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I received a notice that a parcel which I thought was lost has been sent back to Paris..

 so called Francis in Ireland quickly and he called Joel in Paris.. 

then Joel went to pick it up.. all done in 1 hour.. thanks Francis and Merci Joel !

 I will visit you in Paris in June..

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I went to the cinema to watch the new film from Hong Sangsoo.. 

well.. the same like how I was about 20 years ago : 

I drank like that, I was crazy like that, I loved like that, I understood like that, I fell a sleep like that..

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It had been a while since i didn't see his face.. 

he sent by email a picture of him with the vintage polaroid sign he bought on ebay.. 

I said nice blue from his eyes, his shirt and the sign..

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 I drew a wall painting of the polpo (octopus in Italian) which reached till behind the small wall..

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I was walking, then took a taxi, because I had to carry too many things.. 

the taxi driver said my walking looks so refreshing that it woke him up.. 

never heard such a nice praise like that about my walking before..

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I'm making the sign by myself for the new restaurant from my brother and his wife.. 

screen printing on metal sheet.. for drying it needs to be heated with fire..

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My brother was making coffee all day to get used to the new coffee machine.. 

he was smelling coffee when he came back home

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The man came to change the marguee around our house on the second floor.. 

he was working on the long ladder between the wall and the house like a juggler in a circus..

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The wall was really hard.. It took all day long to drill holes for the screws.. 

we could hang 5 shelves so far 

and realized afterwards that we should have used a hammer driller for this work

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1 am.. while working we had baked potatoes and ginger ale which my sister-in-law prepared..

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Bangsan market in Ulgiro 

(famous old style area about printing and thousands shops selling all kinds of materials).. 

I climbed dark and narrow steps to the second floor in the really really old building and came across the small screen printing shop..

 the man doing screen printing for 20 years mixed for me the exact colour I wanted..

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another busy tiring day.. we ate noodles at the chinese restaurant for dinner.. 

and reminded ourselves to be persons who can admit mistakes right away..

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 A flower market on the 3rd floor in a big building..

 I walked with my sister between flowers..

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we will put on the white wall with many things.. 

old kitchen utensils, vintage cook books and special objects.. 

we measured with ruler for shelves.

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all afternoon I walked around my home town to look shop signs in the street..

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0 new chairs arrived.. I stopped working and sat for a while..

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 I haven't seen my niece for a long time.. She showed me what she did so far at the kindergarten.. 

she choose the number 3 (smell from foot) for the question "what is your favourite smell?" .. 

yes, everyone has a different taste.

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 new place, big cleaning.. wearing a mask is necessary.

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When I woke up I found that my brother locked the main door from outside and left.. 

he forgot I'm back home..

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sister-in-law: food and books.. my brother: wine and coffee .. 

my sister: cake and desert.. me: design.. first family meeting for new project

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 I woke up at 2 pm.. my brother and sister-in-law prepared a typical good korean food for me.. 

rice, bean soup, pork, vegetables and many different small foods..

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 I arrived in seoul saturday afternoon.. streets were full of people.. 

so I realized very well I was back in this big city.

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on the way back to Seoul alone.. at the security check in Dublin Airport, 

they asked to open my hand luggage

 and I found the sweet card which he put in my suit case secretly..

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there are a few big books which have to be done by the two of us..

 before I leave Achill we made a few copies of big books together. 

we are great team !

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40 boxes. and 80 times glueing.. 

he called me 'glue master' .. yes I'm 10 times faster than he is

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It was a too busy day.. 

in the evening quietly I could sit at the table and could make Kimbab (seaweed and rice) for our dinner.

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after 2 weeks, finally we managed to leave our island. many things we had to do.. 

going to the landfill, the supermarket, the bank, a second hand shop, the truck company to buy a tarpaulin cover, a few antique shops, our stationery shop.. 

finally we could have the first meal at 5 pm in a cafe in Westport.

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sunday morning.. after taking pictures somewhere in the island we arrived home.. 

and we stayed in the car untill Vivaldi's song finished on the radio. 

some special feeling, the moment.

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 We went to take pictures to a small harbour. 

There was an empty case for a ring buoy and a small sticker on it which is written 'A Stolen Ring buoy - A Stolen Life'

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for the first time this year we saw a sheep feeding her baby in the garden.. 

we were so surprised because we never seen a baby sheep so early.. 

so winter is going and spring is coming like this..

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I'm making a small tiny accordion book.. 'octopus's kitchen', screen printed in 169 copies. 

It is quite hard to do the numbering with the automatic stamp.

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 I cut his hair in the garden. It has the best view for cutting hair.. 

it was warm with a cool breeze and the sea was shining..

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since a few days there were beautiful sunny days.. It happens not so often here in Achill. 

All day long we hang our duvet outside.. 

I could smell the sunshine from the duvet.

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 we walked on our beach for the first time since we are back in Achill island.. 

nobody was there and it was so calm. 

He said 'I like when I can listen to every single small wave'

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 first full moon in this year.. I saw the moon floating above the neighbour's house.. 

I made a wish upon the full moon.

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 We heard about a 'massive car boot sale'.. So we run there with excitement.. 

We bought a hoover, a type writer, binoculars, 2 polaroid cameras, vintage cups, a lamp, car seat covers, a candle holder, books, cds, old plate and acrylic paints.. 

all for about 40 euro.

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started screen printing for next book project.. working for 5 hours makes me good tired.

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no electricity at all in Achill island since early morning.. 

all day listening the 'Midwest Radio' our local radio channel on our polaroid transistor 

which is working with the battery from the used film pack. 

when it was getting dark the only thing we could do was book binding with candle light.

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Now I'm doing some commercial work : design about octopuses.. 

all day these animals don't leave me..

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I can drive only an automatic car, so I started to learn how to drive a manual transmission car.

 It is not so easy for me. Before going to practice he said 'don't get me nervous' but I don't care..

 just said 'let's go to make you mad!'

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many parcels we received but also many parcels we had to send.. 

we put all parcels in our small van and went to 2 different post offices.. 

Keel and Achill sound.

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our bathroom full with books.. I couldn't wash my hair since last thursday when I left San Francisco.. This morning I could.. It never happens to me not to wash my hair for 3 days..

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I fall asleep 12 am last night and woke up 6 pm this evening.. 

When I saw the night was coming behind the window, 

I confused.. should I stay in the bed or not..

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 san francisco - minneapoils (about 4 hours) / Minneapolis - Amsterdam (about 9 hours) / Amsterdam - Dublin (about 2 hours) / Dublin - Achill island (about 5 hours)

We are totally exhausted..

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 Finally we back to home, Achill island. 

We had to open so many parcels before unpack our suitcases..

 over 20 parcels and 50 letters..

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 our plane in Minneapolis had some problems before flying to Amsterdam. 

We thought that we might stay in Minneapolis for the valentine's day unexpectedly .. 

but 3 technicians solved problems.

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when i woke up in the morning he whispered that 'happy valentine' .. 

it was sweet but i had to say to him 'valentine's day is tomorrow not today' .. 

we just laughed a lot.

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The weather channel from U.S.A.. can't take my eyes off that.. 

snow storm, rain, tornado, wind, rain, cloud, pressure and temperature.. 

we watch this channel till falling asleep..

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early in the morning at the union square I saw this guy in green jacket and pink high heels.. 

He(she) was beautiful even looks like forgot to shave..

 I think life is enough with that beauty sometimes..

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The golden gate bridge and the cable car.. these are just San Francisco.. 

and the smell of freedom from every corner of the streets...