another world

happy february 29th!
If my birthday was on February 29th, I’d only be four years old…

In just ten minutes, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing for 1,500 people in Pyongyang, North Korea. It’s such a scary, yet thrilling event. Nothing like this has ever happened in history.
“I don’t think we should get carried away with what listening to Dvorak is going to do in North Korea,” [...]

Sometimes I find myself wondering what it would be like to walk in another person’s shoes.
I ask myself, what would it feel like to be …
a criminal? When I think about criminals in our world, I feel more pity towards them than anger. I feel sorry that they had to [...]

I seriously had the weirdest thoughts when I was younger..
Whenever I saw the message that said “Viewers Like You” on the PBS channel, I thought it meant that viewers liked me, and I was oh so happy about it.
I thought that when there were only black and white TV shows and movies, the world was [...]

Why does it seem like the world is turning into more and more of a chaos each day? Shouldn’t it be the other way around, considering how much we brag of our new “technological advances” to “make all of our lives better?” Why is it that people are acting up now more than [...]

 
Most of my friends already know exactly what they are going to major in, or at least have a general idea. They are taking classes right now in high school that will help them follow their chosen path. They have already planned much of their future, and whether it remains that way or [...]

Why is it so hard for me to wake up in the morning? Why is it that if nobody bothers to wake me up, I can sleep until mid-afternoon? Even if I go to bed early, I don’t wake up on my own before 10 or 11 in the morning. Even if [...]

I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be home schooled. It seemed so interesting to me; no real teachers, classrooms, strict rules, tardies, etc. It seemed like the best thing in the world, so when I was little, I really wanted to quit school and start homeschooling. I never really thought about [...]

- magazines Yes, you can get American magazines here, but only for a ridiculous price.
- Gushers I remember how these were such a popular “snack time” food.
- Mott’s Apple Sauce & Jello Pudding I’ve never actually seen these at Costco … they might be in the foreign import store … but again, [...]