Promise you'll remember me

NEW BEGINNING,NEW LIFE

[NOTE : this will be written in first person from now onwards]

"WELCOME TO SOUTH KOREA" was the first thing I heard when I arrived in Korea,my birthplace.
"This is the first time I breathe the fresh Korean air since the past 5years and after 2years,I will be gone from this country" I said to myself.
From a distance I can hear my parents voice calling out to me "TAERIN MY CHILD YOU'RE HOME AT LAST". Well I was a bit embarrassed as everyone was looking at us.
"It's good to see you too omma.But please lower your voice" I said.

After one week,I was enrolled in XO College.Tomorrow will be my first day of school and I wasn't exited about it.Why?Because I hate academic life.I can still speak Korean language fluently but interacting with new people would be a bit difficult for me as my korean accent was way too funny for other people to hear.

As I prepared to go to bed,I looked myself in the mirror one last time and decides to put on the wig and spectacles excluding braces and Adidas shoes which my brother gives me before I left California.I remembered what he said to me " dongsaeng,my condition was that you should wear this braces,this wig,this glasses ang this shoes and your life should be a really simple one and low".

It's morning and I dressed up for school and I nearly cry when I see myself in the mirror.In California when I dressed up for school and looked myself in the mirror,I would saw a beautiful girl with mini skirts wearing high heels and golden hair flowing down the waist.But now I'm in Korea and what I see in my mirror was a nightmare.A girl wearing a black short hair wig,braces in her teeth,a big round spectacles covering her eyes and adidas shoes.I feel like I was going to rot.I'm a new ugly person.
As I walked out from my room,everyone was shocked and gasped,speechless.
"This is what my brother want right, Omma" I exclaimed. Then my father take a picture of me and send it to my brother as he told my dad to do so.

I reach my new school.Everyone was staring at me laughing and gossiping.I don't give a damn care cause they don't know the real me.I entered my class and after my teacher let me do the introduction,I was made to sit in the last line near the window.The view is nice.More than I expected,everyone nearly looks stunning,beautiful,handsome.I feel so odd among them and I mutter my quote "I'm beautiful.It's just that they don't know the real me".
After school,my parents picked me up.My mom asked how my first day was.I simply replied " I had a fight with one of my classmate for calling ugly bitch".
My mom was dumbstruck and advice me not to behave like that again.That night my brother called and teased me "Mom told me that you had your first fight on your first day of school.Taerin you cannot act like a crazy kid anymore.Well, know that California life cannot be applied in Korea...." before he could finish what he wanted to say,I hang up.
After a few minutes,I got a call from one of my California friend and talked for hours.
Like usual I go to school and came back with an angry face as I was always bullied by classmates.But I never thought of breaking my brothers deal.I know I'm beautiful and so I still act proudly to others including to my classmates.