beauty of nature, and rockets

September 25th, 2013 Wednesday

LOCATION: Cheolwon, South Korea

There are such beautiful huge butterflies in this part of town where the US  forces practice their MLRS fire drills. Clear skies, pretty mountain ranges, tranquil weather. Irony.

 

rocket blast.

daebak.

internal reverberation.

 

September 25th, 2013
a beautiful my kinda day,

 

can you spot the big butterfly?

 

The camera crew always has my utmost admiration for always trying to get the best footage possible.

 

The MSLR is LOUD. The smoke from the MLRS fire drill

 

I have nothing but utmost respect for our AP sunbae-nim

 

lets go home

September 24th, 2013 Tuesday
Journal entry: “The Day My Hands Shook Like a 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake Under the Violent Tremor of Intense Pressure”

After the second announced delay of the Defense Acquisition Program Association (DAPA) spokesperson’s briefing at the Ministry of National Defense, following the prolonged 2+hour wait, the room of press journalists, reporters, and camera crew responded with a synchronized echo of deep sighs and swearing to the impeded ‘let-us-finish-our-job-and-go-home-time.’ It was a most beautiful harmony. After all, it’s all about going home.

 

Source: Yonhap News
National Defense Ministry spokesperson, Kim Min-suk

 

Link to Associated Press article:

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_306485/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=8mGcPLVI

Dreams change. Hopes change.

When I “grow up”,

As an elementary student, I wanted to be a teacher.
As a middle school kid, I wanted to be a writer.
As a high school kid, I wanted to be a humanitarian aid activist.
As a college student, I wanted to become a conflict resolution expert in the Middle East, with a focus on refugee issues.

Dreams change. Hopes change.
And then there’s reality – which is the biggest change.

“Grown up” now and 2 years out of college,
I’m grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to teach English to kids (fun for the most part), and I’m really grateful for this learning experience in journalism.

I’m not sure where all these turn of events will take me –
further down the road in journalism or media-
or perhaps a sudden U-turn elsewhere,
but I really hope I end up in humanitarian aid and conflict resolution somewhere along my timeline,
however long it may take.

 

Nablus, Palestine / October 2012
photo courtesy of Dal-lim Hwang