< Certificate of Honor >
It’s been 18 years now. For 18 full years have you been so diligent and hard-working.
I still remember the first day we met. So cold was it in Hoengseong, my teeth were clattering and my legs shivering. Then, for first time you opened yourself and I took a nervous step inside. That unforgettable moment, I was amazed at how broad and neat hearted you were. Bold and sturdy on the outside yet warm and welcoming on the inside, you gave me trust and I knew I could always count on you.
For hundred times a day, for students, teachers, and workers, heavy and light, tall and short, you didn’t seem to mind. Your mind was always wide open. No matter how late I was, you had my back covered. Landing me safe and sound, just in time on the lobby, you proved to me, nothing is impossible.
Then, last summer when you were ill, the entire school was rent with grief. Although it was only a week or two, your absence was so critical. So many were sent to court and everyone thought “Only if you had been there.” As Benjamin Franklin said “We get wise too late and old too soon,” it was only after you were gone that we realized how much we appreciated and loved you.
So now that you have returned, young and beautiful as you used to be 18 years back, we give you this certificate of honor. Mr. Elevator. Kmla. Senior, we honor you today, November 26th 2013, as the “Best Elevator in the World,” for having volunteered for the safety and convenience of thousands of KMLA family members over the past 18 years. With no doubt, You, Mr.Elevator, have certainly raised us all, to the “highest level.”
