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Learning the rules of life and hip hop in China
By Lu Xiaofeng and Chen Ye |
February 22, 2010, Monday
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PARK Buyng Eun is a 20-year-old man who has been living in Jiading for eight years and is now studying at Shanghai Volkswagen Technical School. With fluent Chinese and ordinary dress, he is not recognizable as Korean and calls himself half-Chinese.
Park spent his childhood in Inchon, South Korea when his father ran a factory in Hong Kong and later went to Guangdong Province.
At the end of the 1990s, his father decided to move his factory to Jiading.
In 2002, Park's mother said to him that their whole family would move to China, and Park felt really excited but also a little sad to leave his old friends and teachers.
Jiading was a brand-new world to Park and he didn't understand a word of Chinese.
Instead of sending him to the local school, his parents hired a Chinese teacher for him, who had no idea about Korean. So the teacher had to use body language to make him understand.
One day, when the teacher taught the word "spank" in Chinese, he couldn't make himself understood until he hit Park heavily.
A year later, Park went to Zijing Primary School as a grade four student. As a rule, students would say "good morning" to the teacher when they came into the classroom and Park had no idea about that. He just stood there staring at his teacher and said nothing.
The teacher thought that he was an impolite student and it was not until several months later that he learnt the words "good morning."
At first, Park did not get used to the school's rules because things were more flexible between students and teachers in South Korea.
But in China, the atmosphere was more serious in class with less interaction.
Park made his first Chinese friend named Jin Ye as both of them being keen on roller skating.
Although they are not studying in the same school now, they still play basketball, hip hop dance, and chat together on the weekend.
"I think friendship depends on the loyalty instead of the nationality," said Park.
After graduation from primary school, Park went to study at An Ting Middle School.
By this time he could fluently communicate in Chinese and became quite popular in school because his classmates wanted to learn more about South Korea from him.
Park's major at college is secretary. "It was a mistake," he said with a smile. "At first I wanted to apply for a computer course, but it was too crowded, so I just took my mother's advice to study secretary as my major."
Park is good at hip hop dance. When he was six he saw a video of the dance and became addicted to it.
He has practiced a lot and can now represent the hip hop dance society in school where he has a lot of fans.
Park is crazy about dancing. He spends all his spare time practicing and now he has launched a training class which has more that 10 students. "I am so glad about that, and also I can make money. I feel very proud of myself," said Park.
Furthermore, Park plans to join a famous stage show this year. He said that he wanted to be known to more people and hoped to get instruction from the dancing specialists.
Park has a bright future plan for himself and he will strive to make his dream come true.
Park spent his childhood in Inchon, South Korea when his father ran a factory in Hong Kong and later went to Guangdong Province.
At the end of the 1990s, his father decided to move his factory to Jiading.
In 2002, Park's mother said to him that their whole family would move to China, and Park felt really excited but also a little sad to leave his old friends and teachers.
Jiading was a brand-new world to Park and he didn't understand a word of Chinese.
Instead of sending him to the local school, his parents hired a Chinese teacher for him, who had no idea about Korean. So the teacher had to use body language to make him understand.
One day, when the teacher taught the word "spank" in Chinese, he couldn't make himself understood until he hit Park heavily.
A year later, Park went to Zijing Primary School as a grade four student. As a rule, students would say "good morning" to the teacher when they came into the classroom and Park had no idea about that. He just stood there staring at his teacher and said nothing.
The teacher thought that he was an impolite student and it was not until several months later that he learnt the words "good morning."
At first, Park did not get used to the school's rules because things were more flexible between students and teachers in South Korea.
But in China, the atmosphere was more serious in class with less interaction.
Park made his first Chinese friend named Jin Ye as both of them being keen on roller skating.
Although they are not studying in the same school now, they still play basketball, hip hop dance, and chat together on the weekend.
"I think friendship depends on the loyalty instead of the nationality," said Park.
After graduation from primary school, Park went to study at An Ting Middle School.
By this time he could fluently communicate in Chinese and became quite popular in school because his classmates wanted to learn more about South Korea from him.
Park's major at college is secretary. "It was a mistake," he said with a smile. "At first I wanted to apply for a computer course, but it was too crowded, so I just took my mother's advice to study secretary as my major."
Park is good at hip hop dance. When he was six he saw a video of the dance and became addicted to it.
He has practiced a lot and can now represent the hip hop dance society in school where he has a lot of fans.
Park is crazy about dancing. He spends all his spare time practicing and now he has launched a training class which has more that 10 students. "I am so glad about that, and also I can make money. I feel very proud of myself," said Park.
Furthermore, Park plans to join a famous stage show this year. He said that he wanted to be known to more people and hoped to get instruction from the dancing specialists.
Park has a bright future plan for himself and he will strive to make his dream come true.
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