Saying hi to everyone!

Honestly, saying hi to everyone who I've never met or known is very embarrassing assignment for me especially as a Korean. I don’t know about American people though. I remember that when I first came to this country many people said “hi, how are you?” to me even though they don’t know me. However we Korean never do that!

Anyway, when I first started this assignment at BYU campus, it was very embarrassing experience to me. When I said hi to other people, some people said hi back to me but some didn’t. The hardest thing was saying hi to girls. I was worrying about that I might look I was flirting with them.

However, as I continued to say hi to everyone I saw, saying hi to girls was more interesting and I start to realize that saying this simple greeting could acts as uplifting source for some people, maybe having a bad day. Some people were smiling when they said hi back to me. Whenever I see their smile, it was really enjoyable. I became to be grateful for this experience, and it helped me to overcome Korean culture. It was fun!

Reputation

I used to have a car 1999 Honda Civic. Such a wonderful student car ever. The car is ten years old, but when I bought it, the price was more than other company’s same year cars. That is because people like Honda Civic and also people know that Civics’ reputation is great.

I love my car. However, since I’m getting married soon and I needed some cash to by a ring for my fiancé so I decided to sell Civic and buy little cheaper car. By searching used car web site, I finally found pretty nice and affordable car for me. It was Hyundai Tiburon. I like Hyundai cars because Hyundai is Korean company and I used to drive Hyundai cars when I was in Korea. Through my experience I know that Hyundai makes nice car as Honda and Toyota. However, the price of Hyundai car is lower than any Japanese cars here. I can buy Hyundai car with two third of the price in Korea. I was wondering why the Hyundai’s price was lower than Japanese cars and my conclusion was the difference of reputation.

Honda and Toyota cars came in to America auto market long time ago and the companies showed that they have fine technology. That is how Honda and Toyota have good reputation. However, Hyundai recently came in to America auto market and they are still getting proved by people.
I like Hyundai Tiburon and if I were in Korea, I can’t buy the car because it is too expensive. However, I’m America and I’m buying this car. My family will think that I’m making a lot of money at BYU so that I can buy Hyundai Tiburon. I hope my parents still send me some money for next tuition.