Creative Meanderings

What did we do to express ourselves? To feel as if we are connected to one another in some way? To feel as if we might be heard? Lately, I’m considering my digital footprint. I want to write. I want to share my thoughts/feelings and stories, but I always question my motive. Who the heck cares about what I have to say anyway? Why do I choose to write on an informal/antisocial platform…

It’s been nearly a month since I last posted, much to my surprise. I kept meaning to write, but it seems that I write most often when procrastinating. Now being no exception. 😀 An update from my Crossroads post – Shortly after I wrote that post, I finally received an email from my former supervisor saying that he had found me a new one. It happened to be the very person who should…

Halloween didn’t even exist in my mind until I was 8-years-old. Maybe I had heard about it or seen people fuss over it, but it meant nothing to me. My mom tried to get me excited about it when I first arrived in the family. Since I wasn’t helpful with ideas or interest, she did me up as a China doll. It was a nice idea. We went to a family friend’s neighborhood…

I knew it should have been a sign when a year ago I fought hard to get permission to take a semester off from my doctoral studies. Truthfully, I should have just continued through, but something inside me felt that I needed to take a break. When my semester off ended, I still was not ready to plow fully ahead. Matching the amount of support I was receiving from my potential supervisor, I…

Tonight I watched “In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee” a film by Deann Borshay Liem. Soon I will write a review, but it was a very interesting documentary. (Thanks to my BFF and another friend for telling me about these films!) As I watched, there’s a scene where Liem goes to the Social Welfare Society, which is the oldest organization dealing with orphans in Korea. The very same organization that dealt with…

I’m finding it a little hard to keep up with the blogging. How do professional bloggers do it? Maybe they don’t have jobs or lives…? Sometimes I wonder if we depend too much on these blogs to connect us to the world, to share with random people, to leave our digital footprint, to… what end? To me, it’s like I want to share my thoughts and ideas with the world, but then I…

The other day I was using the laptops in class with my students. They had some extra time and they asked me if I am on Facebook. I explained, yes, but they wouldn’t be able to find me. They were determined to try and I said, if they could find me, I would “friend” them. Suddenly a student said, “Miss, I googled you and see your pictures!” A moment of panic hit me,…