Auschwitz: Dispatch from Hell

I spent yesterday in Hell. At Auschwitz and Birkenau, 90 minutes outside of Krakow, Poland. A day trip.

First My Brother, Now My Son

Finding lessons within lessons

Sometime in 1987, my family was robbed. We were robbed of the opportunity to hear my baby brother’s voice and to hear his thoughts.

I’ve seen the future in Singapore

… and I have basically stopped using the social media

Bad Chinese Food + A Rubik’s Cube

= My Best Date Ever

The Last Neighborhood

Growing up in a dying city

The Garbage Dump in Ethiopia Where Death comes to Life

This town’s Waste Management solutions keep…

The Phantom Pain of Widowhood

Years after being widowed, the effects remain.

Falling for Sociopathy

The Other Side of Charm

Black Sheep

The experience of racial otherness

Shrinking Into My Mother’s Skin.

What little girl doesn’t grow up wanting to be exactly like her mother? I was certainly no exception to that rule. I wanted to talk like my mom (who, though being a first generation immigrant from Korea, spoke perfect English), I wanted to dress like my mom (who sported…