Suna in Wonderland

My 4th day in San Francisco, mom and I received special guest all the way from LA. Yeon Kim used to take care of me when I was in Kenya and he is like a godfather to me. Knowing that he is now living in LA, we gave him a call just to say ‘Hi’. Thanks [...]

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Yesterday (April 5th 2010) was Qing Ming day in China also known as ‘Tomb sweeping day’. Since Joop and I had no tomb to sweep, we decided to make a trip to Nanjing, about 2hour and half minutes by train.
On arrival of Nanjing Station, first happy surprise was that taxi in Nanjing is SUPER CHEAP!! Normal cost [...]

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Today, my German classmate proudly announced that he has girlfriend. Everyone was happy for him and asked about the girl he is dating. Then one Japanese classmate got curious and asked him.
J: “What did you say to her?”
G: “say what?”
J: “I mean, how did you ask girl to be girlfriend?”
G: “Nothing, it just happened.”
J: “But [...]

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Joop and I launched a Korean podcast. Our lesson plan is perfect for people that want to learn some Korean. Stay tuned for a weekly update, with a fresh episode every Tuesday. In the podcast, we explain the meaning of the conversation of the week together with vocabulary. And of course you can find our [...]

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Yesterday (4th Feb, 2010), I went to TV Studio in Shanghai after work. To be honest both my boyfriend and I had no Idea where we were going, just we got free entrance ticket to the show as well as complimentary drinks & Food so we decided to go and find out about the show. [...]

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지금 막 깜지를 묻어주고 오는 길이다. 먼저 간 언니 코나이쪄 건너편에 잘 묻어주고 왔다. (사실 옆에 묻어주고 싶었지만 혹 여나 땅을 파다 코나이쪄를 보게 될까 두려워져 하지 못했다)
집 근처 공원 대나무 숲에 묻어주었는데, 사람들이 너무 많이 지나 다녀 땅을 깊게 파진 못했다. 혹 여나 사람들이 알아채면 못 묻게 할까 봐 걱정이 되어 거의 흙으로 덮어주다시피 [...]

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5 minutes before I leave my parent’s house for airport, I quickly looked around the house for a book . A book that no one will notice even if I take it so that I can throw it when I am done without any guilt. Choice was made. ‘The Grapes of Wrath’. It was stuck [...]

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5:00 am,  in the morning, i had to wake up for marathon. It is the day!
weather was good for running and I was super nervous.
7:30 am, race started. I set to myself  rule that i will just focus on cathcing up person infront of me, and not let other people benid me go over me. [...]

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Recently I felt that Facebook is becoming like Twitter that there is no use of accessing Twitter anymore. Then one night it changed my mind again. A Canadian friend who was my ex-roomate in Sweden contacted me through Facebook saying she is coming to Shanghai in few days. And just like that  I meet her [...]

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I am staying in a suburb of Holland, where there are about 30 sheep around. One day, the owner of sheep told me that she would be separating sheep between mom and child for a year.
“Isn’t that cruel? Why would you separate them intentionally?” I asked her.
Then she replied that child needs to learn to [...]

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