Category Archives: culture shock

faces that made me love Asia (4): Lee Byung Hun-이병헌

Posted on August 7, 2011 by emma

  Wanting to know more about Korean culture, I drawned myself into Korean cinema and I must admit that, when I started to watch them a few years ago, Lee Byung Hun didn’t really made a strong effect on me. … Continue reading →

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it’s not Georgia, it’s not Paris, it’s Korea who is always on my mimimimind!

Posted on June 6, 2011 by emma

I was so happy being back in my dear motherland: to me! the mountains of delicious french pastries. To me! the nice afternoons outside of a café spent half studying, half enjoying the fresh air and the free wifi. To me the long … Continue reading →

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Those littlle things (race clichés) that makes my brain explodes-Paris edition

Posted on May 30, 2011 by emma

I have been in France now for a bit more than 2 weeks, and it reminded me that there are few things that, honestly I didn’t miss about my dear motherland. Of course, it makes my stay in Paris a … Continue reading →

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faces that made me love Asia (3): Seol Gyung Gu- 설경구

Posted on October 24, 2010 by emma

It starts with a face, his face, close up. Almost too closed. He is in pain, drunk, desperate. He wants to shout. He wants comfort but it’s too late, it’s over, he is too old, he has seen too much. … Continue reading →

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faces that made me love Asia (2):Jet Li- 李连杰 and Jung Doo Hong-정두홍

Posted on September 20, 2010 by emma

Ah! The joy of martial art movies! Incredible fights, crazy stories with flying warriors, naive shaolin monks or angry cops, and very useless  but gorgeous women crying for help.  I can’t get enough of those movies. I started my whole … Continue reading →

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faces that made me love Asia (1): Leslie Cheung- 张国荣

Posted on September 11, 2010 by emma

Let’s take a little detour in Hong Kong. That’s how my whole passion for Asia actually started. And thanks to the movies. I am the type of person that can spend the whole day just watching movies. It is my … Continue reading →

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For some people it’s not about the destination but about the journey.

Posted on September 1, 2010 by emma

Today, I met a French guy who crossed half of the world riding a motorbike. It took him 6 months. From France to Vladivostok on his bike, then on a boat to Japan where he stayed one year. Then a boat again … Continue reading →

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those little things that make your life so much spicier

Posted on August 18, 2010 by emma

Sometimes, it is just good to let go and shout all those little things that are different and remind you that you are, indeed, on the other side of the world. So here are some examples of some little things  … Continue reading →

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