I AM KOREAN AMERICAN

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Random Facts about me:

I really lack any sort of imagination- I’m a realist. This is sometimes a challenge yet often times helpful.

I took a 2 quarter leave of absence, my junior year of college..to give birth…and still graduated on time!

I am a UCLA Alum…bruin ’til I die..and I really only pretend to hate USC..

My daughter’s middle name is her grandmother’s name..who passed away the night before I gave birth.

My mother had a nervous breakdown when I told her I was pregnant…funny, now..not funny, then.

My mom is the wisest person I know…and didnt even finish elementary school.

I have watched three people die…2 expectedly, 1 very unexpectedly..and it has changed my life.

I’m not big on religion…but I won’t pass my religious views onto my child…she goes to Sunday School every week.

I interned for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center…and decided I didnt want to be a lawyer.

I wish I could still do non-profit work…but I have a child to support, and thats not where the money is at.

I worked at L&L Hawaiian BBQ when I was 16…and I got fired. LOL!!

I am perfectly content with where my life is now…but it’s definitely not where I thought I would be at 24.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson