Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung Review: Censored for Three Centuries!
By Nabil Bakri (instagram @skywalkerhunter95)
OVERTURE
“I find it very difficult to explain how good a work of art is beyond the word “good” because I do think that a “good” work of art whether it be film, series, music, or even painting, does not actually need someone to point out its greatness as it can prove itself worthy of the title that is being “good”. There are people who simply and honestly unable to see its greatness and people who can see the greatness but choose not to acknowledge it, and many of them would insult the work repeatedly. But they are fighting against time, and time will tell (in the end) whether or not a work of art is good.”
It is a good show. There, I told you the single most important point of this review. But I hope you are not here simply to know that—well if you just really want to know that, you can stop reading now and go watch the show. If you just want to know the summary of the show or fragments of this review, you can skip this Overture because it is going to talk about my personal experiences before and while I watched the show—how on earth I could ended up watching this show in the first place. But if you want the full package, you are very welcome to join me slowly talking about the show Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryun (from now on I am going to call it just Rookie Historian). As usual, we must go back to the past (but this time not so distant past). In 2018, the world was enchanted by the remake of Meteor Garden, a once super sensation from the early 2000s. Since many people won’t stop talking about the remake and comparing it to the original which I happen to know since elementary school, I was sucked into the vortex of memory and nostalgia. I did not know anything about the story of Meteor Garden even though I remember how popular it was back then (it’s so popular that even people like me who did not like the show simply unable to escape its popular influences or exposures) so I decided to watch it (I mean really-really-seriously this time) for the first time. I talked about this excessively in the reviews of MeteorGarden 2001, Meteor Garden 2018, and Boys Over Flowers (the Korean version), so I must not talk about this too much.
What I am trying to say is that my article Meteor Garden 2001: Looking Back to theSensation of a Generation quickly became the trending article in my blog throughout 2018 and a huge portion of 2019—number one in the list as the most-read article within 24 hours. Since then I realized that I have not seen enough TV shows while a lot of people want to read reviews about TV shows and not just about Hollywood films. I then reviewed some more shows but they all have some special connections to my past (with the exception of Lee Junho’s Confession: An Interrogation). This time, I decided to watch something completely new and I had no previous contact with the material whatsoever (well, but then I actually watched Dae Jang Geum Jewel in the Palace which draws similar (but not exactly similar) atmosphere with Rookie Historian). I know about the drama Rookie Historian since 2019 and I added it to my watch-list. I did not search for its plot summary or any information about the show—I know nothing about the show before I watched it—I fell in love with its promotional cover/poster. I always judge a book and a film by their covers and it has nothing to do with a “good” or “bad” covers. I usually just look at the cover, and even though others might find it ugly, I will scrutinize the design and if it triggers my art-radar, I’ll pick it up. I remember my under-graduate thesis: my friends would pick novels or films that they love, I simply did not do that. I went to a book store, I lugged around, and my eyes suddenly fixed to a book with the title Challenger Deep. The cover is not beautiful or intriguing, but being a book, there are small taglines here and there. I still did not know what it is about, but I found key points: it’s chaotic, it’s gonna talk about some psychological problems, it uses the depth of the sea to tell me that. And so, Challenger Deep became the novel I analysed and it practically helped me attained my B.A degree.
Now, my radar has flaws (of course—I consumed many junk literature and films thanks to my faulty radar and the brilliance of poster designers) but the same thing happened with Rookie Historian and as you know, I ended up in love with the show. In 2019, I stumbled upon its poster, I found it very beautiful, and the rest is history. However, I did not watch the show until April 2020 and to be honest with you, I watched it because I got nothing better to do during a local Coronavirus lockdown. If it wasn’t due to lockdown, the show might be left untouched in my list—it’s not that I do not mean to watch it when I picked it up, but I have weird priorities on what to watch first and I just finished Meteor Garden 2001 for the second time just to check whether or not my review is still relevant (believe me, there are simply too many films on my list, my high school friend suggested me in 2013 to watch Hello Ghost and I just watched it as a post-grad student in 2019!). So, Rookie Historian, 40 episodes in total (I’m actually unhappy when I have to watch a show with more than 20 episodes), but it felt like only 20 episodes and I hate to admit that I actually want more (but please, don’t make a sequel). Is it that good? Well, Yes, as I said over and over again, but also No, because it has many episodes and not all episodes are created equal. So, I want you to decide whether you think it is a good show or not—I will present my analysis and give you both the good and the bad aspects of Rookie Historian. Enjoy it…
PLOT SUMMARY
In the brink of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897), the Korean public in Hanyang was enchanted by an acclaimed author named Maehwa. It was the 1700’s so there were no televisions and radios, and opera was not for everybody. In the film Gone with the Wind, you can watch Melanie reads a book aloud to accompany her associates, and that is exactly what happened worldwide before radio. The people in the dynasty would gather to listen to a storyteller and rich families could hire private professional storytellers at will. The townspeople of Hanyang were so bewitched by romantic narratives and everybody wanted to hear beautiful stories by Maehwa—except for one woman. She is Goo Hae-Ryung, a spirited young woman who loved books and education. She had a strong resentment towards romantic narratives and tried to fix people’s taste in literature by reading stories from Western countries that were less flowery and cheesy than those originated from Hanyang writers. Her resentment, however, put her in trouble as her action cost her the job as professional storyteller.
Hae-Ryung tried to convince the owner of the bookstore to give back her job as a storyteller but she met a strange guy in the bookstore. The guy is Prince Dowon Yi Rim who is actually the author of many romance novels cherished by Hanyang people (he used the pseudonym Maehwa) and he went to the public in disguise to see how enthusiastic the people were to his latest work. Prince Dowon saw a beautiful woman and instantly fallen for her. He thought that the woman must be in love with his works, but the woman is Hae-Ryung and she told Prince Dowon how she despises romantic narratives and Maehwa. Prince Dowon then tried to defend Maehwa and his odd reaction to negative criticism for Maehwa made Hae-Ryung wonder whether he is actually Maehwa. Since she failed to disclose the true identity of Maehwa, she agreed to disguise herself as Maehwa in order to free a slave whose owner wanted to profit from Maehwa’s autographs. During the signing session, Prince Dowon came and caught Hae-Ryung faked his persona as the celebrated author. Their quarrel did not last long as soldiers barged in to the crowds and arrested Prince Dowon after the King proclaimed that all books by Maehwa are banned. Since Prince Dowon is not the direct successor of the crown, nobody knew his identity and thus the soldiers jailed him with no hesitation (plus he was outside the palace). He was soon released but the King forced him not to write anything ever again.
Hae-Ryung was to be married with a fine man, but she wanted to pursue career in the government office as a historian after the Palace announced to accept female historians after ages of hiring exclusively male historians. In the Palace, Hae-Ryung met officer Yi, the odd guy she met in the bookstore. The spark of love started to burn between them and Hae-Ryung finally found that Yi is actually Prince Dowon Yi Rim who used the pseudonym Maehwa for his novels. Since a Prince cannot choose his own wife and a historian must not get herself involve in personal affairs with members of the Palace, they decided to keep their love as a secret. The story, however, is far more serious than the forbidden (it’s not exactly forbidden, but rather, complicated, since a historian can still marry a royalty as long as the historian is the child of an influential family) love within a Prince and a Historian. Prince Dowon spent his entire life in the remotest house inside the Palace called the Nokseodang, he lived his life as if he was exiled by the King, his own father. As Prince Dowon’s 20th birthday approaching, mysteries from the past including why his father hated him and why a powerful and influential officer wanted him dead, started to unravel. Other than facing political problems, Prince Dowon and Hae-Ryung must face the fact that Queen Dowanger Yim, Prince Dowon’s grandmother, would not allow her grandson to marry a “commoner”.
Story Logic and Consistency
Rookie Historian is a sageuk meaning a Korean drama or series tackling with historical matters. It does not always about historical events portrayed as accurate as possible, but it also includes stories of fabricated/fictional history or stories with historical background or setting. Rookie Historian is not based on real events like Dae Jang Geum Jewel in the Palace, but the atmosphere of historical sensation is apparent in this show. As my knowledge about Korean drama is very limited, I have very little title to compare Rookie Historian with (as a matter of fact I only know Dae Jang Geum and it is not even comprehensive, I only remember fragments of it and its music since I saw it over a decade ago). Since Rookie Historian was released in 2019, it is rather difficult to keep the 18th century atmosphere and not use current reference to distract the audience from the authenticity of its sageuk root. However, the overall story of Rookie Historian follows the logic of its genre faithfully. The story talks about society’s resentment toward female officers which was considered normal in the past and in order to achieve the authenticity, the story must not conceive otherwise. Men were regarded as superior at the expense of women and even though it is a universally denounced traditional value today, Rookie Historian must portray Prince Dowon as a superior character not only because he is a Prince but also because he is a man—and the show sure gives you just that.
However, the show also wants to point out several crucial matters. First, it tackles with the issue of “freedom of speech” and the spread of ideas. Rookie Historian opens with a situation in which corrupt King and government officers are worried about their scandals after a novel was published, narrating their faults in detail though in a form of “fiction” (meaning that the author knows about the truth and simply change the names of the criminal with fictional characters). In order to keep their power and influence, the corrupt government creates the decree to ban the book and many other books. It is the show about the nearing twilight of the Joseon Dynasty and the spreading of ideas and technology the world over was just getting more intense and unstoppable. The government should make sure its citizens be taught proper knowledge to be able to compete with merchants and travellers from all over the world and it is exactly the noble intention that makes the previous King dethroned by his own brother who accuses him of a dangerous leader that shall lead Hanyang into moral disruptions as he sees in many Western cultures (including the acceptance of Catholicism that disrupts Confucianism). In the book Selfie: How the West Became Self-Obsessed, it is clear that the West and the East are fundamentally different and it is next to useless to forge one into the other’s ideals. I bring this up not to attack the West but to simply state the fact that the West and the East (especially during the age of Dynasty) are fundamentally different. As a matter of fact, the former king accepts Western knowledge in medical treatments and the belief of equal opportunity for all, but he refuses to convert to a Catholic. In showing the importance and danger of information and “who controls it”, Rookie Historian shows how a well-mannered and visionary King is dethroned thanks to massive manipulation to the public through false documents and total control of information by certain important people within the Palace. Watching Rookie Historian in this messy 21st century could certainly trigger our minds to think about our own information and how it is easier than ever to ban, censor, and manipulate information. The spreading of Hoax is much faster than a Concorde (it is called a hoax when it is done by civilians, a cover up when it is done by people in power, and plain fact if the people in power spread hoax officially without any civilian noticing). At the same time, though, Rookie Historian shows how it is impossible to limit information and it is truer today that three centuries ago. There were black markets and secret places for banned books or information—we now have VPN and Torrent. Rookie Historian tells the matter of the oldest form of freedom that emerged since the establishment of the very first oppressive kingdom, from the epic Biblical story of Moses to Ben-Hur to today’s Communist’s and government’s censorship—it is only one inch away from impossibility to stop the spread of ideas. Even Moses (in The Prince of Egypt) claims that Ramses owns their (his subjects’) lives, but he cannot own their belief. And Prince Judah Ben-Hur told his former best friend Messala that it is lunatic to fight ideas to which Messala agreed (and he came up with the idea to attack ideas not with weapons but with other ideas—touché!).
The second significant issue is equality—not only equality between men and women but also between fellow men. The fast approaching days of the modern 20th century fuelled by advancements in industrial technologies showed a big change in the way public treated women. The drama shows how difficult it is for a woman to be a successful government official in the past. Many women certainly became successful in the Palace, but most of them worked as servants or the Queen’s maid (or the King’s concubines). Being a historical drama, Rookie Historian does not present the aspect of equality as a kind of protest or social justice attempts to choke stories or narratives with feminist values—the show does not attack men. Both male and female characters have their own admirable contributions but they are human beings and therefore, they have faults (unlike today’s Hollywood that openly attacks men and glorifies women, cue Captain Marvel, Oceans 8, Ghostbusters 2016, and many more!). Just like many other Asian stories, Rookie Historian is pretty much in line with the teachings of Confucianism and the epic stories of Mahabharata—very typical Eastern—not to see things from one side as the worst man alive might have at least a little spark of goodness while the best man can still make mistakes (the film The Year of Living Dangerously actually points this out, the basic and oversimplified difference between Western storytelling and Eastern storytelling). Based on our discussion so far, it is logical to assume that Rookie Historian must be a heavy and dragged drama as it tries to convey so many things including political matters. However, this drama is never to convey strict historical accuracy so the drama takes an inherently heavy material to a light presentation. Being a historical K-drama does not mean it has to be as heavy and complicated as the original story of Ramayana or even Gone with the Wind, since anything historical-related can be classified as sageuk even though it is lighter than the majority of serious sageuk narratives. If one tries to break down Rookie Historian to its details, one may find that the storyline concerning the conspiracy to take over the throne could be told through the lens as heavy and complex as Game of Thrones, but the genre of this drama does not require Rookie Historian to do so. Thus, based on its genre, the drama is logical and that means good.
At first, I thought that Rookie Historian would focus on the love between Goo Hae-Ryung and Prince Dowon against the Rules of the Dynasty. However, the drama takes several detours that are necessary in making it seamless and more real (and frankly interesting instead of boring). There are too many Romeo+Juliet stories and we certainly do not need any more of that anytime soon and I am glad that Rookie Historian is not simply tell us yet another Romeo+Juliet or Cinderella story. It is also different from Meteor Garden or Boys over Flower in which the lead female is so stubborn in admitting her feelings. Hae-Ryung is fully aware that Prince Dowon is, well, a Prince, but since both are deeply in love, both do not succumb to love-dignity-syndrome (I just made out that term) like Shancai who is so determined in keeping her feelings away from Daoming Si and rarely initiates any kind of love signs for Daoming Si. Prince Dowon kindly shows his feelings by sacrificing many things for Hae-Ryung, and Hae-Ryung understands that and acknowledges his sacrifices. This makes their love grows more naturally than many other love stories. Indeed Rookie Historian tackles with more issues other than the love between a regular girl and a Prince Charming, and that can be confused as inconsistency in the show, but as a historical drama, Rookie Historian is required to tell something beyond its colourful-naïve love story. A historical drama needs intrigues, swordfights, political agendas, and many more. From consistency point, Rookie Historian is consistent. From the ending perspective, however, an inconsistency occurs though it does not destroy the entire show automatically.
SPOILER ALERT (skip this part to Characters, Casting Choices and Acting to avoid spoilers) Prince Dowon is actually the son of the dethroned king and he is the true heir of the kingdom. His grandmother Queen Dowager sets meticulous plan to put Prince Dowon back to the throne and Prince Dowon seemed to be very determined in taking back his rightful position several episodes before the final. Prince Dowon, thanks to the guidance and inspiration from Hae-Ryung proves himself worthy to be the King of Hanyang—he manages to fix the nation’s problems even the King and his councillors fail to address. However, once we finally see the true potential of Prince Dowon, he decided to step down and live as a free writer while Hae-Ryung continues her tasks as a Royal historian. If to be with Hae-Ryung (or to be able to travel and produce books) is the reason why he “resigned”, I would say that it does not make any sense because Queen Dowager is more furious to learn his resignation than his intention to marry whomever he loves. Certainly if he manages to “resign”, he should be able to persuade Queen Dowager to accept Hae-Ryung as the next Queen. Furthermore, Hae-Ryung has a very essential part in putting back Prince Dowon to the throne. Certainly, Queen Dowager would understand that. Plus, we have seen that the King can actually do many things considered inappropriate as long as he does not distort the system like for example forcing Royal historian to disclose classified documents at his will. Prince Dowon and Hae-Ryung would make a good King-Queen duo. To be frank, they are more suitable as a couple than Shancai and Daoming Si, they are like the balanced Yi and Yang and I have to admit that it is too cute that I am melting.
In the end though, the ending is plain charming even though it ignores important plot points in the previous episodes and the ending is not enough to condemn the entire show as inconsistent. Rookie Historian is, by all means, a consistent show. My biggest disappointment, however, is the end credit that shows me the bloopers from behind the scenes. The ending was charming and I do not need to be reminded that it is all just acting (imagine if the end credit of Titanic, when My heart will Go On plays, the film shows you the behind-the-scenes images reminding you that everything is not real, that will ruin the entire experience of watching the movie). To be able to watch behind-the-scenes footage is a luxury, but I prefer to watch it when I want to watch it. And by the end of Rookie Historian, I do not want to watch the behind-the-scenes footage. The production team can add the footage to its social media accounts or add them to a Special Collector’s Edition DVD complete with interviews and documentaries, but not in the end credit.
Characters, Casting Choices, and Acting
The main character of Rookie Historian is Goo Hae-Ryung portrayed by Shin Se-Kyung. She is beautiful, soft, understanding, but firm, fierce and spirited at the same time. Hae-Ryung is 25/26 years old so she is described as more mature than her love interest Prince Dowon (also the fact that women generally mature earlier than men—that explains why 3-year-old girl can produce beautiful paintings and neat writings while 3-year-old boy can play with sand and cry all day). Shin Se-Kyung portrays Hae-Ryung perfectly (though I never met her in real life though a man can hope) as she looks radiant as the Rookie Historian in the show’s title. Actor-singer Cha Eun-Woo portrays Prince Dowon equally neatly as Shin SeKyung as Hae-Ryung. He is a 19 years old “lonely” Prince and at times act like a child. The chemistry between them has nothing for me to complain. Basically, the casting choices and acting for the two main characters are perfect (or “good” if “perfect” is too far-fetched to you). I usually have no complains in the selections of actors and their acting unless it is too awful or disturbing to watch—and thankfully there is no such character in Rookie Historian. Actress Kim Yeo-Jin portrays Queen Dowager fine but it is not her acting that bothers me but her appearance. She does not look “old enough” and I thought she was the wife of the King but she is actually the mother of the King. But, I guess, if Sigourney Weaver can look graceful in her 60s-70s, Queen Dowager can look as graceful (plus long time ago it is normal for a woman to marry at the age of 13-17). The majority of the male characters wear beard and moustache and I was genuinely surprised how young and good-looking they are in real life, so I guess the moustache make the male characters look older and that makes the female look younger. I need to learn more about this and I am too used with American shows that usually clear in selecting actors to fit the descriptions and not to confuse the audience. Is it perhaps the style in K-Drama? I certainly need to watch more Asian Dramas to confirm this, if I can find some kind of a pattern. Well, overall, I have no major complains regarding this section, so let’s move on.
Cinematography, Special Effects, Costume Design and Setting
It used to be very difficult even for a Hollywood movie to achieve impressive cinematographic shots complete with lifelike effects and fabulous yet accurate costumes. Today, however, technology makes it all easier. I recently watched an awful cheap-budgeted 2019/2020 film called The Dustwalker. The story and the acting are completely trash (I am sorry, but even a cheap movie can have some good standards like Mark Dacascos’ DNA or the many Found Footage Films). The cinematography, however, is actually pretty decent (at least in the beginning, everything starts to fall apart and gets worse as time goes by) thanks to technology. It took multiple helicopters and massive cranes for Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, and many other celebrated Hollywood directors to capture a brilliant scene in a brilliant cinematography more than two decades ago. So, it was expected that cheap films would not be able to achieve grand cinematographic shots nearly as good as big-budgeted Hollywood films, and that applied too for series. If we look at, say, Meteor Garden, both the 2018 and 2009 Korean version have much better cinematography, effects, and design. Don’t start with Meteor Garden II, it has one of the worst helicopter CGI in the world. However, the cinematography in Meteor Garden II is actually a little better than the first one, perhaps because the studio gave it more budget knowing how successful the first one was.
It is getting “easier” (well, for people in the industry, I certainly cannot do it) to create wonderful cinematographic shots that are not only meaningful in moving the story forward but also plain grand or beautiful. Just look at BBC documentaries from the 90s and compare them with BBC’s Planet Earth which was heavily marketed as a pure Full-HD 1080p experience over a decade ago—the documentary makes nearly all the previous documentaries look plain. It does not mean that the older documentaries are bad, but technology surely helps in enhancing the film-viewing experience. And now, when I watch BBC’s Life Story which came out years after Planet Earth, Life Story looks even more beautiful. And when comparing the two with BBC’s Dynasties or Planet Earth 2 which came out as the world moves toward 4K UHD, there is no competition (and I used to think that The Great Migrations series from National Geographic was awesome).
Now, back to Rookie Historian, I am sorry for bragging too long about other stuff. The thing that I can say about K-Dramas within the 2010’s decade including Rookie Historian is that they are a massive leap in terms of technical values of a cinema. They look gorgeous, the setting looks beautiful, the costumes are exquisite, and so on. Rookie Historian has no grand cinematographic shots a la colossal dramas like Red Cliff because there is no epic-scale battle in the show. In the end, I find no complains in Rookie Historian’s cinematography, special effects, setting, and costumes. But this is perhaps because I do not know much about the clothing from the era. If I am an expert in costume design and I learned about the era, I might find mistakes and all, but since this show is never to portray history faithfully, heavier artistic liberties must have been implemented in the creation of this show and that is okay. As long as Rookie Historian does not shout to the public “Hey, I am accurate!” it’s okay for me.
Music
Forgive me for bringing back Meteor Garden, but that show, its 2018 remake, and the 2009 K-Drama all have signature tunes. Even Dae Jang Geum Jewel in the Palace, Amigos X Siempre, Carita de Angel, Romance in the Rain, and Game of Thrones all have signature tunes—acclaimed show usually has at least one signature tune that captures its story. You cannot always explain the logic behind this, but the simple example is when you listen to the opening tune of Game of Thrones, you might associate the tune as synonymous to the entire series—the tune is a musical summary of the entire series. I cannot find such a signature in Rookie Historian but that’s fine. To be a good show, it is not required to have a signature tune. The most important thing to do if you do not have a signature tune, is to not mess it up with unmatched tunes. There are many shows adding songs that simply cannot match the atmosphere of the show. Thankfully, I also found no sign of such annoying soundtrack in Rookie Historian. Overall, I have no complaints regarding its music, frankly I was so involved in the narrative that I could not care less about the tunes.
CODA
The standard of my comprehensive review is 8 pages or roughly 5000 words in quantity. This review certainly achieved that standard and therefore, I am calling it a comprehensive review (although a true comprehensive would be breaking down the entire show one episode at a time). I do not mean for it to be 8 pages just to meet the standard, but because there is so much I want to discuss whenever I review something. The truth is, this is not just a review, but my way of learning. If you happen to follow my previous review works, you’ll notice that I bring them up often because I learn from them. Therefore, this review is actually connected to my previous reviews and I will talk about Rookie Historian again in future reviews. In this coda or concluding section, I would like to once again express my appreciation to Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung, it is indeed a good show and it helped me go through lockdown moments in April 2020. I appreciate the show for being what it is, for giving me interesting story, decent acting, and an overall priceless film-viewing experience in which I felt like part of the narrative. Rookie Historian is not perfect, but judging by its genre, it is a logical, consistent, well-acted, well-designed, well-scored, and well-received show.
Rookie Historian is a special show for me because, just like Julie and Julia and how I feel about that movie, this show talks about the world of writing. These narratives show me not only authors with determination, but also authors who, in the end, become successful—I cry all the time seeing such a scene as it makes me reflect on my own failures in pursuing writing career. 2020 is especially a very sentimental moment for me because my blog turns 10 this year. I am thankful for showing me the ups and downs of writing and keeping the flame of spirit for me. For years people salute me for producing good articles, but I cannot yet get anything from them—whether it be physical or mental support. I wanted to build a media for people to share and discuss stuff in details. I wanted to invite other contributors to write in this blog, but I simply have no means to support others—I barely sustain myself. If I to be frank, I am tired of promoting this blog to my own circle which clearly not so supportive and I am thankful for unknown readers who helped me build this blog that it finally gained momentum and attracts approximately 100 readers per day. That is not a massive number, I know, but still I am thankful and I hope the future will be brighter. As long as there’s a will to live in my aging body, I will continue to write.
Rookie Historian is a special show for me because, just like Julie and Julia and how I feel about that movie, this show talks about the world of writing. These narratives show me not only authors with determination, but also authors who, in the end, become successful—I cry all the time seeing such a scene as it makes me reflect on my own failures in pursuing writing career. 2020 is especially a very sentimental moment for me because my blog turns 10 this year. I am thankful for showing me the ups and downs of writing and keeping the flame of spirit for me. For years people salute me for producing good articles, but I cannot yet get anything from them—whether it be physical or mental support. I wanted to build a media for people to share and discuss stuff in details. I wanted to invite other contributors to write in this blog, but I simply have no means to support others—I barely sustain myself. If I to be frank, I am tired of promoting this blog to my own circle which clearly not so supportive and I am thankful for unknown readers who helped me build this blog that it finally gained momentum and attracts approximately 100 readers per day. That is not a massive number, I know, but still I am thankful and I hope the future will be brighter. As long as there’s a will to live in my aging body, I will continue to write.
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