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Home v2 (a poem)
A black and blue house, cul de sac, childhood, white walled – prison. Suburbs and grassy fields, longing for escape. Family histories settled in neat little gardens, tall fences and long driveways, a place to return for holidays and birthdays. … Continue reading
Home
Home used to be so simple. It was where I lived, where my mom, dad, and sister slept at night, and where I grew up. It was a blue house in the suburbs of central Massachusetts, surrounded by trees and … Continue reading
Trading Spaces: School Edition
Immersion Education Once More Remember when my school went camping in the Korean mountains for two weeks to commemorate the middle of the fall semester? Well, keeping consistent with these mid-semester trips, after the first half of our spring semester, … Continue reading
Posted in Korea, travel
Tagged adventure, brianwongderlust, explore, fieldtrip, Korea, southkorea, teaching, travel, trip
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What we leave behind
I Our names, etched on the bottom of a wooden bedframe Prematurely predicting forever A dorm room bunk bed teenage legacy We wanted romance, immortality But we were only kids II A blog My first blog Well intentioned, carefully crafted … Continue reading
Goodbye, Haibung
If you’ve been following this blog, you’ll know that I’ve published my last few goodbye speeches from when I left an All Hands Volunteers (now called All Hands and Hearts) project. You’ll also know that I spent some of February … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, travel
Tagged adventure, all hands volunteers, construction, explore, Nepal, rebuild, school, travel, volunteer, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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Taking my students to Nepal
The school distanced themselves from the trip. My mother warned me that it was a bad idea. My friends joked about the worst case scenarios. But on January 29, 2018, I boarded a plane with three of my students to … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, travel
Tagged adventure, all hands volunteers, construction, explore, Nepal, rebuild, school, travel, volunteer, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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A Winter Camp Story
If you remember my post about summer camp in the Korean countryside, my school does things a little differently from the typical Korean schools when it comes to camp. And so, on January 4, we left our school in Seoul … Continue reading
Posted in Korea, travel
Tagged adventure, camp, explore, Korea, seoul, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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When lightning strikes twice
The first time I met you, I felt the mountains move. I saw the sky clear and the clouds hide, The sun casting soft shadows over our campsite. You gestured to me from across the fire pit, Asked for my … Continue reading
Posted in Nepal, travel
Tagged adventure, all hands volunteers, construction, explore, Nepal, rebuild, school, travel, volunteer, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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Prelude to Winter Camp: A Summer Camp Story
I’ve been hanging on to this post for a while without finishing it, but as I am about to start my first winter camp with this school, I felt it was time to wrap it up and post it. Winter … Continue reading
Posted in Korea, travel
Tagged adventure, camp, explore, Korea, seoul, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes
In true alternative school fashion, when the days grew shorter and the leaves began to change, we decided to pack our bags and spend two weeks camping throughout Korea’s many forests and mountains. A Soopna school tradition, every autumn we … Continue reading
Posted in Korea, travel
Tagged adventure, camping, explore, hiking, into the wild, Korea, roadtrip, south korea, teacher, teaching, travel, Wanderlust, wongderlust
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