Do you read books? These days I’m thinking a lot about the importance of books in our life. Living in this era means you need to work hard, and study hard with strong efficiency. You might encounter difficulties with the noise and light pollution of the busy city. Books, however, are calm and peacef
What’s the most unconventional search amongst your search history as of late? Maybe a random fact about an animal, or how long your body hair should grow, or something that you can’t tell someone else. I see you. Mine would be, “What is the average college entrance age?”. In Korea, formalities and a
For a while in October, the expressions on my friends’ faces whenever I told them the title of my latest read were sights to behold. Understandable, though, because when is the last time you’ve heard of a memoir with a title this shocking? The cover of the book doesn’t dull the blow either. Former N
Ever since I was a kid, Kyung Wha Chung has been my Superhero. Whenever I was having a hard time, her music comforted me. When I was happy, her music filled me with energy. Her music was a textbook for me to learn the violin as a hobby. Her music was my teacher and also my friend. I especially liked
TThe Miracle on the Han river, south Korea’s tremendous rise from being one of the poorest countries in the world during the 1950s now to one of the richest and self- claimed developed country. Making them the leader in manufacturing and technological Innovations. Moreover, the Hallyu wave reached i
Choosing what to write about was quite a difficult question for me, and I wanted this short but long piece of writing to be valuable for those who read it. After a long thought, I decided to write things in my head, considering many others will be the same. Looking back on the year that has passed,
This article is going to make you uncomfortable. It is going to make you think about things that you would normally procrastinate on thinking about. Things you tell yourself you would think about on “another day” when you deep inside know that you never want to even acknowledge that it’s there. But
Abu Dhabi had been home to me for five and a half years. At the start of grade 6, I moved to Abu Dhabi with my family. It was such a challenging decision to make as a shy, stubborn child back then, who was scared to face changes in life. I was not much of an extrovert as I am now to seek out new peo
Recently, I watched a lot of short videos on Youtube and Instagram. While there were lots of interesting videos to watch, the videos that I couldn’t stop watching was the ones where a Korean woman showed her vegan recipe of Korean cuisine while talking about her life. She was “The Korean Vegan” (her
“....There’s a lot of work to be done”. I read the last sentence of the book ‘Beauty Sickness’. One question was all along on my mind as I was reading this wonderful book. ‘How beauty sick is Korea?’ Unlike the book that was based on scientific research, I can say the answer to the above question wi
It’s spring everywhere and the green is catching up, replacing the pink in some places, proudly huffing up and claiming its rightful place on and around the branches. A few days ago, everything was painted pink all along the streets, on the gravel but also on everyone’s phones. One can find more flo
25 of March this spring, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” was released in cinemas worldwide. In its simplest form, it’s an action-comedy film about love, acceptance, and most importantly, on focusing on the things that matter amidst the chaos that we reside in. To give you a brief summary of the
As a junior who has been taking online classes over two years, it has become my habit to procrastinate on my studies because of the time flexibility of online classes, which is a dangerous advantage for students. When I was a freshman, I continued my studies with the habit of studying in high school
“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