Not too long ago, I finally learned about “imposter syndrome”. In layman’s terms, picture a genius with a chronic fear of being a fraud, despite evidence to the contrary. Pretty twisted, right? Well, as soon as I learned about it, images of friends notorious for…
I want to talk to you about an anime that really changed my views on the world when I was like 6 and again now. Of course, I am talking about none other than the timeless and all-time great “Cowboy Bebop” directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, written…
FREEDOM FROM THE OPPRESSION OF LANGUAGE SCHOOL, THE TYRANNY OF REPETITION, THE SPECTERS OF PRESENTATIONS. FREE AT LAST. FREE AT LAST. LORD ALMIGHTY, I’M FREE AT LAST. Yeah, this was a nice week 🙂
어린이날 has come and gone. Do you remember how I said 어학당 often treated us like children? Well on the national holiday for children, we got off from school. Go figure. But I guess this is an ample time to explain the background for such…
So the only important thing about this week to me was the 16th Annual Jeonju International Film Festival, for which I had the pleasure of attending even the opening ceremony. The ceremony was hosted by 임성민 (Lim Sung-min, former KBS news announcer) and 김동완 (Kim…
A friend once told me the best way to productive is to just to keep yourself constantly busy. After this week, I’m wondering if they are a masochist. That was just a slight, but damn, I feel a bit like one now myself. The week…
Ha, the cherry blossoms still hung around for me post-midterm. The Yalies gathered at 여의도 (Yeouido) for a little 휴식. Apparently, so did everyone else in 서울. Poor timing, maybe. After being there, though, I’d say it was nice to see that the work overload…
I am not a fan of rain and it essentially was omnipresent as I “studied” for my midterm. To be honest, at this point, I cannot study Korean anymore. I need to use and practice it in order to see any gains. It makes sense,…
Spring is (almost) here. This weekend is supposed to be THE weekend to view the cherry blossoms along the east coast, particularly in 경주 (Gyeongju). Unfortunately, next week is also midterm week and I have to submit a legitimate draft for my Globalist piece on…
Jet lag does suck. All the byproducts of my travel culminated in this one week and my sleep schedule was tattered. Thankfully, Jake also wanted to relax so we went to a 찜질방 a bit away from our place, Spa Garden 5 (super Korean name,…