Others Can't See

Early in the morning, when the sun has just rising, men and women, mostly workers, walk passed by on their busy steps, focusing only to a thing on their hand, whether it is a worksheet, a newspaper, or a hi-tech gadget. They didn’t even notice other person’s existance, a typical big city’s society.
Only it’s fascinating on how these people could change on the other times and happens to be a friend or nice strangers you will remember for a long time.
At first, I thought it’s only kind of habits from their parents that they do a lot of thing in a traditional way, but I don’t think they do understand the story or the meaning behind all that traditions because in this modern era, It should be hard to live upon the traditions especially the teenagers as new generation find it not really interesting to learn a thing about the culture but then I realize that I was wrong. This isn’t only habit but Koreans including the new generations actually still part of the traditions, the culture still alive, they clearly understand why they have to act politely to the elders or even to someone whom only 2 years older, calling each other with the honorifics, and above all of those matters, they proudly introduces their culture to other people especially foreigners.
Earlier I said the workers seems to put on serious face right in the morning, but on the other time, a different sight appears. At night, you could see a group of workers walking together after long hours of work quite often , sometimes their tired faces covered with smile or laugh once one of them cracking jokes. A very heart-warming scene to see at cold autumn night in Seoul.
A korean friend told me that it is true they live in the modern era but they can’t just abandon their own culture and tradition because what makes them today came from the way they live in the past. No matter how much life changes, the traditions will still remain in their life as part of their personality.