Archive for the ‘My Life’ Category
The World of Meditation
I decided that it is now the right time to write about my current life journey. This will be the first of many. As I mentioned, I am from Korea. I was adopted at a very late age by an American family. Growing up, they have been very caring and supportive. I always felt loved. [...]
In: My Life, Self Discovery · Tagged with: adoption, journey, Korea, meditation
Stop throwing away money…
For some reason, I haven’t been saving as much as I used to. What’s up with that? I decided that it was time to pay more attention to my finances and stop buying everything that I see. In general, it is cheaper to live in Seoul. The rent is lower, the food is by far [...]
In: Culture, Korea, My Life · Tagged with: alcohol, food, rent, saving money, Seoul
Wonders of Picasa
I have a MacBook Pro (the smaller one). For a while I’ve been debating how to organize all my thousands of pictures: iPhoto or Picasa. After reading more about their differences in forums and other blogs, I realized that since I also have a Windows XP based PC, it makes more sense to use something [...]
In: My Life, Pictures · Tagged with: flickr, iPhoto, macbook, picasa, pictures
Garage sale anyone?
Garage sale? What garage sale? No such thing in Korea. Sure there are people who go to farmer’s markets. Sure there are those who trade their books at a used book store for other books. But why can’t the people in your neighborhood just gather together to try to have a garage sale? I decided [...]
In: Culture, Korea, My Life · Tagged with: computer, Korea, trash
Why don’t you all just stay home?
I’ve been having some trouble sleeping recently. I would wake up in the middle of the night (several times) and would just lay there trying to find a way to fall back asleep. A couple of times, I got up at like 5 in the morning for a light jog. I figured, why not? Since [...]
In: Exercise, My Life · Tagged with: exercise, jog, kyodae, Seoul
Detox…
I decided a week ago to stop drinking for at least the next 3 months. Ever since I turned 21 (maybe even before that), I don’t know if I’ve ever gone that long without at least one drink. I realized that I don’t really like some of the things I do or say when I [...]
In: My Life, Social Network · Tagged with: alcohol, party, sober