Fame Is a Fleeting Thing

There is a small food joint near Yaksu station that I sometimes stop at for a bowl of instant noodle and gimbab. Taped to the air conditioning unit in one corner is a laminated piece of paper with a hastily scrawled autograph by Kolleen Park, a noted musical director. It’s customary for restaurants to solicit autographs from visiting celebrities. Almost always jotted on white A4 sheets, they bedeck the walls of many eateries as seals of approval. The phrase “I enjoyed it” or “It was so delicio