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Mom's mom is born
My grandma is born in China. There she lives a short period of time of her life there until the Japanese come. -
World War 2
My Grandma also experienced the reign of the Japanese. Japan has always invaded Korea because it was the closest. And during their raids, the japanese killed many Koreans. When Japan invaded China, my grandma was there and had to escape from there too, then settled into Korea.When she left China she was only 11 years old. So in total she speaks Japanese, Chinese, and Korean due to the multiple wars she was in. -
The Korean War
Both of my parents experienced the war and my grandma's family escaped North Korea which she had to walk about 100 miles. My grandma was only fifteen when the war began. -
Dad
My dad is born in South Korea, Seoul. A big city where my dad spends most of his life there until he leaves for college. -
My mom is born
My mom was also born in South korea, Seoul. She also stays there until she leaves for college. -
Study aboard
My mother moved to the United States to study aboard. -
Dad's and mom's college
UC Berkeley is the university where my parents met and studied. -
My parents get married
My parents are officially my parents now that they have married. -
I am Born
I was born at O'Conor Hospital. I am now a citizen of the United States of America. -
My Sister is born
My Sister is born a year later at the same hospital I was born in. She become our second to last addition to our family. -
Korean
I started Korean school at pre-school up to fifth grade. My Korean school would be one a week, and every Friday. It was a two hour class from 4:30 to 6:30. I quit going to Korean school because I promised my parents that I would speak Korean around the house. But I don't speak Korean to them. -
My first school
I attend Canyon Heights Academy from Pre-K to fourth. There I experience many unfortunate things. For example, I experienced what it was like to bullied, a teacher gives me multiple failures for no reason, and I was always ay behind in my classes. -
Canyon Heights Academy
I always Made new science projects every year. These projects were mandatory so i would always prepare for the project two days before it was due. -
Conquest
I joined a school club in second grade. This was not a boy scouts, but we did serve masses. At the same time we traveled to Lake Tahoe and the Boardwalk. I stopped going in fourth grade because i was going to move to Saratoga. -
Church
When I started third grade, I regristered for altar serving at my church. It is a really fun job to do because I am responsible to help the preist and carry on the mass. In fifth grade I signed up for lector. Lector is when you read off the gospel or the narrator during the mass. I still continue these activities today. -
Hawaii
I visit Hawaii with my friends and family. While we were there, we visited the volcano, beaches, and watched a Hawaiian concert that had Hula dancers and flaming sticks being thrown into the air. -
Altar serving
My sister did church services too. She did exactly what I have done. -
Baseball
I go watch my very first baseball game which I catch a ball. I didn't catch because of a homerun, but a player from the pit threw me a ball and I caught it. And that's how I got a ball from a baseball game. -
Move to Saratoga
I move into Saratoga with a big, old, and smelly home. We had to remodel our house for about four months. Also we had moved in during the month of my birthday and I did not have a proper birthday. -
adopts a dog
After many years of my sister beging for a dog, my mom finally rescued a schnauzer from a shelter. From then on our dog, Toga, has been our last addition to our family. -
Korea
We vistied our friends, family, and many tourist sites. We went to amusement parks and we even saw poeple filming for a Korean Drama. -
Grand Canyon
For ten days My family and I rented a RV and traveled around North grand Canyon. We traveled with my aunt and dog which mad ethe trip even better. -
Redwood Middle School
I end up going to the Redwqod Middle School where meet lots of great teachers and friends. I ake multiple freinds from Argonaut and Saratoga Elementary . -
Foothill elemntary
I only attended fifth grade at Foothill Elemntary. -
Band
I started to play baritone because of band. I played baritone for two years, from fifth grade to sixth grade. I originally wanted to play the trumpet, but I could not blow into the mouthpiece, so I had to play the baritone. -
Jobs
My mom quits her job at a small software company just so she could be with me. -
Canada
My family visits the amazing views of nature that sits on the soil of the great Canada. On our trip, we meet one of our friends by accident and we decide to travel together for a little bit. We end up going home together on the same plane and depart. -
Seattle
During this trip we went to Seattle and Canada Togther. At Seattle we visited the Space Needle and Chihuly Garden And Glass. -
Grandma
On my grandma's 80th birthday we had a family reunion and went to San Luis Obispos where we went to the spa and spent one night there. -
Family Reunion
My grandpa came to the United Sates for the first time and we went to Los Angles to celebrate my birthday and to meet my aunt and uncle. -
East Coast
We spent 2 weeks travling, crossing borders, and visiting many landmarks. Such as the National Mall, Empire State Building, and all of the Ivy League Schools. -
Lego Competition
I form a group and prepare ourselves for our first lego competition. My group includes myself, my sister, and one of my freinds. -
Tennis
I play my very first tennis tournament which I am very proud even though I lost two matches and won four. I believe this a good experience for me so I canbecome better.
