Wandering around YouTube last night I stumble upon this video:

The song they are singing is Arirang (아리랑), the most popular Korean folk song.

I remember growing up and hearing my mother and other relatives singing this song. Even in watching the video, seeing Halabugi (the grandpa, the “old man” in the video)… wearing that white tank top, and I thought of my own Halabugi and how he’d often just be wearing a white tank top.

It’s hard to explain… but just watching the video made me smile, made me remember my grandparents, and brought a bit of a tear to my eye both a sad one and a happy one.