DAILY PHOTO: Courtyard at Beomeosa

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Photograph taken in the temple complex of Beomeosa outside of Busan, South Korea.

PROMPT: Languages

Daily writing prompt
Which languages do you speak and how did that impact your life?

Fluently: English; With a substantial grasp of vocabulary and grammar: Chinese; Only polite words and basic phrases: Spanish, Hungarian, Thai, Japanese, and maybe still some Russian (which I took in Grad School — the worst possible language learning environment.)

Starting to read Chinese has been thrilling. It has opened a whole new world, and the nature of the language is so different that definitely rewires the brain a bit.

DAILY PHOTO: Yanghwadang, Chunggyeonggung Palace

Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.
Photograph of the Yanghwadang taken at Changgyeonggung Palace in Seoul, South Korea.

DAILY PHOTO: Scenes from the Cherokee Trail

DAILY PHOTO: Stone Mountain Lake

DAILY PHOTO: The Well-worn Path

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Photograph of the well-worn trail up to Netravati Peak in Karnataka, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Log-Loving Creatures of Mysore Zoo

Photograph of a bear taking rest on a log at Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a leopard on a log at Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a snake in the reptile house of Mysore Zoo.
Photograph of a Chimp with a stick at Mysore Zoo

DAILY PHOTO: Bull

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Photograph of a Brahma Bull taken near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand, India.

DAILY PHOTO: Dutch Square, Melaka

Photograph of Stadthuys and Christ Church Melaka (i.e. Dutch Square) in Malacca, Malaysia.
Photograph of Stadthuys and Christ Church Melaka (i.e. Dutch Square) in Malacca, Malaysia.
Closeup photograph of Christ Church Melaka on Dutch Square in Malacca, Malaysia.

DAILY PHOTO: Gates of Lucknow

Photograph of an old city gate in Lucknow, India.
Photograph of the Bailley Guard Gate at Kaiser Bagh in Lucknow, India.
Photograph of a Gate on Husainabad Trust Road near the Chota Imambada in Lucknow.
Gate on Husainabad Trust Road between the Rumi Darwaza and the Chota Imambada.
Photograph of a gate near Shah Najaf Imambara Sher in Lucknow, India.