​​​​​​​“There is a rainbow on my dashboard.” The woman thought it was strange because all the little icons on her dashboard suddenly lit up into an array of different colors. When she called her brother about this situation, he raced over to have her car towed away. When I saw this post on Instagram

‘밥 먹었어?' This is a very common and widely used greeting in Korea, which translates to ‘Did you have your meal?’ or ‘Did you eat something’ in English. It is also my favorite greeting, as I am a person who thinks eating is very important and crucial in life. There does exist a certain cultural, histo

Have you heard about the sunk cost? It is a cost that you’ve already spent so can’t get it back. People are likely to feel difficult to give up with sunk costs because of time, money or other investments they have put in. This psychological tendency is called ‘the sunk cost fallacy’ and it does not

​​​​​​​Last October, I went to my aunt’s first private exhibition. In an extremely small area which looks crammed with just three people, various watercolor paintings were displayed in rows. Although she wasn’t a professional artist and was in her late fifties, I was rapidly overwhelmed by the passi

​​​​​​​There is a lot of work to be done every day as if I try to clear a game step by step. It would be okay to move forward gradually. But as the number of friends who achieve their goals increases, I’m getting anxious. Maybe you feel similar emotions as I do. Yes, we know that we just take our fi

​​​​​​​Every morning I would get out of bed, head straight to the scale lying in the corner of my room and weigh myself. This had been my morning routine ever since I was a little girl. I would always fearfully peer askance through my glasses, hoping dearly for any sign of weight loss while dreading

Humans like to think that we are in control of our lives. And yes, there is no exception, that includes both you and I. Just recall the times when you grimaced at the aberrant incarnates of antisocialism and laziness in your all-rounder class, asserting with confidence that you would never degrade i

The last time I wasn’t able to chip in a conversation about “Squid Game” was during a team project. Our group chose to present a case study regarding Netflix’s business strategy, and that was when I decided to watch the show. “Squid Game” was boosting Netlfix’s shares to outperform its rivals within

​​​​​​​Quite occasionally, people put too much stress upon understanding others that they end up neglecting their own feelings. For instance, even though you are upset, you are hesitant to express your feelings to your friend because she has gone through tough times. Or you are exasperated at your f

​​​​​​​Impressionism, social media, and a diary notebook. What can these three possibly have in common? I believe all of these serve as channels that store and deliver our memories. Impressionist paintings, such as Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh, have left an indelible stroke in art history by def

​​​​​​​Coming home late at night from Ewha University subway station, I walked peacefully down the empty streets towards the international dormitory. With only a few people on the street, the atmosphere was already so much calmer than my home university in Philadelphia, USA. As I approached the inte

​​​​​​​“Is this your name? This is the Seoul Prosecutor’s office. We heard that a large sum of money has been taken from your account. To recover this loss, you should do as we say.” These days, we know this as a starter line for phone scam. Similar starter lines for a scam text message would be “Mo

Is there a place that is not home but makes you feel comfortable? We live at home and school or home and workplace every day, but these are not the only two spaces we need. Our lives would be very bleak if we only went back and forth between home and work. Accordingly, we need “a third space” to enr

I decided to dye my hair orange this summer. It wasn’t neon or bleached, and my sister’s homegrown hairdressing skills showed when the left half appeared more tinted than its right counterpart. Nevertheless, I was happy with the result. To me, the color symmetry was nowhere near as important as the

COVID-19 has hurt not only our physical health, but also our mental health. Along with increased online activities in the ‘untact’ society, the number of expressions of aversion is skyrocketing as well, and an epidemic of hate is spreading at an intimidating speed. The result of the survey conducted

At least once in a lifetime, most of us would have experienced a sudden desire for a pet before, and so have I. There was no specific reason. I simply adored animals, they were cute, and as an only child they seemed like the perfect substitute for a sibling. Unfortunately, my parents were not enthus

Whom among us does not have a social media account? Whom among us has not experienced scrolling through social media until losing a sense of time and space? Whom among us does not find social media a must in this era? ‘Attention merchant’ is a term coined by Tim Wu in his book of the same title. Fac

​​​​​​​capitalism got inside my head and made me think my only value is how much i producefor people to consumecapitalism got inside my head and made me thinkI am of worthas long as i am workingFrom “Home Body” by Rupi Kaur Three months ago, I was an enthusiastic self-tracker who kept record of how

When news of the Atlanta shootings broke, it hurt. Eight people suddenly gone, six of whom were Asian women. Although physically removed from the country where the attacks occurred, I could sense the Korean community here hurting as well. Friends and acquaintances flooded social media with messages

​​​​​​​Time runs at the speed of light. You do not have time to look back as the seasons replace each other, the years change, you grow up, and life runs with you, sometimes by you. In this cycle of life, we all strive to achieve something. Someone is chasing fame, someone is after love, someone is