
10 Signs Semester Break is Near
1. You realize that you will have a month of freedom with either no plans or exciting travel plans (there is no inbetween). 2. But then, you realize you have endless term essays, group...
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Autumn Sonata: On Seoul, Love & Quietness
In those moments of solitude up there at the Namsan park, overlooking the Seoul cityscape that floats in the sea of lights, I feel the bleak touch of the evening breeze on my fingers. Strange isn’t...
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The Big Apple
"Living in New York City is like dating a comedian: fun while it lasts, but when it's over, man, is it over." I came across this quote the other day and it took me a split second to realize that...
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Beijing Video Diary
Spring in Beijing is cold and dry and windy and nothing like Hong Kong. But Spring in Beijing is also sunny and bright and nice, giving the city a vibrant vibe, a true embodiment of the season. After...
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Sri Lanka: Making Every Day Count
A place most renowned for the cultivation of quality tealeaves, with its exports served across the world as a symbol of lifestyle and splendor, Sri Lanka possesses a humble natural beauty that is...
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J-Treatment?
To compliment the “hKUDOS goes travelling” theme, I have decided to write about my short trip to Japan after my two month-long internship in New York. Originally, nothing struck me as being...
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Hidden sanctums in the Southern Suburbs
Touching down in Cape Town, South Africa I had no idea that on my first day I would almost go to jail there. Almost, that is; I was saved by the man who could have sent me there. I was eighteen...
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Time Travels Down the Pacific Coast – Ventura Revisited
Black scattered dots of wetsuited-surfers – amateurs and veterans alike –pick off waves to later crash the main peaks. It’s an unusually cold day - unusual by the standards of SoCal, hot it...
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Stranger In A Strange Land: Turkish Delights
As the plane touched down I found myself being disappointed at the place’s un-exotic-ness. My eyes squirmed at the sunlight; the sun felt different here, brighter, warmer but also more piercing...
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Hong Kong vs. Singapore
I think we can all agree that for a few standard questions we’ve been asked countless times, we’ve formulated and rehearsed routine answers to spew out with utmost clarity. When we were young, it...
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