This is one of the only stores that I've documented which I'm a regular. I come here for several reasons. When I'm tired on my way from school, coming out from Granville Station, I purchase a bottle of coke to get my caffeine fix. When I'm coming home from work tired and stressed out, I buy a bag of chips and some magazine to get my mind off things for a while. I also randomly come here to get some orange juice after hanging out with some friends. I believe this store is very memorable for me as it is for the owners of this store. That is why the owner of this store, Mr. Hwuang, although a bit strong- headed, really fits into this store's image where the drunks and hobos often come to cause trouble without buying anything in particular.
He was also an owner I can connect to the most because I've known him for the longest time out of all the owners. His family, including his wife and his two daughters moved to Vancouver for a common reason which is to bring more opportunities for their daughters to enjoy their life. He did not care about how successful they would become because he did not want to give them more pressure. He wanted his children to feel more free. In Korea, the highschool students go to school till saturday and they take six courses per semester. After that, most of them would go to a learning center which is like a secondary courses for studying. So basically the students there go to two schools. It is a lot more harder for them to be accepted into the university with twice the population as it is in Canada which is roughly around sixty million people.
I believe his reasons compared to other convenience store owners is the one I can relate to the most. As a student in Korea I had to take on lots of more pressure than most of the people in my age group. I had moved to four different schools by the time I reached the 5th grade. My mom was an elementary teacher so I'd have to move to different school everytime she moved her job to schools farther away or close to home. Most of my childhood was controlled by adult's choices because when I moved schools it was because they wanted me closer to them. My grand parents and my mom, although I'm thankful for their support, I wished I didn't move to so many schools.
I believe my parents and Mr. Hwang relates the most because they've moved to Canada, not for the success of our adulthood, but for the wellness of their children's overall life.
Anyway, he used to be a Korean Air Pilot. He said he wants the best for his children because when he was growing up, he lived in poverty to the point where he couldn't afford to wear a uniform for highschool. In Korea, all the highschool guys have to cut their hair short and dress in uniforms unless it is a private owned schools. He started working at a factory where they make parts to build transportations such as cars and air planes. That's when he discovered his passion to fly air planes. He has travelled to different countries so he has many stories. He also said that the hardest thing about his job is dealing with the people who steal things from his store. When people steal, he knows that they do but he just lets them out for the people who steals because he knows what it is like when they can't afford to eat.
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