Tag: asia
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Family
Guangzhou When I was younger, I would go back to China to visit my extended relatives every few years. We would arrive like strangers but would leave like we had been living together for years. The big family dinners at the restaurants were filled with different emotions – joy from jokes and funny stories, annoyance…
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The Road Ahead
My sister and I once asked my mom to give us each a Chinese proverb. For mine, she gave me this: 不要心急, 要積極. which it’s meaning is translated to “don’t be impatient, but persevere”. Sinchon Station Exit 8 The real beginning started this month. I moved away from the cozy neighbourhood in Gangnam-gu and settled…
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Beginnings
“There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis 14:37 Incheon Airport There was a fear I didn’t want to bring to words because saying it out loud made it sound real. I was relieved to be alive when we landed. The recent plane accidents reminded me how close I am…
I. L. Chang 