Paris is no doubt must-see place on everyone’s list. It’s one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations, with its history, food scene, and unique atmosphere, receiving 44 million visitors per year. Situated beautifully along the Seine River, Paris is picture-perfect. So many artists have adopted this great city as their second home because there […]
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Three-Day Rule On my first backpacking trip, I almost booked my flight back to Korea on the third day. It was a month-long trip, but I remembered what my dad said, “You can always change your ticket if you want to come home early.” On the third day, I was lying on my hostel bed
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Please Support #aweasia14 Thanks everyone who supported AWE ’13! Because of your help and affection, we successfully hosted our very first global conference. Asian Women’s Empowerment Conference 2014 ✪ Presented by AWE Organization (founder: Juno Kim) ✪ Website: http://conference.aweasia.org ✪ Twitter: @aweasia #aweasia14 ✪ Facebook: AWE Organization Last year, I wanted to present this idea to all of you
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Why I Went Snowboarding in Cairngorm Mountain When the Wind was Blowing 45mph So here’s the story. Invershnecky was dreich. It was blowing a gale but the mountain was surely bonnie. Because of the weather it wasn’t awfully hoachin. We put on a pair of red salopettes. I had to nip to the loo in
I Love Winter Again Winter was my favorite seasons while growing up. (Korea has four equally divided seasons.) I remember one winter we got so much snow, I felt like swimming. We went ice skating, snow and ice sledding, and made lots and lots of snowmen each year. There’s a great photo of my mom
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You can feel it when you are with the right kind of people. The positive energy filling in the room is hard to miss. It’s a powerful feeling. That’s the first impression I got from meeting the AWE participants. When we had the organizers and speakers’ meeting for the first time on Friday morning, I
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“How did you get into this business?” This is one of the most common questions I get whenever I meet new people. Given my job and my lifestyle, I’m not someone they typically encounter on a day to day basis. I don’t have a permanent residence (although I’m trying to change this), and even though
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In the era of long-term travel and anti-consumerism, owning or wanting things is considered to be super lame. People romanticize the ability to put everything in one bag and travel the world for years. Because they know it’s hard. Also buying new gadgets can be realistically impossible for freelancers if you are living by bipolar
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Rishikesh: The Best Sanctuary for All During two full months of my Indian adventure, Rishikesh was one of the only places that I felt comfortable. When I posted ‘I’m Having a Hard Time in India’, people who’ve previously been to India strongly suggested me to go to Rishikesh to rest for a while. After coming
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I’m not the most adventurous person you’ll meet. It’s not so glamorous thing to say, but it’s the truth. I consider myself courageous, but my bar was very low as an ordinary Korean nerd who was brought up in a conservative family. Spending night in the mountains to photograph stars was considered a behavior of
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