A random chat...

hey Kevin, you're from Netherlands or you were born in Korea? I didn't get it
both
born in korea
raised in the netherlands, havind dutch citizenship
so your parents are both Korean?
dutch
i was adopted
oh ok, pretty young?
yep
i was 2 years old
no memories of korea
so you have never been there?
no ever since i got to the netherlands i haven't returned to korea
something i'll do someday
do you feel tightly linked with Korea? like you feel Korean?
i don't know
it'a good question
i feel connected somehow to asia
i'm not sure whether it feels the same for korea
i'll find out i guess, as i set foot in korea
it's funny
at ic, i feel so much more connected to the ap network as to the wena
well, it's natural... what you are is not only what you've lived, but where you come from in your past (i mean family history)... you will always feel that strong string
and yet, haven't found a way to somehow do something with it
my family is from 4 different places and I feel somehow connected to those places althought I feel strongly Colombian also... now I can imagine you being originally from Korea
maybe that you will realise going there.. you need to step on where it all began
yep, i'll see and feel it the day i return
for sure, do it... it will be great. When I went to England and Israel it felt really deep... I don't know if I am crazy but it felt like some part of me owned there (my family comes from england, turkey and jewish root, and colombian)..... I really recommend it
wow,
i guess it can do everything and anything with you
you feel it... that's why my family loves to keep traditions and it's kinda difficult and funny hehe.. we celebrate tons of things
that must be such a meaningcful experience being able to taste and feel a culture that close and that influential on you
yes definitively, and specially such different cultures...and in Colombia where every region is a f
different story
yeah, spain showed me that last year, how a country can be so divided in differences
uah! wanna go to Spain!
I swear I love that country..
you lucky bastard
you lived in Madrid eh?
yes
ole tío! really cool
it was definately something that has shaped me lately
Spain?
spain's been a defining part of my life
what was the most deeply definning part?
seeing the real me
discovering the real me
why did Spain did that on you?
something special?
because of the differences, the people, the divide
many reasons
was it you first living abroad experience?
no i lived in belgium as well
and i was reminded not being phyiscally dutch every day in my life
for good reasons and bad reasons
i guess somehow the netherlands have felt abroad as well, just didn't realise it until i lived in spain
mmmm in Spain I was also reminded a lot of times about being Colombian.. which I am proud of but many times it is difficult