Song recommendation: Spring Day by BTS
It’s been a while since I last updated. Spring has hit Korea and things are slowly starting to warm up. I’m not looking forward to the humid summer, nor the bugs that come with it. Already had some unwanted visitors, and of course, my cat was useless for getting rid of them. Pray for me ㅠㅠ
Seven months ago I posted about World Suicide Prevention Day. That post came together rather quickly as it but I spent the next 6.5 months trying to write and just failing. I wanted to post about my cool travels around Korea, but COVID just has to hang around, so not much has happened on that front. I did travel just for a few days back in early February during my winter break. Looking back, I should’ve taken the opportunity to travel more. There’s not another long break until August. Hopefully I can find some fun things to do to break up the mundane day-to-day working.
This won’t be a long post because as I’ve said before, I haven’t really done anything exciting in the last year, which is super depressing to think about. And I really don’t wanna get too depressing in this post; there’s enough disappointment in the world today.
I hope you all are doing well. If you’re not, that’s okay too. As much as I would like to say I’m doing well—I’m not—but I’m realizing it’s totally okay to feel this way, especially after a year of this damn pandemic. If you’ve gotten vaccinated, please continue wearing your masks and maintaining distance! Let’s overcome this virus together!
One thing I’ve started doing is walking from my travel school to my main school on Fridays. My travel school changed to one much closer, so instead of wasting money on a short bus ride, I’ve been walking and it’s really nice! Soon, I think it might be too hot and humid, but hopefully not for a while. The cherry blossoms were also blooming during a few of my walks, so I snapped some pictures. Also after my walks, I usually have about twenty-ish minutes before I’m supposed to be back on campus, so I use that time to grab myself an iced americano from the cafe next door. They have definitely memorized my face, and I think even the day and time I come in! They’re always such sweet ladies when I come in, so it’s a nice break before going back to school.
BTS has another online concert marathon this weekend, which I’m pumped for! Gotta find little things to make myself happy.
What’s one small thing that’s made you happy recently?
Take care everyone!
While you’re still here, please check in with your Asian American friends, support local Asian businesses, donate to organizations against anti-Asian hate, and most importantly, DO something when you see racist shit going down. There are many Anti-Asian Violence Resources to check out, so please take some time to read through them and support. Let’s #StopAsianHate #StopAAPIHate
“You, I, and we all have the right to be respected. We will stand together.”
-BTS
meghan-o in gangwon-do 