After more than a year of attending advanced Korean classes and regularly writing and reviewing 500-800 character essays with my…
Interview with Jung Yumi (Elle Korea 2018)
I’ve liked a lot of projects that Jung Yumi has been in, but the one I can’t forget is Que Sera…
I guess this is a slump
I’ve been feeling very “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” when it comes to studying Korean these days.…
Throwback to my K-pop listening days
Confession time. I tend to get defensive when people ask me if I’m learning Korean because of K-pop. That’s because…
Thoughts on literary writing in another language
Last month, I told my Korean teacher about staying up really late to finish an assignment for an online YA…
Thoughts on non-Koreans adopting Korean names
This is a topic that’s made me scratch my head for a while now and I’m not entirely sure about…
2018 language goals
In all honesty, I never liked setting personal goals because why bother when there’s good chance that I’ll just fail…
Interview with Gong Yoo (Elle Korea 2018)
Gong Yoo is one of those actors who consistently takes me by surprise and I’m not really sure why. He’s good…
One Million Roses
My heart feels sliced in half today. I have been removed from the idol scene for a few years now,…
That poem in ‘Because This Is My First Life’
There are a lot of reasons I loved Because This Is My First Life. Like, a lot. One of them…