Let me introduce you to Billy! Billy is an app that helps you split bills with your friends. Once you upload a photo of your receipt, Billy scans it and gives you a simple UI to assign items to each person. At the end, it provides a clear breakdown for each person that you can easily share with your friends. The app is only available on the App Store for now, but I plan to release it for Android soon.
Book: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky I remember going to the theater with my friends to watch the movie adapation when it first came out in 2012. At the time, I didn’t understand why my friends who read the novel were so excited to watch it, but now I do because I loved reading every part of this book. One morning, while reading the book, I suddenly felt alive as if I hadn’t been born until that moment.
Magnetic Poetry
In our literature classroom in high school, there used to be a wall with magnetic word pieces that you could use to make poems. It was called Magnetic Poetry and I remember we had so much fun writing weird poems. I recently came across this photo and thought it would be fun to have one at home too. I breathe hard when we bathe ferociously at night with your manly father and sister & brother but it is a secret never ask y we did it So I purchased one last week and put it up on the metallic cover of my fan coil unit.
Instagram Archive (ig.sungatae.com)
One downside of quitting Instagram is that there’s no easy way to look back at my posts. It feels like I’ve lost a chapter of my life since it was where I used to share life updates. To preserve those memories, I decided to upload photos and videos from Instagram to my own domain. As the title suggests, I intend to treat it as an archive so I won’t be uploading any new posts there.
My First Marathon
I ran my first marathon at Niagara Falls two Sundays ago. When I started running at the beginning of last year, I never thought I would run a marathon. I ran simply because I wanted to get better at soccer. In fact, I never liked running growing up because it was boring and tiring. But this time was different. I was still tired, but I felt good after my runs. It helped me clear my mind.
The Origin of "sungatae"
After a visit to the DMV in 2016 to get my driver’s license, I received a license in the mail with my name misspelled. Instead of Sungtae Kim, it had Sungatae Kim with an awkward “a” between the two syllables of my first name (scroll down to see the license). At the time, I couldn’t be bothered to visit the DMV again, so I carried it around for almost 2 years until I got it fixed.