So this is what most people think- that I don’t have a preference for a specific genre when it comes to movies, books, or TV shows. Instead, what determines a good book, movie, etc., for me is the story. I’ll even like a horror movie as long as it has a good story-line. (And no, not…
Other than Kpop, I am a huge fan of KDramas. I know, I know, I hear all the sighs and eye rolls through the screen. How much more Korean can I get, right? Turns out, KDramas are not just popular in Korea. Generally, everyone thinks KDramas are a pastiche of cliche elements of fiction. I…
So as I’ve already blogged, I went to Vancouver to see my favourite Kpop band, EXO, during the long weekend. It was just AMAZING. There are not enough words in the total of 1,025,109 English words for me to describe how awesome it was. I was in the GA, a.k.a. the pit, and the 2000…
As we near the end of our 12 years in high school, especially those of us who are in grade in grade 11 right now, many are probably looking to gain a little bit of either work or university experience before we write our university applications. (This is a real thing guys, you’re almost…
As you may or may not know, I am an EXO-L. As in, I am a huge fan of EXO, a Kpop boy group. Since last year, many of the fans, including myself, have had some heartbreaking moments as 3 of the members quit and etcetera and etcetera. However, with the beginning of 2016, the…
The title of this blog tells nothing, yet, you came in knowing exactly what it was about: the hydrogen bomb. But surprise! This will tell you little about the bomb itself, but more about the human psyche. Of Aesop’s fables, there is a tale of a shepherd who, out of boredom, screams for help…
Living in an increasingly globalized and interconnected society, we often see food options that are not native to where we live. Needless to say, Japanese food is one of these options. Although people want to explore new cuisines, they are intimidated by the idea that Japanese people only eat sushi. There indeed is a negative…
What is this about? Having a society based on pressure for high achievements in all walks of life, reverence for aesthetics, and strict maintenance of the Confucian hierarchy, the Republic of Korea understandably has an annually increasing rate of suicide. It has maintained its second place in the OECD Suicide Rates for a long time.…
While the news nowadays in the world consists of terrible things, such as the Paris attacks. However, to the students in Korea, there is nothing more stressful than college entrance exams. In the Republic of Korea, these standardized college exam (College Scholastic Aptitude Test) is taken extremely seriously. On the day of the English listening…
This summer, I had the honor of participating in a 6-week pre-college program at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn). This program is run by Summer Discovery, and allows high school students to get a taste of college life. There, I took the Introduction to Biology 101 course and lab course, which was worth 1.5 university…
Think Netflix offers everything you wanted to watch? Well think again. Here are 5 classic movies that totally should be on Netflix. Winnie the Pooh Remember the good old days when Eeyore was always too sad, Winnie the Pooh wanted to spell love and Tigger was always bouncing? The other day, I was…
Since everyone probably has already seen enough Easter related events advertised in Calgary, I decided to collect non-Easter related events taking place April 3 through 5th. Enjoy your weekend everyone. King Lear at the Max Bell Theatre One of the greatest Shakespeare tragedies, King Lear is in Calgary from April 1 – 12 featuring…
While I was in New York last week, I saw an interesting looking building. It was as though the surface of the building had waves. That building turned out to be a creation of a Canadian architect. Born in Toronto under Polish Jewish parents, Frank Gehry, at the age of 86, is a…
In a world where social media brings people together, doing certain things online can bring you a lot of hate. Avoid doing any of the following actions: Photoshop Mania It gets really annoying when you keep seeing selfie spams of one person especially if the photos are not original. Don’t photoshop or filter your…
The play production of The Hobbit was presented at The Storybook Theatre on February 19, 2015. The story is set in Middle-Earth, an imaginary place where elves, trolls, goblins, dwarves, wizards, dragons, and hobbits, people who are half of the size of normal men, live. An evil dragon by the name of Smaug had taken…