There is no stranger feeling than getting off a plane and feeling like your home is an alien planet. After living in Korea for four and a half months, I felt very overwhelmed and out …
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That Was Embarrassing
Before my flight to Korea, I Skyped one of my friends who used to live and study in China. As he too had been a foreigner in Asia, he told me, “you’re going to have …
Schools in Red do Spirit Best
Picture a UW Madison football game; a sea of thousands of rowdy people dressed in red gathered in a stadium. Now, imagine that instead of the game lasting a few hours, it goes on from …
Typical Day in Korea
(Tuesday/Thursday schedule) 7:30- I wake up and get ready for the day. I get ready quietly because I have a roommate from Japan who likes to sleep in. We get along pretty well; she recently …
Learning to do Nothing Pt.2: Meditating
My second attempt at learning to do nothing the Korean way wasn’t nearly as successful as the day at the jjimjilbang, but I’ll get to that. I had been doing a lot of research trying …
Learning to do Nothing Pt.1: Naked
I am not very good at doing nothing. Even when I am watching Netflix, I alternate between using my planner to organize my week and scrolling through Instagram to see what my friends are up …
An Apocalyptic Beginning
This morning when I got dressed for the first day of class I curled my hair, put on a leather jacket, and strapped a face mask around my ears: not as a fashion statement, but …
Pack Like a Pro
I am fortunate to say that living in Korea this semester is not the first time that I have lived abroad. This means that I have pretty much boiled down what to pack to a …
When Your Semester Begins in March (a Prologue)
Spring term at Korea University starts in March, a little before the cherry blossoms bloom. This means that while my friends in Madison have already begun their classes, and my friends studying abroad in Europe …
Never Ending Korean Autumn
여러분 안녕하세요! Hello again everyone, I apologize for the lack of posts over the last month or so. I’m reaching the end of my semester here in Seoul so before I wrap up this experience …