Living in Korea was a Dream.

This is my public but untold story of how I ended up living in Seoul, South Korea for four months. I am happy to be able to share this story and reflect on the many wonderful experiences I lived last semester.

Its so crazy to think that it has been 9 months since the first day I took a step towards making my way over to my second homeland. I lived abroad for four months and I still can’t stop talking about it.

Let me tell you why…

Living / traveling to South Korea had been a dream of mine; as long as I can remember. Even since I was a young girl, I had this incomprehensible interest in Korean culture. I embraced Korean culture as if it was my own and enthusiastically shared it with others.

I honesty… I was a bit obsessed.

I would map out my life as a early teen and include living in Korea as a part of my life plan. As illustrated in my embarrassing glittery sophomore English project it was part of my destiny.

As the years went by, my parents saw that what they thought was a peculiar phase of adolescence was much more than that.

It was 2010 when I first promised myself that I would work hard towards living abroad in this country I was so captivated by.

Also, as expressed in the Maribel’s destiny diagram, I had no financial support to fund my dreams. I knew that this dream was seemingly impossible to reach but not exactly impossible.

Long story short… I worked my butt off to earn some amazing scholarships that got me into Arizona State University. As a college freshman I was introduced to the opportunity of study abroad and with my genuine interest in international business it was something I wanted to participate in.

I was eager and motivated by the opportunities that the study abroad department had advised. I was slowly, but surely seeing my dream become more and more real.

I applied for that program after telling my parents that I was going to study in Korea. I knew that if I asked them their doubts would crush me so I just did it! I mean my parents are very supportive, but they see the reality before the possibilities and I didn’t want their judgment to ruin my dream. I wanted them to witness something wild and incredible.

My parents immigrated to the United States of America in search of the “ American Dream” . They sacrificed so much to provide their future family a future full of opportunities. I think that I accomplished much of what they could never dream but allowed me to.

My parents could never see my dreams as a potential reality because it was something that they had never seen or experienced. It was so crazy to see my interest grow into an opportunity and professional experience. I wanted to be the first to walk this new path for my family and future students our our first generation of college grads.

I honestly couldn't believe it myself and I had to make it public to start feeling it. The days that followed are a blur of stress and final preparations. I was propelled into a experience of a life time. I loved, I cried, I learned, I discovered so much in Korea; but most importantly I made a changing difference. I exceeded my own personal expectations and everyone else’s.

I am not too sure how exactly but I know I did!

Korea is beautiful!

I am forever grateful for it warm embrace and friendship Korea offered me!

Make sure to stay tuned for more on my experiences abroad!

Thanks for checking this out!

Maribel R.

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