A bit more than a year has passed since I shared about my coffee aspirations. So what happened? Let’s just say that the journey has not been smooth. I had a recent trip to Baguio, as I sought inspiration to … Continue reading TJE 40: Seeking Coffee Inspiration
Caffeine Did you think of coffee right after? No surprise there, coffee is the main source of that unregulated stimulant. I was first drawn to coffee by the need to stay awake. However, I realized there’s more to it than … Continue reading TJE 38: A New Journey
I am leaving South Korea very, very soon – in just (a few) hours. And I thought I’d post one more before surrendering my alien registration card to the immigration officer. For about three years and seven months, I was … Continue reading TJE 32: 8 Things I will miss in Seoul and South Korea in General
Hurray to another travel video! I’ve been trying to finish travelogues while the internet connection is still super fast. (More on that later.) For the past 3 summers, in 2012 – 2014, I was occasionally wake boarding in the rivers … Continue reading TJE 30: Enjoying the Rivers of Korea
Sticking to my battle against procrastination, I once again finished another travelogue. This is a short video showing how I obtained an open water diver’s license. It had been my dream to obtain a certification in SCUBA diving since trying … Continue reading TJE 29: The right timing: Obtaining my Open Water Diver’s License
(Start with Introduction or read the previous post) A week before going to the US, I was playing with the website roadtrippers.com, which I just found out then. I prepared an itinerary for Jen et al. for the week I … Continue reading TJE 26: Seeking Enchantment (On the Road in a Big Country… Again! Part 5)
(Read Introduction or Part 2) One of the cool things about traveling is seeing stuff that I learned in school. Places, creatures and objects, which in the past were witnessed only in pictures and existed in the imagination, materialize. December … Continue reading TJE 24: Seeing Giants (On the Road in a Big Country… Again! Part 3)
I don’t really get homesick when overseas. However, I have to admit that there are bouts of loneliness and inexplicable sadness. And I will open up even further, that it happened to me recently. That’s why a visit by my … Continue reading TJE 16: The visited at last
There was not a time I remember in which I provided luxury to my parents ever since I started my career and became self-sufficient. But recently, thanks to a chance vacation, I was able to do so for my mom. I brought her to experience the Music of the Night. Chuseok, the harvest festival and a major holiday in Korea, gave an opportunity for us working here to have 6 days off from work. I grabbed the chance to take a quick vacation in the Philippines! I’ve mentioned previously that my recent home leave was travel packed, and that I … Continue reading TJE 14: Mom, the Music of the Night and my Musical Addiction
