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Food for Thought from Hollywood. »

While I was pondering about what I should be posting on my blog, I couldn’t help but to notice the date.
April 13th 2008, a Sunday in Korean Standard Time.
So what in the world was I doing, sitting in front of my computer, letting the precious minutes brush past me, watching an entire TV series over […]

Faustian Bargain: just for a grade?! »

I could not pull a more sheepish grin as I sat down on my chair.
My head wanted to shut down on me.
An inner voice inside my head, completely silenced my rationality screaming out the word, “No.”
I just sat there and quietly nodded.
In lead up to this point of mental powerlessness, we had a discussion between […]

‘Problem Creation’ with a sprinkle of Luck »

There are problems on this planet.
Anywhere you go, you will see, feel, taste and hear it in some form or another.
Whether you are concerned about:

your next door neighbour playing the drums at 1 in the morning;
climate change;
the AIDS epidemic and
all the other unfortunate and serious problems that plague the lives of many on this […]

A Matter of Utmost Importance »

Here is a short Skype interview I had with Clay Burell, an english teacher at Korea International School. Initially, I called him on Skype because I had an Asian Studies assignment in which I had to ask a ‘foreigner’ about his/her life in Korea, but the discussion fell a little adrift to another topic entirely. […]

Willa Cather once said…. »

“some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can happen to one again…“– Willa Cather
I couldn’t agree more with Willa Cather….
There are memories in which we work so hard to forget… But also there are those precious ones in which we keep so close to our heart till our death day….
Such precious memories […]