Just a Jeju Girl

If you were born and raised in a collectivist society or family environment where it became a norm to suppress your feelings and your true needs, it’s so hard to ask for help by saying that you’re not actually fine. And I think that kind of society naturally develops a linguistic background and habit which are ‘大丈夫(daijyobu)’ and ‘괜찮아(kenchana)’ in both Japan and Korea. And as a Korean person living in Japan, I feel like I’m getting allergic to a word “daijyobu” because I certainly know that it is a best tool for Japanese people to shield their hardship in order to not make their loved ones to worry about you or concern about you. and I believe it applies to Korean culture as well with a word ‘kenchana’
I’m aware of a purely kind intention to check on someone whether they are really okay but sometimes I believe people should ask a better, different question like ‘is there anything we can talk about your everyday life recently?’ and assuring them that it’s completely okay to say that you’re not actually OK

<Programme of Classical Concert that I referred>
Jean Sibelius – Pohjola’s Daughter, Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 49
Leoš Janáček – Taras Bulba, Rhapsody for Orchestra
Jean Sibelius – Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
 
 

I remember It was almost impossible for me to accept that not everyone can like you. If there’s someone who likes you for no specific reason, there must be someone who dislikes you for no specific reason. Now come to think of it, I guess I was trying to fill the void of my weak point by getting validations from other people. I wanted to share this insight, my journey of me getting better and getting more comfortable with accepting that people will absolutely dislike me without any reason.
Again, thanks for listening to this episode, hope I’ll see u again next week too! 

In the book (<the myth of normal> by Garbor Maté) I’m reading recently, it talked about the reason why people should be vulnerable and why it’s essential to let your kids vulnerable. Also letting them know how to handle that moment of being vulnerable. Basically it conversely emphasis a disastrous outcome of if you don’t let your kid to be vulnerable, “they will cease to relate to life as infinite possibility, to themselves as boundless potential, and to the world as a welcoming and nurturing arena for their self-expression” 
and by reading this part, I realised that every greatest growth and greatest improvement came from me accepting the fact that I’m feeling and AM vulnerable and made an action to rectify and resolve the current situation where I felt vulnerable. Because like the book says, “nothing in Nature ‘becomes itself’ without being vulnerable“
 
 

Sometimes I feel like I’m not living in the real world because I was immersed in the Internet world without knowing you never know until you actually experience it. Internet is an essential tool for everybody who’s living in 2026, but also it can easily affect u in a very toxic way because sometimes it provokes u to feel anxious, nervous and worried which might lead u to be a complete coward who’s never gonna put it into action. I thought about this topic a lot recently after I deleted my accounts of social media, and I just wanted to share it with my listeners! Thank u for listening and hope you’ll have awesome weekend! See u soon :)

Being in an enviornment where you have to communicate in 3 languages was my dream and it is absolutely exciting of course, but the more I spent some time and days at work, I can’t deny the fact that I’m discovering so many weak points of my language skills both in English and Japanese (sometimes in Korean too lol) 
So I started to be genuinely worried and lost about how am I going to improve both language skills and also, how to be a trilingual who can switch to those 3 languages smoothly and naturally all the time! Basically this episode is just of me complaining about the status of me at work regarding language haha
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In a loving memory of my mum Yeoun Jung (1967-2022), the most amazing and beautiful mother in the world. 

Recently, I deleted my last remaining social account and ironically I found myself being more comfortable, content and calm in everyday life. so I decided to share this unique experience(Cus now there’s literally almost no one who doesn’t have ANY social accounts) to my listeners and be open about my own experience of social media and why I eventually deleted all of my social media accounts in 2026 🤣
 
Again, thanks for tuning in and I hope we can see each other next week!

I’ve moved to Tokyo! And I’m very excited to share this crazy news to my listeners and talk about my life basically moving around all around the places. Although it’s my second time to move to Japan, I still struggle with fear and anxiety that comes with a big transition in life. But I’ve already made up my mind to accept whatever that happened to me and move on, and ultimately never give up. 
Again, thanks for tuning in and hope you guys will have an awesome week next week!