When Life Gets Tough, I Make Tteokbokki

[@jonathondickey3573]

Wow! Great story and visuals!

[@tokkis_channel]

thank you😊

[@theJDfromCA]

I personally pause and wonder 'how did my life get here' about every 25 minutes. I suppose I need to learn how to make tteokbokki. Thanks for the tip!

[@tokkis_channel]

hahaha you're so funny. thank you for sharing your honesty 😊

[@italyquitsugar]

I think I do feel the same sensation of not fully belonging and being misaligned with my country's culture! Thanks for sharing this

[@tokkis_channel]

thanks for watching 😊 it's always good to realize there're like minded people

[@chamorvenigo]

If there is only one right path, that's not a choice. It's no different than not having a path. If we have zero path, then we have all the choices in the world.

[@tokkis_channel]

I love that! thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊

[@chamorvenigo]

@@tokkis_channel Come to think about it, the expression is incomplete. Need to add the below: "If you don't have a path in life, then you will just have to make one." Anyway, this is actually just simple Daoism/Zen Buddhism stuff (I'm aware that it might be uncommon). In the end, there is no need to debate whether to traverse the common path, the path less taken, or the no-path because we would traverse all paths eventually.

[@jamLP]

I relate to what you are saying as a Korean American. My father is white and my mother is Korean. Being biracial and also the child of an immigrant, has always positioned me between two worlds. Even as a child, the desires of my parents were quite different for me. I now hold more education degrees than my father and my mother, because of when she grew up in Korean, has never had an education. Her only desires were to be safe and provided for. I have ambitions outside of home life and I have no children or plan on having any. I feel neither of my parents know me and at 43, I have stopped waiting for them to know me. In the world, I am often perceived as white, and this perception is a strange experience for me as a multiracial person. I find it lonely being, as it seems of two worlds, and neither world. I am alone, sometimes, but I am whole. I find my time is best spent with those who accept my wholeness. That for me is the key to being less lonely in an often solitary experience. That and eating gimbap with friends.

[@tokkis_channel]

you're such an eloquent writer! thanks for sharing your experience as a biracial. I can only imagine what it would be like to never get fully understood by their parents-but I also feel like I have a slightly fair share of it. for a very long time I struggled( still am) with the societal expectations placed on me as a woman. and I don't see myself conforming that in any stages of my life 🙃 I always lose my train of thought as I put them into words. lol but hopefully my heart doesnt get lost in translation. i do try to internalize the thought of being whole on my own. ❣️

[@jamLP]

@ I think your words are very beautiful also. I thought it was a cooking video and was pleasantly surprised to see it was more. I want to add I would rather be me than anyone else. I don’t envy others with two parents of the same race. I think being of two worlds made me naturally skeptical of one culture or idea being right. I am maybe more “awake” than some people or came to being “awake” earlier in life. For example, I am a feminist and was certainly not raised that way by either of my parents. Being of two cultures, which often contradicted each other, made me think more deeply about what the “best way to live” would be for me. Although the USA is less sexist than Korean in most places, it is still deeply sexist. And being a woman who decides to be happy without children and who focuses on work or art, is seen as being atypical and often frowned upon. I am lucky my partner is very feminist too. I am quite happy with my life choices despite others telling me I would be miserable by not having children or being more feminine. My partner is happy too. He doesn’t care that I don’t wear makeup or high heels and has no desire to be with a more “feminine” woman. And he sees me as his equal.

[@tedkim3066]

You can be another Doobee with 4 million subscribers.

[@tokkis_channel]

having lofty dreams could be beneficial sometimes haha 😄

[@ChristopheANONIME]

Belle cuisine😊

[@tokkis_channel]

😄 thank you