#cryinginhmart

[lavishpink]

Bilingual Thoughts

How many languages do you speak? I mean fluently... that is. It is nothing to bost about these days but I speak two and have been studying for third..

I speak Korean and English. Back in the days (long long time ago) when I went to middle school and high school in the States, i used to have my thoughts in English. I guess that is natural when you live in an English speaking country and is exposed to everything English minus your immediate family.

Nowadays, even though I love to consume English contents, I do not have that many chances to speak English. I do watch Netflix in English without the subtitles and I do love reading books in English but as for speaking... there just aren't that many options.

So I find myself rusty sometimes. The incredible thing is that, whenever I travel or interact with group of English speaking people for over certain amount of time, I can feel my wheels turning and getting better at speaking within a very short amount of time. Human brain is amazing!! It is like there is a dormant part part of me that awakens sometimes.

Last Friday, my bookclub had our monthly booktalk meet upat a hummus restaurant at COEX mall (in Seoul). For November, we read "Crying in H Mart" by Michelle Zauner. Even though I had my teenage years in the states going to school as an asian girl and having super Korean parents, I had hard time relating to the author and did not find significance of reading this book. I was happy to find most of our members agreed with me and we chatted away~~~ in English. This book club is very special where it is consisted of small group of people who loves reading "actual" books, speaks English, and lives around Seoul all at the same time. It is rare to find these kind of people and I am very grateful to have met these wonderful group of readers. Our book talk usually bounces around a lot, and our conversation jumped from our book to topics in our lives and our experiences living abroad and so on. (not everyone in our group has lived abrod actually). I had so much fun that day, talking away in my second language and felt like there's this other version of me that comes out whenever I speak a different language. I am not saying which version is better or worse, but this is a very special experience.

Do any of you feel this way? ever? I am curious.

#bilingual #english speaking #english #koreanspeaking #bookclub #englishbookclub #cryinginhmart #lifeinseoul

[hopelessromanticlittleshit]

“Food was how my mother expressed her love. No matter how critical or cruel she could seem—constantly pushing me to meet her intractable expectations—I could always feel her affection radiating from the lunches she packed and the meals she prepared for me just the way I liked them.” Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast’s touching memoir about losing her mom to stage IV Squamous cell carcinoma. Chronicling her at times volatile relationship with her mother, and how food connected them to their culture but also each other. I loved that though this book deals with loss and grief I didn’t find it to be over-wrought or depressing. Zauner’s beautiful writing has a lightness to it so that instead of being bogged down with emotion you can focus on the mother-daughter relationship at the heart. A hungry read. 🍱🥡🍚🍜🥟 “How cyclical and bittersweet for a child to retrace the image of their mother. For a subject to turn back to document their archivist.” . . . . . #bookstagram #booklovers #booksbooksbooks #bookstagramza #southafricanreaders #bookstagrammer #bookstagramsouthafrica #readersofinstagram #sareaders #literaryfiction #igreads #bookheaven #readerofinstagram #bookish #booksonbooksonbooks #belletristbabes #read #nextread #cryinginhmart #michellezauner #japanesebreakfast #picador #alfredaknopf #penguinrandomhouse #panmacmillan (at Durbanville) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfoBmwwr1-H/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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[danycarbajal]

#cryinginhmart #book #poetry #mommyissues

[theannotatedbook]

I had been a fan of the band Japanese Breakfast for a while so when I heard that the lead singer had written a memoir I had expected a typical rags to riches story instead I found something unexpectedly refreshing. At it's core it's a story of a mother and daughter trying to understand each other then a daughter trying to hold on to the memory of her mother after passing away. It also emphasizes a path of a young biracial American woman trying to find her cultural ties through cooking. If you've ever struggled with cultural identity,had a tumultuous relationship with a parent,or simply struggled to make a name for yourself in the world then I would highly recommend this book! #bookstagram #bibliophile #cryinginhmart #michellezauner https://www.instagram.com/p/CTftOUbMFN2/?utm_medium=tumblr

#bookstagram #bibliophile #cryinginhmart #michellezauner

[pmstuff212]

Highly recommend Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart. I’m not even halfway, and tears have been shed multiple times. It also has me remembering my mother-in-law, Mun Chanum who departed this plane in July 2011, and also expressed her love through food #cryinginhmart #michellezauner #japanesebreakfast #koreanfood #love #cancersucks https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7BqQJMPQF/?utm_medium=tumblr

#cryinginhmart #michellezauner #japanesebreakfast #koreanfood #love #cancersucks

[jammybaldivino]

6.”Food was how my mother expressed her love. No matter how critical or cruel she could seem—constantly pushing me to meet her intractable expectations—I could always feel her affection radiating from the lunches she packed and the meals she prepared for me just the way I liked them. Michelle Zauner, Crying in H Mart This is a memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. In this story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humor and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother's particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother's tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. Crying in H Mart is a quiet, haunting, beautiful story of what and who we take for granted, and the little moments we never appreciate until they're gone. It also showcase the author’s deep connection of food and the love between a mother and her daughter. This book shattered me then pieced me back together. In case you didn't know, Michelle (the author) is the lead singer of an indie band called Japanese Breakfast @jbrekkie . You should definitely check her out. Her music is beautiful. 17.07.2021 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ bookstagram #booklover #booknerd #bookish #booksofinstagram #bookaddict #bookstagramfeature #bookaholic #igreads #bookgeek #bibliophile #cryinginhmart #michellezauner (at Dubai, UAE) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRa55P4jXjl/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[neaato]

Repost from @agoodscent - #CryinginHMart is an insanely touching piece by @jbrekkie about a #Hapa and her #Asian mother #AsianAmerican ❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByT1Ad1BGVH/?igshid=ajvluuvsovre

#cryinginhmart #hapa #asian #asianamerican

[boyishs]

i got cryinginhmart and jubileegf??? i wanna change my url but i’m so used 2 this one omg

#finally listened to the album 👋😩👊😩

[ianenos03]

I haven’t been in the best place emotionally of late, so I’m not sure how well I’ll handle a memoir featuring love, friction, loyalty, and grief that you read “with your heart in your throat,” but I do know that I can’t get enough of @jbrekkie‘s genius, so we’ll see how it goes… #book cryinginhmart #reading #michellezauner #japanesebreakfast #indie #music https://www.instagram.com/p/CbH3yc8uCjq/?utm_medium=tumblr

#book #reading #michellezauner #japanesebreakfast #indie #music