Earlier this year, I made a life-changing decision to take an international co-op in South Korea as a visiting researcher in a research institute of grad students and older. It has been one month, and 25 days since I left the city and my loved ones for this new chapter in my life. Being alone in a foreign country has made me realize the power of language, or more so the lack thereof. The language barrier has actually further enhanced my deeper understanding of the people rather than distance myself away from it. It has made me realize that despite languages, we all still come together as one to help each other no matter what. Living solo and adjusting to a country with a completely different language and culture was far from easy. Behind all the picturesque photos were me struggling to carry my two luggage bags alone from the train station, stopping in the middle of a crowd to look at an old-school map because I didn’t have access to wi-fi, me scrambling from page to page trying to ...