Inspiring Millennials – No.2 (영감을주는 천년 세대)

How many of us aspire to not only make a difference in our communities, but also aspire to lead them? How many millennials between ages 18-35 can see themselves as leaders? As an inspiring blogger and fervent supporter of an open, welcoming, and diverse world I use social media & blogging as my platform to…

Language Learning, TOPIK, & Translation Interest (언어 학습, 토픽, 번역 관심사)

As some of you may know Korean is my second most used language after English. While it technically is my fourth in-class learned language after Spanish and Japanese and sixth immersed language after (Haitian) Creole, French, (American) English, Spanish, and Japanese it has become my secondary dominant language choice for professional and personal reasons over…

Healthy Living (건강한 살기) – Part 2

Are you healthy where you live? A few days ago after the celebration of Buddha’s birthday in South Korea there was a major yellow dust storm that enveloped most if not all of the Korean Peninsula(* from the west to east coast).  In conversations with my expat friends, and fellow Koreans I know I felt…

Family Traditions(가족 전통): Village Mindset

“You can take the villager out of the village but you can’t take the village out of the villager” this is a well-known saying with unknown original origins as many nations would agree that their villages define the essence of their villagers: always with home in their minds. Like my father and my father’s father…

Inspiring Millennials – No.1 (영감을주는 천년 세대)

In this day and age there is always somebody new, young or old, who is making history  through technology, music, television, films, YouTube/social media, activism/ change, blogging/writing, public speaking, etc.  With the advancement of connectivity and the world continuing to become more globalized nearly all people are able to receive an opportunity to inspire others….