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Most people have a dark memory. It is an event that hurts them, coming from their past to terrorize the people. I am of no exception. Bringing back the bad memories used to pierce my mind. When I was young and weak, the memories often took over me and tormented me. Sometimes they made my rage grow so much, I would lose control of my emotion and start crying. It was not long ago since I took control of the memories. Now when I think about it, I find these memories helpful in living through life. Whenever I met a hard time in life, I would think ‘I had worse experiences.’ and this thought helped me climb over and out of that mountain. One of the events happened when I was about one year of age, another happened when I moved back to Korea from Hong Kong, and one of my misfortunes started since birth and probably will go on forever during my lifetime. I was born in July 20th, 1987 in Seoul, Korea. Mom had a Bachelor of Fine arts degree, and dad was a member of the KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) Korean traditional orchestra, as a Dae-gum (a Korean bamboo flute) player. My parents were a very hard working and loving couple. We lived without intense hardships until when dad – getting stressed from our poor living conditions â€