The stainless steel knife, the wooden cutting board, the raw fish, and the white rice all became something that he would see often and become used to handling. Sung Kook Hong was soon going to be given a certificate of completion of school and later a badge to become the main chef of a restaurant. He brings back his memory of graduation day where the students of the culinary school and their parents came together to receive a certificate and he remembers thinking, “I finally did it!” and complimenting himself and giving him “a pat on the back” for all the hard work. During times of his studies, he was not the best student and the most talented in what he came to the school for.
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Later, he moved abroad to America to start a business looking for a greater success. Being an entrepreneur also brought hardships in his life. There was consistently an abundance of work to be done that waited for him. He says that “this part of my life was one of the most stressful couple of years.” Due to new changes in life and his limited time he could spend with his family, he decided to close down his miniature restaurant and look forward to obtaining a position of a chef and maintaining it. He reached his goal in his career and is currently working at Sakana as a chef and the manager. Looking back at his studies 17 years later, sighing, he states his “life was a rollercoaster” reminiscing about all the change in the emotions he went through. Now, he provides plenty for his family and leads them with comfort, yet with the starkness of what is correct. His advice as someone who has lived longer is to “...keep going in what you want. For a moment in your life you may feel like your life has no future, however, having someone to help you this time is something to be grateful about.” He feels that he is very lucky that there were his teacher and his peers to assist him during these