When I first arrived to Korea I wrote a blog post about “culture shock,” and everything that was different than what I was used to. The process of returning back is referred to as “reverse culture shock” or, the feeling (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc.)… Read More »Reverse Culture Shock: Coming back to the U.S.
On Monday, December 21st, I came home for the foreseeable future. Other than my sisters, nobody in my family had any idea. I told them that the earliest I would be home was in February, but that was only if I couldn’t travel. Initially, that’s… Read More »Surprise…I’m Home
I’m not a vegetarian, but Koreans call me one. At the moment I eat fish, it’d be almost impossible to survive here if I didn’t. Korea and Koreans don’t understand what it means to be a vegetarian or to not eat meat. This is partly… Read More »Not Eating Meat in Korea
Growing up, I’m not sure we went around the table and said what we were thankful for on Thanksgiving. From what I remember it was something I saw in movies or in tv shows, and it wasn’t until I came to Korea that I started… Read More »I’m Thankful for…
Studying for the GRE was exhausting, it dominated my life for the last 10 weeks and it’s all over now. I took the GRE on September 27th. Ten weeks ago, I made the decision to take the GRE on September 27th. At the time, ETS… Read More »Studying for the GRE
I’ve decided I want to go back to school to study architecture. It feels as if everything since University, my travels and life abroad, has led me to this decision and provided me with the experiences and self-awareness to hopefully succeed. Recently I started looking… Read More »Focusing on the Future
Actually, there’s no lockdown in Korea and there hasn’t been one, but the title is catchier this way. It’s been nine weeks since I had shoulder surgery and I never would have imagined that I still wouldn’t have taught an English class. Last Wednesday classes… Read More »Life On Lockdown
I decided to get surgery on Friday, March 13th. The question of whether or not to get surgery has been an internal struggle since last year. In March I partially dislocated my left shoulder playing volleyball. I can’t remember the first incident of something like… Read More »Shoulder Surgery
When traveling to a new country I like to keep track of my unique observations about that place, some of these may be obvious to everyone while visiting, others may be less noticed and some may already be known. After five weeks in the Philippines,… Read More »Filipino Observations
I was extremely excited to visit Siquijor. It’s not as touristy as the other islands, it has a mystical vibe and lore of voodoo and everyone who had traveled there said only good things about it. It’s significantly smaller than Bohol and my plan was… Read More »Siquijor’s Against Me