Sea Squirt Bibimbap, Sea Squirt Rice Bowl, Morning Ritual

20220404, #breakfastdiary 400, 3°C/sunny, 27min/exercise Over rice: lettuce, sea urchin roe sauce, sea squirt, a little sesame oil and sesame seeds — a mild, lightly seasoned #seasquirtbibimbap Though I didn't actually mix it, so maybe it's more of a #seasquirtricebowl, "On April 16th, the cherry blossoms were also in full bloom. There were a lot of cherry trees on our school grounds too, and we used to sit under them talking with friends. That's why cherry blossoms make me sad now." That day, I realized for the first time that cherry blossoms at their peak could be a source of unbearable sorrow for someone else. Ever since, whenever spring comes and I get swept up in the giddy crowd of pale pink petals, a small ache has lingered in one corner of my heart. It wasn't unhappiness. It was a way of keeping faith with someone else living in the same time and place. Jeong Hwan-bong, The Other Side of Beautiful Things Every now and then — or maybe often — I find myself thinking about the other side of all the beautiful things in this world.