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Exploring Korean ~ My Korean Experience shares pieces of my experiences, thoughts and realizations about anything Korean such as language, music, drama, place, culture,
food, idols, etc.


THE BLOGGER - also known as rikakanashi

rikakanashi -- it is the username I have used since I started social media. Even if I started Exploring Korean, I still want to use this name so I stick with it for some of my accounts (mostly personal accounts). 

My real name is Gizelle from the Philippines. I am a Chemical Engineer by profession, currently working for a Korean company here in the Philippines as R&D Technical Engineer. I am a TOPIK (Test in Profeciency in Korean) Level 4 passer who now self learns Intermediate to Advanced Korean Language. I also teaches Korean Language part time. 

I am a BTS fan since 2016 and still stanning over them until now. I am fond of anything Korean - like food, drama, and culture. I will pretty much discuss these through my blog posts here.


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