A Guiding Light, An Unforgettable Dream
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In my life there are places I want to go and things I want to see. Walking from one destination to the other bringing in new aspects to my life and adding an unforgettable moment in each passing minute, I will strive for this minute to be a lifetime's worth of memories. My memories and hopes for the future. <3
My name is Rebekah and I am just a young woman in her early 20s. I have so much time ahead of me and yet I can feel the shackles of adulthood pressing me down, limiting what I can to do. In this blog I'll be documenting, through my photographs, the places I have been and expanding the list of places I want to go. My goal is to be able to fill this site with every last bit of me and watch it grow from this moment to the next.
About Me:
As stated up above, my name is Rebekah and I am as of this moment 22 years old, a fact I tend to forget. I'm a senior in a four year University and have been working to get my bachelor's degree in Asian Studies, focus East Asia, with a minor in Korean Language. How did I come to choose such a degree? Well, a lot of different reasons, but the most important is simply that I am interested in Asian culture and languages. I enjoy learning about their history and why they are who they are. Well... to be completely honest, I just really like any history which can be dated back thousands of years so I'm not merely interested in just Asian history, but that is where the majority of my interests lie. I've also got a huge love for languages... though I only speak English fluently and my Korean is pretty... well, moderate. Haha, but it will get better the more I use it!
At first I thought I wanted to major in Linguistics due to this interest but in the end I discovered how deeply rooted my interests were in Asian culture and I veered in that direction. People always ask me, "What are you going to do with your degree? What can you do with that degree?" It is commonly seen as an impossibly directionless degree as far as degrees that can make you rich go (or even to find a job). To be completely frank, you won't get rich with this degree; however, it can open your eyes to a part of human history and the human race which you may have taken for granted growing up, or so deeply stereotyped that you were/are blinded to the depths and wonders of this human diversity. But despite the rather vagueness of the Asian Studies degree, there are numerous job opportunities available. Often people will pair this degree with a business degree or some other more skill focused degree, that way they can combine their knowledge of Asia with a specific vocation. In business you can become a consultant for any corporation who does business in Asia which, btw, can make you a whole lot of money as well as give you opportunities to travel. Or, due to the language minor requirement, become either a language teacher in that language (or even your own language as an ESL teacher or the like), or become a translator/interpreter.
Well, in the end I guess my goal here to say was that an Asian Studies degree has quite a lot of different opportunities in many different fields and areas. :)
As for me personally, I haven't narrowed down a specific career or job mainly due to the fact that I'm not a whole lot sure on what area I'd enjoy working in. For now I have a plan to find an internship after I graduate next May and work for like a year or so in South Korea if all goes well. Then, my absolute last option, would be teaching English in South Korea, where you can make quite a good amount of money I might add. But, honestly, teaching has never exactly been my dream. But what has been my dream is traveling to South Korea and really being able to immerse myself in the culture and life there, so if nothing else, I absolutely must go there.
There are also many, many other places I would like to go and many other languages I would like to learn as well. Over time I hope that I will be able to incorporate a little bit of everything that I learn as well as the places/people I become interested in.
My name is Rebekah and I am just a young woman in her early 20s. I have so much time ahead of me and yet I can feel the shackles of adulthood pressing me down, limiting what I can to do. In this blog I'll be documenting, through my photographs, the places I have been and expanding the list of places I want to go. My goal is to be able to fill this site with every last bit of me and watch it grow from this moment to the next.
About Me:
As stated up above, my name is Rebekah and I am as of this moment 22 years old, a fact I tend to forget. I'm a senior in a four year University and have been working to get my bachelor's degree in Asian Studies, focus East Asia, with a minor in Korean Language. How did I come to choose such a degree? Well, a lot of different reasons, but the most important is simply that I am interested in Asian culture and languages. I enjoy learning about their history and why they are who they are. Well... to be completely honest, I just really like any history which can be dated back thousands of years so I'm not merely interested in just Asian history, but that is where the majority of my interests lie. I've also got a huge love for languages... though I only speak English fluently and my Korean is pretty... well, moderate. Haha, but it will get better the more I use it!
At first I thought I wanted to major in Linguistics due to this interest but in the end I discovered how deeply rooted my interests were in Asian culture and I veered in that direction. People always ask me, "What are you going to do with your degree? What can you do with that degree?" It is commonly seen as an impossibly directionless degree as far as degrees that can make you rich go (or even to find a job). To be completely frank, you won't get rich with this degree; however, it can open your eyes to a part of human history and the human race which you may have taken for granted growing up, or so deeply stereotyped that you were/are blinded to the depths and wonders of this human diversity. But despite the rather vagueness of the Asian Studies degree, there are numerous job opportunities available. Often people will pair this degree with a business degree or some other more skill focused degree, that way they can combine their knowledge of Asia with a specific vocation. In business you can become a consultant for any corporation who does business in Asia which, btw, can make you a whole lot of money as well as give you opportunities to travel. Or, due to the language minor requirement, become either a language teacher in that language (or even your own language as an ESL teacher or the like), or become a translator/interpreter.
Well, in the end I guess my goal here to say was that an Asian Studies degree has quite a lot of different opportunities in many different fields and areas. :)
As for me personally, I haven't narrowed down a specific career or job mainly due to the fact that I'm not a whole lot sure on what area I'd enjoy working in. For now I have a plan to find an internship after I graduate next May and work for like a year or so in South Korea if all goes well. Then, my absolute last option, would be teaching English in South Korea, where you can make quite a good amount of money I might add. But, honestly, teaching has never exactly been my dream. But what has been my dream is traveling to South Korea and really being able to immerse myself in the culture and life there, so if nothing else, I absolutely must go there.
There are also many, many other places I would like to go and many other languages I would like to learn as well. Over time I hope that I will be able to incorporate a little bit of everything that I learn as well as the places/people I become interested in.