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While coffee is often a necessity for a graduate student, I also enjoy good coffee like some people enjoy wine. When less busy, I try to make pour-over coffee or cold brew coffee myself at home and experiment with different coffee beans. I always try to check out good coffee shops wherever I am. Seoul/Korea has an exciting and growing coffee scene, which I try to explore whenever I visit home. I'd love to point to some of my favorite coffee shops or neighborhoods for anyone visiting the city. I've also explored coffee shops in London, Singapore, and Tokyo thus far and would love to do more in the future. Before getting too busy (or lazy), I used to post my daily coffee experiences on Instagram.

I've also gotten into "Calisthenics" (bodyweight exercises), which is a nice change from regular weight training at the gym. I am a late starter and cannot do much cool stuff yet, but I am enjoying the process of building up from the basics. While it is considered a "street" workout, I actually got started by taking classes at a calisthenics gym in Singapore during my short visit there (there are only a few of them in the world).