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This is the letter I wrote for the Dear London competition organized by Letters Live. When I first saw the call for participation, I was so excited, and I knew I had to write something since London was, at some point, an important part of our lives. It was there before New York. I spent […]

What happens to all the stories accumulated throughout life, their tiny details about the people long gone, the places never visited again, and snapshots never to be lived? They have significance for the person who lived them; otherwise, the stories would have been long forgotten. But what happens to them when that person who kept

Two days ago at JFK Airport in New York, I was “admitted” to the US as an immigrant, a.k .a. as a Green Card holder. I lived in this country for nearly seven years and traveled frequently throughout my adult life, but this was the first time I followed the “citizens/residents” signs at the arrival

I am moving to New York City from a different country on a different continent with six bags and a puppy. When I get the keys to my new apartment, there will be nothing to bring in besides those six bags, which are relatively large but still airplane baggage-sized. Packing was fun, deciding what to

As a newbie resident of New York, I am currently amazed by the Empire State Building. It is not the building itself, architecture, or history. Although the last scene of “Sleepless in Seatle,” one of my all-time favorites, put the building into my spotlight many years ago, what I am addicted to now is how

After many years of deliberation, planning, and much overthinking, the blog is finally live. English is not my native tongue; I learned it as a second language. However, it has been in my life since the first grade. I still remember the first dialogue I was given, which started with the phrase, “Excuse me, is