\u201cMy mom\u2019s Chinese and my dad\u2019s Korean. So when I was in Korea, I was unconsciously exposed to the difference between cultures. Korea\u2019s one nationality, so when I tell people about my mum being Chinese they get so shocked.<\/p>\n
The problem for me when I came to Canada for the first time is I couldn\u2019t speak English, and it made my life so much harder. I like talking to people, I just couldn\u2019t communicate with them. I couldn\u2019t really express [myself] in my usual way. There were nice people who understood what it felt like to not be able to speak English. We still talk about how at the beginning I couldn\u2019t speak English and I was so stressed.<\/p>\n
When people meet someone from one culture, they assume how they are. But when I tell people my mom is Chinese they can\u2019t assume things. Even though I don\u2019t have much in Chinese, I still say it so I can break those assumptions. If I say I\u2019m from Korea, people are like \u201cYou know K-Pop!\u201d.<\/p>\n
I work at Starbucks, so recently a lot of people really recognize Korea because K-Pop became big. People already know looking at my makeup and my facial features [that I\u2019m Korean]. They\u2019ll say \u2018thank you\u2019 in Korean and then leave. Also, when I came to Canada for the first time, there weren\u2019t really Korean restaurants that were really good. Now, I go to a restaurant in Vancouver, basically, all the places are pretty good because a lot of things have improved. Now it\u2019s so common, it\u2019s making my life easier!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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