“I hate this world forcing me to follow dreams and passion. Why do we need to think about tomorrow’s happiness?” Said, my Korean friend who I used to work with at the engineering company. It was the day I published ‘To Become Great, Build Something Great’ and it made me think. So I decided to […]
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Do you have any daily rituals? And do you keep it on the road? There’s ‘routine’ and ‘ritual’. Routine usually indicates the repetitive actions that happen without any notion. Ritual, however, represents something more meaningful. Do you have any? Have you ever experienced that you feel better after dressed up nicely? Pajama bottoms are comfortable,
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Who’s your inspiration? For different reasons in different times, I got inspired by many people. The word ‘inspiration’ is one of my favorite English words. It’s the foundation of what I do, and how I function every day. For twenty-something years of my life I’ve been touched by a number of people, public figures,
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It’s almost a new year! Did you write down your New Year’s resolution yet? Your personal goals? Professional achievements? I also have so many things that I want to do next year, but one of my goals is to be realistic. Make a realistic list, and actually make it happen. Ambitious, I know!
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What a Wonderful Twelve Months! I’m glad the Mayans are wrong. Technically their calendar didn’t indicate the end of this world but they just ran out of a space to put the dates, and I’m very much glad we all are still here to make more memories. Even in 21st century, we always run out
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The Birthday Tribute It’s my birthday today. November 1st. November has been always my favourite month, I like number one (and eleven), Scorpio is my favourite constellation and I like winter. Coincidence? Maybe. When I determined to change my life to the direction what I really wanted, the important moment I decide
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Have you ever felt that travel makes you humble in so many ways? I have. Recently, today. As a part of #Travel2Indonesia trip, I spent last two days in Borneo jungle. We slept, ate, worked on the river-boat (klotok – wooden boat), and the weather was scorching hot and humid. You can imagine how dirty
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Sometimes I ask myself, ‘Why am I traveling, again?’. Life would be so much easier if I’m just staying at home. Seriously. It is great to go out and see the world, but sometimes I wish I’m at home. I’m sharing five moments, among many others. Sitting in the overnight train whilst people are smoking,
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It’s been nine months since I left home. I’ve been China, Vietnam, Laos, the US and now I’m exploring Europe, moving countries every week. Sometimes people asked me ‘Do you miss home?’ and ‘Do you miss Korean food?’. Well, I don’t really. I’ve been unhappy about the cultural and social situations in the country for
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“What makes you travel?” Then I thought, ‘why?’. Most of the interviews in any publication, this was the question what everyone asked. What makes me travel? What makes me constantly move? That was one of the questions I got from my family who don’t really understand the reasons
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