I stumbled across a nice writing-prompts blog last week, called The One-Minute Writer. Each day, there’s a new prompt – a word or a question. You read the prompt, and then hit the start button and get writing. You have one minute before the stop alarm sounds. For someone like me, who’s long-winded and capable [...]
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It’s a common enough question. What would you do if you knew that the world was going to end soon? The answers are usually pretty common, too. I’d quit my job. I’d eat all my favourite foods. I’d travel. I’d visit that one country I’ve been longing to see for as long as I can remember. [...]
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The other day I was trying to explain to my second grade girls what it means to have good taste, when the phrase cropped up in an article we were reading. Obviously they thought it meant the same as “to be delicious”, so I goofed around a bit pretending to eat their arms off, amidst [...]
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Kimchi bokkeumbap is another one of those foods that I eat all the time but have never thought to write about. At first, being someone who is very easily put off her food by an unpleasant sound or image, I had to struggle to get over the fact that part of this meal’s name sounds [...]
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One of the slightly stranger aspects of life in Korea is the instant celebrity status you have as a “waygook” (foreigner). I’ve mentioned this on several occasions before, but still do not feel as if I’ve accurately conveyed the level of looney-tunes that I find myself wading through at times. It is the one part [...]
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I live in a quiet little neighbourhood (well… relatively speaking!). It’s within walking distance of the crazy, bustling, downtown madness, but when you leave the tall buildings and flashing lights and shrieking music behind, you find yourself strolling through quieter, calmer, less crowded streets. Streets where elderly people chat on the stoop of their apartment [...]
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It’s just occurred to me (while staring hopelessly at the blank page, desperate for something to write about) that in my short and unofficial list of blog posts on various Korean foods, I’ve never written one about the food I eat at least two or three times a week. Kimbap is a Korean staple, and [...]
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You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
