#explore

I recently traveled to South Korea and find myself not the same since I’ve came back to the states.

I went simply to visit a friend and was welcome with such amazing views and experiences, that being in Kansas City just isn’t satisfying me anymore.

If I could somehow just find a job in South Korea I would leave in an instant. However, that is very difficult being that I do not have a 4 year degree and I am Asian. (Not Korean though, I am Laotian but still it does make it a bit difficult. Especially since when I was in Korea most people just assumed I was Korean and when I told them I wasn’t…they did not know Laos or Thailand.) I am a fluent English speaker, since I was born/raised in the states, and I am going to school for Computer Graphics which is something I’ve been doing since middle school…but this just doesn’t seem like enough until my degree is obtained…

I mean, yes I have a decent life back in the states. I am a new/upcoming Kansas City DJ and have had 2 events thus far… I have amazing friends and family here. I model here and travel to other states then where I am residing about 4-10 times a year. However, I still feel depressed since now I know what life and experiences I could have.

In Korea I found a sense of independence in which I knew I would only have my friend to rely on if things got tough, but I did not find this scary at all. Instead I found it exciting. As we walked through the stations and streets, hopped onto multiple trains/subs, listened to a language I was learning but could not fluently speak, ate delicious foods that were both foreign and familiar to me, relaxed in the bath houses, and laughed through the nights. I found time going way to fast and as I boarded the plane to leave, and had to keep telling myself that it was a reality that I was really leaving.

I plan to go back but am saddened to know that once I get there I’ll always be sad that I’ll have to come back… I will vlog next time and take much more photos however even that will not suffice.