"When I was young I set out to change the world.
When I grew older I perceived that this was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my state.
This too, I realized as I grew older, was too ambitious,
so I set out to change my town.
When I realized that I could not do even this, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man I know that I should have started by changing myself.
If I had started with myself, maybe then I would have succeeded
in changing my family, the town, or even the state-
and who knows, maybe the world."
(unknown)

May 30, 2009

Took a walk in the Silla Kingdom

Love the feeling of historical places.. Perhaps, I’m getting old nowadays (slightly), or maybe having intention to go back to the past to fix something up (if I could go back, I would just say let it be).. or probably due to the one critical decision that I ever made, which withdrew myself from my comfort zone at that time and took up a short term hard time and then now here I’m! If not the decision, where will I be? Anyway, work on today before it becomes the past..Silla Kingdom
Last weekend, visited Gyeongju city, the capital of Silla Kingdom during 57BC-953AD, which for the first time united another 2 kingdoms of Korea as one nation; Just like Qin Shi Huang did, the Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206 BC), the first to unify China from previous 7 kingdoms, and zzzZZZzzZZ… Okay, sleepy if too detail history and I might have slept first.. I'm just a scientist. However, the historical highlights should be appreciatable! In the classic Gyeongju city, despites the must-see, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage, Bulguksa (very old temple), I was very much attracted to the restored Silla Kingdom.. and can feel like during the life of imperial or dynasty period, which is different from today metropolitan city life.. the former could be livelier! ..if without wars.. Oh, I was attacked by Silla warrior?! (in the photo below). I can handle this...
Label ,

Recent posts

| Things you think | | Things about to happen | | People took my things | | Buying power! |