Category: essay
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Pollock Skin Snacks and Flirting with Death
Glancing around, it seemed everyone had forgotten about my pollock incident, captivated instead by her steak saga. Someone even said it was like a Maupassant novel. But Maupassant wrote ‘Ball of Fat’…
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A Packed Week
While eating, one friend sent a photo from a Friday night gathering, and another shared a picture of a dinner prepared for her newly promoted husband. It didn’t look like she cooked it herself, but it seemed pretty convincing. If she had made it, it might not have looked as fancy. After finishing the macarons,…
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Revenge of the Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Anyway, I unpaired the old pencil from the iPad’s Bluetooth and connected the new one. The new pencil paired perfectly. I tried drawing with it. But it wasn’t fun at all. I couldn’t even draw properly.
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The Dawn of Spring
The worn-out Agatha Christie classic handed over at the checkout seemed to mock me, asking ‘Aren’t you a bit late?’ But I had read this book back in elementary school. Around that time, after devouring works by Conan Doyle, Maurice Leblanc, and Agatha Christie, as well as other authors like Gaston Leroux and Ellery Queen,…
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Sunday Afternoons Are Always So Chill
After ordering my coffee, I sat down and pulled out the book I just bought. It was so thin, I felt a bit let down. Sure, a short book can deliver a whirlwind of stories and end with a bang, but there are physical limits. If I started in Seoul, I’d barely reach Gwangju in…
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Chilly Winter Days
Last week’s weather felt like a nervous rookie in love, hearing the dreaded, ‘If you keep this up, we’re done!’ ‘If winter’s going to be this lame, let’s just cancel it altogether this year?!’ Not wanting to be out of a job, Winter’s manager decided to rewrite the old rule of ‘삼한사온’ and blasted the…
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Is There an Astronaut Leo?
Honestly, I didn’t expect it to still be there. But hey, no harm in asking, right? Maybe there’d be one hiding in a corner. ‘All sold out… Oh! There’s one left!’ she might say. You never know with these things.
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The World’s Best Cream Latte Isn’t Always There for You
My heart sank as soon as I saw the post, right after what felt like an endless meeting. It felt like hearing that Christmas would never come again on Earth. 🎄
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A Quaint Bookstore in Sydney
For the then-popular ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’, a review read, ‘Personally, I wouldn’t recommend it, but if curiosity from its fame gets the better of you, read it and decide.’ (Still, I wanted to buy it.)
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Hard to Tolerate
People often manage to handle things like having a nuclear reactor nearby, or a confirmed patient roaming public transport, or even a white police officer arresting an unarmed black person leading to tragic events. Yet, they sometimes get upset over laundry not drying properly.