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Growing up my family had a black and tan Dachshund named Mindy. Her world revolved around food. She would carry her little plate by her teeth and bring it to guests, if any food was served to the guests. She would lay down below the rack which held the loaf of bread and growl at all other pets who walked past, even if they showed no interest in the bread. She ate anything and everything without second thought, and one day she ate a Nai Miris (a Sri Lankan chili…
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I offered a bow and an annyeonghaseyo to the first officer I met in my way. As if reanimated he shuffled in place, bowed his head and returned the greeting.
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Life doesn’t Sway from despair to hope and stay in that hope. Life like a pendulum Sways back to despair and again to hope.
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As a millennial kid growing up in Sri Lanka, when the school took you on educational trips you were compelled to scribble something about the sites you saw on a notebook. It was mostly because our teachers made us. But, also we didn’t have mobile phones growing up until late into our teens, and certainly not a mobile phone as smart as a present day Samsung Galaxy or even an iPhone. That’s why they call us the digital pioneers, we adapted to a digital world. Even though a millennial’s experience…
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An elder brother stood by his little brother, shielding him inside a cramped lift. When outside, the little brother raised his head and glanced at his brother who said no words, but yet the little brother knew which direction they were going to hike to next. I took the marine cable car ride in Mokpo, South Korea, with an amazing group of friends, walked along the edge of an island on the decked pathway and ate Korean-Chinese food on a day trip to Mokpo. Yet, the memory that remains at…
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The first sunrise, every year draws thousands of people to the east coast of Korea. People will weather the harsh winter cold and the icy wind, and gather along the beaches of the East Coast to make their wishes as the sun rises on their lives for the first time in the New Year. Gangneung is one of the many towns along the east coast attracting people to this once a year event. Just for that one sunrise, Gangneung becomes attractive in the winter. With the sea to its east…
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