BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
I was born at a local town in Ulsan in 1986. Even though Ulsan is a pretty big city, the town where my family lived was quite small with just a few people. Since it was a small town, I could make some good friends in my neighborhood whom I always hung out with. I had finished all my schools including elementary, middle, and high schools before I entered Sogang.
I remember I had the happiest time when I was a middle school student. I actually studied classical piano until I was in the second grade in middle school. Since there were no qualified teachers in Ulsan, I had to travel to Busan once a week by myself to take a piano lesson. Even if I was too young to travel to Busan, I was so passionate at that time and very brave to do anything. My mother didn't like the idea for me to go to Busan to take lessons but I persuaded her to let me take lessons in Busan. When I became a third grader, I could not help but give up my dream to be a pianist. Becoming an artist requires a lot of money in Korea. My parents could not really support me when I had to decide whether or not I would go to an art high school. Even though I hated the situation that I had to give up piano due to economic problems, there was no choice but to give up.
After I gave up piano, I was very depressed all the times. I did not feel like doing anything. Since I was not interested in anything at that time, I remember I just studied for my school work. I did not go to any private after-schools to study. I just studied by myself in my room when both of my parents worked at their companies. I cannot really figure out why I studied very hard at that time but I did study hard and finally became the student who got the highest average on school test.
I graduated from the middle school with honor and entered Hak-Sung high school. The high school that I went to had a high standard on their students. Even if I didn't have to take an entrance exam to get in that school, all my seniors had taken the entrance exam to get in that school. Contrary to my middle school life, life in Hak-Sung was not that great. I had too much pressure from my parents and school. Especially, my mother caused me a lot of stress while I was in high school. She called me right after my exams were over to find out what score I got on each exam. It was very hard for me to endure those stresses and expectations that I at least had to be the first in my class. In high school, no matter how hard I tried, there seemed to be a certain limit that I could not go over. I was too tired and too pessimistic about my future to make a good result.
After I finished high school life, I decided to move on to Sogang. My mother was very unsatisfied with my decision and she wanted me to study one more year to get in a better school. However, I knew that I had no energy to go further and that would make nothing but a huge failure. No matter what my mother said to me, I entered Sogang. After I got in Sogang, I did not study at all. I actually attened classes but had never worked hard for my school works. Finally I ended up with a very low GPA an
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d decided to join the Army. Fortunately, I had an opportunity to work in the American Army as a KATUSA. I had a lot fun serving in the American Army. Since i had never been out of the country, everything there was very interesting and quite new to me. Even though I was a soldier, I think I was very excited to experience all those new cultures. I met a lot of new friends in my unit and I still keep in touch with them. In particular, I met a nice SGT in my section whom I spent a lot of time with. She now works for IRS back in America. I am planning to visit her this winter when I am travelling to America. I am looking forward to travelling America this winter.After my Army service, I came back to Sogang and now I am struggling to get a good score to recover what I had spoiled before I joined the Army. It is very frustrating from time to time but I am trying my best to be optimistic about my future. Whenever I become frustrated and feel defeated, I try to be thankful for what I have at this moment. Thinking that way, I realize that what a blessed person I am.
PERSONAL INTEREST
Things I love to do during my free time include talking with my friends for everything, listening to classical piano music, cooking for my friends, going to Samchung-dong with my friends, walking around the streets for nothing, watching Kim Yu-na's skating through You-tube and listening to Jason Mraz's songs etc. It is really difficult to specify my hobbies and things I like since I have too many interests and too many tastes. It might be easier for me to clarify things I mind doing.
However, if I have to pick one particular thing I like to do during my free time, I would pick 'talking with my friends for everything'. I think friends in my life are the best gifts from God. Some people might think that it could be a waste of time to talk with your friends for nothing. However, I believe that talking with your friends and people, you can learn more about life and understand things in different views that you might never have if you don't communicate with others. Except for that pretentious reason, you can have fun and release all your stress. I do love my friends!
STUDIES
I am presently studying Chemistry in Sogang. Actually, I was not really interested in science. To be totally honest, science was my least favorite subject when I was in high school. When I had to decide whether I would attend the humanity and social study field or scientific field, I wanted to go for the humanity and social field. However, my mother forced me to attend the scientific field telling me that I should become a doctor. Even though I was not happy with her decision, I thought that it would be nice and economically stable to live as a doctor. So, I agreed with her idea which turned out to be a wrong decision. I failed to enter a medical school and I had to decide which department I would enter among the scientific departments. Even though I didn’t like science, I could not but choose one of those fields and decided to enter Chemistry which I liked the most among the science. I have a lot of problems with my major since I am not that good at it. As I know there is no way out, I am trying my best to get good scores on the studies of my major.
Other than chemistry, I like to study English. It seems that studying English is not really studying a subject. I have never gotten any stress or pressure studying English. It is just another language. There are no complicated equations and definitions in studying English. You can just accept and understand that the way it is. Sometimes I got to think what if I could have an opportunity to live abroad when I was young. It could have helped me a lot to improve my English fluency. I occasionally feel a little bit bad when I find others speak English much better who have live abroad for a long time when they were young. But I personally believe that even if you are in Korea, you can still learn a lot better than others in the English-speaking countries utilizing all kinds of English learning materials. The other study that I am interested in is classical piano. Even though I gave up becoming a pianist, I have never totally abandoned my dream. I am still eager to start classical piano again. When I was a sophomore in Sogang, I called on a professor in Yon Sei to ask for a lesson. I told her why I had given up my training. After she auditioned me she allowed me to be her student just paying a quarter of normal lesson fee. I was so happy to get the opportunity. Nevertheless, while studying my major in Sogang, I couldn’t practice at least 4 hours a day. To get an one-hour lesson, I was supposed to practice at least 4 hours a day. Since I couldn’t have enough time to practice, my teacher and I agreed that I could not get a regular lesson. So now, I am taking time off from my piano lessons. I am going to start again after I graduate from Sogang.
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