What’s your hobby?

When I was in second grade, my school had a story writing contest on fire safety. I remember writing my story on Hangul manuscript papers, making sure that I was following the spacing guidelines accurately. Couple days later, my teacher came up to me and asked if I had written the story all by myself. …

An open letter to men who took a liking to me a little too fast

Dear You, Before I begin, I want you to clearly understand that this isn’t about you.

What seems to be the issue? Tell us where it hurts.

Couple weeks ago, my friend Sue and I saw a bunch of people surrounding Gangnam Station Exit 10. "Rest in peace," one post-it said. One English speaker heard Sue and I speaking English to each other and asked us what happened here, in which we responded, "we're not sure - I guess someone died here." …

The Cool Girl

When I was a quiet, nerdy student (am I not anymore?) in high school, there were girls that I would envy. I use the word “envy” instead of “be jealous of”, simply because I was never one of them. Rich, smart, skinny, and of course, popular, Asian girls. I wasn't as rich as them, my …

Journey

Couple months ago, someone I knew sent me a really long Facebook message after reading my most recent blog post (at that time). He said that he was really concerned as my posts allude a lot to death, and that if I ever wanted help, there is help available. I was surprised to hear that …

Infidelity

Edit: So I was recently reminded that I had lied about how many times I cheated on my ex-boyfriend (with this one person). He asked me how many times I cheated on him and I decreased the number of times I had so "he feels less hurt" - so I feel less guilty. Normally I wouldn't really …

It all started in 3rd Hunt, South Quad.

Somehow, four weeks of school has flown by. This absolutely blows my mind because that means I only have twelve more weeks left (including breaks) until I’m supposed to be an adult-adult, a “real person”. And though I can recall what courses I took, what activities I’ve participated in, I feel like everything went by …

Transformation

About 10 years ago, a new Internet slang was created in Korea: Ahn-Yuh-Dwae. It’s an acronym for glasses (ahn-kyoung), acne (yuh-de-reum), and pig (dwae-gi). Somebody who is obese, who has an overwhelming amount of acne on their face, and who wears thick glasses. Now tell me. Who comes to your mind when you hear this …

Infinite

“It was no sigh, no moan; it was a real scream. She screamed so hard that Tomas had to turn his head away from her face, afraid that her voice so close to his ear would ruptured his eardrum. The scream was not an expression of sensuality. Sensuality is the total mobilization of the senses: …

I get by with a little help from my friends.

In eighth grade, I had a friend – let’s call her “A” – who told me that she was transferring to a secondary school in another district. I was devastated to lose a friend who meant so much to me. Couple days before her last day of school, I got A several farewell gifts, which included a …