As I’m growing up, I feel myself to losing interest in my life. Unlike in my childhood, I’m no longer trying to find out what kind of person I am and stop questioning myself , what do I want to be, what do I like, what makes me happy and what makes me upset. Recently, I just lived in the rule that I need to follow and tried to fit in the society so that I can hide myself. I thought this is how the other people live. I believed it is best to live normally like others do. However, even if I believed that live like others is the most comfortable way to live, the bitterness toward society and myself was never gone away. When I was young I had dreams about my future and I was sure about it. I questioned to myself, if young Jiwoo look at my life right now, what would she think about?

This question was solved through watching people nearby me. Their life was different from my beliefs. Everyone lives by specific values, reasons and dreams, unlike me who just followed what others do. Among those people, people who I met in the college inspire me a lot. For me, college is just a way to get a job and I decided to attend college because others do. I was just afraid about what if I’m derailed from the road of standard. But for them, college is a place to learn about themselves through taking classes, get knowledge about the fields that they are interested in, and plan their future by traveling and meeting other people. That motivated me and waked me up who forced to hidden myself before. Through the people I met in Baruch, I began to think about what I like and what can make my life meaningful. I realized my life is once and precious. The answer is always in me, not others.

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I made a slide show about who I am.

Before explain who I am, I want to describe who influence me and build my characteristics. I cannot say my life without my sister. She is one year older and influences me in almost every way. In Fashion, music and even attitudes, she inspires me all the times. I would not be a person who I am right now without her.

Friends. They are definitely parts of my life. The places I went with them, experiences we went through together, and little talks between us made my life. All of them are precious to me because they show what kind of person I am. They are the people I can truly believe on and rely on whenever and whatever happened.

So, who I am? I am a simple person. I like food, and love to eat delicious foods. I try to eat healthy, less salt and less fat. I also like fruits and everything except raison. Ice cream, and chocolates are what I like the most. Whenever I’m down, I eat chocolate or ice cream and they make me feel much better.

New York is the place where I live in. Everyone in the world might admire the life in New York, and I also had a dream about New York. The real life in here was different from my expectations, sometimes made me disappointed, but I’m trying to love this city. Also, New York is the city where my college is located at, Baruch college. I hope to learn and experiences many things here so that I can be a much better person.

I like to travel and navigate. Going to new places makes me to escape from my reality. Ironically, I have no sense of direction so always travel with fear of lost.

My experience in Tae kwon do, which is Korean martial arts, teaches how to stay calm and be nice to whomever because that’s what Tae kwon do emphasis.  Also the experience of learning Tae kwon do gave me a chance to perform it on my high school international festival, which is unforgettable.

I like to watch soccer games. I used to watch EPL and sometimes La LIga, but recently I cannot watch it often. Still, I love soccer and love to feel the passion from the game. However I don’t like to play soccer because I hate running and sweating. I prefer to play Bowling then soccer. My highest score is 96, which means I’m not good at it but I like the thrill when I hit strike.

The above things explain me. Hope to have more chances to talk about who I am and learn more about my classmates.