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A Korean Education

July 1, 2010 eating out

Hello, kids. Today’s topic will be “Education in Korea and Why You Should Thank Your Lucky Stars You Are Not A Student Here.” Or simply, “Education in Korea: Sophia’s POV”. Now, sit up straight and get out your pen. I’m going to quiz you later. Remember my cousin Yoonji? I mentioned briefly that she goes [...]

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HK Day One: I Nearly Cried

May 18, 2010 eating out

When my friend Jing Wen woke me up to hurry to the airport just two and a half hours after I fell asleep, I nearly cried; I was so tired! I dragged myself out of bed, did some last-minute packing, and hailed a cab to the airport. And then I found out that we were [...]

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Guest Post: Pizza McAdam

February 26, 2010 eating out

I am absolutely thrilled to have already received a few entries to my “You Are What You Cook” Challenge. I hope you haven’t forgotten about it…because the deadline is March 7th…So get your creative culinary brains churning! Meanwhile, let me give you yet another example of an awesome challenge post. I was very honored when [...]

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I Am What I Cook

February 5, 2010 My story

My Korean name is “So Hyun”. And my Chinese name is “Su Xian.” You know my English name: Sophia. Guess what? All of them mean similar things. The “So” and “Su” in my Korean and Chinese name means “intrinsically” or “naturally”. And the “Hyun” and “Xian” has many definitions, but one of them is “wisdom”. [...]

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New Year’s Self-Reflection: The Final Of The Beginning

January 5, 2010 blog meet-up

I’m on the flight back to Los Angeles right now, taking advantage of the free wi-fi promotion on Virgin America. I’m also trying very, very hard not to puke as the plane rocks up and down like a raft in a stormy sea…urgh…Please, just at least let me finish this blog post before I puke [...]

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Series of Unfortunate Events in NYC

January 3, 2010 eating out

I’m back from my New Year trip to NYC. And boy…what an eye-opening way to start off the New Year! Let me put it straight out: it was a horrid trip. And not because of the weather, as I originally feared. In fact, the weather was perfect. The weather people were wrong and there was [...]

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