July 2012
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Summer, Act III
“I’m not good with goodbyes,” says July, packing away her swimsuits and sunblock. “Let’s not make a big deal out of it.” And just like that, July is gone.
I’m left dumbfounded between the 31st and 1st, unsure of where all the months have gone, like a drunk who’s puzzling over the empty glass in my hand. I could’ve sworn this thing was full a...
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Lately, in South Korea
Well the weather got nice all of a sudden. We actually saw some of that blue behind those clouds, and this coming when they were warning of typhoons. However, with busy schedules on our plates, Jenny and I haven’t done too much exploring, at least not on the weekdays. Come weekends, we take trips downtown to meet friends for hookah in perfect little hideaways, or we take walks by Suseong...
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Life after studying abroad
Here’s some discoveries about life that I’ve made after my semester abroad in Istanbul.
1. It keeps going. The day will come when you’ll board your plane and leave your wild aventure behind, and you’ll think, “Nothing will ever be the same!” True, it won’t, but time ticks on just like it always did, and life comes at you at the same pace as it always did, and within a few days you’ll be finding...
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Monsoon Weekend
Out the train windows, South Korea really shows off its summer beauty. The green, rolling hills and those misty mountaintops, the farmlands dotted with smatterings of traditional houses, a wild, untamed spread of nature with a billion different shades of earth.
Then you’ve got the cities that sprout up like mushroom patches of apartment buildings and wide city streets, E-Marts and...
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A month in South Korea
It’s monsoon season. Humid as a witch’s armpit, with rain that could sink a thousand Titanics sporadically occurring on the daily. Sunny days here are overcast to other countries; you’re lucky to see the sun’s yellow silhouette in the sky behind the blanket of altostratus clouds before they turn cumulonimbus for the storm. Good luck seeing more than three stars at night if...
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Riding to Suseong Land
Besides those clusters of bugs that like to hover in clouds at face-height, waiting like krill to be swallowed by our unsuspecting whale mouths, the bike ride to Suseong Land was rather magical.
It starts like many things do in Daegu, with a lazy morning, which is followed by an attempt at socializing with the outside world, which, like many plans do in Daegu, changes according to the weather....
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Keeping the non-fiction alive
Yes there is a part of me that has given up on writing in this blog. I have focused on posting iPhone photos instead, mostly because I haven’t gotten new batteries for my real camera, and because it’s easier than spending two hours on a text post. Therein lies the main reason I haven’t been writing. Every time I sit down to write about South Korea, I think of the time that...
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