February 29th was Yeon-Hoon’s birthday. It was rare for people to have a birthday on February 29th because February usually only had 28 days. However, an additional day was added every four years to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year; and those special years were called the leap years. Therefore, people born in leap years only had their birthdays every four years. Yet, I doubted if there was even a family that celebrated birthdays only on February 29th.11

Anyway, that unique and complicated day was Yeon-Hoon’s birthday, and today was February 24—no, since it was just past midnight, it was now February 25th. Since this year had no February 29th and ended on the 28th, there were only about three days left until Yeon-Hoon’s birthday. Thus, the reason why we had all gathered together for a walk at night was to prepare for Yeon-Hoon’s birthday.1

“We’re here to decide what to do for Yeon-Hoon’s birthday.”3

“Tae-Yoon, how can you forget this?”3

“It’s hard to forget Yeon-Hoon’s birthday.”0

If I recall properly, I think we did this for everyone every year. Rather than just doing a birthday celebration on a member’s birthday, we always planned a...0