What They're Doing Now: Sunny Y.
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Sunny writes:
It has been over 2 years since my original post and LOOK how my hair has grown!!!
Well first and foremost, I must add another "occupation" to my list of things I do for a living. A counselor! I am now a Christian counselor to many and am having a blast, learning SO much, and am eternally grateful to God for every aspect of it. Another major change is that I have moved to New York!! As of yet, I am working in the city and living in Westchester County. However, I will be moving into the vibrant island of Manhattan in March (lease signed yesterday!! woot!!) and I am so very very excited to see what adventures await. Something that I have come across in life in NY that has been on my mind as of late is that many Korean Americans believe I am "too Korean". Probably because I speak Korean better than most and I do tend to bust out my Korean to anyone and everyone (Korean or not) whenever and wherever. The irony here is that when I am around the Korean-Korean friends (meaning, born and raised in Korea and only have come to the US for their studies, etc. or aka "FOBs") many believe me to be "too American". But what do those views mean to me? They just mean that I am perfectly Korean yet perfectly American. With a mix of German and French in there also. I am totally fine with that and NYC is treating this little melting pot (with Asian features) VERY well. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FELLOW KOREANS, AMERICANS, KOREAN-AMERICANS, AND MELTING POTS EVERYWHERE!!
