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After living in Box Hill for a year, we moved to Doncaster, about a 10-minute drive away. Our previous house had only three bedrooms, which was cramped for us, our grown son, and our two daughters, and the house itself was shabby.   My eldest daughter, who's now at university, will be getting married and moving out in a few years. My wife insisted on giving her the memories of living in a nice home and a nice room with her parents, even if it's just for a little while. So, we

There was a man who had four wives. He loved his first wife so much that he kept her by his side all the time, day and night. His second wife was a wife he had worked very hard to get. Since she was a wife he had fought bloodily for, his love for her was also extremely strong. To him, his second wife was like a strong fortress.   He and his third wife got along especially well, and they always hung out together and had fun. However, he didn’t pay much attention to his fourth

Box Hill was my first neighborhood after immigrating in 2005. It's a 25-minute train ride from Melbourne's city center. Upon exiting the...

The poem below is a piece written by Professor Jang Young-hee of Sogang University (1952-2009), who gave hope to people while fighting...

My family consists of four people: dad, grandma, me, and my older sister. Dad worked at an eyeglass company. We went to the swimming pool...

6:05 AM, September 14, 1994, O'Hare Airport, USA. I got off at this airport after taking a late-night flight from San Francisco to...

About 10 years ago, when I was working as a sales manager for a foreign company, Mr. Williams, the American CEO, always demanded more...

On Rue Admiral Roussin in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, there's a fascinating restaurant. The chef and owner are eccentric. Not only...

Once upon a time, there was a small village that raised sheep. Next to the village’s green meadow was a sesame cake warehouse. Every...

On December 5, 2005, I boarded a plane at Incheon Airport on the afternoon of that year's first snowfall. The next morning, I arrived in Melbourne, Australia. I remember leaving the airport, feeling a strange sense of wonder at the slightly cool, dry weather here, despite it being the height of summer. At the time, I was 49 years old, had been working in a non-life insurance company for 17 years, and had been an insurance broker for seven years. At the time, family invitation

Even the soil can itch. When seeds rot and sprout, and young roots whine, digging into the earth's breast, the soil laughs, raising dust...

The biting, knife-like wind has knocked down even the last remaining unripe persimmon. Stripped of all its green leaves, the lonely tree...

Life is like a game where you throw and catch five balls with both hands. The five balls are work, family, health, friends, and yourself....

When I open your envelope that ran breathlessly over the waves The jewel-like stories pour out I accept all your joys and sorrows as mine...

If I didn't have the burden on my back, I wouldn't have been able to live properly in this world. Because of the burden on my back, I...

I thought that I learned the teacher of life through books, but as I live, I think that is not the case.   The time that silently flows...

A few years ago, I was watching YouTube and saw an American man in a nursing home holding a small recorder, putting earphones in the ears...