Jeju Island: Hidden and Not-So-Hidden Spots
Gone are the days when Jeju was a vague land of ponies and tangerines, a second-choice destination for school trips …
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[S(e)oul City] 1. Hergé Exhibition
My head might be in in college in America right now, but my heart and soul are firmly rooted at …
Battling the Concept of Mortality with Ice Cream Sundaes
On our drive home from the dentist’s office, Mom and I took an ironic turn into a McDonald’s drive-thru to …
2019 Theme: Bloom
*Cover art credits to Sister Golden. After making the decision to label each year with a word— a theme of …
Resolutions: What I’d Been Doing Wrong and How I’m Changing it in 2019
Resolutions— an easy way to make promises, and an even easier way to let yourself down and feel like a …
2018 Anthems
As we approach the end of the year, the internet is sure to be flooded with bloggers and amateur musicians …
Airports, College Results, the Passage of Time
As my parents left on a Friday morning for a weekend trip to Bangkok, I heaved my backpack onto my …
Lights, Candles, Tradition
Temperature drops to the negatives. Malls extend their glittering arms. The choir wanders the school, carrying the age-old tune of …
Looking Back on NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month—also known as NaNoWriMo—is when aspiring authors, vexed procrastinators, and precocious middle schoolers around the world challenge …
Backbone
And just like that, it’s gone. Eleven months of 2018. Just about nearing my eighteenth year of being on this …
어느 날 갑작스럽게
유명 연예인 J씨가 자살한 다음날, 나는 집에서 크리스마스 파티를 열었다. 남의 불행에 겹친 나의 행복은 낮설게 다가오지 않았다. “얼마나 외로웠을까.” …
Perfectionist
It was a creative writing class, they said, but I should have known the minute the instructor got us to …
Faint
(adj.) A word to describe indistinct things; hazy at the edges. A vague silhouette somewhere in the dim past, not …
백반만큼 적당하고 순수하고 아름다운
그래서- 왜 한국어로는 글을 쓰지 않느냐고? *** 머릿속에서 점점 윤곽이 잡혀가는 등장인물들은 매번 나와 거리가 그리 멀지 않다. 주인공은 필히 여자아이로. …
In Which One Escapes
Pause. “What’s the word?” Pause. My AP Seminar teacher struggles, for a split second, to phrase something- to pinpoint a …
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Today I end my 3 week summer ethics course at Northwestern University. I left a goodbye note for each person, …
Salt Water Plums 