Mr. Kang's Convenience Store

This is Mr. Kang's store right outside the bus stop which goes to False Creek. This convenience is very familiar... I have seen it almost everyday since I've been attending Emily Carr since almost two years ago. It will always be there so I thought it was time for me to find out who owns it. Mr. Kang is the owner. He comes out during the times I'm usually not coming to school or while I'm at school so it was challenging for me to interview him and find out about his situation and how he came here.

What is interesting about Mr. Kang is that he is the only man who came here without his wife coming along with him to live in Canada for their child's education. His wife still lives in Korea, working as a university professor there. It was very refreshing to see how it was the opposite of the previous familiies I've interviewed. The fact that the father of the family is not staying in the home country to work for financial purposes or passion was very surprising. Mr. Kang stressed that he did not have a particular job in Korea but his wife on the other hand had a great passion and interest as a biology professor in Korea. She has been teaching for nearly twenty five years moving to different universities in Seoul, the capital city of Korea.

For him, it was worth it to move to Vancouver with his son because now he attends University of Western Ontario and is in the Ivey League School for business which is far from what Mr. Kang expected from him. Not only that, it is important that he was accepted to the Ivey League after applying for three times. Mr. Kang said that he wanted to go back to Korea but had to be strong for his son. He said that it isn't hard for him to own a convenience store because he gives the other foreigners to start off their first jobs at his convenience stores and usually they work very hard to keep the job. He also states that it gives him more than enough income for the necessity. It really changed my perspective on the idea of keeping a convenience store because sometimes it could be less challenging when the convenience store has been established and has regulars coming in.