I took these cute pictures of a couple kissing on one of the Cheonggyecheon bridges, while I was out with my buddy taking video of the Chris...

Re-watched Thunderball, the old James Bond movie. Ate breakfast at a W Hotel. Narrowly avoided sunstroke. Saw 40 different kinds of fi...

(and that's just the title!) OK. They say well begun is half-done, so what does it mean that I’ve started this post five times now? You...

From my dear friend Tamie's blog : Last night I was talking to one of my best friends, someone I've come to trust deeply over years ...

My Mom's dad (we call him Opa, the Dutch word for grandfather) has made one of the main tasks of his retirement to write a family histor...

1. Konglish: there's a bar right next to my school called "Beer Valley" that's harmless in itself, but because of Konglis...

This is the second part of a two-part post. Please read the first part first, here. Rilke again, 'cause dammit, he deserves to be read...

Without advent, Christmas arrives through the side door, and startles me while I'm brushing my teeth for bed. With advent, it enters wi...

(the pictures are explained at the end of the post.) Before I get into that: a thought on music: the measure of a great songwriter, I...

So back in March, when I made plans to live in BC with my folks for as long as it too Mom to live out her cancer, I had no idea it would t...

Well, it's quiet today: last time I wrote a letter like this, I was sitting in a sauna in Seoul, hoping my ears wouldn't get blasted...

The really, really loud music from the dance show finally stopped, and now I'm only contending with the moderately loud music and real-t...