In the beginning

Hello!  I may have a few readers I may have none but that's ok.  I've always wanted to write a book about the complexities of being Asian American and the crossover between two cultures.  Today after a very random dream (which I will get into at a later blog) I decided to kick off and just do a blog and maybe someday it will be a book or just some fodder.

Let me tell you a little about myself.  I'm Esther and I was born in Columbus, Ohio to Korean parents that Immigrated to the States (United States), in the early 70's.  My mom is from South Korea in a town called Chonju and my Dad was born in North Korea before the war and moved to Seoul after my Grandfather opened Korea's first pharmaceutical company.  Many of these facts of my family history are only recently being told as my father is now seventy years old and beginning to talk openly about his life in Korea when he was growing up.  I have two older brothers who were both born in the States also, up in Lorain, Ohio.  My brothers are 8 and 7 years apart from me. Majority of my Dad's side of the family moved to Canada.  My mom has one sister and brother that moved to New York and everyone else is in Korea still.

I understand most Korean language, I can read fairly well but I don't know what I am reading.  I write less then my 7 year old niece, in fact she beat in a hangul spelling contest between family.

I'm an avid listener to K-pop (Korean Pop Music), I watch Korean Dramas and enjoy to hear and discuss current events in Korea.  I have been to Korea Numerous times when I was growing up but have not been back since 2001

Now let me tell you more about this blog.  I don't intend it to be chock full of pretty pictures.  This is more about stories, personal opinions and random commentary on being Asian American specifically Korean American.  I wouldn't say it's been a struggle for me so much as genuine fondness for a culture that I was born into yet far away from and how being an Asian American brings up a plethora of situations in both the States and Korea.  You might find little one liner jokes or long winded discussions, it's a gamble.  I like to write with some wit and sarcasm just like how I live life, I am also not going to try being politically correct but honest in what people have said to me or I've said.

Now's Let's be Asian!