Humility

The Week of July 30
Monday was back to school and sluggish. We sat around rubbing our heads and eyes and lobbing empty coffee cups into the door or wall, by which we meant trashcan. Our Korean had taken a hit during the vacation, but our teachers had already prepared review lessons to whip us back [...]

School Break

The Week of July 23
Was my school break. I met Hye Jin on Monday at Lotte World, a magical place in Jamsil in southeastern Seoul. Boxed in by Lotte Group’s magnificent department store, buttressed by Lotte’s sizzling Lotterias, guarded by Lotte’s Castle Apartments, funded largely by purchases on Lotte credit cards (it cost half the [...]