48/100 (04.17.09)

Let's see....
it's 48th day of the trip

so what have I been doing so far?

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Chicago was pretty sweet...

I met with Mr. Nagai and his family

a cute little family haha...


Mr. Nagai was the photographer for the church in early days

all the photos I saw on the posters and books... and all the stories....

Those were all his works...


It was my honor to actually meet with the person who has seen everything

that's something I have been wanting to see and feel for such a long time.

I really wanted to know what kind of feeling it was to be able to meet with TP

and hear them talk directly to me...

to be able to see them in person

very closely

and work directly for him and with him

hmmm....

but from those photographs Mr. Nagai has shown me...

I felt something

not just oh! that's where it was at...

Oh! that's what happened!

no... it was more of seeing in person...

I felt like I was in there with all the crowds

and seeing him and hearing him in person


That's something I've been feeling lately

I try to see my self in the images

and try to imagine how it was like to be a part of it

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So, we drove from Chicago to St. Louis, MO

and now in Denver, CO


Spending couple days in St. Louis was pretty sweet.

I got to see my cousin and his wife

had good talks...


man... what a cute couple!

haha I'm so jealous~~

of course I didn't tell him I was jealous but I was... OH WELL... hahahaha


seeing Namkyun hyung was pretty fun

Hmmm

I have so many cousins.. but never had time to see any of them

just because we were always far away from everybody

and we came to the States

Namkyun hyung's family was the only family we had in the States but they lived in Cali

and we lived in Jersey...

coast to coast..

TOOO FAR

oh well

it's been a while but it was great seeing him again

right now

he's going to SLU med-school

not Washu. but SLU!

played winning eleven with him and bet on every game we played

went bowling together

I bowled 187 for the first time in my life! haha

wow... what a fun!


Thank you so much for everything!!

and Good luck!!!


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we left St. Louis and started to drive to Denver, CO

on the way to Denver we stopped at a small town called Concordia, MO

the weather was amazing

and it was a very quite little town where everyone knows each other...

Justin and I were looking for a park to do our daily exercises and ended up in that town.

the highschool team was having a baseball game.

I've never actually watched a baseball game in person

but it was pretty interesting

just like all of those 'high school football movies'

all of their dads were there telling them what to do haha

I met with 4 little kids at a play ground while I was doing the push-ups and jumping jacks...

I remember two of their names...

Logan and Jennifer

9 year old boy and 12 year old girl

Logan was from Texas, but didn't know where

I showed them my photos and gave them a little card

it was just a card but they really loved it.... hmmm

very pure... very innocent....

all they do is enjoy their lives and loving their life... and appreciating the beauty...

I really wanted to photograph them... but their parents were around

and didn't want to get in a trouble so... maybe next time!



yeap yeap yeap

so we got to Denver today....

that was a fun drive!

but it's getting too long so maybe on next post!