-JC
The pics aren't in any order but here are some highlights:
- Multiple surgeries in Seoul
- Infections
- Corrective surgeries
- Crappy PKs
- Awful sleep - like really bad
- Staph infection cured
- Lungs and Liver functioning normal again
- Flying back home
- Spending time with family
- Wrist rebuild
- Drove from TX to NY
- Physical rehabilitation - lots of it
- My niece Ellie :)
- Pectoral reattachment - upper humerus - muscle and tendon
- Knee aspirated - 5 times
- Coheed Concert
- Needles, IV's and medication
- 4th longest NFL game in History - Damn it was cold
- Interned & Produced at an Ad Agency
- My dog Shiner - the best
- Ate lots of food - gotta get back
- Shot my first Deer upstate
- Great times with old friends
- San Fran for New Years
- Did I say Rehab
- Moved to NYC
- Voice Overs
- Brother Engaged
Let me reiterate: LOVE LIFE!
화이팅!!
Korean Lesson:
Far from a battle cry, 화이팅 hwaiting is a commonly used word of encouragement, as well as a cheer. I’m told it made its way into Korean from its obvious English origin via the Japanese—and hence the unusual pronunciation. Language purists insist that it should be spelled 파이팅 paiting to reflect a closer approximation to the English wordfighting. (As I typed 화이팅 above, and again here, the spell check tried to change it to 파이팅!) However, it’s universally pronounced hwaiting and so you will encounter both spellings. Although in use for decades, it’s inclusion into dictionaries has been met with some reluctance, still considered merely slang.
You’ll often hear Koreans try to translate 화이팅 as fighting, understandably, but we can actually translate it a couple of ways, depending on the situation…
At sporting events, the crowd will cheer on their team with 화이팅, sometimes preceded by 아자, 아자! aja aja! just to get pumped up, and in international matches:대한민국, 회이팅!! daehanmin-guk, hwaiting!! or even 코리아 화이팅!! koria hwaiting!!Go, Korea!!
To wish someone luck before a difficult endeavor, such as before a test, parachuting out of a plane or approaching a woman in a bar! 파이팅! hwaiting! Good luck!
