On 2022
First photos of 2022. Sunrise at Donghae Beach, Gangwon Province of South Korea. A day with our dad's side grandparents: clam kalguksu (knife-noodles) and my grandpa's plushie. Shadowing my dad on his rounds, endoscopy, and bariatric procedure at his new hospital. Falling in love with Jinro soju. Getting interviewed with our grandmother for her favorite Korean opera/ballad singer's YouTube fan club channel ("for our sake"). Family photoshoot with our grandmother, THE Roni Han. I don't know if I have any strict life mottos that I live by, but I suppose I do have some ways of living that I stick to. Something I firmly believe in is that we need to look back in order to see where we are and to see where we are going. I remember it was the day before I headed back to Korea to be with family during the winter of my freshman year of high school, when my brother sent me an email with a writing template for questions to reflect upon as the year ended. I wish I stil...