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My interviewee is Korean. He moved from Korea to the US in high school. He stated that family culture and family values are very important in his household. He also stated the importance of the wife being a “home-maker” in his culture. He too eventually wants his wife to be a home-maker. He isn’t very interested in dating the way it is done in the west, but instead he has a long-term plan of getting a job, and then getting married. He is also very enthusiastic about his mom’s Korean cooking. In particular he loves “Duck booki- which he described as Rice cakes mixed with spice. He also mentioned that Koreans tend to be careful about their weight, and they try to stay away from fried foods, and he also mentioned that Koreans are known for a lot of plastic surgery. Next, he talked about the police and society. He described the younger adults to be very influenced by the media, and hence they care a lot about fashion and status. Additionally, he described the police to be very lazy and nonchalant about beatings and petty thefts. I found it very interesting that he had a set plan for his life, and was confident about going about it in the US, a completely different culture from the one he grew up in.