This is Halloween, Halloween, 할로윈. The aura of Halloween is very different here roaming the streets of Cheongju versus in suburban Chicago. The stores strangely enough were stocked with spooky spiders, masks, and jack-o-lantern buckets, though I haven’t seen as much enthusiasm for costume wearing. **Addendum: I saw kids trick-or-treating later in the day and …
Good morning/afternoon/night to whom it may concern, I left you on a cliffhanger; WhAt HaPpEnEd DuRiNg ChUsEoK? That was supposed to be my nonverbal method of creating suspense. I made a comparison that Chuseok is the Korean version of Thanksgiving and we all know that holidays are truly exciting because of juicy family gossip and …
It is Chuseok Eve (well the afternoon before) and the house is filled with the smells of culinary trial and error, the pitter patter of knives on wood carving boards, and the omnipresent devil dog barking at dust bunnies and anything with the audacity to move or make sound. The coming of fall has been …
The day of reckoning had come. As I walked into the departure day ceremony, it felt like the end of a long twisted dream. Having spent 6 weeks at Jungwon University, did I ever actually arrive in Korea? During orientation, I was always surrounded by Americans and contained in the isolated space of the university. …
저는 지금 뭐해요? Well that’s a really good question. What am I asking for those of you who don’t read Hangeul (the Korean alphabet)? “What am I doing right now?” Just days away from leaving Jungwon University for our new homes and schools, I feel in a strange place mentally. I also went to bed …