Nearly three years ago we came close to accepting a 20 million dollar investment from one of the largest telecommunications companies. Instead we chose to build Chikicha on our own. This is the story behind that decision and the lessons it taught us.

A powerful reflection on opportunity, resilience, and life's defining choices. From surviving hardship during Martial Law to discovering that success is not about finding open doors but having the courage, discipline, and wisdom to stay the course once you walk through them. A lesson earned through experience, not borrowed from books.

A personal reflection on leaving home, chasing a dream in a foreign country, enduring hardship, loneliness, and uncertainty, and finding strength through Cho Yong Pil's song The Dreams (꿈). A story about perseverance, purpose, and believing that dreams are worth the struggle.

A personal essay on growing up believing money does not equal power and realizing how wealth shapes influence, opportunity, social media, and politics in real life