Phew…… grumble……
One of my friends sometimes asks me how life is treating me. Well, I don’t know. It does make me think though. (because.. we don’t often ask that question in my country, Korea?)
가끔 친구 하나가 사는게 좀 어떠냐고 묻는다. 잘 모르겠지만, 그래도 참 생각 많이 하게 만드는 질문이다. 아마 내 나라에 있을 적엔 이런 질문을 자주 듣는 것은 아니었기 때문이리라.
What should I start by talking about? Right now, what am I thinking? Uh, okay. Going back in time, two years, three years from now, it was never easy for me to come off from some environment where I was accepted and acknowledged. Because here, this neighborhood is where it simply doesn’t matter no matter what I was, how eminent or excellent I was, or whatever. Of course, I did calmly prepared for this solitude, but now it’s more like I’m some kind of a grass without its root. (Well, that, on the other hand, can mean like it’s a good opportunity to prove myself the most but I mean, who’s that optimistic anyway?)
뭐라고 말하며 시작하지? 지금 당장 나는 무슨 생각을 하고있는가? 음, 그래. 지금으로부터 2년, 3년쯤 거슬러 올라가보면, 솔직히 내 자신이 인정받고 자리잡았던 어떠한 환경에서 떨어져 나온다는 것은 절대 쉬운 일이 아니었다. 이곳은 이전의 내가 얼마나 많이 어떻게 잘났었는지는 아무 의미 없는 동네니까. 커다락 고독을 각오했지만 정말 뿌리없는 풀 그 자체가 된 기분이 든다. 다른 시각으로 볼 때에는 스스로를 최대한 증명할 수 있는 기회라고 생각하지만.. 정말 그렇게 낙천적인 사람이 있긴한가?
When I was here for the first time, I did live here for months, just like I am now, but it wasn’t a big deal to me back then. I was just one of kids who’ve been abroad and that was it. I went back to Korea anyhow, and that was what I ever truly wanted at that time, I guess.
처음 이곳에 왔을 적에도 지금처럼 이곳에서 수개월의 시간을 보냈지만, 그땐 정말, 나는 그냥 해외여행이나 다녀온 아이들 중 한명이었지, 그게 내게있어 큰 문제는 아니었던 것 같다. 어떻게든 한국에든 돌아가려고 해 그리했고, 내가 원했던 것은 그뿐이었던 것 같다.
After that, I enjoyed all that I had done in Korea ever since, then I left my country again. This time, I’m trying to make my living here in this country. This time, everything has been too different. Though it isn’t my first time living in diffrent country, it still is as hard. So.. okay, the what should I do?
한국에서 내가 벌여놨던 일들 모두를 참 즐겼던 것 이후, 또 다시 내 나라를 떠난 지금. 정작 이젠 여기서 좀 살아보려고 노력하는 지금, 모든 것이 참 많이 다르다는 것을 느낀다. 처음도 아닌데, 왜 이리도 힘든걸까? 도대체 뭘 어쩌라는건지.
I’m going rightly, right? Tell me so. Because I think, that if you do, I can go to better way, even if I wasn’t.
나 지금 제대로 가고 있는거지? 그렇다고 말해줘. 설사 그렇지 않다고 해도 그렇게 말해주면 난 더 좋은 길로 갈 수 있을거야.
I’m not sure exactly where you live (in America?) But I was born in the States and am studying in Korea right now. Although I’m only here for 6 months, I can understand the uncomfortable feeling of living in another country. I’m full Korean and I still feel uneasy in Korea, so being a native Korean in America is probably much harder. Either way, I think it’s great to live abroad and experience other cultures. It helps you realize how big this world is and how much there is that we can learn, ya know? Wherever you are, or whatever you do, just make the most you can out of it before that time is lost! ^___^ 화이팅! hahaha
Comment by joy on Sunday, 26 October, 2008 @ 11:21 pm