myself, to be honest, not my copy, to be honest.
00:32:56I'm just being honest, okay?
00:33:00That's why I'm wondering why he's so famous.
00:33:04I'm not being jealous, okay?
00:33:07I'm just wondering.
00:33:11What other writers?
00:33:21Well, Schopenhauer is an essayist, philosopher, okay?
00:33:26I like his essays, some parts of it, okay?
00:33:28I don't like pessimism movies, no.
00:33:32And Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, okay?
00:33:36I like some of his sentences.
00:33:38It's very dramatic, like theatrical, even like opera.
00:33:46But Nietzsche was also into music, okay?
00:33:50So, his sentences in his essays, philosophical essays, pretty niche.
00:33:57It's as if I'm, when I read his essays, it's sentences as if I'm watching opera, okay?
00:34:05It's like aria, like singing loudly.
00:34:09That's pretty niche, sentences, okay?
00:34:11It's very grandiose, quite interesting sentences.
00:34:15Although, I don't always agree with them, okay?
00:34:21Okay?
00:34:28How about novelists?
00:34:30Yeah, like, Page Tunnel.
00:34:34Yeah, David Balaji.
00:34:35It's a political thriller, okay?
00:34:37Yeah.
00:34:38And also, Jean Grisham.
00:34:41Courtroom drama.
00:34:42Jean Grisham used to be a lawyer too, okay?
00:34:46Later on, turned writer.
00:34:49Oh, Jean Grisham, some of his novels.
00:34:51Yeah, Page Tunnel, okay?
00:34:52Yeah.
00:34:53Yeah.
00:34:54Yeah, there's some novelists.
00:34:55I really enjoyed reading in paperback.
00:35:09Oh, yeah.
00:35:16Now, let's take five minutes, okay?
00:35:17Yeah, vocalist.
00:35:18Okay, I guess we can do more than third minutes now.
00:35:21Maybe it was the internet correction.
00:35:22I don't know.
00:35:23Cool.
00:35:24Five minutes, Brad.
00:35:28Yeah.
00:35:29And then we'll put some pooch on there.
00:35:32Five minutes, Brad.
00:35:34Okay.
00:35:37Yeah.
00:35:41Very cool.
00:35:43Okay.
00:35:53Thanks, Brad.
00:35:54Thank you very much.
00:40:21Nice.
00:40:22Cheers.
00:40:23Oh, there's a water cup.
00:40:28And this is a vodka cup.
00:40:31Yeah, cheers.
00:40:33So, I guess, okay.
00:40:34So, I guess, I guess, the kind of impression I got from some pages that I read from his
00:40:50that I read from his books. Franz Kafka, okay. Not page from cover to cover but some
00:40:57pages because I have to stop reading because to me it was quite boring, okay.
00:41:09Now my copy of the book, okay. But it's diversity. Different people like different
00:41:15novels. So who like this Franz Kafka's novels? Are there some people actually
00:41:23enjoy reading it? I guess there are different tastes from mine. Yeah, I
00:41:31appreciate diversity. And try to understand, okay, people who enjoy Franz Kafka's
00:41:37novels. I wonder why they enjoy it.
00:41:44Like, am I missing something? Let me get some tones, okay. So, oh, there's a lot of
00:42:13questions.
00:42:14So, what impression I got from Franz Kafka's novels is that the
00:42:43Although, I didn't read cover to cover, but the impression I got from several pages they have read
00:42:52of these novels, okay?
00:42:56It's quite claustrophobic.
00:43:00Confined space, okay?
00:43:04Yeah.
00:43:07Like in a jail cell.
00:43:09Maybe that's how he felt about his life, okay?
00:43:21From his biography, I've read that his father, very kind of conservative, European Jewish person, tradition.
00:43:36Okay, so...
00:43:40Well, Kafka was maybe a little rebellious.
00:43:45He felt kind of confined within that European Jewish tradition.
00:43:50Maybe, okay?
00:43:52Some other novels, in contrast, like, journey around the world in 80 days, like going to different countries, adventure, right?
00:44:10There's very sharp contrast from Franz Kafka's novel.
00:44:15Franz Kafka's novel is quite minimalistic, which is...
00:44:20Cool? Yeah, I appreciate minimalism. I do, okay?
00:44:23In music, in literature, sure. Minimalism, okay?
00:44:27Very few characters.
00:44:28Many existentialist literature is like that, like, waiting for Godot.
00:44:34Was it Samuel Becker or something?
00:44:39Let me look it up.
00:44:43I do not want to misquote.
00:44:47Waiting for Godot.
00:44:48Yeah, it's Samuel Becker, okay, so...
00:44:54What country?
00:45:03Yeah, it's Samuel Becker.
00:45:08It's Irish, okay.
00:45:12Okay.
00:45:13What?
00:45:14Yeah, existentialist, kind of absurdist, okay, so...
00:45:18Yeah, existentialist, kind of absurdist, okay, so...
00:45:22Same way back here.
00:45:23Yeah, waiting for Godot.
00:45:25And, yeah, it's very minimalistic literature, which I appreciate.
00:45:30Like, limited space.
00:45:33Very few characters.
00:45:37That's quite typical existentialist literature, okay?
00:45:41Yeah, yeah, screenplay, doubles.
00:45:44And, in that same line of existentialist literature, yeah, French Kafka is like that.
00:45:51Limited space.
00:45:52Very few characters.
00:45:54Minimalism.
00:45:55Sure, I appreciate that.
00:45:58It's not like traveling around the world, meeting all these people.
00:46:03No, it's opposite of that.
00:46:05Okay.
00:46:06Okay.
00:46:10Hmm?
00:46:13So existentialism is kind of a little bit dark.
00:46:17A little bit pessimistic, okay?
00:46:20Plaintiff.
00:46:21Like, meaning, like, they're kind of complaining.
00:46:24About difficulty of lifestyle.
00:46:27How tough life is.
00:46:29Limited space.
00:46:30Kind of closer for me, okay?
00:46:31This general ambiance of existentialist literature, okay?
00:46:40Yeah.
00:46:42Yeah.
00:46:44Outside of existentialist literature, okay?
00:46:46Yeah, like, adventurism, traveling around the world, meeting a lot of people, and be happy, be ambitious, optimistic.
00:46:58Okay.
00:47:10Okay.
00:47:11It's double, sorry, okay?
00:47:15I wish they both.
00:47:16Okay.
00:47:17Yeah.
00:47:25So, Franz Kafka's novels,
00:47:29It's like, my impression is that,
00:47:33it's somebody who wrote this novel in a jail cell.
00:47:37That's the kind of impression I got.
00:47:39I'll make you some commentary on Franz Kafka's literature, okay?
00:47:49I'll make you some commentary on Franz Kafka's literature, okay?
00:47:53But Kafka, he never went to jail.
00:47:54No, he committed no crimes, okay?
00:47:55But when I read his novels, sentences, paragraphs, a few pages, he took his four famous novels,
00:48:12judgements, trial, castle, metamorphosis, okay?
00:48:15Uh, I feel as if he wrote these novels in a jail cell.
00:48:23Just impression like that, okay?
00:48:25Very close for a forbid.
00:48:26Very close for a forbid.
00:48:37It feels as if, when he wrote these novels, he was not a very happy person, okay?
00:48:46Okay.
00:48:50Not quite satisfied with his life, okay?
00:48:53That's the impression of that.
00:48:54I mean, I'm 47 years old.
00:49:15I've been in a period of my life where it felt as if I'm walking through this dark, long tunnel
00:49:31where I did not quite see the light at the end of this dark, long tunnel.
00:49:40I've been there many times in my life.
00:49:43Okay.
00:49:45I've been trying to get the Lubaina and the U.S.
00:49:52You've fallen by a lot over there.
00:49:55You've done this forever.
00:49:58Melvin.
00:50:00Perhaps, some people who really enjoy this novel...
00:50:05Uh, perhaps, they're going through some difficult times, maybe?
00:50:10Maybe it's the French Kafka characters going through difficult times, like rejections and stuff in the castle movie.
00:50:20I think it's double the trial, judgment, metamorphosis.
00:50:25Yeah, alienation, rejection, even isolation.
00:50:33Maybe those characters in Kafka's novels are maybe relatable to people who are going through some difficult times, maybe.
00:50:49Okay.
00:50:54I guess there could be one way to understand his audience.
00:51:02Okay, yeah.
00:51:08Or it could be opposite way.
00:51:11Maybe some people who are happy, maybe they want something different from their happy life when they read novels.
00:51:19Maybe they want to read for refreshment with their living happy life.
00:51:27Maybe they want, when they read the novel, maybe they want something different from their life experience.
00:51:36Maybe some strange novel where characters are quite unhappy.
00:51:42Maybe some people who are unhappy.
00:51:43Maybe some people who are happy, maybe some people who are unhappy.
00:51:47Yeah, I guess it could be that way too.
00:51:48There are two groups, two classes of audience of Kafka.
00:52:15People who are happy at that time, also people who are unhappy at that time.
00:52:20But look, life is ups and downs, sinusoidal rhythm, like day and night, winter and summer.
00:52:29Yeah, everybody goes through that.
00:52:32This is a substitute, sinusoidal curve of life, like weight.
00:52:40Everybody goes through that.
00:52:43Okay, yeah.
00:52:48I do too, just earlier today.
00:52:55When this software did not work, it took me two, three hours to figure out to make it work.
00:53:06Because I have to have an interview, okay?
00:53:09Next week.
00:53:10Using this.
00:53:11Not very well no software, okay?
00:53:15That was a difficult time, okay?
00:53:20Because I have to have this interview in the internet, okay?
00:53:23And it's not like Zoom, that's being used everywhere, okay?
00:53:28It's very obscure, sort of, okay?
00:53:30To make it work in this old laptop computer.
00:53:33Difficult time, but it worked, finally.
00:53:38After two, three hours, research, experimentation, trial and error, okay?
00:53:44Finally, light at the end of the tunnel, good.
00:53:50Okay?
00:53:51Just take care of it, okay?
00:53:53Take care of it, okay?
00:53:54Now, I'm having fun drinking vodka, okay?
00:54:01Talking about literature, philosophy, okay?
00:54:07Ups and downs.
00:54:10It's normal.
00:54:11It's natural.
00:54:12It's the rhythm of the universe, okay?
00:54:21Animals.
00:54:22Even plants.
00:54:24They go through that too.
00:54:26Animals?
00:54:27Yeah, harsh winter.
00:54:31Very few food.
00:54:33Carbonation.
00:54:34And then spring time.
00:54:36Yeah, plenty of food.
00:54:38Plants.
00:54:39Right?
00:54:40Yeah.
00:54:41Warm.
00:54:42Temperature.
00:54:44Yeah.
00:54:45Water.
00:54:46Ice melt.
00:54:48Oh, animals.
00:54:50They love spring time, okay?
00:54:51Yeah.
00:54:52Wild animals, okay?
00:54:53I'll ask people too.
00:54:58Okay.
00:54:59Look, me, I love winter.
00:55:02Even Arctic wind.
00:55:04As long as it does not cause power outage.
00:55:08Power outage.
00:55:09Okay.
00:55:10As long as Arctic wind in Alaska does not cause power outage.
00:55:13Power outage.
00:55:14I love Arctic wind.
00:55:15It's something very cool.
00:55:16Winter in Alaska.
00:55:17I love it.
00:55:18Yeah.
00:55:19It's fun.
00:55:21Winter in Alaska.
00:55:22Winter in Alaska.
00:55:23I love it.
00:55:24Yeah.
00:55:25It's fun.
00:55:26Winter in Alaska.
00:55:27Winter in Alaska.
00:55:28I love it.
00:55:29Yeah.
00:55:30It's fun.
00:55:31Yeah.
00:55:39It's fun.
00:55:49You
00:55:54No, come say okay, maybe we can do two four hours this time on
00:56:01Okay, it's been like one hour, okay, so less than one hour. Good
00:56:06Five minutes break for call rest. Thank you. Yeah, nice
00:56:14Okay
00:56:16Yes, five minutes. Thank you
00:56:19Let's vent in a little bit, okay
00:56:31Yeah, five minutes. Thank you
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01:01:23Okay, we're going to close the window.
01:01:30Yeah, nice, fresh, cold air there.
01:01:33Good ventilation.
01:01:34Nice.
01:01:35Yeah, so it's been, I guess, about one hour.
01:01:45Yeah, sure.
01:01:47Good.
01:01:48Good video to roll.
01:01:49Good video to roll.
01:01:51Nice, cheers.
01:01:55Okay.
01:01:59Now, are you into writing?
01:02:01Do you writing novels, essays, poetry?
01:02:05yeah it's a good hobby okay writing okay uh so
01:02:12but so far i do not know who you are okay uh maybe one day yeah if you want to be famous
01:02:21by all means be more famous than honkily okay because honkily is not that famous just a little
01:02:27bit okay but um yeah i write i write novels show stories okay yeah uh like in the name
01:02:41of humanology he prays that's like show story collection okay they are published every month
01:02:47in amazon kindle okay so uh so the most recent one i wrote some of them are published in social
01:02:56media okay so yeah like a plant story okay yeah
01:03:02it's about fern f-e-r-n uh young ferns some species are edible in korea the gosari okay yeah in
01:03:19america fiddlehead young ferns are edible when they are like what is tall okay springtime okay
01:03:29okay why do they call it fiddlehead because young ferns like when it's this big it's like sparrow
01:03:37at the end okay like number nine okay looks like at the end of violin fiddle that's why it's called
01:03:48fiddlehead okay so yeah download some photographs in the internet screenshot some cropping and also
01:03:58social media along with that story okay yeah what's the story about yeah fiddlehead springtime
01:04:05ferns green ferns green they sing with their musicians fiddlehead okay it's that analogy okay so
01:04:18but we cannot hear their songs they sing in silence fiddleheads ferns springtime okay yeah
01:04:35um
01:04:42it's in the joy of springtime
01:04:46Sorry
01:04:47Because we cannot hear it because we are singing in silence
01:04:49they sing the joy of springtime fiddleheads young ferns but we humans cannot hear it
01:04:54Okay?
01:04:59Cheers, okay, yeah.
01:05:07Yeah, this is the most recent one I wrote.
01:05:11Okay, yeah.
01:05:13About two weeks ago, okay.
01:05:17Well, after a couple of days,
01:05:19I realized you could be misinterpreted, okay?
01:05:23Look, I'm against hallucinogenic plants, okay?
01:05:28Like marijuana.
01:05:30Yeah, in Alaska, it is not illegal,
01:05:34but federally, it is still illegal, okay?
01:05:36So I'm not a huge fan of marijuana, I'm not, okay?
01:05:40So it's not about that at all, okay?
01:05:43Like hallucinogenic plants, like marijuana,
01:05:46or some others, now they're hearing some sound
01:05:50when nobody else can hear.
01:05:53It's not about that at all.
01:05:54So yeah, PostScript PS, yeah, it's not about that.
01:05:59It's about music, fiddlehead, looking like violin.
01:06:03So a couple of days later, yeah,
01:06:05I realized you could be misinterpreted.
01:06:08So I edited, adding that PostScript PS,
01:06:13that PostScript PS, it's not about that, okay?
01:06:16It's about music.
01:06:20To clarify, okay?
01:06:21To prevent misunderstanding.
01:06:25Okay.
01:06:27Yeah.
01:06:38Yeah.
01:06:43Look at the trees.
01:06:56And there is some Korean poet.
01:07:03Like, I remember when I was in high school
01:07:06in South South Korea, 1990s,
01:07:09I think some Korean poets
01:07:13made some analogies, like trees.
01:07:19Growing up, grown up, and spreading tree branches,
01:07:22like arms toward the sky,
01:07:25as if they're praying to God, or praising God.
01:07:30Trees, okay?
01:07:31Yeah, I can't remember.
01:07:33Some Korean poets, okay?
01:07:35Yeah.
01:07:36Yeah, nice.
01:07:39Good poetic analysis, yeah.
01:07:44Nice.
01:07:54I appreciate that, yeah.
01:07:57Nice.
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01:08:36Now, I live in halfway between Wasilla and Big Lake in Matsu Valley.
01:08:46Okay.
01:08:47Knick.
01:08:49Okay.
01:08:50Yeah.
01:08:51Knick Valley region.
01:08:53Okay.
01:08:54Last time I checked, it's actually still 30% of residents there without power.
01:09:03Okay.
01:09:04Some other parts of Matsu Valley, 50% residents in that neighborhood do not have any electricity.
01:09:14Okay.
01:09:15So, but we appreciate workers who work day and night to restore electricity.
01:09:23Yeah.
01:09:24So, now it's 3 a.m. Sunday morning.
01:09:31Checkout time is 11 a.m. in this wonderful hotel.
01:09:34Okay.
01:09:35So, yeah.
01:09:36Set on alarm clock for 10 a.m. and I'll check the power outage situation in the internet.
01:09:44If in my neighborhood, the power outage is less than 10%, like 10% residents without power.
01:09:57meaning 90% with power.
01:09:58Yeah.
01:09:59I guess it's safe to go back there.
01:10:00So, I'll check at 10 a.m. later this morning.
01:10:02Okay.
01:10:03Yeah.
01:10:04Whether I need to stay here one more night or not.
01:10:06Do I need to stay in the morning?
01:10:07Okay.
01:10:08Okay.
01:10:09Okay.
01:10:10Okay.
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01:10:12Okay.
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01:10:15Okay.
01:10:16Okay.
01:10:17Yeah.
01:10:18Yeah.
01:10:19Okay.
01:10:20Okay.
01:10:21Yeah.
01:10:22Whether I need to stay here one more night or not.
01:10:25Because I need to stay in the morning.
01:10:27Okay.
01:10:28Okay.
01:10:29Yeah.
01:10:30Hmm?
01:10:31Yeah.
01:10:32So, we'll see.
01:10:36Okay.
01:10:52Okay.
01:10:53Okay.
01:10:58Okay.
01:11:06So, if you're into writing, maybe now, maybe later, in the future, maybe in the past,
01:11:19okay?
01:11:20But if you're into writing, now or maybe in the future, okay?
01:11:24Writing is a very healthy hobby, okay?
01:11:27My recommendation, if you're into writing, essays, poetry, novels, whatever, okay?
01:11:35My recommendation is to write something positive, optimistic, to guide yourself and people
01:11:52out there towards optimism and positivity, okay?
01:12:05So, it's important that even when we are in dark times, me being only for the past seven
01:12:16months, okay?
01:12:18So, it's very important to maintain positive attitude, optimism, it's so important.
01:12:25Okay?
01:12:26Yeah.
01:12:27Like, we're gonna make it.
01:12:32We'll get there.
01:12:34The rescue is coming.
01:12:36Help is coming.
01:12:38Yeah.
01:12:39Let's work toward that goal.
01:12:44Yeah.
01:12:45Like, my situation.
01:12:46Next job.
01:12:47Yeah.
01:12:48I'm studying.
01:12:49Yeah.
01:12:50For the interview, okay?
01:12:51Yeah.
01:12:52Spending two, three hours in this old letter computer, okay?
01:13:05To install this software, quite obscure software, to have internet interview, okay?
01:13:14But I got to work, okay?
01:13:16Finally.
01:13:18Yeah.
01:13:20So, before I left, I worked at the staff after two, three hours.
01:13:33I was like...
01:13:35Okay, this is power outreach.
01:13:40In my house, no internet, because there's no electricity.
01:13:46And in this old laptop that I carried to this hotel room,
01:13:54this obscure software was not quite working.
01:13:58Then how can I have an interview?
01:14:01It was a dire situation.
01:14:04But I kept on working on it.
01:14:07And it did work after 2-3 hours.
01:14:26But during that time,
01:14:28I went back to this dark place,
01:14:32where, you know,
01:14:38I may, after this interview, next week,
01:14:42I may get this job or not.
01:14:44That's uncertain.
01:14:46Far from certainty.
01:14:49But at least,
01:14:51I need to have this interview.
01:14:55Although, after the interview,
01:14:57they may hire me or not hire me,
01:15:00uncertainty.
01:15:02But still,
01:15:03at least,
01:15:07at least,
01:15:10let me have this interview.
01:15:13Maybe not in my house,
01:15:15because,
01:15:17image is too out of electricity.
01:15:20At least, let me have an interview in this hotel room.
01:15:25I have to get here.
01:15:27Yeah,
01:15:28Student Tile.
01:15:29Yeah,
01:15:30I can go back.
01:15:31To my house.
01:15:32Student Tile.
01:15:35Bring it back here.
01:15:42Also bring my scissors to have haircut.
01:15:45In the bathroom.
01:15:47With a nice bathtub over there.
01:15:49Okay.
01:15:50Good hotel room.
01:15:51hotel room, okay, yeah, and razor, shaving cream, full bath, student high, internet of
01:16:04your case. At least let me have that. They may not hire me, or they may hire me, but
01:16:16at least let me do my best.
01:16:33In Tokyo, opportunities are very rare.
01:16:37Past seven months, I applied to 70 jobs, lawyer jobs, 7-0, okay, so past seven months, 70
01:16:53lawyer job applications in Alaska. How many interviews? Less than seven.
01:17:01Less than 10%. Okay, so every interview opportunity is very rare and very precious.
01:17:15Not just lawyer job, any job.
01:17:22Yeah. I agree with existentialists. Life is tough.
01:17:34Yes.
01:17:35But is it absurd though? Sometimes it seems as it is absurd. Look at Honkily, one of the smartest
01:17:47people in the world, having difficulty finding a job. That's absurd. Nonsensical. Yeah.
01:17:57But that's just my story. It's everybody's story.
01:18:02Anyone in the world, okay? Oh, they're highly qualified. They're smart. I'm not the only one who's smart.
01:18:10You're smarter than me, okay? Yeah.
01:18:14Hopefully you don't get any difficulty getting a job like I do, okay?
01:18:18Because I want you to be safe.
01:18:23Okay? Me?
01:18:25To be honest, I like this stuff. Adventure.
01:18:31Difficult lives, okay?
01:18:33I called for it. I volunteered for it, okay?
01:18:37But for you, it depends on your personality, okay?
01:18:41But I don't necessarily recommend this kind of lifestyle.
01:18:46Not really.
01:18:48I want you to be healthy, happy, strong, major arts, dancing, singing, riding.
01:18:59I want you to live a good life, okay?
01:19:01So I don't even recommend this kind of lifestyle.
01:19:05Not really.
01:19:06But to me, I enjoy every single second of it.
01:19:21Well, I don't recommend this lifestyle to others. I do not.
01:19:25I just want people to be safe, happy, healthy, okay?
01:19:31But for me, yeah, it's not too dangerous.
01:19:39I don't commit any crimes, no.
01:19:44But living alone in Alaska, it's not too, too dangerous.
01:19:51I'm a law-bound citizen, okay?
01:19:55The kind of ideas that I have, the way I express it in the internet.
01:20:04It could be a little bit risky.
01:20:07Or, you know, I post my happiness in terms of freedom of expression.
01:20:17Nothing illegal, nothing immoral.
01:20:19Just, you know.
01:20:25You know?
01:20:28Talk about a friend's Kafka in a hotel room, alone, on a Saturday night.
01:20:42Who does that stuff?
01:20:45And record it and publish it on the internet.
01:20:49Who does that stuff?
01:20:53Not many people, okay?
01:20:55And I like being that unique person, like, we are strange, but nothing immoral, nothing illegal, but still, the kind of strange person who does things like nobody else does.
01:21:20I like doing that stuff.
01:21:25So, because of humor, okay?
01:21:27I'm not recommending this lifestyle.
01:21:29What I'm saying is, I'm being honest about the kind of lifestyle that I enjoy and I choose to live.
01:21:44That's all.
01:21:46Okay, yeah.
01:21:50Okay, I'm kind of drunk and I like some vocalist, okay?
01:21:54I guess we'll wrap up for tonight, okay?
01:21:56Yeah, thank you.
01:21:57Yeah, by the professionals, past masters, grand mentors, and contemporary professionals, okay?
01:22:03You're amazing.
01:22:04I'm your network fan, okay?
01:22:07See you some other time, okay?
01:22:09Yeah, thank you.
01:22:10Yep.
01:22:12Yep.
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