I am what many now refer to as a "Eurasian." I’m one half Caucasian, one quarter South Korean, and one quarter Chinese.
As a child, it was hard knowing where to "belong" and I wished to be full Caucasian. As an adult, I’d have it no other way – even if I dislike much attention. Given the countless questioning on my background and the high rate of surgeries (eyes, nose, breast) for those trying to have my features, I have been truly blessed with the best of many worlds.
Born in Texas and raised in Arkansas, I am often dubbed a very "non-oriental Asian" (on an aside, "oriental" is a common reference to Ramen noodle spice packets or rugs - refrain from referencing people with this sort of descriptor). Regardless the terminology, there's no question about my roots - my deep country roots.
I talk in a Southern dialect, with words like "ya'll" and "fixin''" sprinkled throughout my tangential verbosity. I like to play in the mud and rain, even at 24 years old. Fishing is a favorite past time and I catch things in nature for the fun of it - countless frogs, spiders, and several different types of snakes.
I love cornbread and milk, pickled okra, and fried green tomatoes. When visiting LA or talking with friends from Philly, they are thrown back by the discrepency between what they perceive me as (based on looks) and what I am (based on life).
It's funny how you have these 2 very frequently stereotyped groups of people: those who like to eat rice and those who like to hunt near it (i.e. for duck - to all you Yankees). What's more, the cover is saying one thing, but the book tells something drastically different - welcome to my world.
Primarily, I try to live by the cliched "CARPE DIEM" philosophy of life. But, more approriately, the following Floyd quote serves a better mantra for the tangled and ever-growing web that I continue to spin.
"Long you live
And high you fly
And smiles youll give
And tears youll cry
And all you touch
And all you see
Is all your life
Will ever be."
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