Our Duty

Since it was a combined activity, the destination was set to rather a lenient place. We didn’t to to the mountain, but we went to the park. Before we went, every students were given a plastic nag to put rubbish in on the way to the park. I mentioned that my new partner was very enthusiastic in participating. Well, he was the only one who picked up rubbish for the whole time. I, being his partner, had to stand next o him for the whole time. I described the park as a lenient place, but that’s just when compared to the mountain. The park was indeed enormous, and there was rubbish wherever we went. The worst thing was that the weather was steaming hot. However, my partner kept on picking up rubbish as if this was his duty. No one forced him to do it, and certainly others weren’t doing it. He made me pick up rubbish, and I couldn’t complain about it because he never stopped. He made me realize that we you don’t do it, no one else will. We are not forced to do anything, but once we decide to do it then it becomes our duty. My new partner taught me a valuable lesson.

New Circumstances

Today at Hyeeun school was something out of the usual. When I entered, the impression I got was that It was very crowded. Later I found out that today was combined education for Hyeeun school students and students from Yongduck high school. 4 students from Yungduck high school were assigned to the same room that I was assigned to. They were all girls. No wonder, Yonduck high school turned out to be girls high school. At their presence, my partner abandoned me to me assigned with one of them. My former partner is a boy by the way. I was assigned to a new partner. I was heart broken. However, I had to move on. My new partner was Y.S Kim. He was the most active one in the class. He likes to participate in everything he can. At this time, I didn’t know that this would trouble me for the whole day.

Continued........

I mentioned my new partner. Also, I mentioned that he was friendly. Well, surely he was friendly, but too friendly. When we first rode the bus, I was all warmed-up and ready. I talked to my partner a lot, and he talked to me a lot. However, as soon as the tracking started, my partner bowed to everyone he saw. There were literally hundreds of people in that mountain. Often times, he would descend the mountain to go to the teachers, and I chase him down and climb up again. He sometimes refused to go. By the time we reached the top, I had no energy left. However, he still did. I almost swore that day. I knew that my legs would hurt for the next few days. When we descended the mountain, I didn’t say a single word. I was that tired. I heard that the next time we also climb this mountain. I fear. However, I’ll have to adapt to my new partner. I know ,sooner or later, I’ll get used to this.

Back to the mountain.

Two weeks ago, the tracking program resumed. The last time we went to a park, and it was pretty difficult. I hadn’t been tracking for months ever since the tracking programmed ceased in December, so tracking in the park was difficult. However, this time I found out that the park was just a warm-up to prepare for the mountain that I was about to climb. I cherish the fearful memorizes NamHanSan mountain that made my body ache for days. The mountain taught me that if you hard enough you will eventually achieve your goal, however, it also taught me how painful tracking can be. Also, this was my first time climbing this mountain with a new partner. Anything could happen. The real first time, I had troubles because my partner B.S Nam was both taciturn and stubborn. This is not the best combination you want to deal with. I feared this change. However, life is full of surprises and changes. To be honest, this is unlikely the biggest change I will face. We got to adapt to changes. Right now, the only thing I could do was to face it.