...The word defined as "a desire to know or learn" or "a desire to know about people or things that do not concern one (without the implication of nosiness, of course)," curiosity is what epitomizes my impulse. Ever since I was a child, I was inclined to just go to places, whet..

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302-word version: Going away alone in a foreign land made me and my parents nervous. I was supposed to go to Portland, Maine to study... ...and arrived in Portland, Oregon... 325-word version: Going away alone in a foreign land made me and my parents nervous. I was supposed to go to Portland,..

To be honest, I was a bit reluctant to go back to North Korea. Three days before my departure to the mysterious North there was an incident where a South Korean tourist was gunned down by North Korean soldiers. The North Koreans explained that she trespassed and proceeded to advance toward the sol..

He crossed the Yalu River and on to the barren lands of Sakhalin. There he thought he might find hope if he worked hard enough, at least until a big bully decided to load him on a cargo train and send him away to Central Asia along with 175,000 of his brethren, on a journey in which one fifth of t..

506-word version: He stood there on the small stage of the church where the service was being held. He had his acoustic guitar strapped around his shoulder, and he sang beautifully with his eyes closed. There was no physical barrier between him and the congregation; he had no music sheet in front..