Dealing with Death (죽음을 받아들이는)

Not a light topic especially during one of the most joyous times of the year I am content with discussing this topic as this past week marks one year since my 12-year-old dog passed away due to kidney failure. Death is a hard experience to go through no matter if it is a family member…

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…

Healthy Living (건강한 살기) – Part 1

How healthy is your life?  Since I’ve been back home my diet has changed dramatically than over the last six years. Eating more heavy based carbohydrate meals I have certainly gained some weight this past year. But, I am not worried about the weight gain as much as I am about my health overall. Currently,…

My Life in Three Different Cities (세개의 다른 도시에서의 삶)

As most of you may know I am a born and raised New Yorker who spent the last couple of years living in Korea. But, prior to my Korea/ life abroad I spent nearly five years outside of New York living in various cities along the East Coast of the U.S. My reason for residing…

Christmas in New York ~ New Years in Korea (뉴욕의 크리스마스 ~ 한국의 새해)

This past weekend my family and I celebrated Christmas. Unfortunately, this year we were more solemn with celebrating  because of our family dog’s recent passing and also personal family matters. But, we did keep up our custom tradition of decorating the Christmas tree with family ornaments, buying gifts for one another, attending our church’s midnight…

Losing something precious(귀중한 무언가)

memoir post (last week) It pains me to think that my family dog of almost 12 years won’t make it through the month and be with us much longer. Since last winter, he’s been up and down with brief illnesses and lethargy, but never to the state in which he has now fallen. As the…

Carnival Rain Day (Fall Festival) 비오는 날 카니발(가을 축제)

What I love most about small towns on Long Island are the amount of small unique festivals, shows, concerts, and farmers markets that come to the towns once every weekend or season.  Spring, Summer, and Fall are the prime times that these sort of events take place. Since I’ve been working as a counselor I’ve…

Life Lessons: Learned Lessons (삶의 교훈: 배운 교훈)

As a part of my Yeppuntwenties section I wanted to share a few life lessons that I have learned or re-learned in recent years.  These lessons each taught me something new about myself and my life. I hope that these learned lessons provide an opportunity for others to view their life experiences in a more…

High School Counselor(나는 고등학교 상담 교사 입니다)

“Ms. Sabine, how many kids do you want make?”   “Huh, how many kids do I want to what?” I replied. “How many kids do you want to make?” this was a conversation between me and one of my international students just this past weekend.  It was not the typical conversation starter I am asked…

우리 고향 소개

  제의 고향 헌팅턴/헌팅톤 안녕하세요. 저는 사빈입니다. 나는 롱 아일랜드에서 태어나고 제가뉴요커입니다. 우리 부모님은 1980년에서 롱 아일랜드로 이사했다고 여기에 내가 언니도 태어났습니다. 어린 시절부터 나는 헌팅턴에서 자랐습니다. 우리 아버지의사촌랑 같은 동네 살고 함께 자랐습니다. 내 고향 먼저 늦은 1600 년대에 정착했습니다. 그 때 아메리카 원주민 헌팅턴에서 살았습니다.  옛 헌팅턴도 바다에 가까운 무역 도시 였습니다.  …

운전할때

롱아일랜드 뉴욕에서 모든 사는 사람이 차 소유해요. 롱아일랜드 살면 운전해야돼요. 그 근체에 전철 없다고 모든 마을가 좀 멀지요. 차 타면15-20분 쯤 걸려요. 저는 롱아일랜드에서 태어났는데15살때 고등학교갈때 운전을 배웠어요. 16살에는 운전면허를 받았는데 그 때 부터 제가 독립적으로 운전해요. 17살에는 우리 어머니의차 운전했고 그등학교, 내 학교 스포츠 연습장, 백화점들, 내 친구집, 식당들, 국장들, 내 삼천집도 운전을 많이했죠….

내가 집에 오전 때

요즙은 더운 날씨 왔어서 쉬는 날 있으면 집에 계속 있어요. 내가 집에 오전 때 기분이 좋아요. 자주 평일에는 너무 바쁘지 – 매일 일 있고 알바도 있어요. 나는 일으로 운전하되요. 제 평일 너무 바쁜 것 같은데 그래서 쉬는 날 있으면 집에 계속 있어요. 언제 쉬는 날 나오면 내가 음식을 요리하고 한국어를 공부하고 책을 읽고 영화를 보고 그림을…