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Forced Recap: Chiang Mai 2014
TweetInstead of being reminded by my regrets, I should be reminding myself by the way I wish to remember. It has been over two months since myself and the rest of my clan returned from our two month...
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This Could Be (one of) the Last Time(s)
Tweet The fact that I live an apartment on the twentieth floor is not news to this blog. This high position allows for a fine, if not a little post-apocalyptic at times, view of Suwon on all but the...
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Of Suwon No More
Of Suwon No More TweetI am no longer a resident is Suwon. It’s a sad day, I suppose, but one myself and Herself talked about for a while. It may be a new idea to you but it’s one thing we’ve known...
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(The Last) Letter from Korea, June 2014.
(The Last) Letter from Korea, June 2014 TweetDear Ireland,If you’re not already aware I’ll be leaving in about a week. I know I’m going on about it a fair bit, but it is what I’ve been building up to...
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Dear Dad
TweetDear Dad,In ten hours I’ll be on a plane to Korea. At the moment, the only thing that amazes me more than that fact is your boundless love and support. Where ever my passions have called me, you...
View ArticleNo Direction Home
TweetWow, it's been a long time. All my grand intentions to keep up on my writing while I went back home for 2 weeks evaporated under the pressures of 3 towns in 2 weeks and more family and friends to...
View ArticleLetter to Korea, August 2014
TweetDear Korea,I may not make a habit of this, but I thought considering our long affair together the least you deserve is an update on life without you. You know, it has been almost two months since...
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I Can't Stay but I Don't Want to Leave
I Can't Stay but I Don't Want to Leave TweetI'll be moving soon, and this fills me with some conflicting emotions. On the one hand, my current place is a sort of glorified dorm room, with no kitchen...
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I Won't Share My Oreos
TweetAs you get older, birthdays get...complicated. It used to be so easy. Cake and candles, invite your friends over, a pile of presents, rinse, repeat. But now that I'm older, it's more of an...
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Our 4th Chuseok in Korea, Part 2 – Busan & Yangsan
TweetThis is the 2nd part of our Aunt Kathy’s trip to Korea! You can read about the first part of the trip in Seoul here. Now on to Busan! I was really excited about the train ride from Seoul to...
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Viewing 2015 Through the Lens of 2014
TweetIt’s about noon at the Dunphy house on the east coast of the USA, in sunny but chilly Middletown, New Jersey. Dad just put a small sausage pizza in his NuWave countertop oven and I am writing a...
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An Amari Christmas (or The Pablito Who Stole Christmas)
Tweetby Pablo HarrisI.“Hey T, how’s it going?”“Hutty! What up man?”“Oh, just dealing with all this shit that’s about to go down.”“Yeah, you all right with all this? You ready for it?”“Yeah, sure, but...
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My Renewal Decision and 4 Life Lessons That Helped Me Make It
TweetAfter thinking heavily about whether or not to renew my contract with EPIK, I’ve decided to return home in August. Signing on for a second year would offer me several enticing financial benefits...
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9-2-6-1-7
TweetIt’s 1999, I’m ten years old,Emily is almost eight.A family trip to somewhere fun,Neither one of us could wait. The tv wedged between the seatsAnd games of “Not-touching-you!”Eye spy, slug bug,...
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A Surprise Mother’s Day Visitor
TweetIt’s the kind of thing you have to see to believe: waking up to the sound of a mysterious knock on your door; turning over in bed because you assume someone has the wrong apartment; hearing the...
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Vlog Entry #18: Finding Nathan
TweetHappy Father’s Day to the best dad I could ever hope for! Dad, thank you for your endless love and support, and for giving me all the tools I’ve needed to succeed during this crazy adventure I’ve...
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Home is Where?
TweetWell, it didn’t matter. He’d had enough. He wasn’t going to try to understand anything anymore. He was going home. Except that wizards can never go home.-Terry Pratchett, SourceryI come back to...
View Article"Korean Soul Food" by John Hansen
TweetI awoke to an overbearing smell of hot sauce. It was that time again. The time I could not invite anyone over to my home, knowing they would simply not understand. I could hear dishes clanging...
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Sewol 2 Year Anniversary Street Interviews
Sewol 2 Year Anniversary Street Interviews TweetApril 16th, 2016 marks the two anniversary of South Korea’s worst maritime disaster when the Sewol Ferry sank on a routine trip from Incheon to Jeju...
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