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Plastic Beauty on the Wall…Who Is the Fakest of Them All?

June 27, 2010 eating out

When you walk down the streets of Korea, you’re not just going to the grocery store, or to the bank. You’re making a fashion statement. Or more precisely, you’re joining the fashion statement of the season. My mother confiscated my flip-flops. Apparently it’s a social disgrace to walk around in “2 for $5” Old Navy [...]

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Spring for Life

April 7, 2010 God

There is something very enlightening about spring. Spring might be my favorite season of the year. That’s the one thing I miss about living in a four-seasonal area. Despite the few months of unbearable chill, the way the weather turns, and the way the colors of my environment changes feeds me some sort of exhilarating [...]

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Easter Baptism

April 5, 2010 eating disorders

Yesterday, on Easter Sunday of 2010, my best friend got baptized. She has been my best friend for 12 years. I have been praying for her for 12 years. And yesterday, half the world across, I rejoiced with her for her baptism: the celebration of entering the Kingdom of God. Her name is Jing Wen, [...]

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Yummy Firsts

February 18, 2010 eating disorders

In all things in life, there is a always a First. Your first cry, when you were first yanked so rudely out from your mother’s womb. Your first word “mama”, sending your father into a jealous fit. Your first walk, sending both your parents to rush for the camera. I remember my first time riding [...]

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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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Memes

January 29, 2010 blog awards

Sigh. I’m a bad blogger. A few wonderful people have passed me some awards, but I’ve been neglecting to play along because my posts are always rather long, so I find myself running out of space to squeeze in more information about myself when I’ve already been yabbering away about myself for several paragraphs. In [...]

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