you know you are lucky when you live in a place that has a television network dedicating all it's shows to food for rabid food fans who treat it like a raiders football game. Contrast that to other countries like North Korea where the common people eat grass when their mundane days of hard work provides them with nothing more than just air to consume. That's how lucky we Americans are....we treat food as a form of entertainment while other countries that r poor, they fight for it.
This one time my dad was buzzing on soju, ice, and lemons at this one korean owned sushi house we frequent because of it's 50% off deal on it's regular sushi selections.
and my dad starts telling me...
"America, what a great country." He goes on to tell us how he came to this country with nothing and how he had to work two jobs everyday. He was "chronically worried about money" even though he was a car mechanic that made 50 bucks a hour back in an era when gas was still under 50 cents a gallon. He worked so hard he didn't have time to see my older borther pop out into the world.
Years after all his hard work, he finally made enough money to buy his own wrecking yard and move to one of the safest neighborhood ever......
He created his own humble gold mine to raise his family with...
then he says, "In America, so long as you have an idea of what you want and work hard, you can do anything. That is why America is a great country."
one of his cute Laugh Out Loud example of respect for America is "how did American's know we want to retire when we turn 60?" - "When I turned 60 I wanted to retire right away........" Then he starts listing off how there is a new world of perks for old people to enjoy... He gets specials at diners, cheaper health insurance, dibs on first tee time slots at golf courses, and etc etc. In his days, the average Korean would never consider retiring because it just wasn't plausible....he came from a providence where you had to work and provide for the family until you pass on or have the kids take care of you.
It's funny how my father thinks since he's an old school country boy who is actually more open minded than those educated in the city.....but yea, I'd have to agree. America is a great country, but not because of how retirement is.....
In America I can say what I want, eat what I want whenver I want, drive anywhere I want, and do whatever I want with my life...with no limitations but myself.
....my dad's a cute old man.
This one time my dad was buzzing on soju, ice, and lemons at this one korean owned sushi house we frequent because of it's 50% off deal on it's regular sushi selections.
and my dad starts telling me...
"America, what a great country." He goes on to tell us how he came to this country with nothing and how he had to work two jobs everyday. He was "chronically worried about money" even though he was a car mechanic that made 50 bucks a hour back in an era when gas was still under 50 cents a gallon. He worked so hard he didn't have time to see my older borther pop out into the world.
Years after all his hard work, he finally made enough money to buy his own wrecking yard and move to one of the safest neighborhood ever......
He created his own humble gold mine to raise his family with...
then he says, "In America, so long as you have an idea of what you want and work hard, you can do anything. That is why America is a great country."
one of his cute Laugh Out Loud example of respect for America is "how did American's know we want to retire when we turn 60?" - "When I turned 60 I wanted to retire right away........" Then he starts listing off how there is a new world of perks for old people to enjoy... He gets specials at diners, cheaper health insurance, dibs on first tee time slots at golf courses, and etc etc. In his days, the average Korean would never consider retiring because it just wasn't plausible....he came from a providence where you had to work and provide for the family until you pass on or have the kids take care of you.
It's funny how my father thinks since he's an old school country boy who is actually more open minded than those educated in the city.....but yea, I'd have to agree. America is a great country, but not because of how retirement is.....
In America I can say what I want, eat what I want whenver I want, drive anywhere I want, and do whatever I want with my life...with no limitations but myself.
....my dad's a cute old man.