Last night, the power in the entire apartment went off. As of right now, It’s been more than 24 hours, and they are still working on getting it back on. I wrote the following paragraphs at 3 am yesterday as I waited outside the building along with other sleepy residents for the firemen to arrive…

I’m missing Seoul. Especially that dreamy, hazy summer of ’22 in the city. What is it about Seoul precisely that I miss? I don’t know. I think it kind of stirred up my identity. It questioned it. Each time I visited, the contrast between the edges of myself and the rest of the city seems…

A glance and a half. Was it all for nothing? Don’t you know that everything I write or say is directed at you even if you never read what I write or hear what I say? I pity myself sometimes. For the condition I put myself under. I want to stop, I’m going to stop.…

I feel so sensitive to time passing lately. Like an exposed nerve ending, at every stimuli, I become hyper-aware of the passage of time. I sometimes think I’m the only one that loves. I wish that’s not true. I wish people would know how much I love them. I wish they love me back. But…

I did something that kind of scared me today. But I decided last night that I would muster up the courage and do it. And I did it. I don’t think it went quite as well as I imagined, but I did promise myself that I would focus on the fact that I went for…

The laws of the universe are as such that if you keep trying it is very difficult for you to not get good at something. Where you sow you will reap. The Lord will establish the work of my hands if I am earnest in my intent and seek him. I need not be perfect…

To me, right now, being adept at self-expression is more important than preservation from negative estimation by my peers. I think it’s really important that I master this artistry of self-expression. To learn to do it gracefully and kindly to others and to myself. If I have something to say or something I want to…