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Working from home since last April, it's good to c

Working from home since last April, it's good to change the environment from time to time. The ability to working remotely was probably the favorite part of the job I created for the last 10 years. Thanks to @ovibosco, once again I'm able to work remotely. We took a short trip down to #Girdwood to visit @resortalyeska.

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I was working but took breaks for little adventures. It was a strange feeling to be at a ski resort as one of the only people who doesn't downhill ski. I rode the tram full of skiers to the top of the mountain to have lunch with the view. Went out for cross country skiing at the nearby trail (like a 2-minute walk), enjoyed fine dining (the sushi 🍣!), went ice skating at the Pond, and worked in the room and around the property. I'm not sure if #workacation is even a word but I thought it was a very appropriate expression.

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#bucketliving #travelAlaska

Always fun to ride the tram 🚡 at @resortalyeska

Always fun to ride the tram 🚡 at @resortalyeska to the top of the mountain! 🏔 I do the time lapse every time I ride the tram. Because it’s fun and I can’t get enough of it! 🎞

When I first came to #Alaska, I asked around "Wher

When I first came to #Alaska, I asked around "Where's the best Japanese restaurant in town?" 🍣 Many people said Sakura at @resortalyeska. Given the fact that it was owned by a Japanese company for about 20 years, it's not a surprise. I've been to the resort a handful of times but only to escort guests so I never had a chance. But this weekend I sat down with a table full of fresh seafood at Sakura. How glad that I finally did! We ordered the Combo Boat, which served in a very impressive display. We absolutely loved king salmon and fatty tuna sashimi (of course), and the familiar flavor of seaweed salad was delightful. I feel like I'm still full of this delightfulness. My little #workcation is going great.

*We were seated at a ballroom instead of the restaurant to keep the social distancing regulation.*

#TravelAlaska #ShowupforAlaska

My weekend in @discovervaldez was full of pleasant

My weekend in @discovervaldez was full of pleasant surprises. There are so many stories to tell, but one of my favorite places was #ValdezGlacier ❄️, which is right near the town. Due to the high activity this summer, now the frozen glacial lake is full of icebergs with all sorts of shapes and sizes. I've been to glaciers, many of them, but this was really an amazing experience. We climbed into crevasses, ice caves, and big arches that were carved by water and wind. Nature is the most gifted artist. The colors, the shapes, and the sizes! We had a great time exploring this magnificent place. If you haven't noticed, I'm falling hard for #Valdez.

This weekend is the famous Ice Climbing Festival i

This weekend is the famous Ice Climbing Festival in @discovervaldez. The frozen waterfalls at #KeystoneCanyon provide amazing backdrop and playground for ice climbers. I never thought I’d enjoy looking at frozen waterfalls and these are out of this world looking! 🧗🏻‍♀️🧊❄️ Good luck, climbers!

#iceClimbing #DiscoverValdez

Guess what he's saying? 😆 Today, #MuskoxMonday

Guess what he's saying? 😆
Today, #MuskoxMonday, I visited these amazing animals. Ever since I got to know about musk ox, I felt incredibly close to them. When someone asked me about my spirit animal, musk ox came to my mind. Although I haven't seen them in their natural habitat, after learning, reading, and visiting them at the @muskoxfarm, I feel we have a special connection. I named my company @ovibosco after them. Ovibos is the genus name of the musk ox, an ancient mammal that persevered through the Ice Age. It’s called oomingmak (or umingmak) by Alaskan Natives. The characteristics of musk ox are the principles I want to follow as a company, and actually as a person. I want to be sturdy; withstanding any challenges blocking our success. I want to be protective of my clients and my friends and invite them into my ‘herd’. I strive to be timeless; applying ideas and practices that last a long time. I'm strong but have a soft side that’s the most valuable, just like #qiviut. If you can tell, yes, I thought and learned a lot about musk ox over the years. As I'm tying this, I'm wearing a neckwarmer knitted with qiviut. I'm looking forward to learning more about them as I visit @muskoxfarm again and again, and hopefully see them in the Arctic tundra someday.

#bucketliving #travelphotography #travelalaska

The setting sun always brings out the dramatic sid

The setting sun always brings out the dramatic side of the landscape. I was lucky enough to fly in a helicopter with @flyalphaair yesterday during the sunset hours. In Alaska, we get a pretty long 'golden hour'. We flew over the Alaska Range and the Chugach Mountains, before landing back in Anchorage. I couldn't take my eyes off of this beautifully lit ridgeline. Looking down at the untouched vast wilderness, I felt small but thankful to be able to live among this beauty. Nature never ceases to amaze. 🌄

Winter vibe among big cottonwood trees in @matsuva

Winter vibe among big cottonwood trees in @matsuvalleyak Matanuska River Park. Fresh snow. Big trees. Frozen rivers. And a hot cup of tea with winter scenery. ❄️ 🌳 ⛄️

📸 @bohemiantraveler

SHARING Food brings people together. You can sha

SHARING

Food brings people together. You can share a table full of simple meal without knowing how to speak each other's languages. It's representation of the culture, the household, and the people. That's what I strongly believe as a Korean. Some memories are stronger than others, and that's #Kyrgyzstan for me. As soon as we step into a yurt in the middle of the mountains, the mother scoops fermanted horse's milk for her foreign guests. We share a dense bread baked in the wood stove with butter and jam. It's comforting. No matter where we went, there was always a #yurt somewhere with hot food, comfortable speeing mat, and of course, a bucket full of #kumis, fermanted horses' milk, that I actually quite enjoyed.

Winters are colorful in the North. I love this tin

Winters are colorful in the North. I love this tint of early morning sky, I often call it the Arctic pink. There’s no bright green grass or wild flower patches but the colors we see in the wintertime is even more special. This beautiful and gentle color is quite hard to capture in a camera because it’s so much more glorious in real life. But I did my best. Lovely, lovely time of the year. ☀️ ❄️

Yesterday I was suddenly reminded of this photo in

Yesterday I was suddenly reminded of this photo in my head. This is the doorway of one of the yurts we stayed in #kyrgyzstan. After a long day of hike or horseback adventure across the mountains, it was such a welcoming sight. A faint scent of smoke and a friendly smile, a hot pot of tea and bread with sweets. I was just there just three years ago but I feels so much longer than that. Maybe because we have so little human interaction these days, that’s why I thought of this little slice of peaceful place and the people who welcomed me into their home. 🛖

Living in Alaska for 3 years and some months, I st

Living in Alaska for 3 years and some months, I still get very excited to see #moose. There are about 1500 moose living in #Anchorage so you run into them every now and then. This winter especially, because I'm here a lot more and exploring more of our trails, I've been running into many moose every week. They sit in the snow-covered forest, use the plowed trails to move around, and find something to eat. Observing wildlife has been one of the best aspects of living in Alaska, as I grew up in a big city but always loved nature. I met this handsome young bull moose at Flattop Mountain (pictured behind the moose with the 'flat' top) in Chugach State Park. It was early morning, quiet and serene, was a magical moment. I don't know if I ever not be excited to see one of these funny-looking gentle mammals.

Happy New Year everyone! ❄️ ☀️ Probably th

Happy New Year everyone! ❄️ ☀️ Probably the most collectively tumultuous year is finally over. So many have happened. I'm sure many of you have been through a different kind of life-changing experience in 2020. I have. My work, my health, going more than a year without seeing our families, spending so much time at home, watching the world almost fall apart, and finding small happiness in between. There have been many tears, cries, and worries, but also smiles, laughter, and joyful moments. I don't know what the year will bring. But all we can do is to try hard to control the aspects that we actually can control. Stay positive. Focus on what's really important in life. Care for others and don't forget to take care of yourself. We can do it. 💗🙌🏼

WINTER SOLSTICE ☀️ ❄️ Today marks the sh

WINTER SOLSTICE ☀️ ❄️

Today marks the shortest day of the year. In Alaska, both Summer Solstice and #WinterSolstice are days of celebration. Today, we salute the sun and its return. Sunlight is sacred in these parts of the world, that our lifestyle depends on it. To celebrate this day, I'm sharing a few photos of the most magical winter sky, from #Utqiagvik, the northernmost town in the United States. There's something magical about the #Arctic sky, the shades of pink and purple, what I call 'the Arctic pink', is subtle yet simply stunning. I would walk to the end of town every morning to capture this glorious morning light. Lucky though, even in Anchorage we get these magical pink shades of morning and evening sky. I'm eating some red bean porridge, my Korean tradition to chase bad spirits away for the year, and celebrate the return of the Sun today. 🥣 ☀️ ❄️

HAPPY DIWALI 🪔 I wish happy #Diwali to everyo

HAPPY DIWALI 🪔

I wish happy #Diwali to everyone who celebrates. I was lucky to know such a wonderful culture during my travels, met many kind people who shared with me. I can see the bright street lights in #Singapore’s Little India, beautiful garment in India, and celebrations in Malaysia. Although this photo wasn’t taken during Diwali, I thought of this beautiful woman who I met in #Varanasi, India 🇮🇳. Celebrate light today, and everyday.

WINTER IS HERE ❄️ Anchorage got a lot of sno

WINTER IS HERE ❄️

Anchorage got a lot of snow over the weekend. It’s the first real snow of this winter and I’m thrilled. People often asked that if winter in Alaska was too harsh. But in fact, winter is so much more fun when we’re able to enjoy the outdoors! Thanks to our amazing park maintenance staff, we get to ride these fine trails all winter long. I took out my dusty skis for the first time this season and ran into these guys. ⛄️ I love seeing neighbors out enjoying this fine winter day no matter what weather. And certainly it’s the most wonderful with this amount of snow. Winter is here! Who’s excited? 🎿

CHUSEOK. WE GIVE THANKS. 🍂 Today is Chuseok ho

CHUSEOK. WE GIVE THANKS. 🍂

Today is Chuseok holiday in Korea, to say thanks to our ancestors for an upcoming harvest season🌾. It happens on the day of the 8th full moon🌕 (Aug 15 in lunar calendar). I would have been cooking for the last three days with my mom. Frying fish, making mungbean pancake, steaming mugwort rice cake, and making a variety of other food for the ceremony table. As the only daughter of the oldest son, I always cooked next to my mom as long as I could remember. It's so engraved in my life that I miss the smell of food and the feeling of shared labor in the family this time of year. For a brief moment in my life, I used to not like that we were such a traditional family, especially when I wanted to use this rare holiday as my vacation. But it was a foolish talk. I'm longing for the feeling of family and cooking with my mom. I'm quite the master at making mungbean pancake. So this is my attempt to be authentic on my holiday - mugwort rice cake with sesame filling and mungbean-like pancake. My mom personally made the mugwort dough with mugwort she harvested the year before and I brought them here (precious!). If you know Korean in your life, celebrate with them! And be kind especially if they are expats or immigrants. Happy Chuseok, look for the moon tonight. 🌕🍁

#fullmoonfestival #추석 #추석음식

WHEN THE VIEW OVERWHELMS YOU 🏔 (Swipe right to

WHEN THE VIEW OVERWHELMS YOU 🏔
(Swipe right to see from sunrise to sunset)

Denali National Park is a great place to witness Alaska's vast wilderness and wildlife. But the hot topic of the visit is always 'is the mountain out?'. This 20,310 ft #Denali Mountain creates its weather system, so it's often hidden in the clouds.
Once a year @denalinps hosts a #DenaliRoadLottery2020 (the one and only 92.5-mile park road is closed for private vehicles other than a few exceptions) and visitors can drive their cars to the end of the road. Luckily, I won! We went to the park this week, didn't expect too much. Just the fact that we could drive into the park would be special enough. Then we saw this view. We got a sunny day and spectacular views of Denali from sunrise to sunset. When I camped and explored the park this summer for five days we didn't even see a glimpse of Denali and I said 'the wildlife and nature are special enough'. But I take it back. This view is really something. The Denali mountain is not only the highest peak in North America, it's the tallest mountain in the world. More than 80% of the mountain is taller than the foothills. And it's hard to understand what it actually means until you see this view. We drove to the end, the view got better and better. We didn't see much wildlife this time but the view alone totally made our day.

The name “Denali” stems from “deenaalee” meaning "high" or "tall," which is from the Koyukon Athabascan language traditionally spoken on the north side.

Thank you @denalinps for this amazing opportunity. Keep up the good work, see you next summer!

#bucketliving #travelphotography

TRAVEL IS CHANGED FOREVER, ISN'T IT? This quarant

TRAVEL IS CHANGED FOREVER, ISN'T IT?

This quarantine has been a good opportunity for me to reorganize my photos. A few winters back, I lived in Budapest for a month before moving on to Romania. It was the second time being in Eastern Europe for me, which I loved. And since it was almost Christmas, the whole city was magically decorated. Oh, the Christmas market. #Budapest is historic and modern, full of beautiful architecture. My favorite was all the hot springs (big fan of natural hot spring here) and this night scenery. Budapest is really-really pretty at night, especially this Hungarian Parliament Building and Danube River. There' something so magical about historic European buildings. It does look like it could be part of Hogwarts! This photo reminded the time that we traveled from one place to another without thinking much about it. I hopped on countless airplanes, trains, buses, boats, trolleys, tuk-tuks, and all sorts of transportations around the world for nearly 10 years. As I'm grounded for five months and who knows for how long, I couldn't help but think that the way of traveling is changed forever. Maybe sometimes excessive traveling won't be part of life for quite some time for everyone. We'll have to make more thoughtful and careful choices where, when, and how we travel. I don't know what's next for me but I have to think that the world will be changed for the better.

#bucketliving

AURORA SEASON IS HERE Our days are still long bu

AURORA SEASON IS HERE

Our days are still long but the nights are getting darker. In Alaska, that means it's #aurora season! For the past three seasons, since I moved here, I spent a good amount of time on the road, outside, endured 0 or negative degrees weather (Fahrenheit that is), to catch a glimpse of this mysterious light. Well, we know why it happens, exactly, scientifically. But I can't help but think that it's so magical and there's much more beyond our understanding. If you've seen a good showing, you'd think the same. I especially like catching the northern lights in autumn because it creates a very unique foreground for photography. As you can see in this one of my favorite photos, do you see the autumn foliage on the tree and the mountains? (And Taurus constellation) I just love this combination. Autumn is almost here, nights are getting darker, so it's time for me to gear up!

#bucketliving #northernlights #longexposure

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