“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw I’ve found that one of the most wonderful things about getting older is discovering who you truly are and who you want to be. Dear Korea, You’re helping me reflect on the person I’ve been and develop the person I want to become. Identity is considered a person’s conception and expression of … Continue reading Searching for identity
“Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” Paulo Coelho Dear Korea, You reminded me that chances of a lifetime will come with tests of willpower and choice. But I still believe in fate. I left an amazing, stable life to move to Seoul! I uprooted five years of building my life in a city where I had stability and comforts that I miss daily. … Continue reading Seoul in three weeks
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“I seem to have run in a great circle, and met myself again on the starting line. “ Jeanette Winterson, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit I finally made it! I want to live and breathe your culture. See your art. Taste your food. Learn how you think, speak, act and feel. I’m here in Seoul with arms wide open ready to love you and … Continue reading Coming back home
Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands? Ernest Gaines Dear Korea, Most days I still find myself in disbelief that I live in Korea now. I’d have to say my first experience really learning Korean culture was when I lived in LA. I began visiting California shortly after college and pretty soon it … Continue reading Koreatown
Love Letters to Korea 