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Even after leaving Japan, I try to keep up to date with Japanese beauty trends and products. It is difficult as you're not bombarded with sales, rankings, and other marketing tactics that keeps you notified of the latest product. However, living near Kinokuniya in San Francisco Japantown makes it easy to go ahead and pick up the latest copy of Non-no, Can-Cam, or ViVi (which are all Japanese fashion magazines). So in preparation forContinue Reading

DAY 3 Ever since I've heard about Lotte World, which is the world's largest indoor theme park, I've always had it up high in my bucket list of things to do in South Korea. So we spent almost the entirety of Day 3 at this theme park. Getting there was easy as Lotte World is easily accessible from the Jamsil Station and it wasn't too far from where I was staying in Sinchon.Continue Reading

The end of a long winter break is unbearable. As we shake off the grogginess of our prolonged rest and make our yearly resolutions with steadfast determination, we stumbled in seamlessly returning to our daily obligations. Missed deadlines, a dearth of communication with classmates/co-workers, and a near short-term amnesia of our roles in society are all common symptoms. Needless to say, the struggle is real. Picking up where I left off a fewContinue Reading

At times, 2015 felt like a marathon on an unpaved and risky road. This year- I've hosted multiple visitors to Tokyo, quit my job at Rakuten, moved to San Francisco unemployed, reached out to countless individuals for career advice, found a summer internship, signed 2 job offers, and logged in many transcontinental milages. 2015 was a whirlwind of a year and honestly speaking, I am so grateful and so lucky to have thingsContinue Reading