Beauty in the Madness: Phoenix to NYC
I have traveled in different parts of USA now, but I had to write about my trip to New York City. Going from Phoenix to NYC was a very different …
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Ramadan in Las Vegas
Ramadan is spiritual journey for a month, ranging between 29 or 30 days according to the Hijri calendar.. During the whole month, we fast from sunrise (fajr time) to sunset …
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Going back to War
Kharkiv, Ukraine 2022 (Pavel Dorogoy/AP) On February 24, Russia began bombing Ukraine. The Russian authorities prohibited calling it a war – it carries a sentence of 15 years in prison. …
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Becoming a Better Self
The train of life rolls on and stops for no one through every station. When I was finishing this blog, my Phoenix journey only had one week left, my Humphrey …
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Gibberish: Life in Downtown Phoenix (Part 2)
As I write the last blog entry (for myself), I realize that within a couple of months, we will be leaving our homes. This is the second time that I …
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Burdens of Living with Machines
The planet earth was once a kind of a safer place without technology or less machines. The air we breathe had no impurities – meaning issues of environmental pollution were …
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My “Arizona Dream”
My first “introduction” to Arizona was the famous movie by Emir Kusturica back in the ’90s –“Arizona Dream”, a surrealist comedy drama starring Johnny Depp and Faye Dunaway.Its first image …
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Heating up the Desert (Literally!)
A few weeks ago I found myself on my own in the kitchen of a middle-income American household. I looked around and all I could see were signs of unnecessarily …
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Living with Family as a Foreign Student in the US
On July 25, 2021, Arizona State University welcomed 14 fellows from 13 countries to participate in a 10-month academic study and professional development experience at the Walter Cronkite School of …
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Things I will miss after going back to Korea
1. Cacti It’s almost impossible to encounter a cactus walking or driving along the streets in Korea. Only in a botanical garden, cacti are planted. However, you can see cacti …
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