In certain moments during the events I was able to forget the racist, capitalist, and imperial notion of national borders and focus on the nature of people and sport. There is such beauty in the different ways that shared human values or needs show up across the world.
Read MoreI had made a weird resolution to myself when I was 27 or 28 that I would go to South Korea by the time I turned 30, and here was my opportunity. I knew that I loved Korean food, thought a lot of Korean people were really pretty, and was just starting to get interested in Korean skincare. However, I was not prepared to fall in love with the country and culture in the way that I did.
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