“When are you coming back home?”
It’s a question I get every time I return home.
What’s different about it now is that I get it from two different places when I return.
Continue readingDelight 18: Sojourning
A Not-So-Definitive and Completely Biased Ranking of Korean Shows
So…I’ve been trying to write more. Write a little every day. And guess what? I’ve been fairly successful, hitting my goal of writing at least 200 words a day. (Not nearly what I used to write every day, but hey, I’ll take what I can get at this point). But of course, in succeeding in writing my fiction stuff, my blog dropped off the radar….so yeah. Here I am again.
This time I thought I’d just start off with something fun and easy: a totally biased ranking of Korean shows I’ve watched….’cause I do love a good Korean show. Plus, I just got back from an amazing trip to Korea, so I’m super pumped to share some of my favorites with you all. A little caveat, if you’re looking for some recommendations for Kdrama romance shows, I’m afraid I’m not going to be much help to you. I’m not a romance fan and have watched very few romantic ones. I’m also not one for “slice of life” or sitcom-y type shows. I like action and crime ones, so….here we are.
Anywho, here we go. Going from my least to most favorite (with titles linked to the trailers if you’re curious):
Continue readingThe Words of Eternal Life
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68-69).
This is one of my absolute favorite Scripture verses and one I find myself returning to again and again.
I recently returned from an amazing vacation to Vietnam (known now in my mind as “The Great Food and Coffee Tour of Vietnam”) and mixed in with all of the delicious food, beautiful sites, and grand adventures, one of the most precious memories of this trip is getting to have deep, meaningful conversations with some friends that I haven’t gotten to know very well up until this point.
Continue readingDelight 17: Problems, printers, and pandas
Everything changed when the third grade attacked.
Okay, I’m being dramatic and just like to channel Avatar: The Last Air Bender at any and every given moment. But the last few weeks have flown by in the slowest way possible – yes, somehow it is true to blink and a month has gone by, but every day feels like a week long.
Continue readingDelight 16: Introversion vs. Isolation
Some people are surprised to find out that I’m an introvert. And granted, I’m a little surprised at how much I’ve changed too.
I used to be much more outwardly visible as an introvert – didn’t speak up much, was shy around strangers, vanished at parties after a while.
Lately, I’m much more likely to speak up and meet new people (though inwardly a lot of the time I’m still cringing about how much I don’t like doing these kinds of things). But honestly, I am getting better at it. I’m not quite the awkward turtleduck in conversation that I used to be – I even, dare I say it, enjoy it sometimes?
Continue readingDelight 15: “Noise”
![Stray Kids brew up a storm in Thunderous new music video [WATCH]](https://i.zoomtventertainment.com/story/Stray_Kids_Thunderous_NOEASY_0.png?tr=w-1200,h-900)
Warning: Nerd Post Alert.
With that out of the way, to no one’s great surprise, I love music (I mean, don’t we all love some form of music?). But more than that, I like “noisy” music. And I like learning about the writing/producing process behind albums.
So you can imagine my delight when my favorite kpop group, Stray Kids (yes, they’ve replaced BTS), came out with a new album named Noi(ea)sy. Even better when I found out they made it as a response to criticism that their music was “noise.”
Continue readingDelight 14: Insomnia?
The conversation went something like this:
“I haven’t struggled with insomnia like this since my most stressful semester in college.”
“How did you cope then?”
“I muscled through it and got pneumonia at the end of the year.”
“Great.”
Continue readingDelight 13: Scarcity
I don’t why I always end up circling back to food when I write, but I do.
I really love food and it is one of my great delights to try lots of new foods. I can’t always say that these ventures are successful – sometimes I end up like Dean Winchester in the image above where a lizard is a lizard and cannot be improved upon – but I will at least try everything once. If I don’t like it, sorry, I probably won’t eat it again.
Continue readingDelight 12: Quarantine
I’m on Day 7 of a 14 day hotel quarantine. This – after several looooong travel days back to Malaysia, including a 10 hour layover in Amsterdam (layovers should really never be longer than 4-5 hours, in my humble opinion), 2 1/2 hours to get through immigration, and an hour long drive to the hotel – is actually quite pleasant for me.
I know, I’m weird.
Continue readingDelight 11: Hope in Grief
I used to be top dog priority in my house before I went overseas.
I don’t mean in a “I was more important than everyone else in the household.” I was just literally my dogs’ top priority. Any time I went upstairs, there was a scramble of paws on the staircase behind me as my dogs raced me to the top to join me in taking a nap, working on homework, reading a book; really whatever it was, they just wanted to be a part of it. To sit at the foot of my bed and maybe get in a belly rub while they were at it.
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