Autobiography Of Moving To Korea

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I was born in Seoul Korea January 3rd 1991. As early as I can remember I lived with my parents and my grandparents. When I was four years old my younger brother was born. My parents came into house holding my brother in their arms. This moment is still clear to me as it had happened yesterday. In 1995, I and my family had to move to United States temporarily for my father’s job. For three years, I had the chance to experience American preschool and kindergarten. Although this was long time ago, I still remember the happy days with my parents in United States. Our family travelled most of the western states of United States including California, Washington, and Oregon. We even went to Canada to see glacier in the north. Among these locations, the most memorable place for me was Disney World. Just like many kids I really enjoyed the scenery and rides in this amusement park. This was my first tourist experience in my life; I was too young to go to any …show more content…
For several months I was little alienated to Korean students because my accent was little different from them just like Korean Americans. However, I was soon able to make friends. I stayed in Korea for eight years. When I was a freshman in Korea, I had the chance to visit United States as an exchange student. I became a member of host family who had mom, dad, and one brother. They lived in rural region in Illinois called Decatur, which was small and full of corn and soybean fields. As a person who lived in Seoul, which is one the largest metropolis in the world, I had priceless experience in very rural region in the United States. My first school in United States was tiny Lutheran school. The small size of school allowed me to make many friends. Although I was one of the few Asian in that school, many people in this school was very kind. This first experience in United States made me desire to stay in United States and to finish my high school and also

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