Week 28: Hello & Goodbye

AND WE’RE BACK! … to cold as hell Seoul. Damn, I knew I should have packed some of the warm of Taiwan in my suitcase. Total traveller’s remorse 🙁 Well, it wouldn’t have done too much initially anyway because the first thing I had to…

Week 14: The Return

Damn, I sure do know how to poop myself out. As soon as I returned, of course with a quick shower in the mix, I immediately shaved the travel beard off and started unpacking all my things I left at my homestay. Only a few…

Week 6: Honeymooning Out

Growing up, I often acted as the taste tester for both my mom and dad when they cooked. Before he retired from working with restaurants, my dad trained as a professional chef and passed some of his talents off to my mom before and during…

Week 2: Changing Pace

I haven’t been fully honest with you. Yes, I am at a Korean university learning Korean. Yet, everyday feels like I’m breaking an unspoken moral code by not only studying at an all-girl, Christian university, but I also live in ėī화ė—ŽėžëŒ€í•™ęĩÂ (Ewha Womans University). To reconcile…

Week 0: The Transit

Right, left, left, left, right, left, left, right, pause in awe of a dramatic scene. Like clockwork, my daily routine diluted into Tinder swiping, Mad Men binging, and ice cream eating for my two-and-a-half weeks at home. Did I do it for the lawls? It…