Do we ever forget our first encounters with the city, that first time out in the convulsive, roaring waves of pedestrians on its downtown streets? In my earliest escalator rides in a downtown mall in

So far, it is my 7th month in Korea and the last semester at Ewha. However, I want to say that choosing Ewha Womans University was the wisest decision I have ever made.I believe fulfilling the main si

Last February, American President Barack Obama’s speech on the medieval Christian crusades reignited a series of hot debates surrounding Christianity and national identity. In the speech, Presid

Imagine when you are hanging around with a tired body after your school day or work, suddenly a group of youths starts dancing and singing beside you on the street. In Seoul, a city full of youth cult

It was my first day at the university, feeling half excited and half fearful. For a freshman who had just finished high school, this college class starting with a question, “Who do you think own

Coming from the motherland of beer, Germany, many Koreans I have met begin to tell me about the experience of beer with Currywurst, sausage with curry, when they’ve been to Germany. I am always

Retirement may not be a very appealing topic of discussion for my readers, who are college students busy accumulating specs, planning an exchange year abroad, applying for an internship or job intervi

Many people these days are overly consumed with the “every day” tasks and routines. This can be due to our ever more globalizing society; a society where information is transferred anywher

David Fincher’s film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tells a story about a man who lives his life backward: he was born as an old man, becomes younger and younger, and dies as an infant. The

This summer, I had a chance to read Beneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse. It is a novel that deals with a boy named Hans and his struggle that stems from the academic pressure by his surroundings. Becau

Nearly thirty years later and I still vividly remember a particular image of contrast. As if they were before me even now, I clearly see two elderly men wearing ramie hanboks, smoking long pipes, inte

No one thought Taean, South Korea would face a huge oil spill by Samsung Heavy Industries in 2007. The awful convergence of disasters in Japan, a 9.0 earthquake followed by a tsunami and a devastating

A few days ago, I happened to make a brief trip to Insa-dong alone. As we all know, Insa-dong is no longer a space only for us now. It attracts many domestic and foreign tourists, so the street was, a

It has been more than half a year that I have been working as a PEACE Buddy. What PEACE stands for simply explains everything: Professional Ewhaians At Cultural Exchange. Every semester, I am matched

Food is the crucial source that keeps us alive. Since human beings cannot produce energy with their own power, they have no choice but to seek energy through other resources. Nonetheless, there are pe

Quite a long time has already passed since I entered Ewha and another semester has already started.Living as an Ewha student is quite meaningful to me. Ewha is one of the best universities in Korea.In

Formerly, paternal grandmothers were addressed just as “grandmother."; mother’s mothers were addressed "maternal grandmother.."But since some time, the "maternal"

The days when people could interact with friends who are distant only through phone calls are gone. The days when people wrote diaries or letters to friends are also gone. Instead, people in today&rsq

Who am I? Can I conceal myself for evermore? Pretend I’m not the man I was before?Jean Valjean asks these questions to himself with deep agony when he finds out that Javert arrested someone inst

Feeling the sunlight shine on my back, walking out of the cinema gave a scent of satisfaction that this is my life. These few weeks have been a challenge for me, for I had so much work to do and no ti