LIFESTYLE Do You Sing? Let’s Nolaebang in South Korea? Posted on January 25, 2016June 9, 2024 You’re having a great time already and a few of your friends ask you to go to Nolaebang with them. Sure, let’s go. Nolaebang is the Korean karaoke bar and they are just as common as the coffee shops and make-up stores found all over South Korea. Read more
LIFESTYLE The Making of an American K-Pop Star Posted on January 17, 2016September 9, 2024 She dimmed the lights and the room took on the appearance of a night club. It was 9am and the neon lights flooded down from the ceiling in geometric shapes that danced on the wooden floor. Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass filtered down from the speakers on the forever cemented that song as the first song I danced to in a “Korean nightclub”. Read more
LIFESTYLE The 4-D Experience: Watching Star Wars in a South Korean Theater Posted on December 26, 2015May 17, 2024 4D theater in South Korea offers a unique cinematic experience by combining traditional movie viewing with sensory effects that engage the audience on multiple levels. These theaters typically feature motion-enhanced seats that move and vibrate in sync with the action on screen, along with special effects like wind, fog, strobe lights, and even scents… Read more
LIFESTYLE 11 Observations of a Black World Traveler Posted on August 21, 2015August 27, 2024 Nope, not even close. Although… even though I am NOT rich, I may be the only black person they meet and I want to leave a positive impression. I often feel the need to over tip or otherwise over-compensate for my skin color. Its totally unnecessary because I’m not a hotel pig, I find myself doing things like straightening up the room so the maids don’t see any mess. Read more
LIFESTYLE New Home in Daegu: Our Expat Life in South Korea Posted on July 22, 2015May 19, 2024 Settling In: My Journey Begins in Daegu My apartment is all set up. From now on, everything I do will be tweaking how I use the space. Our VPN works, and I can stream videos and order from JCPenneys and Pier1. I met a few of my neighbors and even… Read more
LIFESTYLE Half Marathon Confessions: What Made Me Reflect on Every Mile! Posted on May 23, 2014May 19, 2024 Did You Run the Whole Thing? I gasped and took a deep breath. What an odd first question to ask someone who just told you they ran a half marathon. No, how was it? Did you have fun? Not even a, why? Any of them is a valid question. I… Read more
LIFESTYLE Dead on the Autobahn- How I Killed My Husband’s BMW Posted on April 25, 2014June 9, 2024 BOOM and a puff of smoke. Was that us?? A moment later the car died on the side of the road. I coasted the once mobile BMW down the hill and off the autobahn near Saarbrucken. Get out of the car I screamed at the top of my lungs– to… Read more
LIFESTYLE How Rome Made Me Ready for Study Abroad at Oxford Posted on April 8, 2014June 27, 2024 On a whim, I entered an essay contest in my final year of college to attend the University Oxford. And I won. Initially, I thought having Oxford on my resume would open doors to me upon graduation. While I’m sure it didn’t hurt, the doors it opened weren’t necessarily career oriented. Read more