1. When I was in charge of Korean-American Youth Foundation,
we held Essay Contest for scholarship. One boy wrote about his
trip to Korea with his brother. When they saw variety of electronic
games through department store window, they exclaimed "Wow"
in English.

One lady who was passing by shouted to them, "Go back to your
country". After he heard that, he concluded he would not visit
Korea any more.

2. Mr. Sung Kim(1960-), new US Ambassador to Korea called
his motherland as  his "First Love". He came to USA at his age
of 13.

PS; I shall never forget, never forgive what the lady said to
two brothers. Also, I am interested in what Mr. Kim might
say at the end of his career as an Ambassador.

우리는 내 조국이 한국인지 미국인지 혼동되는 ambivalent identity를 가진 lost generation인것 같습니다.
우리의 좌표를 정확히 찾고 우리의 후대가 망서림 없이 확실히 뿌리를 내릴수 있게하는것이 과제일것 같습니다.

누구 말대로 바람이 부니 나무가지가 흔들리는가요, 나무가지가 흔들리니 바람이 부는건가요 하고 마음 편히
사는것도 한 방법이겠읍니다만...

노영일 님;
미국이나 한국 사회에서는 비록 이방인일지 모르지만 (본인도 그렇게 가끔 느끼지요),
여기 우리 website에서는 이방인이 아니니 그리 아시기 바랍니다.
Rest assured that your good self is no foreigner here.
Maybe, this website may be the only community where you and I are not foreigners.

Shall we just laugh about it? ㅎ, ㅎ, ㅎ....
Sometime ago, for some mysterious reason,
our fate have been determined, accepted or forced, sealed, and finished.
The last nail had been hammered in without a ceremony even before we knew it.
So, be it, as it seems.