Easing back into island life with aloha and lei making20230827080041
Easing back into island life with aloha and lei making
August 27, 2023bougainvillea, culture, customs, flowers, friendship, hawaii, leaves, Lei, lei making, song of india, ti leaf0 comments
This summer has been a blur of planning, packing, and moving as we relocated to Hawaii from South Korea. After more than a decade abroad, it was time ...
Prayers for Peace: 70 Years of Separation20230425090059
Prayers for Peace: 70 Years of Separation
My husband and I had the opportunity to visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) last week. These ribbons are prayers tied to the fence that divides North a...
10 Things I’ve Learned Living in South Korea20210912114500
10 Things I’ve Learned Living in South Korea
1. Public restrooms offer soap on a stick. There are restrooms where you’ll find soap in a dispenser or no soap at all, but blue and on a stick ...
Korea celebrates Buddha’s birthday20210519060000
Korea celebrates Buddha’s birthday
May 19, 2021bongeunsa, buddhasbirthday, buddhisttemple, heungryunsa, lanterns, lotuslanternfestival, seoul, songdo, southkorea0 comments
Today is Buddha’s birthday, and Korea celebrates with the Lotus Lantern Festival (Yeon Deung Hoe). We had the pleasure of visiting two temples r...
Gangnam style touring20210510091500
Gangnam style touring
Last week, the kids had a long weekend, so we booked a getaway in Seoul. Though the city is only an hour’s drive from where we live, it was stil...
Welcome to my blog20210501060003
Welcome to my blog
I have started this blog to share my thoughts, stories, and tidbits about life, being Asian and an expat. In between will also be updates on my writin...