A Unique Photo of Seoul

Here is a picture of Seoul taken in 1949,
right before the fratricidal Korean War broken out in 1950.

It's not a very difficult job to realize, at least in through this photo, how Korea looked like back in the 40s. It>the picture tells everything. (I think it would be better to specify here what exactly you mean, by "it")

If you got in a timemachine and went timetravelled to Seoul in that time, you could easily see many cows and horses on the streets carrying timbers to prevent poor citizens from being frozen to die death.
And You would see many people lying on the streets in stained clothing stained with dirt.

Yes. By that time, Korea had been sucked poor (or torn) by the Imperial Japan as a protectorate for 36 years. (Sucked poor as in sucked of all its natural sesources until it was poor)

Even though Korea took back its own freedom into her hands, the site had been going through a blackhole. (It isn´t very clear what you mean by "site", but maybe it´s just me...?)
It was a mere strategic place for global powerhouses back then.

What the sad fact is, that the elegant gate in this picture, which represents the border of Seoul, was attacked by North Korean forces during the war so eventually the gate lost its wings. It all crumbled down, only leaving its backbone.

However, what´s the fascinating fact is, that some of the guys in this picture (or guys in somewhere else) in actuality actually recovered the whole hurts of the gate to its former glory so that we could enjoy its scenery today.

My friend's Bucket List

A few weeks ago,
I heard a shocking bad news of about my friend who's got a cancer. (you could also write "about my friend having cancer")

He is at of the same age of mine as me, so I felt misery and surrow sorrow at the same time.

So, yesterday, I visited my friend in a at the hospital.
Before getting into the room, I couldn't help but imagined how he looks would look.

Aside from other changes in his appearnces such as his bald head which has been shaped by devastatingly strong anti-cancer medication, what I was mostly have been concerning concerned about was his inanimate and weary eyes.

However, when I stepped into the room and looked at him, precisely in/at his eyes, I could see him in a whole new light.

He was at that moment very energetic. He doesn't didn't seem to be a patient, even never like a patient not even one who had caught a cold.
He said he has had become little calm since he started fighting with cancer but he was a still a talkative guy. Furthermore, I could saw see he is was still a very powerful, strong person.

We shared our bucket lists.
Many of the things such as sky diving, scuba diving as well as treating parents for to an overseas journey overlaps overlapped each other's list.
However, my face flushed when I listened to his well-prepared plan to make it real. I've got just a list but merely an ambiguous one.

Anyway, before leaving, I grasped his hand and we promised that some day we shall do some adventures in our list together.

I'm firmly sure he will throw off the shackles of the cancer soon.

Once again, I am so terribly sorry for your friend, but it's nice to hear that he has a fighting spirit and hasn't given up hope. Lucky for him, he has friends like you supporting him in this difficult moment.