One of top things on my list of places to go to on my first return trip to South Korea since leaving in 2023 was Suwon. My old hometown. My stomping and sliding grounds in winter. The place I had chosen as my home away from home for a year based on a google image …
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First time back to South Korea
Earlier this year, I went back to South Korea for a holiday since leaving in 2023. It was only for a week (all the annual leave I had left) but I was so excited to go back and dip into my personal nostalgic world. Excited seems like an understatement. I carefully crafted my itinerary- I …
With A Swipe Card That Works
I always make sure I put a comment in my hotel booking for a quiet room. I wouldn't be able to stand a room right in front of the elevators and have the 'ding' go off every 3 seconds or people congregating right outside. To be frank, if I wanted to have interrupted sleep, I …
Souvenirs from South Korea
Aside from the many memories, photos and letters from students, I did buy some keepsakes to 'remind' me of my year of living in South Korea. Always keeping my eye out for pieces that I love, souvenirs are such a special objects that I hope I can have a place one day to display them …
1 Month Home- Reverse Culture Shock and Happenings
Since arriving home, I got sick immediately with some sinus infection which took me about 2 weeks to shake off. Good thing I had no plans. I have seldom ventured out of the house with no place to be and not really anywhere I want to see. This is in complete contrast to being abroad …
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From the West to the East and Now Back
Growing up as a first generation Australian from a migrant family, I guess there were certain expectations. My parents had come to seek a better life in Australia. I was fortunate to have grown up in very multicultural surroundings. My primary school was a melting pot of the world. We were all first generation Australians …
Getting Lost On Purpose
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference Robert Frost It always seems that society thrusts a map in the hands of everyone dictating what they should do. It's the acceptable path to take. Why would you possibly need to …
Peeping To The Outside World
They have finally allowed Australians to leave this island! Huzzah! Something that I have always struggled with is just how far we are from the rest of the world. Flying excitement is short lived until you realise that it's going to be about 5 hours until you clear flying over Australia to Asia. In the …
Travel Attachment And Shoes
I have always been a shoe person if you will. A quite picky shoe person to ensure that I didn't buy plastic moulds for my feet or ones that were like having concrete slabs wrapped to my feet. I like to invest in a pair that would last me years. Of course, these then all …
Travel Dreams
Dreaming has been difficult in the past year. One dream I've always had for the past decade was to travel. I wanted to see the world. I wanted to be walking through the highest peaks and lowest troughs of the world. I wanted to see all the animals and wonders of the world that I'd …
Lingo in Transit 
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