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This will be a relatively short post as I will be leaving for Kyoto in an hour. Simply put: the past 48 hours have been the most thrilling and most full of life that I have experienced in my 8 months of being in Japan. I feel as if

Well this has certainly been long overdue. The delay is a tangible testament to the lifestyle that I have been leading over the past 6 months or so in Tokyo. A very succinct way of describing this whole experience is in the following: Today is one of the first

Here I am sitting in my weekly apartment hotel for the last evening after having spent the larger part of 2 weeks here. If these weeks have been any indication of the upcoming months, then it is and will be undoubtedly one of, if not the most dynamic, challenging,

I spent the larger part of the day on the internet, looking through old photos and speaking with friends. Also hand washing clothes, as it’s far too expensive to do anything in the hotel. My mother has a phrase that she uses to describe life, that goes something as

Just freshly back from a weeklong voyage through Singapore and Malaysia, which was a very nice and relaxing break. I spent time with great friends who I hadn’t seen in a long while. Anyhow, now I will say that I suddenly find myself in the midst of a drastic

I need change, I crave it; I need it! Lately I have not been exposed to enough of it… therefore I think that I am meeting a sort of tolerance wall. I am finding myself in a “cage” of sorts, in terms of what I am experiencing on a

I remember joking about this phenomenon with a friend, although I believe that it is a very real psychological effect that occurs within this 21st century era wherein we are enabled with a multitude of choices that have never before been available to humankind: the quarter-life crisis. As lofty

This unfolding tragedy in Japan is very much gripping me, and I find myself constantly reading the news and following the situation very closely. I have friends and colleagues who are in Japan, and my heart goes out to them, really. Perhaps I am the only one who is

Finally I will be moving out of the 하숙집 where I have been living for the past ~5 months. Cumulatively, I have come to live in the area of 신촌 (Sinchon) for around 9 months now – if you were to include my time spent in Yonsei University during

Finally, after so many months, I have a document that proves I will graduate with my 2nd bachelor’s degree! The long hours, all of those uncertainties, and numerous hardships culminate into this document, and result in such an indescribable feeling! YES! C’est fini! 😀