2025 - Recap - WHAT A YEAR IT WAS
2025 - Recap - WHAT A YEAR IT WAS Okay, let me start this off by saying I NEVER saw this year coming – like, not even a little bit. It all kicked off on January 1st in the hospital, of all places, because I ate way too much buko salad at our New Year’s Eve family gathering. I know, I know – who ends up in the ER from coconut dessert?! Apparently me. The nurses were all laughing gently while hooking me up to an IV, saying they’d never had a case quite like mine. I promised myself right then and there that I’d still enjoy good food this year, but maybe… y’know… pace myself a little? Spoiler alert – I tried, but we’ll get to the samgyupsal part later. FROM MEDICAL WOES TO FRIENDLY HUGS Once I was out of the hospital and feeling human again, the best part of the first few months was reconnecting with people I’d missed so much. Friends from the provinces who I hadn’t seen in years started coming into the city one by one – some for work, some just to visit – a...