Stories of a couch potato
I procrastinate on just about everything, and this includes eating. Especially if I have to make it myself. Although my undomestic self is completely adverse to spending time in the kitchen, my boyfriend managed to convince me to try out Chef’s Plate with him, a subscription service that delivers fresh ingredients to your door every week, … Read More
You should always go to the beach in deep winter. My boyfriend and I went to Picton, a small community part of Prince Edward County, Ontario. It was in between Christmas and New Year, where all the shops only opened twice a week, and you got lucky if it didn’t close at 6pm. For two … Read More
My obsession with the river began with getting lost. I wanted to go to Seonyudo, what seemed to be a small island on the river. But after almost an hour-long journey, I realized that I must have passed it and ended up at Seongsan Bridge, one of 27 bridges that cross the Han River. I … Read More
On my first full day in Korea, I stayed in a part of Incheon called Cheong-na. When I first placed the reservation for my Airbnb, I clearly did not know what I was signing up for. It was a rainy morning. I woke up in a bedroom that wasn’t mine, and remembered quickly that I … Read More
This is what all the blog posts say: “Hongdae is lively,” “It’s where the night life is at,” “It’s cool and hip,” etc. This is what they don’t say: Hongdae smells like garbage. The first thing I noticed when I left through exit 6 of Hongik University station (the station where “Hongdae” is located) was the … Read More