Stagnancy: discouraging but not a determent

Waiting for them to make 
up their minds 
Kwong Sang Woo)

It's the New Year! My weekend was very interesting but best of all:different. I had the pleasure of celebrating New Years with my dear friend from Virginia; and a must-do in the state is to visit museums. Revisiting our history makes me count the blessings of our times (life without internet? unthinkable!), and validate my passion for intercultural topics.


The human race exhibition at Museum of Natural History had me smiling all the way through. Especially when the DNA research confirm the fact that we evolved from the same African ancestry. IIt's amazing how we adapted, changed and evolved according to the environment resulting in what we know today as race.


Bottom line: we are all part of a HUGE family! Too bad that our family ties have deteriorated so much (too many social, political and economical issues). Our homo sapiens' survival instinct to adapt, change and evolve has been replaced by greed and prejudice. It seems that a harmonious global cohabitation is only a delusion of hopeless optimists.


Good news is that there are enough delusional optimists to make a difference. Here's where a greeting to my Chinese friends of Sinoplaybook calls to order (nin hao ma!), and a cordial invitation to my followers from other countries to share with us your comments. Although, the most frequent topic has been the search for the Asian boyfriend, but the goal of this blog is the cultural interaction.


As a family we have been distanced for millions of years (since our homo sapiens' origins). So our duty, as the most evolved stage of our species, is to re-connect (assimilate while we're at it) and make a difference for our next evolution.


And talking about history... back to the topic of the last post: Korea.  


First, let me explain that there is more than one Gwanju. Why did I asume there is only one city with this name?! Sorry! (죄송합니다-joesonghabnida). The city hall person from Gwanju City kindly corrected he is in the Gyeonggi province and that the sister city of San Antonio is Gwanju Metropolitan City. See the difference (go to the web sites)? Don't matter to me , I just want to visit both! 


Also, the group created in the official Visit Korea site is somewhat stagnant. Still waiting for them to make up their minds and connect with Latin Americans. But you can take the first step to join the community and say hi. 


I admit that the stagnancy is a bit discouraging but not a determent, it won't keep me from knocking on more doors. Like to the director of K-dramas that talks about his experience through his you tube channel The Free2world. Unfortunately, my message got spammed (alright, that's another closed door). And it was just a request to comment or send his regards to the K-drama Latina fans of this blog. After all, Latin America is one of the biggest markets reacting to these productions (and of staggering rates, too), check out the proof in the CNN video above. 

Yet, it won't hurt to wait a little more before going to the next Asian country. Which I am going to decide between United Arab Emirates or Japan. Which one you prefer?