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Hi~ Welcome to my little cybercorner. My name is Sophia....Sophie, Soph, Nan-young, Miho or "hey you" to some. I was born in Seoul, Korea. After finishing the first semester of grade 6, I visited South America where my uncles live.....we stayed there for about 10 months and came to Toronto in 1988. Some of the stuff that I still remember about South America are delicious Argentinean Pizza....I remember how the whole family would go and eat pizza whenever we had the chance....I think that was when I fell in love with olives :) Let's see. I also remember the red soil, Carnival and little "bombitas"(water balloon), bananas (we ate the whole bunch as soon as we arrived in South America. It was so cheap compared to Korea!!!), little "besitos"(kisses) from friends....I'm glad I had a chance to travel before coming to Canada because once I arrived here, I didn't get a chance to travel to new countries other than visiting Korea for Daejun Expo. Oh yeah, that's where my Internet ID comes from....the symbol of Daejun Expo was called cumdori and if you translate that into English, it's a "dream boy".

Well, now I'm attending University of Toronto, majoring in Human Biology and Asia Pacific Studies. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to specialize in human bio or do two majors... After much consideration, I decided to do two majors. I'm sure you could all figure out what human bio will be like so I will just explain the other major a bit. Asia Pacific Studies is a multi-disciplinary program designed for students pursuing careers requiring expertise in contemporary Asia-Pacific languages and societies. Mainly this program deals with China, Korea and Japan--language, culture, history, politics, economy, and more....it's really an interesting program and it gives me some breathing room from science courses:)

Well, what can I say about Toronto....hmmm it's my city now. I feel more comfortable here than in Seoul. I've been here for 10 years now and I still love almost everything about Toronto. I could count hundreds of reasons why I love this city but let me tell you about some of them......There are tons of parks for me to go when I get tired of the city. Couple of years ago, I discovered Central Island and I absolutely love it. I don't know how to explain the feeling but the freedom and the peacefulness that you get when you are in that island is just amazing. It's so close to downtown but yet the island feels so different as if you are in totally different part of the country altogether. When you come to Toronto, I highly recommend that you visit the island at least once and you will see what I mean :) Torontonians brag that Toronto is the most multicultural city in the world...well I don't know whether that's true or not but I'll take their word for it :) I'm sure there are a lot of good things about being a multicultural city but for me the most important one is FOOD!!! I could go out every single night and I will still have some cuisine that I haven't tried yet. Usually when I go out with my friends, we settle for either Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, Greek, Italian or American. Right now, I'm really into Vietnamese and I love their noodle soups!!! Just thinking about it makes my mouth water....

I am the oldest of two in my family. I have one younger bro who many mistakenly believe is my older brother. He's studying at Queens University doing concurrent education program. We used to fight a lot but now that we are separated I miss him....I don't think I've been a good sister to him before but he's always been a good brother to me(love ya, Rob~). I have two wonderful parents who sacrificed their all to make sure that me and my brother are okay...I think the most wonderful thing that I inherited from them is my faith. They introduced me to someone I could depend on even when my parents are not around. They introduced me to Jesus Christ.

To tell you the truth, I used to worry that they brainwashed me to Christianity when I was young. I used to wonder whether I was believing because I really believed in Jesus Christ or whether it was all conditional brainwashing. I used to think "oh my gosh, what if I never accepted Jesus Christ as my saviour, would I be left behind when the time comes?" That used to scare me to death. I didn't have the confidence to say "Yeah, I'm saved and I'll see you in paradise..." I mean it's easy to say it but what if it's not true?...arghhh, you have no idea how many times I went through this cycle...you could check my faith page to see the struggle I went through and the journey I'm making towards Lord.

Well, that's about all I'm gonna write on this page(I think I wrote quite a bit actually...hope you didn't fall asleep). There's a lot more to me than just what's on this page so if you want to know more about me or simply want to e-mail or have any questions of any kind, please feel free to contact me. But if you don't want to take time to e-mail or contact me, you could check FAQ page out and see the answers to some of the questions that people asked me before...Oh, and for those of you who care, my ICQ # is 3245589. Right now, I'm . If I'm online and you want to send a message or chat with me then go to my ICQ communication center.

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