• My mother and I have sipped tea with maharanis, swapped stories with Burmese nuns and bumped through the streets of Bangkok on midnight tuk tuks — but the delight we return to, again and again, is the moon. “Go outside and take a look,” she’ll command over text, and I’ll stumble out the door to glimpse at a crescent sliver. We swap cellphone photos of fuzzy white discs that are indistinguishable from the ones that preceded them but offer what feels like newfound delight. Our shared moon: a simple joy that binds us together across years and over continents.
• Although we, as a culture, typically favor the superlative, research shows that moonlight, and everything that is revealed in ordinary moments of our life, matters. Valuing the routine enriches our lives in ways we do not expect, because “how we spend our days,” the author Annie Dil...

• it's like loving the idea of someone from a distance. I'll never be disappointed.
• In what ways are participants' circumstances shaped by global flows and hierarchies that inhere in English language and teaching?
• I don’t have any easy answers, but I think we urgently need to bridge disjuncts in media spheres, in terms of the news we consume and the language we use to articulate our positions on social issues. Perhaps what is more concerning about the Zaobao article itself isn’t that these views exist—it is that some of us were shocked that they do, and that those who had agreed with its views were similarly shocked that others had thought otherwise. I am reminded of how much I live in a bubble, a bubble that blinds me to other views even within my own family.
• I haven’t quite figured out how to brid...

• In his compulsions he made things up about other people’s lives.
• “to have been seen and heard to be emotional, shouting out the window, over the street, allowing myself to be pulled into the momentum. Usually I managed not to fall into that. But I was angry.
• “having been brought up in a hair-trigger society where the ground rules were – if no physically violent touch was being laid upon you, and no outright verbal insults were being levelled at you, and no taunting looks in the vicinity either, then nothing was happening, so how could you be under attack from something that wasn’t there? At eighteen I had no proper understanding of the ways that constituted encroachment. I had a feeling for them, an intuition, a sense of repugnance for some situations and some people, but I did not know intuition and repugnance coun...

• “Our roads are different. Our destinations are different. The speed is not important. Whether you go fast or slow, it doesn't matter.”
• “This is something that a fan told me once: Even if you were to keep showing how hard of a time you’re having rather than try to hide it, you express it as the seasons in you. I think that’s fine too, to always stay in your winter.”
• “... aren’t dreams to be searched for your entire life? I don’t think it’s too late, and having attained your dream isn’t everything either. It’s the process (that you go through to get it) that’s more important.”
• “I think it’s okay to feel lost in your life. I think it should be your judgement. You don’t have to make someone else judge the satisfaction of your life. I hope that you don’t feel too anxious ab...

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• J: I'm worried that this would be how the broadcast would go for today... and as you all know I'm someone who's a little high on humidity..
• J: There are a lot of letters in front of me in front of the booth right now, a lot of letters are in blue envelopes, it's touching. Loving someone as insignificant as me.... thanks to everyone I became a precious person.
• J: Although I don't get to see cherry blossoms often, they are pretty. Fireworks too. The word 'fireworks' is pretty, isn't it? / I haven't seen many fireworks in person but they're pretty. I think the term 'fireworks festival' is also beautiful.

• Q: If love is food, what would it be?
  • Taemin: Appetizer. Even if you keep eating it, it will only stimulate your appetite and you can't be fully satisfied!
  • Minho: Breakfast, I think. Every morning upon waking up, you start thinking of it, like "What would it be today?" "How will it be?" ♥
  • Key: Ice cream! When it's needed, it's absolutely necessary, but if you want to do away with it, then it's okay to not have it! I like vanilla, but recently, I like matcha/green tea ♥
  • Onew (With a smile that is truly world peace; With a healing gentle voice and personality!): Chicken ♥ Because I love it, even though I eat and eat it, it's still something that I always think of.
  • Jonghyun: Snacks! There are times when you wish for it, but there are also times t...

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• (fortune cookie message) J: I think it gives you a hard time because you like it. Sometimes, there's sacrifice and pain in doing something you like.
• J: Everyone, you have to sleep. Look at me... I'm like this because I didn't sleep during middle and high school days.. I'm of an unfortunate height but I could have grown taller..
• J: I have 5 new phone numbers of male dongsaengs saved onto my phone O: Oh no J: Why oh no? O: (laughs) Congratulations J: I'm going to spend time with them at a PC bang at the end of this year. I heard they are good at games O: I give you my blessing / J: Last week I drank a lot and got 5 new numbers from a guy younger than me. We planned to spend the year end at a PC room together. He said he's really good at games.

• here for a good time not a long time
• Immerse yourself, get out of comfort zone and seek help when needed
• Take hold of opportunities
• Ethos and approach to life
• Career trajectory
• Serendipitous
• Profusion of colour the rock will be covered in
• Make this incredible pilgrimage
• Eudaimonism
• once the notion of belief is to hand, the old notion of knowledge becomes redundant.
• the disinformation that is spread when we promulgate uncertain eyewitness testimony and other kinds of insecure putative knowledge
• "the moon is our friend, our constant companion through life. whatever we have going on in life, the moon is always there w...

• In the meantime, she had decided that he was her project and followed him around at every opportunity
• They invariably got in trouble when drunk
• She was relentless when it came to what she wanted. She already thought he was too square.
• They milled around the reception
• She touched his upper arm as if to calm him. He looked flustered
• She brightened for a moment, then looked disappointed again
• he had to smile, having missed even her petulance
• She laughed and swallowed a thimbleful of wine
• “I am not a prostitute. I pour drinks and make conversation with incredibly boring men and make them feel fascinating.”

• Accents, to me, are extensions of languages. When I travel, I try to pick up words and phrases of the language of the place I’m going to, and I do the same with the accent - I do it out of respect. I don’t do this because of a cultural identity crisis, I don’t do this because I don’t know who I am. I do this because I hold a multitude of cultures within me. I do this because I have had the good fortune of calling many places home. / I hope the next generation feels the right to be proud of being a cultural chameleon.
• we are only scratching the veneer of linguistic possibilities that will arise from the study of vast corpuses.
• The selective acquisition of certain components of language that occurs beyond the critical period is reminiscent of the selective impairment
• Inexorable
• there is good reason to suspect

• "They say that you are charming if you talk a lot while doing the dishes."
• “I’ve ran only about 3 meters and I feel like my heart is going to explode”
• "Chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken. No conditions."
• When Onew gets home, he skips as much as 4000 times to lose weight
• In the past, to lose weight, Onew walked to school which takes approximately 1 hour each day.
• "I think everyone keeps on growing. I've grown about 0.0000001 mm?"
• Onew said that during exercise, to lose weight, he woke up at 5 am and swim for an hour.

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• J: I need to get my teeth corrected too! My teeth are quite straight but the teeth next to my right front tooth is a little crooked so they said it would be better if I got it corrected at the dentist and that I only have to wear it when I sleep. I only have to make the mold but because I'm lazy.. and it's troublesome. They told me to go just a day to make the mold but I don't have that one day.. Should I get it corrected or not~? My mom tells me to get it done soon and while I'm young.. so I'll try to get it done next year!
• J: This is the 4th song for Blue Night That Man Who Composes, and many people have wrote in to say that they have gained strength through Blue Night/the song. Since it's the last day of 2016, I really want to say this to everyone: You've worked hard. It was hard on you.

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• J: I'm the kind who apologises even when someone hits me "Ah sorry!"
• J: I'm the kind who doesnt have an appetite in the morning so it can be hard for me to eat breakfast..
• J: Sleeping is the best for diets.
• J: It's been some time since I've cooked. Maybe I should try cooking this coming weekend? Actually these days I dont have much work to do these days. I just stay at home, or meet my friends, or have dinner with the company's staff. Maybe I should try cooking these weekend.
• (Listener introduces JjongD about one-pan pasta) J: I haven't cooked in a while. I think I will try making it this weekend I don't have that many things to do lately. I have been resting at home a lot. I met my friends and had dinners with staffs. I don't have any specific plans this we...

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• (Yesterday Jong asks listener to guess the title(?) of his diary entries) J: I have entries for 3 things. The entry I write on the plane is called "Time in the sky", the entry I write in bed is called "Time in the clouds", because I like cloud-like blankets. The other one is a secret. Since it's a diary entry.

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• J: Youth usually flies past. Really. You can't fulfil something during youth and master y.something during youth. Youth is supposed to speed by. While that, the expertise is going to be my weapon right? You have to decide during your youth so that you will regret less. I think it will be good if you decide something so that there will not be any regrets as in your opinions.

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• J: As I look at the people around me, it's unnecessary to match my values with their. But I think that I should be thankful for opportunities.

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• J: When you're having a hard time, it's not something bad. When you look back at it later, it can act as a nourishment

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• J: "Can't you come to wherever I am?" This is a sentence that should be carefully said.
• J: The moment exercising becomes a part of your everyday life... For me, its like a deviation which helps me relieve stress
• J: (To relieve stress) Actually I exercised? But even that, time passes so I have ...

• Mother
  • A good day for some /
  • A tiring day for another /
  • But they put aside their daily lives /
  • To be with each other /
  • Greeting us with warmth /
  • Opening her arms to us all /
  • Her warmth is a feast in itself /
  • healing us from the daily grind /
  • Her love cannot be paid back /
  • Thanks for the unconditional love /
  • I remember the last words she ever spoke /
  • With her frail lips /
  • She wanted to fix me a meal /
  • A short burst of words, I still remember vividly /
  • The sorrow in her eyes in the photo /
  • What could she be smiling at? /
  • Her hand on my shoulder /

• decimate
• perepeteia and anagnorisis
• preponderant
• parsimonious (on these grounds alone)
• at first blush
• the posturing on social media
• reciprocity is not the quid pro quo we're familiar with
• fashionable to talk about how dreadful things are
• carte blanche
• my 'side hustle' acts as a reprieve from my day job, and the distraction alleviates my mood
• harvest my introvert energy through a solitary lunch
• commiserate
• she couldn't fathom what to say
• it was unthinkable
• Hoonie would have known enough not to want something he could not have—this forb...

• “Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.”
• “I take a deep breath, fill my lungs with air, and manage to inhale that lump of emotion.”
• “The world is a metaphor, Kafka Tamura," he says into my ear. "But for you and me this library alone is no metaphor. It's always just this library. I want to make sure we understand that.”
• “Shouldering my backpack, I walk to the local station”
• raunchy
• “Time weighs down on you like an old, ambiguous dream. You keep on moving, trying to slip through it. But even if you go to the ends of the earth, you won't be able to escape it. Still, you have to go there—to the edge of the world. There's something you can't do unless you get there.”

• J: My ankles are not that good. DJ: Then how do you dance that well? J: I know right
• J: I'm have the worst handwriting among all people with bad handwriting. That sometimes I don't even know what I'm writing. DJ: ??? Even people with bad handwriting can understand what they are writing though??? J: Then I'm just silly kekekekek
• J: I wanted to be a Korean teacher or something along those lines but when I got my results back from a test I decided it wasnt right for me

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• J: I don't have a broad outlook so even when I do go to supermarkets, I miss things that are on 1+1 sale. I only buy the things I planned on buying and leave (the supermarket) quickly.

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• (Listener was sad that she's going to get a year older) J: No one can stop the time from flowing by. It's a natural thing so don't be too upset. I think the moment you start thinking about it in your head it might make you get stuck in a stereotyped view. I might be saying this because I'm still young. But I want to be this way. I think it's cool to accept that time flows by. I think accepting that you're aging is a cool thing.
• (fortune cookie message) J: I think love is the power that makes you want to becom...

• 여전해, 너는 여전히 내 사랑이고 넌 여전히 찬란해 | 한 마디
• My eyes are sweating - jonghyun
• 'Knowing that they’re some place else and they’re happier there outweighs your need for them to be where you are.'
• Any expressions nor any sentences can contain all of you - Taemin, MOVE
• @SHINee
  • 편하게 오래보자 우리 (Let's see each other comfortably for a long time.)
  • 태민아 언제나 행복하자
  • 샤이니 25회 아레나 투어 너무너무 고생했어 언제나 지켜보고 지지하고 응원할게 너희가 있어서 언제나의 평범한 하루도 특별한 하루같이 느껴진다 고맙고 사랑해 또 멋진 추억 만들자
  • 길이길이 기억될거야 길이길이 영원할거야