What I want to do after college.

What do I want to do after graduating from college? Well, to bluntly so to speak, its a bit hard to answer that question because I’ve never even graduated from high school. However, my mind is open to all those countless possibilities waiting for me. Maybe I could take a year off to travel? Meet up with my friends? Or learn/experience something new. We may plan something and always end up with “change of plans”. I guess its safe to start with what I want to do while in college. 

Growing up with only me and my mom, away from family is a bit hard sometimes. Especially when you have such a strong and tight family. I have 4 aunties in Korea and they are all fantastic and gets along very well. It’s hilarious when all five of them meet up and you just have to admire their strong sisterhood bonding. My mom is the only exception because she is here with me on this tiny island of Saipan. My dad has lived alone for a good portion of his lifetime, working, trying to support our family and for me to have a better education. That’s why I decided to go to college in Korea. As much as I am “Americanized” and some may even call me a Twinkie, I think its time, I bring back my family together once and for all.

I have no idea how Korean education system works and from what I heard growing up, its not exactly sugar coated candy material news. I’ve learned english since first grade and sometimes, I feel more comfortable speaking english than Korean. It quite frankly scares me when I know I’m going to college in Korea because I know how those students study and damn....it’s traditionally, asian hardcore. I guess many things can change in the 8 months period before I start my college. Learn my mother language, honing my skills so I won’t get bullied in the future. Learn something I’ve alway wanted to learn; makeup. And hopefully go to cooking class with my mom. These are some of the things I want to do before going to college.

Now going back to the topic, what I really want to do AFTER college, I’d really like to travel around. It might be just around Korea, going to different provinces or if fortunate enough, go around the world, experience different cultures and experience/see new things in life. One thing I definitely want to do is go on a small trip (even a road trip) with just my family. My mom, me and my dad. We have never been to a trip before as a family because dad was always working and we were in different part of the world. I’d like to make my personal memory of our family time together, doing something. I guess that’s one thing I’m really looking forward to.

Another is internship. Over my 2011 summer vacation, I’ve interned in two different places of business. One in the fashion industry and the other in technology programming. To be honest, I enjoyed the fashion industry one better and has helped shine a path of light on the road I would like to take in the future. As a very outgoing, energetic and friendly person, I like working with people, interacting, facing human problems more than spending the day in front of the computer typing away random numbers in the screen. I’m crossing my fingers I could get another opportunity like that in the fashion industry after college graduation.