The dog head tilt: you can’t be a dog owner and not like it. — One of the most interesting and entertaining things in the world is watching how your dog responds to new stimuli. Quite often, you’ll get an adorable head tilt out of it. A completely innocent expression of pure confusion. But is it just confusion? Confusion itself doesn’t really explain why a…

From a dog owner who makes frequent vet visits — It’s no secret — dog ownership has steadily increased over the years. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has also given rise to another explosion of new dog owners. However, the number of dogs covered by insurance has not been keeping pace. Why is that? Have dog owners concluded that dog insurance…

Small space? No problem. — Nowadays, a lot of dogs are living the city life. Small apartments in high-rise buildings haven’t discouraged eager adopters! But wait… are we doing our dogs a disservice by cramming them into small apartment spaces? How can dogs thrive in an environment where there’s no room to zoomies? Well, apartment…

3 years, 100 articles, 874 social media posts, and 250,000 words later — It’s 2022. Many people use the new year as a reason to finally start that business they’ve always been thinking about. Well, I started 2022 by doing the exact opposite. I just officially closed my very first business, Yuna The Lab. This post details my three-year experience running an online…

Viewing the 2020–2021 NBA Season Using Game Score — The greatest all-time single-player performance in NBA basketball happened on March 28th, 1990. In a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, 27-year-old Michael Jordan played all 50 minutes of regulation and overtime and turned in this jaw-dropping line:

This well-intentioned freelancer has no idea what he’s talking about. — Once upon a time, I wrote only about topics I knew well. But those days are long gone. Back then, I wrote local news articles for my school’s newspaper. I adopted a dog and blogged about how I took care of her. I wrote technical documents in my work as…

How a late basketball great, K-pop star, and kid’s movie offer insights into the meaning of life — I was just passing time on YouTube when the bombshell news dropped. “Kobe Bryant Dead in Helicopter Crash,” headlines read, all of which were corroborated way too quickly. Disbelief. I got out of my chair and flipped through my closet to find my Kobe jersey. Wearing it, I went about…

But not the pandemic — A year ago, in early March 2020, I was wrapping up a 1-on-1 with my then-manager at work. These were the times when something “might” have been going around, and my manager mentioned that he‘d “maybe” work from home (WFH) in the short-term. By the end of the day, all…

Korean meat markets are still very much in operation. Some still see dogs more as Saturday’s main course than loyal household companions. — Yuna, my yellow Lab rescue, is now five. As I’m about to let her devour a piece of her gorgeous “Barkday” cake, I can’t help but think how crazy it was that she almost didn’t make it. I usually don’t hype up birthdays, but Yuna turning five is absolutely a…