Queen For A Year

The Reign Has Ended

Published on 2007-03-03 03:27:00

I am writing this to say goodbye. I like the title I picked for this post because I think it's catchy. To me it means two things: 1. I, aka, Queen For A Year, am retiring this blog and 2. Lately, I have had some hard times and in being proactive and making a change I hope that personally my life will improve and that the "rain" will end. I was thinking about the song from the musical Annie "The sun will come out tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow they'll be sunshine...."I will be ret

Christmas in Korea

Published on 2006-12-24 06:27:00

It has taken a lot to get me into the spirit of Christmas this year. It just doesn't seem like Christmas to me without snow. This time of year seems to naturally lead to reflection and I amazed to realize that this will be my third Christmas in Korea. Wow! It seems like so long ago I first arrived here in South Korea and yet time has gone fast.To get into the spirit of the season I have consciously made an effort to try to feel more seasonal. My journey went something like this:I noticed a lady

Too Close To The Fire

Published on 2006-12-17 07:43:00

I haven't posted in a couple of weeks because I am still sick. I thought it was just a very bad cold but come to find out I have bronchitis. I am managing to drag myself to work everyday but it's not easy and my free time tends to be spent coughing and sleeping. I try to watch tv or read a book only to find that I have fallen asleep. Of course, I realize this only later when I wake myself up coughing.I have tons of medication from an Internal Medicine Specialist called a 내 과 [nae gwa]. In ca