The last leg of my December vacation was spending time in Malaysia. I made plans to spend some time in Kuala Lumpur, Melaka, and at an Kuala Gandha Elephant Sanctuary. This would be the final stop before heading back to Korea. To get to Kuala Lumpur, I opted to take a bus. Taking a bus…
Continue reading ➞ Malaysia: The Final Stop
Naturally at the end of the year, it's common to see social media posts question what you've accomplished in the year. At the end of the decade, these posts ask what you've accomplished in the last ten. While I dislike the arrogant tone of these posts, it was worth it to reflect on all that…
Every time I go somewhere new, I leave thinking that it is the best place I have ever been. Bangkok is no exception. But I really do think everywhere is the best place I've ever been. And every place has its own reason for being the best. Bangkok is one of those places that I…
When I was planning my trip to Vietnam, I knew I wanted to get out to the islands in Ha Long Bay. All the pictures I saw online looked unreal and I wanted to know if it could possibly be that beautiful in real life. Let me tell you. It was. Ha Long Bay I…
The last two months have been busy. Busy to the point that I had to put my blog on the back burner. I reminded myself that while I love writing and sharing my adventures, I needed to get through my first semester of graduate school. I enrolled in a graduate program this past January. After…
January has been quite a crazy month for me, and I have to admit, I haven't been able to dedicate as much time to blogging as I would have liked. Amid all the winter camp chaos and using my weekends to catch up on everything I wasn't able to do during the week, I had…
Continue reading ➞ January Update: Where I’ve Been and What I’ve Been Doing
Every winter it seems I find myself tangled up in a busy schedule that leaves little time for me to relax, at least not if I want to get enough sleep to keep powering through the days ahead. This winter has been no different, with my first Winter Camp spanning from January 7th to 25th.…
One of the biggest challenges I have living in Korea is finding food I can eat that wasn't prepared in my own kitchen. Living in a small city by Korean standards, my options for eating out tend to be pretty limited. After nearly five months of living in Jinju, I've become used to it and…
As I've gotten older, I've put more time into thinking about what I want my New Years Resolution to be, often considering how I want to challenge myself in the new year weeks before midnight strikes on January 1st. This year, I decided to challenge myself in a big way. I would give up shopping…
Continue reading ➞ The Retail Detox: A Year Without Shopping
It's the time of year when people begin to make resolutions, often weighed down by the guilt they harbor after weeks of holiday treats and parties. For many, resolutions involve some new fitness regiment or a crash diet to "cleanse" after the new year begins and the holidays are once again behind us. While health…
