More than a year ago I had shoulder surgery to repair my left rotator cuff. Six weeks ago, I had the same operation on my right. The first question people always ask is, “why, what did you do to it?” or “what, happened?” I didn’t… Read More »Shoulder Surgery, Again
The deadline to accept graduate school admission was April 15th. Two weeks before that, I decided I was going to go to Virginia Tech to study for a master’s in architecture. However, I also decided to set that as a personal deadline to find an… Read More »Finding a Graduate School Apartment
After almost a year long application process of researching schools, creating my portfolio, studying for the GRE, writing essays, applying and waiting to hear from the Universities, it’s finally over. I’ve decided that I’m going to attend Virginia Tech in the Fall. In the end,… Read More »Deciding on a Graduate School
It’s been over a year since I’ve had alcohol. The last drink I had was when I was in the Philippines at the end of February in 2020. I didn’t set out to go a year without alcohol, I had a bottle of whiskey and… Read More »A Year Without Alcohol
When I decided to come home, I knew I would have to take Calculus and Physics at the local community college. Almost every grad program listed the two classes as prerequisites, and it’s possible that if you didn’t have them completed by the time of… Read More »Back to School, Kinda…
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