19th Annual Busan International Film Festival

As promised, I went to the 19회 부산국제영화제 (19th Annual Busan International Film Festival). In short, cinema dopeness. First off, I didn’t get to stay there as long as I wanted due to lack off Cinemaphile tickets, an upcoming midterm, and the fact that I…

To Busan or Bust (Part 1)

Day 1 “Early bird gets the 무궁화 (Mugunghwa rail)” is how the old saying goes, right? In any case, I had no damn choice after the ticket purchase but to get up early for our five and a half hour train ride that was due…

Week 8: Pre-Busan

Sunday, a few of the Light Fellows in Korea got together for a dinner hosted by 최선생님 (Professor Choi) from Yale’s Korean department. Back at Yale, she has taught a fair share of the higher level Korean language courses. At the dinner, Professors Daniel Bostman…