for nearly a year when I was 6, and even though I was born here I felt a huge spititual connection when I was there and ate rice a lot which was great. I spent my days running around barefoot with my brother chasing dragonflies and watching the big boys play chess for money in the streets. My grandmother lived in the hills of Pusan next to a wood which was a couple of stone shacks with a hole in the wall for a window, we had a transparent plastic curtain which we had to button on both sides at night time. I also lived in Jin-hae, which is home to the most beautiful cherry blossom I had ever seen.