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Hello from “unusual” Korean TCK in U.S.!

I’m in 2nd yr of college majoring in Global Studies (yeah!) and minoring in History

I’m Korean who straddles over Eastern and Western world

Koreans (even Koreans who are CCK, including mostly ones who don’t know me well etc)

and other Asians who grew up in their own countries see me more as American

Americans see me more as ‘foreigner’/someone who’s very Asian

Koreans say that I have American accent when I speak English and Korean:

Americans say that I have Korean accent when I speak English

so maybe my accent is blend of Korean+American English

Most of my friends (at least ones in US) are non-Koreans, which is unusual

among many Korean CCKs and even Korean TCKs

Here’s my timeline: yr of my birth-1996: South Korea (moved around Seoul a lot)

1996-2000: Bangladesh (i went to American Intl School, where i became

fluent in English)

2000-2002: South Korea

2002-present: U.S. (California: spent my last yr in jr high, entire yr in hs,

n will spend my entire yr in college there)

South Korea: hidden immigrant (I still have patriotism for South, and

I still have “home itchiness” to go there every few yrs to travel/to live

temporarily)

Bangladesh:foreign

U.S.: somewhere between foreign and adapted

I love being TCK, but its hard having multiple “homes”, but no actual “home” where

I can see myself settling down yet

After university graduation, hopefully I can return to Korea temporarily to spend

my own “gap year (or two)”, and then…we’ll see where I’ll go haha…

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Posted by MochiGreen at 11:23 pm on April 23rd, 2009. Comments
Categories: Introduction.

  • MochiGreen
    Hi, miyon =) haha
    I'm not sure yet
    hopefully i can figure it out soon
    i do have an idea of where i want to go after
    graduation (which will be at 2011)
    i wanna return to ROK or go to other asian countries
  • miyon
    Hi MochiGreen, I am a Korean TCK too as you can tell from my name. =) I have had the uncertain concept of 'home' for quite some time but now I consider wherever I am 'my home.'

    It's cool that you are studying Global Studies major. Do you know what kind of jobs you'd like to get in the future?
  • MochiGreen
    Yeah, i see that the population of Asian TCKs
    r growing :D
    i'm just kind of sad that there's not much resources
    and support system for them to cope through these
    and NOBODY deserves go through hardship alone
    i didn't know that, cuz in U.S., many Korean CCKs/
    TCKs end up staying in U.S. rest of their life
    off the topic, but i'm starting to get annoyed by most
    Californians, since they want to stuck themselves
    in CA forever
    well...if its what they want, i can understand them
    but it irritates me when they force 'CA/US is best place
    in the world, so u should settle here too' crap
    to me ughhhh
    i'm so getting out of CA after university graduation,
    although CA will always have special place in
    my heart and i do consider CA as one of my "homes"
  • danau
    Hi...i have no idea what you guys are talking about coz i can't read Korean, but I'm in Jakarta, Indonesia now and there's a huge Korean community here. And many of the kids go to international schools, and then the US (or Korea) for university, then come back to work or start a business. And many of them have accents like yours - a blend of Korean & American English.

    Plus, we have a growing community of...I dunno what you call it...Asian-ish TCKs?...and returnee Indonesians who've studied abroad...and I'm starting to sound like I'm suggesting that you should move here. Lol. I dunno, I'm just saying that there's a growing number of ppl who just can't fit in anywhere, but the more there are, the more it allows us to make an actual community...

    And I think what I was really trying to say (in a very round about way is: Welcome to TCKid!...And Akli, I sooooo envy you for knowing Korean!!! grrrrrr...
  • Akli
    Indeed^^
    But still when you take exams like the foreign service exam or the ???? kyopos get to take a separate exam and have way higher chances of succeeding. Same goes for college. And kyopos are also needed in any job which needs a native Korean speaker but someone who understands foreign culture. But if your company's expecting a phone call from the US you need to pick up at 3 AM local time, you're expected to be at the office to pick it up. So I understand...
    Anyways feel free to contact me @ lily_hamoussaoui ??? ??? ? ? anytime especially if you drop by Seoul^^
    take care!
  • MochiGreen
    Hi Akli ^_^
    Really? I never considered that perspective
    since I heard that they don't give that much
    special privilege to Korean TCKs when it comes to
    getting job in Korea anymore...
    not to mention (more emphasized)'seniority'
    culture :(
    1 last fact...no dual citizenship allowed...haha
    many Korean TCKs prefer to stay overseas
    Ironically, most of them have patriotic feeling
    toward Korea, but they refuse to go back
    to live there (little more than TCKs from other
    passport countries of their own)
    But then its just my own assumption...haha
    Anyways, nice to meet u :D
  • Akli
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