hello, i finally decided to write you. you as in a stranger. my name is yeo wonjae, i’m 24 years old and i work as a waiter in different kind of events. and i’ve never written a letter before, so please excuse the fact that all i’m speaking about is myself. probably. i mean how can i know. either way, i’m curious to see what kind of a person you are in the end, so hopefully we can keep writing for a long time.
its past midnight now, i just got back home. i live alone in the center of seoul in an aparment that my parents got me after moving out of the city. it’s a nice place to live in, i mean i have a lot of space and the neighbors are nice. but living along can be really lonely at times, do you know how i feel? i used to live with my little brother wonbae, but when he turned eighteen he decided to move away and now he’s too busy to stay in touch. i miss him, is that weird? i never thought i would, until he actually left. anyway, i guess i can tell you that i’m no longer in any contact with my parents. assholes, both of them. but that’s a story for another night.
what do you do for a living though? all i know is your name, it’s pretty, by the way. lee hanui. reminds me of something, i just can’t think of the actual thing. maybe an american name? i’m really into american tv-shows. do you know any good ones? i love breaking bad and the vampire diaries, as weird as the last one sounds. i think it’s mostly girls who watch it. even if you don’t like fantasy, i think you’d like it. it’s mostly just a drama with a few vampires and witches. and werewolves. but it doesn’t run around them all the time, which is something i like. i’ve never dated someone properly, but the hint of romance hidden in-between the scenes is really nice as well.
anyway, i thought starting off with a rather short letter would be nice. don’t feel pressured to reply, in case you don’t feel like it. but it would be nice to have a penpal, even at this age. i’ll end this with a poem.
there was no use to ask the future
to give away its secrets.
no blueprints for what would lie ahead.
it is the c h o i c e s that are made,
experiences, both good and bad,
that down life’s pathways.
i gotta say, i was really surprised to find an actual, handwritten letter in my mailbox this morning. its been a long time since i’ve gotten anything like this that wasn’t an invitation or thank you note or something of the sort. there’s something so charming about this, which is what made me want to reply back in the first place. i always hear from the elders that writing letters were important and that the younger generation ( at the time, that comment was aimed towards me, of course ) were too dependent on our “internet mail” and “cat pictures”. aren’t older people so cute?
since you’ve started sharing things about yourself, i feel i should give you the same sort of information. i live on my own in the tiniest apartment that i just moved into. i recently started university and i had no idea living on my own would be so stressful. i can understand how you feel, though. its been about a month and i’m starting to realize that its always so quiet. no mother bustling around in the kitchen. no father coming home from work and sitting in front of the tv. no cousins and aunties and uncles coming over to spend time with each other. its really lonely and its making me miss home a lot. im an only child though. i always wished i had had a brother or sister to be close to. but my parents never seemed interested in having another. i guess i was enough of a handful for them!
i don’t have a job right now. i had a little side job when i was in high school, which is how i got a place of my own. i know i’ll have to start looking soon for another. rent, school, food, and general living expenses really add up. hopefully i’ll be able to find something. thank you, by the way. my parents liked the word “honey” after hearing it in some foreign show and mom was pregnant at the time and they ended up calling me hanui since it sounded so similar. i actually go by honey a lot of the times when im talking online with people or when im close to them. I LOVE BREAKING BAD! i really do. its one of my favorite shows. i haven’t seen the other one though. but i do watch supernatural. its really interesting! so much different than what they show here. maybe we can suggest each other different shows to watch in each letter from now on, hm? that sounds like it would be fun!
i think this could be the beginning of a great friendship. im not very poetically inclined, but here’s a cute doodle of a penguin in return for that lovely poem!
isn’t it cute? i know, i know. its not very good. all my skills are on the computer, truthfully! haha. i’m looking forward to your next letter!
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