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Name: Steven
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Gender: Male
Interests: Working out, Reading Christian/Financial/"How to" Books, Playing the piano, Just all-out chilling
Occupation: Market Research
Industry: Pharmaceutical
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| YOU KNOW YOU'RE KOREAN AMERICAN IF (in random order)....
105. Grandmothers/moms use pots and pans as noisemakers - hitting them with metal spatulas and such - when rooting for their church volleyball team to win...or any sport.
104. Your mom packs food in a napkin before leaving the buffet (muffin...fried chicken...) (from John Nahm!)
103. You've had a bowl cut at some point in your life.
102. Your mom has short-permed hair
101. You're a girl and you've put tape on your eyes before to make "sanguhpuhr" or...perhaps you just got the surgery done.
100. You have had a piece of rice stuck to your shirt or hair before
99. You've been called an "Ee-nuhm-uhn-jai-sheik" or "Kai-she-nah" by your parents many times in your life
98. You eat seaweed soup on your bday prepared by your uhmah!
97. When you or guests are leaving your parents' house, they wait for you to get into the car and leave before they go back in the house. Won't close the door, until you're gone. Doesn't matter if it's freezing cold outside...they'll linger and wait until you're gone first before they go back in the house.
96. I like....flat butts and i cannot lie! Your mom has a flat butt.
95. Your parents always eat some sort of fruit for dessert...apples, asian pear, oranges...and your mom peels the apple skin, the core and slices it into "crescent" shape pieces.
94. you just love, love, love them korean faux fur blankets.
93. There is some piece of Korean furniture in the house somewhere like a folding korean table or a black ebony chest with cranes all over it.
92. Your mom has bulk packs of Korean nylon knee high stockings - and wears them with sandals
91. Your parents put Salon-pas or Ben-Gay on their aching bodies. When your dad or mom is sick, they put a wet washcloth on their forehead.
90. Your parents never drink water (except soju and other alcoholic beverage) until they finish eating their meal, no matter how heavy the meal is. Now that I think of it, they don't even have water pitcher or cups out until they've finished with their meal. Actually, forget cups, they just pour the water in their rice bowls to drink it up. (from Chun Shin)
89. Your parents only buy thousand island dressing and think it's the only dressing that tastes good
88. When you're out eating with an older brother or sister, they usually pay for your meal.
87. When you were younger and at a restaurant with another korean family, your parents would fight over the bill...usually the dads...they start grabbing it out of the hand and/or try to pay and the other one pulls him down going ..."ah yai..yai..yai...". sometimes this back and forth process will take 15 min. - everyone else waiting until the parents duke it out and pay.
86. You open the refrigerator door, and fall back - potent!
85. Your parents are tired, so they do the kimchee squat wherever they're at.
84. At church retreats, you eat kimchee bowls at like 11:00 pm with everyone. you know what chappegetti, sapporo ichiban and neoguri are....one or the other are always in the kitchen cabinet.
83. You have one of those asian fruity purple/orange/blue whatever color car fresheners in your car
82. Your parents never paid for napkins...they just took a whole stack from mcdonald's, restaurants...etc.
81. When you were in trouble, your dad/mom tried to hit you with their korean slipper from the kitchen, rolled up korean newspaper or your dad's shoehorn (the slippers didn't really hurt)
80. You're a girl - when you go to the Hello Kitty store you still want to buy everything no matter what your age (you still have and use cute pencils, pens, korean/japanese stationary)
79. No matter how wealthy your family is or isn't, they never waste or throw away food; after you're done eating and completely full, you mom says "that's it? eat some more!" as she gives you a 3rd plate of food/rice
78. Someone in your close circle of friends is named John, Paul, David, Peter, Esther, Susan or Jenny Lee/Kim....actually, quite a few of them are named that.
77. You can't eat ramen without kimchee or bap. And if you have to b/c you ran out, you feel like something's missing.
76. You hit someone sitting next to you from laughing so hard. In fact, you SILENT laugh while hitting.
75. You play guitar, violin, or piano
74. Failure means telling your parents you are not going to be a doctor but feel called to go to seminary instead to be a mok-sah-neem. Watch out while the rage begins - "Nuh Mee Juh Suh!!!!"
73. Your parents have lived in the U.S. for 20 years+ but they mainly speak Korean. In fact, one of them doesn't speak English at all.
72. You hated eating Korean food in high school (preferably going to get American food with friends). Now that your out of the house, you crave Korean food all the time!
71. Your dad is always on the couch after work, quietly reading the Korean newspaper or watching the Korean news.
70. The Korean newspaper is the 2nd bible to your parents.
69. Your mom knows a friend, who had a friend, who had a friend....that something bad happened to therefore, you need to listen to your parents and do as they tell you althought there is no logical connection whatsoever to the story they just told you (usually that "friend" is just a news article they read from the Korean newspaper)
68. Your dad would explode and yell with a passion about once every few months or year. The rest of the time, he's quietly reading the newspaper.
67. Your mom works more than full-time, cleans, cooks homemade meals, sews, serves, is always go, go, go and worries so much that she nags you about what you're going to do with your life. Your dad has never cooked or washed dishes in the kitchen but man, when it's time to grill that kalbi....he's all over that!
66. You communicate through your mom what you need to tell your dad and vice-versa
65. Even in college, when you have large group get togethers, the girls are in the kitchen preparing the food, while the guys stay in the living room hanging out.
64. Even though you are a gifted artist, you know the only professions that exists for you are in medicine/business/computers or law.
63. Most Korean girls you know are teachers, pharmacists or nurses
62. Most Korean guys you know are accountants, IT/Engineering, doctors, lawyers or Seminarians
61. Your mom always dresses up when going out of the house. At home, she dresses like a homeless woman wearing your old clothes/sweats and mismatching.
60. In high school, you get depressed when you get a bad grade, evaluating the existence of your whole life and wondering if you'll ever amount to anything
59. When playing large group games, embarrassing and targeting someone in front of the whole group for ridicule pleasure is fun and normal...in fact, he/she probably likes the attention
58. Writing your name with your butt, sizzling like a bacon, getting your wrists hit by other people's swinging fingers and the guys' version of "motorcycle" are all normal behaviors to you
56. When eating a grilled fish, your mom eats the fishhead and eyeballs like it's filet mignon
55. On special occasions, your parents will go to a Chinese restaurant where they won't have Americanized Chinese food, but "Fear Factor" Chinese food (E.g. jellyfish, shark fin soup). You're disgusted, starving and think their weird for eating it. Your parents are happy, delighted and think you're weird for not eating it.
54. Your parents are part of some sort of social group. It usually involves secret group money collecting/exchange.
53. Getting toilet paper, toothpaste, or any highly practical item is an appropriate and wise prize during team games
52. When you're around non-Asian people, you stop using slang words, start enunciating your words and start using proper grammar/English or just stand there remaining silent thus adding to the already quiet Asian stereotype. When you're with your Korean friends, you're a whole new personality.
51. Where you're at a church retreat, skits are your favorite part and there's always a dance-off or breakdancing of some sort.
50. Your parents have embarrassed you in public before by their mannerisms (dad yelling too loud "Eun Jung AHHHH!!! YUH-GEE-WAH!!!", parents swearing in broken English at another driver)
49. You only know the first line of the Korean National Anthem and sing it "Dong Heh Muhr Nah..." and then stop b/c you don't know the rest of the words.
48. If you're a girl, when talking to someone of the opposite sex, your voice gets higher, pitchier, whinnier, with a lot of fake giggling...E.g. "Ah, oPaHhhhhhhhhh!!! giggle....soft fake hit on the arm"
47. If you're a guy, when you're with your friends, you play basketball or massive multiplayer video games for fun.
45. When you go to the beach for a bbq, camping or an amusement park, your parents bring the 3 golden Ks - kimchee, kalbi, kimbab
44. Parking lot syndrome. This is quickly broken when someone suggests you guys get some boba.
43. You have name-brand style....mad style...more so than other asians (except perhaps the japanese who are bit funkier in a weird way.) Music/talents/dramas from Korea highly influence you.
42. If you are a girl, you spend $150-$250 getting a straight pah-mah to make your hair look "naturally" straight.
41. Even though you really wanted to go to UCLA, your mom finds your Berkeley acceptance letter and mails it out behind your back confirming you'll go there. (true story!)
40. When you're around your parents, you tone changes and you speak like a baby or little kid "Uhhhhh-MMMMMaaaaahhhhHHHHH! Nah beh goo pahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!"
39. When you're around your parents, they treat you like a little kid/baby and like you don't know anything or have been anywhere.
38. If you are a girl, you have had a crush on the praise leader (Godly, talented, well-dressed, great voice, smart, romantic)
37. If you are a guy, you dream of a girl like the one in the korean video (perfect, cute, serving, fun, passionate, tender)
36. For those who can relate to #29 and #30, WAKE UP AND SMELL THE KIMCHEE CHEE-GEH!!!
35. You know when your mom's cooking dang-jang-jee-geh....the minute you open up your front door. Whoo! Potent!
34. Your dad or mom planted something in your front yard, backyard, wherever there's dirt - they'll plant and grow. Lettuce? Corn? Something...
33. You are so artistic that when you go to different stores and see something you like, you naturally think "I can make this. Cheaper too." (I think Koreans are highly creative and artistic!)
32. You get excited when someone suggests playing korean group games. You just love them Korean group games!!! Never a dull moment...
31. Your church parking lot has more Lexus, BMW, and Mercedes cars than the local dealership
30. Eating on the floor with no chairs is considered normal when with a big group of people.
29. If someone walks into a room/house with shoes on, it makes you highly uncomfortable and nervous.
28. Your parents are looking for a toothpick after they've eaten at a restaurant. When they find one, they cover their mouths with one hand while picking their teeth with the other.
27. Your parents have lived in the U.S. for over 20+ years, and they still don't vote.
26. You used to lie to your parents in high school telling them you were going to the library when in fact, you were really going out with your friends. (heehee)
25. Three types of Korean girls - the k-town l.a. club scene girl, the goodie/holy try to act super cute modestly dressed church girl, and the ones that no one really pays attention to.
24. Three types of Korean guys - the bad boy gangsta wannabee, the best all-around good looking worship/church leader that all the girls have crushes on and think that's the guy for them, the nice, ordinary guys that get easily overlooked
23. When your mom cooks, she never measures anything. And when you ask her how much you should put it in...she says "ah...you know. a little bit here. a little there. just taste."
22. When you like a guy/girl, you make him a praise mix or write encouraging letters on cute asian stationary (which includes the mandatory scripture verse)
21. A kid gets into an Ivy League school and their parents are touted as being the greatest parents ever!
20. Your mom puts potato salad in between two slices of bread
19. Your parents have a professional karoake machine complete with a rotating disco ball; you hate it when it's your mom or dad's turn to sing b/c they sing these whiny korean folk songs with electronic background music.
18. Your parents have a free calendar hung on their wall from church or the local Korean market.
17. Your mom randomly tells you what their friends' kids have done, especially if they did something good for their parents. You feel like they are comparing you to them..which they are.
16. A date night for your parents, is lying in the electronic heated blanket with thick puffy faux fur korean blankets in the living room watching Korean videos.
15. When going to the beach with your mom, she's covered from head to toe with her 10-inch sun visor, her robotech sunglasses, lightweight jackets and such. In fact, they will most likely drive to the beach, look at the water, say "Cho-TAH!!!" and then drive back home after one hour.
14. If your parents call you "Kah-She-Nah" or "Jai-Sheik" if you haven't called them in over a week and then feel guilty about it
13. While watching a korean drama, you had an epiphany and realized your parents' loud voice level was just normal.
12. You've washed your hair in a river before on some road trip when you were a little kid
11. You've never seen your parents kiss
10. When you were in 1st grade, your parents used rice instead of buying Elmer's glue
9. Your mom has a collection of empty kimchee jars for future use, big rubber basins in the backyard for making kimchee, a gallon of koh-joo-jang and a 20lb bag of rice. Your dad will even comment on the koh-joo-jang or kim being really good b/c it's from korea but you can't tell the difference.
8. You wash your dishes by hand (only using the dishwasher on special occasions)
7. Your parents rarely show teeth or have big smiles in pictures
6. You get straight A's on your report card with one A- or B+ . Your parents are really worried about the A- or B+, say do better next time and pray about it.
5. You know you have to marry a Korean. They don't even have to say it. You just know. (Unless MAYBE if the guy's super rich and Chinese)
4. Your mom keeps her rubberbands around the kitchen sink faucet handles
3. Your mom uses water and an old rag to clean everything
2. Your mom has a bag of frozen anchovies (meh-duh-chee) in the freezer
1. Your mom has a drawer in the kitchen that has everything - messy and unorganized - gum, tape, packets of ketchup, safety pin
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| I think of all the people that I get along with. I get along with those that suffer the best. People who go through any kind of physical/spiritual suffering live in a vast different world than "normal" people. The rules are different....even faith is different, if any. Past Saturday was able to call up people who are suffering for real. I'm not referring to toothache or headache, I'm talking about people who wake up every morning with pain and go to sleep with it, if they can. For instance, my friends in England who have autoimmune diseases and gets "pain attacks" during the day or my cousin that has severe carpal tunnel or my friend with severe back pain. I pray for those people. Praying for others have given me a sense of meaning within my own suffering. I thank God for pain, but I"m sure some think that they have outwelcomed their thanks. Sometimes nice little quick "church responses" are not necessary, even deterimental due to a Christianese inadequate view of suffering but being available as the church is probably the best thing that one can do. | | |
| Anybody willing to take a road trip on the week of the 18th? | | |
| BEVERLY HILLS, California (The Onion ) -- An estimated 150 million people continued to be without social lives Tuesday as a massive system failure at MySpace.com entered its third day. "The problem is taking longer than we anticipated, but rest assured we're working around the clock to get MySpace back online," said David Gundy, a spokesman for the social networking site. "We're hoping to have friendship restored to our users as soon as possible." The outage, which occurred late Saturday night, is believed to be the result of a complicated wallpaper upload for the page of a former VH1 "I Love New York" contestant, which triggered a chain reaction of web browser crashes and server shutdowns. Although MySpace's emergency-response team has so far been unable to reconnect any of the millions currently stranded without access to online companionship, Gundy said he remains hopeful that no profiles have been lost. However, because the sudden lack of friends has deprived MySpace users of comments, bulletin posts, and searches for elementary school crushes, it is feared that the ordeal could inflict long-term psychological damage. In Chicago alone, an estimated 50,000 people remain trapped in their apartments, with no way of contacting the outside world about new bands, "Adult Swim" cartoons, or the latest video games. "I lost 6,456 of my best friends in an instant," said Minneapolis resident Peter Steinberg, 20, who has loyally befriended as many profiles as possible over the past two years. "Nothing can describe how devastated I feel. Some of these people I've exchanged two, even three comments with, and I can't tell you how many ROTFLMAOs we've shared, too." Steinberg was among the first to suspect something was wrong with MySpace.com Friday when he was unable to send an animated image of TV's ALF chasing a cat to his MySpace group, "Welcome to Bartertown, Bitch." Other stranded, friendless citizens are doing their best to cope, but are finding it harder and harder to go on. "I've just been wandering in and out of my cubicle in a daze, not knowing what to say and who to talk to," said Upper Darby, PA data-entry technician Patrick "Smiley457" Mancuso, 31. "I thought about asking someone at work or in my apartment building if they'd join my friend group. But how am I supposed to tell which ones I will like and which ones I won't? It's too overwhelming." Corey "Aqualad" Friesen, 18, of Danville, IL appeared to share Mancuso's fears about manual and analog socializing. "I vaguely remember trying to make friends pre-MySpace, but in 16 years, I only made three real friends," Friesen said. "If I have to revert back to face-to-face friend gathering, I would be middle-aged before I built that number into the double digits. I'd definitely never get back into the hundreds again." Denver's Marco Imbrescia, known to his MySpace friends as I Smell Tuna, contemplated the existential ramifications of the outage. "Without an 'About Me' section, I've lost all sense of self," said Imbrescia, 17, who depends on the site to convey his innermost thoughts to millions of extended-network friends. "Do I want kids? How tall am I? What's my body type? These are questions I can't answer anymore. I'd pray to a god for help, but I've lost my religion field." A handful of relief organizations have begun to offer some assistance to MySpace refugees. The American Red Cross is currently setting up a network of approximately 60 smaller-sized "fill-in" sites, where lonely MySpace users can post abbreviated profiles and receive instant messages from aid workers in half-hour increments. But because it's only intended as a temporary stopgap, user options are austere: MySpace members cannot list hobbies and interests, upload MP3s, or link to favorite YouTube clips, making friendship compatibility and popularity nearly impossible to predetermine. On Monday, MySpace co-creator Tom Anderson issued an apologetic press release on the website of MySpace's parent company, News Corporation. "So I know alot [sic] of you couldn't check out your profiles and I just want to say sorry for all the lameness on our end," Anderson wrote. "Rock on. :)" | | |
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