Home is where the heart is guys. It doesn`t matter if it is a piece of property, a specific country, or where the people you love is. Home is where you feel comfortable, emotionally attached and where your heart is. Greetings from Venezuela.
Well said! Then again there is no right or wrong answer. Everyone has a different view and definition of "home", but I couldn't agree more that home is where the heart is so with that said you can definitely have more than one home.
I hope my children always consider our house one of their homes. I don’t ask them so when are you coming to our house. I say, when are you coming home. In turn, they don’t say, hey mom, I’m coming to your house. They say, I’m coming home. I think it’s very natural to consider your parents house as one of your homes.
I have similar views to Sarah's. I was born and raised in Poland but for over 7 years now I have been living in the UK. My family is still in Poland and I consider visiting them "going home". And all houses that I was staying at while in the UK I considered my home when I was living there. But I remember that one time when my mum got a bit offended when at the end of one of my visits in Poland I said "I am going home soon". In her mind I was "home". Some other family members in Poland still react weirdly when I call England my home but well... it is my home.
Similar experience. Left my birth country at 7 years old too. Grew up in the USA. Worked and lived in 3 other countries. Currently live in Thailand. I often go "home" to the USA but I also go back back "home".
that person's comment is pretty weird... so, i wouldn't get too hung up over what "home" is. home is simply a place where you find the most solace in, and it isn't limited to just one area.
House is a building, home is a feeling! I think home is such a fluid concept, def believe that “coming home” means feeling strongly connected to a place you love. Hope you’re having a blast in Canada~!
I’ve literally never heard anyone being so inflexible with defining “home”. Majority of people don’t really associate home with owning property... that’s like saying a child can’t say they want to go home bc they don’t own that property. No one says “I want to go to my parent’s home” 🙄Tf?
To be super lame, home is where the heart is. And you can leave bits of your heart in many places. I’ve lived in many places, I would consider all of those places my home.
Sarah, what you described is what majority of canadians believe. Childhood homes, where you currently live, there is also those that go to a cottage (whether their own or a close friends'), there is those that go on yearly trips and go to the same place... a home is where memories are created that make you feel safe and happy. You can have more than one home, physically (rolling in the $$$$) or emotionally.
집이라는 건 되게 주관적인 것 같아요. 그치만 저 분이 다신 댓글이 되게 생각해보게 하는 댓글인 것 같네요! 저는 한국에서 21년동안 살았고 스무살때부터 여기저기 전전하면서 살고있어서 그런지 내 집! 이런 느낌이 전혀 없어요. 현재는 독일에서 햇수로는 4년째 살고있는데 여기서도 많이 이사하고 다녀서 그런지 집이란 느낌이 없는 것 같아요. 하지만 저는 언제인지는 모르겠지만 최종적으로 돌아갈 곳은 한국이라고 생각하거든요, 제 정체성이랑 모든 것들이 한국에서 나왔기 때문인지라 한국에 대해 애착이 많아요. 그렇지만 한국에 잠깐 갈 때마다 거기가 집이라고 생각안해요. "본가"라고 말하기는 하지만, 제가 거기서 자랐기 때문에 말하는 것이지 제 집이라고는 생각 안해요. 그래서 인지 예전에는 저에게 "내 집"이라는 존재가 없는 느낌이라서 너무 힘들었는데, 지금은 다 내려놓았어요. 정말로 살고 휴식을 취하는 "집"은 있지만 모든 것을 담고 정착한 느낌의 "집"은 없지만요. 헣허 한국어로 적어서 세라가 볼지는 모르겠지만, 사람 마다 다르기 때문에 생각하는 것도 다른 것 같아요. 캐나다에서 좋은 시간 보내길 바래요~! 다음 영상도 기대하고 있을게요!
님은 성장기를 한국에서 보내셨으니 정체성이 한국인인것입니다 이분은 성장기를 대부분 외국에서 보내고 국제학교를 다녔고 군대도 카투샤를 가셨으니 정체성이 교포에 가깝다고 봐야지요 두 분다 성격좋고 착해보이는데 한국은 이분들에게 적응하기 쉽지 않을 같습니다 제생각에는 이분들은 한곳에 정착해서 가정을 꾸려 사는 것보다 여러나라를 자유롭게 다니며 인생을 즐겁게 사는게 더 맞지 않을까해요
I agree that you can have more than one home. I’ve only ever lived in Toronto but I imagine that if I lived in a foreign country for a while I would come to consider it home as well. Hope you guys have a safe and fun trip!
Wishing you a safe flight to Canada, and a wonderful time with your family there! As always, I loved your insightful talk and can always resonate with your perspective. Home is wherever you decide it is ❤️
It's quite difficult to define Home. Multiple homes can exist : our parents home, our home, the holiday home. It is just a place where you feel comfortable and yourself.
음..저도 세라랑 비슷한것 같아요. 집은 꼭 현재 살고 있는 집만이 집은 아니라고 생각해요. 저는 부모님과 살던 집, 예비신랑과 사는 집, 그리고 할아버지,할머니 집.. 전부 명칭만 다를 뿐 또 다른 집이라고 생각해요. 마음의 집이라고 하잖아요!:) 추억들이 있고, 마음이 있는 곳인데 딱 잘라서 하기에는 너무 차가운 것 같습니다!
Home definitely isn't defined by a physical property that you own but a peace of mind and comfort providing roof (metaphorically speaking) over your head. Home is something that should be respected and not judged. We have different term for that, such as my house, my apartment, my trailer, etc. Welcome back home to canada Sarah and kyuho :)
In my opinion, home is where the heart is, where you feel comfortable. I’ve had several “homes”- where I went to college, Orlando (where I lived and worked for several months), on the coast where I lived before college, and where I live now. But I don’t consider where I went to school and where I lived before college home anymore because I’m not as fond of it, and not many people I love and care about still live here. For me, where my family is will always be home. I don’t think if you own property or not has anything to do with home. I’ve never owned any of those properties myself, so how would I have the right to call them home? Alas, they were to me, and some still are. Anyway, I hope this makes sense.
Besides a place with a roof over your head. I believe "home" is anywhere that you have a deep historical and family connection. A place where you're always welcome, a place you feel relaxed, a place that you know and love, a place that you can call "home".
Home for me is a mix of where my loved ones are and the emotional connection I have to the place. I grew up in Auckland, NZ. We moved to Hamilton, NZ for nearly 2 years and I loved our home and life there. But when we moved back to Auckland it was almost a sigh of relief, like, ‘yes, I’m home again’. Hamilton would not give me the same feeling if I were to visit today. It would just be a place that I used to live in that I’m familiar with
영상보고 구독하면서 좋아요 누르고 다닌지는 2년됐는데 처음으로 댓글다네요! (떨려요ㅠㅠ)물론 아예 월세라도 낸 적 없는 집이면 곤란하지만 꼭 부동산으로 소유하고 있어야 내 집이 되는 건 아닌 것 같아요 돈으로 사고 증서로 내 집이다 도장 쾅쾅 인증이 되어도 내가 편하게 생각하지 않으면 허울뿐이라고 생각하거든요! 어떤 추억을 담고 있는 지,어떤 가치를 담고 있는지 (물직적 가치말고)에 따라 내 집이냐 아니냐가 결정된다고 생각합니다:)! 오늘 영상도 잘봤어요~2년 째 일요일을 세라 규호님과 마무리하는데 처음 댓글다네요ㅎㅎ! 캐나다 조심해서 잘 다녀오세요!
안녕하세요! 댓글 너무 감사해요 😍 추억과 가치가 담겨 있는곳이 집을 결정짓는다는 말 맞는것 같아요 세라도 저도 처음에 코멘트 다신분 글보고 소유해야 집이다라는 개념에 조금 의아해하긴 했지만 많은 분들이 안식처=집이라는 생각이 더 강하네요 앞으로도 댓글 많이 많이 달아주세요 ☺️ 안녕히 주무세요!
I totally agree with you guys. I'm from Toronto, Canada but I live in Seoul. I consider both the house where I lived for the majority of my life and my apartment in Seoul both home.
I agree with you Sarah, you can definitely have more than 1 "home". Kyuho made a comment I would've said if it wasn't mentioned, but he said "home is where you feel comfortable", that's hitting the nail on the head for me. My wife and I are lucky enough to own our own home here in Norcal, but my second home would def. be Socal because I went to school down there and her parents live in San Diego, so it's always nice to visit that area, our 2nd "home".
i absolutely agree with you! I actually have many homes, not always the place where i live but places where i feel comfortable and feel i could spend my life there! Like, I'm living back in my hometown, but have been living some other cities around (not far away) but i still felt "home" when I came to my hometown visiting my parents. I also consider my parents house in another country as home because i spent so much time there as a kid, and we lived there many weeks of the year, so it "naturally" became my second home as a kid. Fun fact: although i lived in different cities, i never felt really home there, and whenever i visit these cities again, they are as "foreign" to me as they have been before i lived there. So imo the place where you live is automatically you're home. It's something that you feel.
This is a really interesting question! I basically grew up in MD where I have a lot of physical and emotional memories of where I lived, the people I was friends with, etc. but I could also say the same about where I went to college (Chicago, IL), where my family recently moved to (San Diego, California ), and where I live now, in Boston, MA. So I guess you could say that I've had multiple homes! But I also think that home doesn't necessarily have to be a physical place in the world, you can also find it in a person/significant other who makes you feel happy and comfortable, which can also be said about a physical place you've resided. I hope that made sense in some way! Enjoy your trip to Canada!
For me, I was born and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I lived in Calgary, but always considered Cape Breton my home because that was where I was born and raised and that is where my heart belongs. I have moved back to there, but I think if I ever moved else where, this place will always be my home. I agree, it’s where I have that connection.
I see nothing wrong considering more than one place home. Home is were the heart is. I live in the UK but I am from Lithuania and I consider both countries home. I think that it might be more difficult to understand this for people who never lived in a different country.
I think this topic is really interesting! I have noticed that some people think home and house are the same thing. To me, a house is where you live and home is where you feel the most comfortable. Home is your safe place in the world. I've met people who have multiple places that are home, I've also met people who don't think anywhere feels like home. For me personally, home can even be somewhere you don't live. Growing up, my most constant home was my grandparent's house. That was where I felt safest and like it was one of my homes. It wasn't until I grew up that I realized that it was the people within that house that made it feel like home. So now, I don't really have anywhere that feels like home to me. I'm hoping once I graduate and move out, I can make a place my home. So I think home is subjective, it's not concrete. I guess, long story short I agree with you guys. You can have more than one home.
I was born in Pennsylvania then due my parents' careers, spent my first 18 years in East Africa (Sudan, Uganda, Kenya). Now many years later, as a grandmother living in my home in Indiana, my heart still has a 'home' in Africa. I sometimes have pangs of homesickness or yearning for the sights,smells, food, sounds of my African childhood. Home definitely is a heart thing.
여자친구랑 항상 영상 잘 보고 있어요! 처음으로 댓글 남기는거 같네요. 일단 저희 생각으로는, home 과 house간의 개념? 정의?가 서로 좀 다른거 같아요. 홈은 감정적으로, 심리적으로 내가 편안함을 느끼고, 돌아가고 싶고, 살 고 싶은 공간일 수도 있고, 그러한 사람들로 둘러쌓인 공간? 그런 느낌이라고 보고, house는 영상에서도 말씀하신 물질적, 소유물? 로 볼 수 있을꺼 같아요. 홈타운이지 하우스타운이 아니듯이요. 여자친구가 21년동안 런던에서, 같은 집에서 살았어요. 교환학생을 다른 나라로 가게 되었는데, 그 기간중에 부모님이 다른 도시로 이사를 하셨네요. 21년동안의 런던, 거기서 만난 사람들, 그 집에서 만든, 생긴 부모님과 친구들 혹은 뭐 더 많은 추억들 = home 에 대한 기억, 이 사라진거 같다고 펑펑 울던게 기억이 나네요. 저는 줄곧, 뭐 대학교를 진학하면서, 저도 해외에서 공부를 하고 있어서 부모님과 떨어져서 살고 있는데요. home이라는 개념이 항상 부모님과 함께 살수 있고 편안함을 느낄 수 있는 공간으로 정의해왔었어요. 물론 한 평생을 한국에서만 산건 아니지만, 항상 부모님 두 분, 혹은 한 분과 함께 살았기 때문에 그런 생각을 하고 있는거 같아요. 21년동안 부모님과 같은 도시, 같이 집에서 살던 여자친구의 추억이 사라졌다고 했을때 그게 얼마나 큰 상실감인지 저는 처음에는 모르겠더라구요. 근데 home이라는 개념이 단순 주거 장소? 에만 국한 되지 않고, 그 장소에서의 추억들, 사람들 까지 다 묶어서 하는 말이라는 들었을때, 그 상실감이 얼마나 큰지 조금은 알 수 있겠더라구요. 자기의 home이 이제 영국에 없기때문에, 설령 여자친구 부모님의 새 집이 있다한들, 그 곳을 자기의 home이라고는 생각하지 않는다고 하더라구요. 자기의 21년동안의 추억이 없는 집이 어떻게 home이냐고 말하면서요. 그 때문인지 학업을 마무리 하기 위해서 돌아가야 하지만, 그 이후에는 거기서 머물 이유가 없어졌다고 말하는걸 보면서, 더 많은 생각을 했었습니다ㅎㅎ.. 이번 영상을 통해서 다시 한번 여자친구와 옛 추억, home, 가정, 어린시절,hometown 이런 추상적 혹은 다소 주관적인 내용에 대해 얘기할 수 있어서 정말 좋았습니다! 채널 항상 응원합니다! 좋은 영상 많이 부탁드릴께요!
For me "home" is where I feel comfortable. For example my parents house and my best friends home. So for me there is more than one "home". I hope everything goes smoothly for you while traveling to Canada. :) Also I see how much Beemo is going to miss you! It always looks like he loves you two so much. (And also I see how much you love him) ♥
Sometimes you find home in a person. Home is where u are surrounded by people you love and people who care about you. Home doesn't have to be a place..... home is a feeling.
I can see where Sarah is coming from. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. That is my home. However, I’m currently living in USA and have my own place here. I’ve made it comfortable enough for me to consider it my home. My emotional connection is and will forever be Puerto Rico, my new life and my personal space to relax and enjoy is in US. Both my homes.
I'm totally agree with Kyuho. I've moved place to place more than 20 times for 15 yrs in Korea and Australia. I always think the place that makes me feel comfortable and safe is my home. And parent's house is my home at the same time. 내가 마음을 두고 사는 곳이라면 집이죠. 세라나 규호의 생각에 동의해요. 그리움은 당연한 것이고, 서울에 내집이 있어도 캐나다 집이 그리울 수 있는거죠.
I agree with Sarah. I think no matter where I live (and I’ve lived a couple places) I will always also consider my parents’ family house Home as long as they live. I think you can have multiple homes. Wherever you built (metaphorically) a home, as long as you maintain an emotional connection to it and the people there, you have a home.
I think of it as having many homes, because to me home is where your heart is. If you live somewhere or have lived there for a while and feel comfortable there I consider it home. People is also home to me, wherever my loved ones are can be considered a home. It's all about your mindset.
First time commenting but following for a while, this discussion topic really struck me. To me, it's like what you both said, home is what you feel connected to. I was born in Quebec in Canada but moved to PEI when I was little and grew up there. I moved to Korea later on, lived there for 3 years and now I'm in China. I feel no real connection to Quebec but do consider my parent's place in PEI as home. That said, I also have a VERY strong connection to Korea and now there's China intermixed all that (where my job is, my apartment, new friends). I think I'll always call PEI home to be honest, even if I have no real desire to live there, for now anyway. Enjoy your summer is NS, the East Coast is so beautiful in the summer. Thanks for the videos both of you.
I was born in Paraguay, both of my parents are Korean, I lived in Korea and Paraguay, I got married to an Argentinian, and now we are living in Argentina. Definitely home is more related to what your heart feels about a place than where you live. I feel like Kyuho does, I can’t decide one place as my home. 한가지 말할수 있는건 지금 살고있는 곳이 홈이라고 느껴지지 않아서인지 10년 넘게 살고있음에도 100% 정이 안드는것 같아요. 그래서 미래에는 어느나라에 가서 살고있을까- 라는 상상도 하게되는 것 같구요. 영상 잘 보고있어요. 캐나다에서 좋은 시간 보내세요! :)
My mom is from Panama and always calls it her home even though she's been in the USA longer than she was in Panama. It's where she was born and raised. Its absolutely possible to have more than one home. Heck, I still call my mom's house home even though I own my own house and that's not even a 20 minute drive apart. Even if I moved somewhere else, I would call this place my home.
Also I think home is where you have a sense of comfort in being at. Where you feel 'this is your place' where I lived in hongdae I didn't really see my house as my home cuz I moved every year due to contracts. But the block and street where I stayed and hung out with my freinds is where I feel home is. Even now that I live in the US again my Korean freinds came to visit me in Seattle and just being around them it felt like -home- even though we were just chatting and sharing a cigarette on the sidewalk.
Hmm.. I think the best answer would be Hallmark's "home is where the heart is"... Ive moved around a lot so i would say home is where my family is as well as the house my grandparents have back in Bulgaria since it holds a lot of special memories for me from early childhood. So for me, home is where the people I love and memories I cherish are.
I grew up in a small town in Tennessee. A big chunk of my heart is still there and I call it my home-town, even though I haven't even visited there in almost 30 years. 🏡 I believe home is not a place so much as a feeling... and the people you love. Home is where your heart is... Have a wonderful trip! 💖
Awww, very well said! 😊 I haven’t lived in my hometown in Canada for several years, but I definitely still consider it a home-there’s no way I couldn’t. Thank you-hope you enjoy the Canada vlogs~! ☺️
I am US American and German. I also lived in England and now in a completly different city in German to the one I grew up in. Each of everyone of the places I lived at I considered home at one time. I always felt a connection and it was my home for some time. However, Germany and the US will always be one of my homes no matter where I live. So I am totally with you both and would define home like you do. Have a great time in home Kanada ;)
맞아요 두 분 의견에 동의해요 ! 정서적으로 안정될 수 있는 곳이 집인 것 같아요 그래서 결혼하고 나서 부모님집을 '본가'라고 부르는 것도 같은 맥락이라고 생각해요 꼭 부모님집이 내가 태어났을 때 살던 집, 자라온 집이 아니더라도 내 가족이 살기때문에 그 곳이 어디던지 간에 정서적 안정감을 느끼고 그래서 나의 또 다른 집이라고 느끼는 것 같아요 이렇게 생각해보니 집은 가족의 동의어 내지는 유사어라고도 할 수 있을 것 같네요:) 작은 주제긴 하지만 생각해볼만한 주제인거같아요! 이런 생각들 계속 공유해주세요 ㅎㅎ
Home is wherever you feel a connection to. I was born and raised in California in the US, but I've lived in several different places in the world. I spent many years in Germany, and felt more at "home" there than anywhere else I've lived. Now I'm in the US and living in Texas, this is my second "home". Home is your unique connection to a place on an emotional, personal level.
That was an interesting comment from one of your viewers. For me, home is “where your heart is or where you feel can be yourself.” I grew up in Kaneohe, Oahu which I call my hometown; and Hawaii is my homeland. I also lived in Las Vegas is my second hometown. Now I live in Manoa, Oahu which is my third hometown. “Home is where the heart is!”
I completely understand what you mean. I spent the first few years of my life in Pakistan until my family and I moved to the United States. Even though I've spent the greater part of my life in the US, I've considered both countries to be my home. I have a connection with both countries and value the insight that being acquainted with two different cultures has given me. Also, Kyuho mentioned he spent time in Russia, India, etc., if you guys could do a video talking about that experience and how it might have impacted his cultural outlook, I would highly appreciate that.
Home to me is where ever you feel makes you happy. I own a home but I wouldn't be sad selling it and moving to a different one. I'm actually looking forward to that one day. Lol. Have a safe trip! I can't wait to see your Canada adventures!
I completely agree with your definitions of "home." I was born and raised in Canada, but I currently live in Korea and refer to both of them as my home. I actually have people from both countries ask me where I mean when I say, "I'm heading home" or "Can't wait to get home," they wonder do I mean my Korean flat or do I mean Canada. I also consider South Africa my "third home" because my best friends, who I consider family live there, so when I visit them, I feel I'm at "home." Home to me is a flexible definition between feelings and physical locations, and I think that is the case for most expats or people who have lived in international settings.
My home is where my family are. My mother still tells us, "Welcome Home," even thou we are all grown and have our own place. I personally believe a home isn't a place but an emotion of being within a loving family or friends. A house is a house but a home is warmth.
As Maria Alejandra Martinez Suarez said in a previous comment, home is where your heart is. Some people just happen to have more than one home and that's all good! I happen to have three! I'm from Brazil, but I live in Japan with my husband. I've also lived in the states before with a host family who I consider just as much as blood so all these three places are home to me. Maybe he's too hung up on the word "house" instead of "home"? Even so, perhaps he just hasn't experienced that feeling. On another note, Beemo is so sweet sometimes I can't handle. Have a safe trip you two!
I always consider my parents' home as my home as well eventhough I didn't own the property or spend a penny on that house. But it will always be home to me because that's where our family gathers. I also consider the house that I rent now in another city as my home. My grandma's house is home for me too because I spend half of my childhood there while my parents went oversea to further their studies. Imo, people can have as many home as they like as long as they feel belong to and have sort of an attachment to the place.
Home is where me and my partner live (I have now been here for 5 years) but we still say "we havent been home in while" referring to our parents houses. Where my parents are will always be open to us and considered "home" even if I havent lived there for years.
Home is where your heart is. I think you can have more than one home. A house is where you reside. Home is that comfort, that place (wherever it is) that you feel a connection to. Society places a weird emphasis on owning property as a goal to complete happiness but I think we are able to adapt to different things and places and make a "home" anywhere.
Home is where your ❤ is! I still consider the place I grew up as my home(hometown) but where I live now is home also. Home isn't a building/house/ apartment. Its where you feel comfortable and love
Home is that place you are attached to forever it can be your parents home, your town, city or whole homeland... that doesn't mean you can't find a new home elsewhere and it's actually a blessing to have more than one home
I also call my parents houses home still even though I live on my own now. I also call my dad's place in my birth country home when I go there to visit or when talking about the place there. To me really home is where your family and heart is. You can have more than one place you cal home. Like you guys said, to me home is where you feel comfortable and at peace.
My heart and emotional attachment to a place plays a big part in definding home. I no longer consider the town I grew up in as home and, unfortunately, the city where I spent most of my adult years working has lost a special place in my heart. Now that I am retired, I am ready to relocate.
So true~ no matter where you’re from, if there’s no longer any emotional attachment there, it doesn’t quite seem right to call the place ‘home.’ Best of luck with relocating-sounds like it’ll be quite the adventure :)
I definitely do the same thing! I’m from nova scotia as well but live in toronto but that doesn’t stop me from telling everyone that i’m going “home” during the summer!
Talking about the topic of ‘where is home?’. I have the same situation as Sara, I consider my mom’s house my home even though I also consider home where I actually live. But sometimes since the place where I live is not mine and I don’t live with my mom anymore, it makes me feel like I don’t have a place to call home... such an interesting topic. Have a great week guys!
I was born and raised in Washington,DC because my parents worked in politics. However, they were from rural Iowa and I would spend my summers there. Because of that I always felt more connected to Iowa since my family is all from there. In college I studied in London for a semester, then Philadelphia, then Chicago for a year and now I am going back to London for a year, then will finish with a year in Chicago. I love all of these places and feel like "a part of myself" is in each of them but at this point in my life I truly don't think I have a home anywhere. And I think that is good actually, because if you never get too emotionally attached to one specific place then you are open to whatever happens.
I'm French, grew up in France but i'm currently living in Canada with my Korean boyfriend for almost 1 year. I will forever call my parents house (the house where i lived sinced i was born) "my home", but now i also call our place here my home. And i do agree with Kyuho when he say home is where you feel comfy, and when you have a connection. :)
This vlog is short yes but VERY deep Definition of home is really flexible as you said Sometimes i feel home from one side, i love the place i born and raised on but i feel it doesn't love me back I'm not comfortable, i have to find another home Plus as long as we share the same planet and we all are humans, everyplace can be our home
I love you guys' discussion on what home is because to me, I have four places I consider home. I was born in Hong Kong and lived there till I was 11 before moving to Canada. I consider both Hong Kong and Canada home. My family is from Afghanistan & Pakistan and while I have never permanently lived there, I still consider those countries home. I find home is linked to some sort of significance, rather than just physical context. However, if someone were to ask me where home is if I was travelling, I would say Canada (where I was residing) but these other countries are still home! :)
Home is a few places for me because I have strong emotional attachments and memories there. Australia is one when I was an exchange student. EPCOT in Walt Disney World where I interned in college and have my Disney family. Then obviously where I was born. I'm living in Texas for the past few years haven't really decided to call it home yet.
I think we are talking about different concepts of what "home" means in English which maybe more limited when the same word is considered in another language, so it could be a little confusing as to what we mean by this. In English, I feel that we use the term to refer to where we came from, the country, region, city, neighbourhood, street, house. But we also use it to refer to wherever it is that we live now. Which concept of home one might be talking about is inferred from the context, but even amongst native English speakers, it's not always clear which concept of home is being referred to.
I agree with you guys. You can for sure have more than one home. Also it has nothing to do with property ownership. Home is more of a feeling rather than just a place or a house. btw can't wait for your Canada vlogs!!
My husband is in the military, so home is a complex word for us. Anytime we go visit family, we say we're going "home" but also feel as if we had many homes in that we have lived and spent years in different places. Those places carry memories, and it would be weird to say they weren't "home" in some way. But once we move, we don't say I want to go home in reference to where we've lived before. Now, this may change if we move somewhere and get the feeling that that is where we want our "forever home" (common term for military families) is meant to be. So, I would say, for us, it's where we are now, where our family is, and to a point where our family has been.
As someone who moves around with the military... basically every year: everyone's definition is really, really different. Sometimes it's where you're from, sometimes it's your hotel room while traveling, sometimes it's your friend's house when you're staying with them!
I do agree with you guys. I am from Burma , I was born and grown up there but currently I am staying in Singapore. So I do feel like Burma is my home of course and Singapore is my second home.
Thats a strange comment, I guess its reflective of the experiences you've had. Ive thought about this before and to me, home can mean many things, not just property or places. Home can be people too. I agree that its a place that you have a strong affinity and emotional connection to. I was born in one country where most of my family still live, and I still consider that home. I now live in a different country with my husband (and our cats!), his home country, and i consider this country my home too. We now own our home, but that didn't lessen the experience of making a home in our previous rentals at the time. And i couldnt imagine any place truly feeling like home without my little family either! I think its fine for people to have many flexible definitions of what home means to each of us :)
If anybody's interested, I'd recommend checking out Do Ho Suh's artworks, which explore individual as well as collective notions of home. In particular, he has these fabric recreations of the various corridors of apartments that he's lived in, from London, to Rhode Island, to Seoul. They all constitute a part of his history and identity, and become a part of who he is today. I don't think that home is an unchanging stagnant and permanent entity, because for many, home is forged over numerous geographical locations, communities, cultures, histories.
Thanks for your video. Have a safe flight to Canada. I have 2 homes. I don't own either of them. I consider Canada my home because I grew up there and my family is there and my identity is Canadian. Korea has become my second home because I feel so comfortable here and my Korean boyfriend is here. Like Kyuho said, home is not necessarily a physical location or owning property. It's that feeling of comfort and acceptance and solidarity with a place.
I think home is quite relative and has different meaning to different people. I’m Nigerian, married to a Canadian, and we both are currently living in korea, Nigeria would always be my first home, and my second home would be with my husband...I can’t wait to watch your Canada vlogs, and Kyuho hope you have your ETA this time lol.
I think the same way about "home." I'm a college student in the USA and I call my dorm home and when I'm in my house with my family I call that home too!
Home is where the heart is guys. It doesn`t matter if it is a piece of property, a specific country, or where the people you love is. Home is where you feel comfortable, emotionally attached and where your heart is. Greetings from Venezuela.
Beautifully put! :)
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Well said! Then again there is no right or wrong answer. Everyone has a different view and definition of "home", but I couldn't agree more that home is where the heart is so with that said you can definitely have more than one home.
I hope my children always consider our house one of their homes. I don’t ask them so when are you coming to our house. I say, when are you coming home. In turn, they don’t say, hey mom, I’m coming to your house. They say, I’m coming home. I think it’s very natural to consider your parents house as one of your homes.
I couldn't of said it better.
I have similar views to Sarah's. I was born and raised in Poland but for over 7 years now I have been living in the UK. My family is still in Poland and I consider visiting them "going home". And all houses that I was staying at while in the UK I considered my home when I was living there. But I remember that one time when my mum got a bit offended when at the end of one of my visits in Poland I said "I am going home soon". In her mind I was "home". Some other family members in Poland still react weirdly when I call England my home but well... it is my home.
Similar experience. Left my birth country at 7 years old too. Grew up in the USA. Worked and lived in 3 other countries. Currently live in Thailand. I often go "home" to the USA but I also go back back "home".
I can't wait for the Canada vlogs!!
군대에 있을때 혹한기 ,유격 100km행군하고 부대 복귀할때 멀리보이는 부대보고 집이라고 했는데 ㅋㅋ 빨리 집에가서 씻고 자고 싶다 이러면서 ㅋㅋ 편안하면 집이 맞는거 같아요 ㅋㅋ
that person's comment is pretty weird... so, i wouldn't get too hung up over what "home" is. home is simply a place where you find the most solace in, and it isn't limited to just one area.
House is a building, home is a feeling! I think home is such a fluid concept, def believe that “coming home” means feeling strongly connected to a place you love. Hope you’re having a blast in Canada~!
I'm Asian mixed born and grew up in Indonesia but now I live in Italy. I consider both countries are my homes. I miss each home when I'm not around.
I’ve literally never heard anyone being so inflexible with defining “home”. Majority of people don’t really associate home with owning property... that’s like saying a child can’t say they want to go home bc they don’t own that property. No one says “I want to go to my parent’s home” 🙄Tf?
Haha, it was quite specific! 😅
Ikr 😂 you say it!
I don't care if it's a short or long video. You guys won me over a long time ago.
Thumbs up as usual.
To be super lame, home is where the heart is. And you can leave bits of your heart in many places. I’ve lived in many places, I would consider all of those places my home.
Sarah, what you described is what majority of canadians believe.
Childhood homes, where you currently live, there is also those that go to a cottage (whether their own or a close friends'), there is those that go on yearly trips and go to the same place... a home is where memories are created that make you feel safe and happy.
You can have more than one home, physically (rolling in the $$$$) or emotionally.
Pack beemo too😄 hv a safe and enjoyable trip sarah & kyuho!
집이라는 건 되게 주관적인 것 같아요. 그치만 저 분이 다신 댓글이 되게 생각해보게 하는 댓글인 것 같네요! 저는 한국에서 21년동안 살았고 스무살때부터 여기저기 전전하면서 살고있어서 그런지 내 집! 이런 느낌이 전혀 없어요. 현재는 독일에서 햇수로는 4년째 살고있는데 여기서도 많이 이사하고 다녀서 그런지 집이란 느낌이 없는 것 같아요. 하지만 저는 언제인지는 모르겠지만 최종적으로 돌아갈 곳은 한국이라고 생각하거든요, 제 정체성이랑 모든 것들이 한국에서 나왔기 때문인지라 한국에 대해 애착이 많아요. 그렇지만 한국에 잠깐 갈 때마다 거기가 집이라고 생각안해요. "본가"라고 말하기는 하지만, 제가 거기서 자랐기 때문에 말하는 것이지 제 집이라고는 생각 안해요. 그래서 인지 예전에는 저에게 "내 집"이라는 존재가 없는 느낌이라서 너무 힘들었는데, 지금은 다 내려놓았어요. 정말로 살고 휴식을 취하는 "집"은 있지만 모든 것을 담고 정착한 느낌의 "집"은 없지만요. 헣허 한국어로 적어서 세라가 볼지는 모르겠지만, 사람 마다 다르기 때문에 생각하는 것도 다른 것 같아요. 캐나다에서 좋은 시간 보내길 바래요~! 다음 영상도 기대하고 있을게요!
님은 성장기를 한국에서 보내셨으니 정체성이 한국인인것입니다 이분은 성장기를 대부분 외국에서 보내고 국제학교를 다녔고 군대도 카투샤를 가셨으니 정체성이 교포에 가깝다고 봐야지요 두 분다 성격좋고 착해보이는데 한국은 이분들에게 적응하기 쉽지 않을 같습니다
제생각에는 이분들은 한곳에 정착해서 가정을 꾸려 사는 것보다 여러나라를 자유롭게 다니며 인생을 즐겁게 사는게 더 맞지 않을까해요
I agree that you can have more than one home. I’ve only ever lived in Toronto but I imagine that if I lived in a foreign country for a while I would come to consider it home as well. Hope you guys have a safe and fun trip!
home can be anywhere...where u r comfortable & be with the people u love ☺️☺️
저는 자취생이라서 부모님댁도 집이라고 생각하고 지금 사는 곳도 집이라고 생각해요! 할머니댁도 집이라고 생각하기때문에 (😂) '소유'해야만 집이라고 생각하진 않아요. 관점의 차이지만 다르다고 무례하게 행동하는건 아닌것같아요.
Wishing you a safe flight to Canada, and a wonderful time with your family there! As always, I loved your insightful talk and can always resonate with your perspective. Home is wherever you decide it is ❤️
It's quite difficult to define Home. Multiple homes can exist : our parents home, our home, the holiday home. It is just a place where you feel comfortable and yourself.
음..저도 세라랑 비슷한것 같아요.
집은 꼭 현재 살고 있는 집만이 집은 아니라고 생각해요.
저는 부모님과 살던 집, 예비신랑과 사는 집,
그리고 할아버지,할머니 집..
전부 명칭만 다를 뿐 또 다른 집이라고 생각해요.
마음의 집이라고 하잖아요!:)
추억들이 있고, 마음이 있는 곳인데 딱 잘라서 하기에는 너무 차가운 것 같습니다!
Home definitely isn't defined by a physical property that you own but a peace of mind and comfort providing roof (metaphorically speaking) over your head. Home is something that should be respected and not judged. We have different term for that, such as my house, my apartment, my trailer, etc.
Welcome back home to canada Sarah and kyuho :)
영상길이 10분이면 짧은게 아니에요 ㅎㅎ 항상 재밌게 보고있습니다
감사합니다 😍 아이디 마음에 들어요!
In my opinion, home is where the heart is, where you feel comfortable. I’ve had several “homes”- where I went to college, Orlando (where I lived and worked for several months), on the coast where I lived before college, and where I live now. But I don’t consider where I went to school and where I lived before college home anymore because I’m not as fond of it, and not many people I love and care about still live here. For me, where my family is will always be home. I don’t think if you own property or not has anything to do with home. I’ve never owned any of those properties myself, so how would I have the right to call them home? Alas, they were to me, and some still are. Anyway, I hope this makes sense.
Besides a place with a roof over your head. I believe "home" is anywhere that you have a deep historical and family connection. A place where you're always welcome, a place you feel relaxed, a place that you know and love, a place that you can call "home".
당연히 그런 상황에서는 대부분의 사람들이 집이 하나 이상이라고 여기지 않나요?? 질문 당사자만의 사고방식인거 같기도 하고...독특하네요 집을 소유하지 않았다고 집이 아니라니 ...
Home for me is a mix of where my loved ones are and the emotional connection I have to the place. I grew up in Auckland, NZ. We moved to Hamilton, NZ for nearly 2 years and I loved our home and life there. But when we moved back to Auckland it was almost a sigh of relief, like, ‘yes, I’m home again’. Hamilton would not give me the same feeling if I were to visit today. It would just be a place that I used to live in that I’m familiar with
I agree with you Sarah, I feel like I have at least 4 'homes' and it makes me happy to spend time in every single one of them.
영상보고 구독하면서 좋아요 누르고 다닌지는 2년됐는데 처음으로 댓글다네요! (떨려요ㅠㅠ)물론 아예 월세라도 낸 적 없는 집이면 곤란하지만 꼭 부동산으로 소유하고 있어야 내 집이 되는 건 아닌 것 같아요 돈으로 사고 증서로 내 집이다 도장 쾅쾅 인증이 되어도 내가 편하게 생각하지 않으면 허울뿐이라고 생각하거든요! 어떤 추억을 담고 있는 지,어떤 가치를 담고 있는지 (물직적 가치말고)에 따라 내 집이냐 아니냐가 결정된다고 생각합니다:)! 오늘 영상도 잘봤어요~2년 째 일요일을 세라 규호님과 마무리하는데 처음 댓글다네요ㅎㅎ! 캐나다 조심해서 잘 다녀오세요!
안녕하세요! 댓글 너무 감사해요 😍 추억과 가치가 담겨 있는곳이 집을 결정짓는다는 말 맞는것 같아요 세라도 저도 처음에 코멘트 다신분 글보고 소유해야 집이다라는 개념에 조금 의아해하긴 했지만 많은 분들이 안식처=집이라는 생각이 더 강하네요 앞으로도 댓글 많이 많이 달아주세요 ☺️ 안녕히 주무세요!
I totally agree with you guys. I'm from Toronto, Canada but I live in Seoul. I consider both the house where I lived for the majority of my life and my apartment in Seoul both home.
I agree with you Sarah, you can definitely have more than 1 "home". Kyuho made a comment I would've said if it wasn't mentioned, but he said "home is where you feel comfortable", that's hitting the nail on the head for me. My wife and I are lucky enough to own our own home here in Norcal, but my second home would def. be Socal because I went to school down there and her parents live in San Diego, so it's always nice to visit that area, our 2nd "home".
i absolutely agree with you! I actually have many homes, not always the place where i live but places where i feel comfortable and feel i could spend my life there! Like, I'm living back in my hometown, but have been living some other cities around (not far away) but i still felt "home" when I came to my hometown visiting my parents. I also consider my parents house in another country as home because i spent so much time there as a kid, and we lived there many weeks of the year, so it "naturally" became my second home as a kid.
Fun fact: although i lived in different cities, i never felt really home there, and whenever i visit these cities again, they are as "foreign" to me as they have been before i lived there.
So imo the place where you live is automatically you're home. It's something that you feel.
This is a really interesting question! I basically grew up in MD where I have a lot of physical and emotional memories of where I lived, the people I was friends with, etc. but I could also say the same about where I went to college (Chicago, IL), where my family recently moved to (San Diego, California ), and where I live now, in Boston, MA. So I guess you could say that I've had multiple homes! But I also think that home doesn't necessarily have to be a physical place in the world, you can also find it in a person/significant other who makes you feel happy and comfortable, which can also be said about a physical place you've resided. I hope that made sense in some way! Enjoy your trip to Canada!
For me, I was born and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I lived in Calgary, but always considered Cape Breton my home because that was where I was born and raised and that is where my heart belongs. I have moved back to there, but I think if I ever moved else where, this place will always be my home. I agree, it’s where I have that connection.
I see nothing wrong considering more than one place home. Home is were the heart is. I live in the UK but I am from Lithuania and I consider both countries home. I think that it might be more difficult to understand this for people who never lived in a different country.
I think this topic is really interesting! I have noticed that some people think home and house are the same thing. To me, a house is where you live and home is where you feel the most comfortable. Home is your safe place in the world. I've met people who have multiple places that are home, I've also met people who don't think anywhere feels like home. For me personally, home can even be somewhere you don't live. Growing up, my most constant home was my grandparent's house. That was where I felt safest and like it was one of my homes. It wasn't until I grew up that I realized that it was the people within that house that made it feel like home. So now, I don't really have anywhere that feels like home to me. I'm hoping once I graduate and move out, I can make a place my home. So I think home is subjective, it's not concrete. I guess, long story short I agree with you guys. You can have more than one home.
I was born in Pennsylvania then due my parents' careers, spent my first 18 years in East Africa (Sudan, Uganda, Kenya). Now many years later, as a grandmother living in my home in Indiana, my heart still has a 'home' in Africa. I sometimes have pangs of homesickness or yearning for the sights,smells, food, sounds of my African childhood. Home definitely is a heart thing.
여자친구랑 항상 영상 잘 보고 있어요! 처음으로 댓글 남기는거 같네요.
일단 저희 생각으로는, home 과 house간의 개념? 정의?가 서로 좀 다른거 같아요.
홈은 감정적으로, 심리적으로 내가 편안함을 느끼고, 돌아가고 싶고, 살 고 싶은 공간일 수도 있고, 그러한 사람들로 둘러쌓인 공간? 그런 느낌이라고 보고, house는 영상에서도 말씀하신 물질적, 소유물? 로 볼 수 있을꺼 같아요. 홈타운이지 하우스타운이 아니듯이요.
여자친구가 21년동안 런던에서, 같은 집에서 살았어요. 교환학생을 다른 나라로 가게 되었는데, 그 기간중에 부모님이 다른 도시로 이사를 하셨네요. 21년동안의 런던, 거기서 만난 사람들, 그 집에서 만든, 생긴 부모님과 친구들 혹은 뭐 더 많은 추억들 = home 에 대한 기억, 이 사라진거 같다고 펑펑 울던게 기억이 나네요. 저는 줄곧, 뭐 대학교를 진학하면서, 저도 해외에서 공부를 하고 있어서 부모님과 떨어져서 살고 있는데요. home이라는 개념이 항상 부모님과 함께 살수 있고 편안함을 느낄 수 있는 공간으로 정의해왔었어요. 물론 한 평생을 한국에서만 산건 아니지만, 항상 부모님 두 분, 혹은 한 분과 함께 살았기 때문에 그런 생각을 하고 있는거 같아요.
21년동안 부모님과 같은 도시, 같이 집에서 살던 여자친구의 추억이 사라졌다고 했을때 그게 얼마나 큰 상실감인지 저는 처음에는 모르겠더라구요. 근데 home이라는 개념이 단순 주거 장소? 에만 국한 되지 않고, 그 장소에서의 추억들, 사람들 까지 다 묶어서 하는 말이라는 들었을때, 그 상실감이 얼마나 큰지 조금은 알 수 있겠더라구요.
자기의 home이 이제 영국에 없기때문에, 설령 여자친구 부모님의 새 집이 있다한들, 그 곳을 자기의 home이라고는 생각하지 않는다고 하더라구요. 자기의 21년동안의 추억이 없는 집이 어떻게 home이냐고 말하면서요. 그 때문인지 학업을 마무리 하기 위해서 돌아가야 하지만, 그 이후에는 거기서 머물 이유가 없어졌다고 말하는걸 보면서, 더 많은 생각을 했었습니다ㅎㅎ..
이번 영상을 통해서 다시 한번 여자친구와 옛 추억, home, 가정, 어린시절,hometown 이런 추상적 혹은 다소 주관적인 내용에 대해 얘기할 수 있어서 정말 좋았습니다!
채널 항상 응원합니다! 좋은 영상 많이 부탁드릴께요!
For me "home" is where I feel comfortable. For example my parents house and my best friends home. So for me there is more than one "home".
I hope everything goes smoothly for you while traveling to Canada. :) Also I see how much Beemo is going to miss you! It always looks like he loves you two so much. (And also I see how much you love him) ♥
Sometimes you find home in a person. Home is where u are surrounded by people you love and people who care about you. Home doesn't have to be a place..... home is a feeling.
I can see where Sarah is coming from. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. That is my home. However, I’m currently living in USA and have my own place here. I’ve made it comfortable enough for me to consider it my home. My emotional connection is and will forever be Puerto Rico, my new life and my personal space to relax and enjoy is in US. Both my homes.
I'm totally agree with Kyuho.
I've moved place to place more than 20 times for 15 yrs in Korea and Australia. I always think the place that makes me feel comfortable and safe is my home. And parent's house is my home at the same time.
내가 마음을 두고 사는 곳이라면 집이죠. 세라나 규호의 생각에 동의해요. 그리움은 당연한 것이고, 서울에 내집이 있어도 캐나다 집이 그리울 수 있는거죠.
I agree with Sarah. I think no matter where I live (and I’ve lived a couple places) I will always also consider my parents’ family house Home as long as they live. I think you can have multiple homes. Wherever you built (metaphorically) a home, as long as you maintain an emotional connection to it and the people there, you have a home.
I think of it as having many homes, because to me home is where your heart is. If you live somewhere or have lived there for a while and feel comfortable there I consider it home. People is also home to me, wherever my loved ones are can be considered a home. It's all about your mindset.
First time commenting but following for a while, this discussion topic really struck me. To me, it's like what you both said, home is what you feel connected to. I was born in Quebec in Canada but moved to PEI when I was little and grew up there. I moved to Korea later on, lived there for 3 years and now I'm in China. I feel no real connection to Quebec but do consider my parent's place in PEI as home. That said, I also have a VERY strong connection to Korea and now there's China intermixed all that (where my job is, my apartment, new friends). I think I'll always call PEI home to be honest, even if I have no real desire to live there, for now anyway. Enjoy your summer is NS, the East Coast is so beautiful in the summer. Thanks for the videos both of you.
I was born in Paraguay, both of my parents are Korean, I lived in Korea and Paraguay, I got married to an Argentinian, and now we are living in Argentina. Definitely home is more related to what your heart feels about a place than where you live. I feel like Kyuho does, I can’t decide one place as my home. 한가지 말할수 있는건 지금 살고있는 곳이 홈이라고 느껴지지 않아서인지 10년 넘게 살고있음에도 100% 정이 안드는것 같아요. 그래서 미래에는 어느나라에 가서 살고있을까- 라는 상상도 하게되는 것 같구요. 영상 잘 보고있어요. 캐나다에서 좋은 시간 보내세요! :)
My mom is from Panama and always calls it her home even though she's been in the USA longer than she was in Panama. It's where she was born and raised. Its absolutely possible to have more than one home. Heck, I still call my mom's house home even though I own my own house and that's not even a 20 minute drive apart. Even if I moved somewhere else, I would call this place my home.
Also I think home is where you have a sense of comfort in being at. Where you feel 'this is your place' where I lived in hongdae I didn't really see my house as my home cuz I moved every year due to contracts. But the block and street where I stayed and hung out with my freinds is where I feel home is.
Even now that I live in the US again my Korean freinds came to visit me in Seattle and just being around them it felt like -home- even though we were just chatting and sharing a cigarette on the sidewalk.
Home to me is anywhere I live with my family at the moment and where I grew up. Ur right. We have our own definition.
Sarah ur so nice to explain it. Being married international I never thought of home anywhere as long as my kids n husband is this home for me atleast
Hmm.. I think the best answer would be Hallmark's "home is where the heart is"... Ive moved around a lot so i would say home is where my family is as well as the house my grandparents have back in Bulgaria since it holds a lot of special memories for me from early childhood. So for me, home is where the people I love and memories I cherish are.
I grew up in a small town in Tennessee. A big chunk of my heart is still there and I call it my home-town, even though I haven't even visited there in almost 30 years. 🏡 I believe home is not a place so much as a feeling... and the people you love. Home is where your heart is... Have a wonderful trip! 💖
Awww, very well said! 😊 I haven’t lived in my hometown in Canada for several years, but I definitely still consider it a home-there’s no way I couldn’t. Thank you-hope you enjoy the Canada vlogs~! ☺️
I am US American and German. I also lived in England and now in a completly different city in German to the one I grew up in. Each of everyone of the places I lived at I considered home at one time. I always felt a connection and it was my home for some time. However, Germany and the US will always be one of my homes no matter where I live. So I am totally with you both and would define home like you do. Have a great time in home Kanada ;)
맞아요 두 분 의견에 동의해요 !
정서적으로 안정될 수 있는 곳이 집인 것 같아요
그래서 결혼하고 나서 부모님집을 '본가'라고 부르는 것도 같은 맥락이라고 생각해요
꼭 부모님집이 내가 태어났을 때 살던 집, 자라온 집이 아니더라도 내 가족이 살기때문에 그 곳이 어디던지 간에 정서적 안정감을 느끼고 그래서 나의 또 다른 집이라고 느끼는 것 같아요
이렇게 생각해보니 집은 가족의 동의어 내지는 유사어라고도 할 수 있을 것 같네요:)
작은 주제긴 하지만 생각해볼만한 주제인거같아요! 이런 생각들 계속 공유해주세요 ㅎㅎ
Have a safe tripe!
Home is wherever you feel a connection to. I was born and raised in California in the US, but I've lived in several different places in the world. I spent many years in Germany, and felt more at "home" there than anywhere else I've lived. Now I'm in the US and living in Texas, this is my second "home". Home is your unique connection to a place on an emotional, personal level.
That was an interesting comment from one of your viewers. For me, home is “where your heart is or where you feel can be yourself.” I grew up in Kaneohe, Oahu which I call my hometown; and Hawaii is my homeland. I also lived in Las Vegas is my second hometown. Now I live in Manoa, Oahu which is my third hometown. “Home is where the heart is!”
I completely understand what you mean. I spent the first few years of my life in Pakistan until my family and I moved to the United States. Even though I've spent the greater part of my life in the US, I've considered both countries to be my home. I have a connection with both countries and value the insight that being acquainted with two different cultures has given me. Also, Kyuho mentioned he spent time in Russia, India, etc., if you guys could do a video talking about that experience and how it might have impacted his cultural outlook, I would highly appreciate that.
Have a safe trip to Canada and have fun.
Home is where the wifi connects automatically ^^
Home to me is where ever you feel makes you happy. I own a home but I wouldn't be sad selling it and moving to a different one. I'm actually looking forward to that one day. Lol. Have a safe trip! I can't wait to see your Canada adventures!
I completely agree with your definitions of "home." I was born and raised in Canada, but I currently live in Korea and refer to both of them as my home. I actually have people from both countries ask me where I mean when I say, "I'm heading home" or "Can't wait to get home," they wonder do I mean my Korean flat or do I mean Canada. I also consider South Africa my "third home" because my best friends, who I consider family live there, so when I visit them, I feel I'm at "home." Home to me is a flexible definition between feelings and physical locations, and I think that is the case for most expats or people who have lived in international settings.
My home is where my family are. My mother still tells us, "Welcome Home," even thou we are all grown and have our own place. I personally believe a home isn't a place but an emotion of being within a loving family or friends. A house is a house but a home is warmth.
As Maria Alejandra Martinez Suarez said in a previous comment, home is where your heart is. Some people just happen to have more than one home and that's all good! I happen to have three! I'm from Brazil, but I live in Japan with my husband. I've also lived in the states before with a host family who I consider just as much as blood so all these three places are home to me. Maybe he's too hung up on the word "house" instead of "home"? Even so, perhaps he just hasn't experienced that feeling.
On another note, Beemo is so sweet sometimes I can't handle.
Have a safe trip you two!
I always consider my parents' home as my home as well eventhough I didn't own the property or spend a penny on that house. But it will always be home to me because that's where our family gathers. I also consider the house that I rent now in another city as my home. My grandma's house is home for me too because I spend half of my childhood there while my parents went oversea to further their studies. Imo, people can have as many home as they like as long as they feel belong to and have sort of an attachment to the place.
I can’t wait for Canada Vlogs!!!
Home is where me and my partner live (I have now been here for 5 years) but we still say "we havent been home in while" referring to our parents houses. Where my parents are will always be open to us and considered "home" even if I havent lived there for years.
Home is where your heart is. I think you can have more than one home. A house is where you reside. Home is that comfort, that place (wherever it is) that you feel a connection to. Society places a weird emphasis on owning property as a goal to complete happiness but I think we are able to adapt to different things and places and make a "home" anywhere.
Home is where your ❤ is! I still consider the place I grew up as my home(hometown) but where I live now is home also. Home isn't a building/house/ apartment. Its where you feel comfortable and love
Home is that place you are attached to forever it can be your parents home, your town, city or whole homeland... that doesn't mean you can't find a new home elsewhere and it's actually a blessing to have more than one home
I also call my parents houses home still even though I live on my own now. I also call my dad's place in my birth country home when I go there to visit or when talking about the place there. To me really home is where your family and heart is. You can have more than one place you cal home. Like you guys said, to me home is where you feel comfortable and at peace.
My heart and emotional attachment to a place plays a big part in definding home. I no longer consider the town I grew up in as home and, unfortunately, the city where I spent most of my adult years working has lost a special place in my heart. Now that I am retired, I am ready to relocate.
So true~ no matter where you’re from, if there’s no longer any emotional attachment there, it doesn’t quite seem right to call the place ‘home.’ Best of luck with relocating-sounds like it’ll be quite the adventure :)
I definitely do the same thing! I’m from nova scotia as well but live in toronto but that doesn’t stop me from telling everyone that i’m going “home” during the summer!
I think that home is not exactly a place, but where your heart is, like... you love your family so wherever you are with them is home 😊💕
Literally look forward to your videos every week! So peaceful!
Love from England! :D
I love how happy you were to see a squirrel!
부모님이 있고 내가 자라난곳이 내집.
내가 소유한 '집' 아니더라도...
우리는 고향이라고 부릅니다.
캐나다 휴가영상 기대합니당~
해브어굿트립!
건강해야해^^*
Home is a feeling not only a physical place or building.
Talking about the topic of ‘where is home?’. I have the same situation as Sara, I consider my mom’s house my home even though I also consider home where I actually live.
But sometimes since the place where I live is not mine and I don’t live with my mom anymore, it makes me feel like I don’t have a place to call home... such an interesting topic.
Have a great week guys!
I was born and raised in Washington,DC because my parents worked in politics. However, they were from rural Iowa and I would spend my summers there. Because of that I always felt more connected to Iowa since my family is all from there. In college I studied in London for a semester, then Philadelphia, then Chicago for a year and now I am going back to London for a year, then will finish with a year in Chicago. I love all of these places and feel like "a part of myself" is in each of them but at this point in my life I truly don't think I have a home anywhere. And I think that is good actually, because if you never get too emotionally attached to one specific place then you are open to whatever happens.
I think home is where ever your loved ones are, and it can be in many different locations.
I'm French, grew up in France but i'm currently living in Canada with my Korean boyfriend for almost 1 year. I will forever call my parents house (the house where i lived sinced i was born) "my home", but now i also call our place here my home. And i do agree with Kyuho when he say home is where you feel comfy, and when you have a connection. :)
This vlog is short yes but VERY deep
Definition of home is really flexible as you said
Sometimes i feel home from one side, i love the place i born and raised on but i feel it doesn't love me back
I'm not comfortable, i have to find another home
Plus as long as we share the same planet and we all are humans, everyplace can be our home
I love you guys' discussion on what home is because to me, I have four places I consider home. I was born in Hong Kong and lived there till I was 11 before moving to Canada. I consider both Hong Kong and Canada home. My family is from Afghanistan & Pakistan and while I have never permanently lived there, I still consider those countries home. I find home is linked to some sort of significance, rather than just physical context. However, if someone were to ask me where home is if I was travelling, I would say Canada (where I was residing) but these other countries are still home! :)
Home is a few places for me because I have strong emotional attachments and memories there. Australia is one when I was an exchange student. EPCOT in Walt Disney World where I interned in college and have my Disney family. Then obviously where I was born. I'm living in Texas for the past few years haven't really decided to call it home yet.
I think we are talking about different concepts of what "home" means in English which maybe more limited when the same word is considered in another language, so it could be a little confusing as to what we mean by this. In English, I feel that we use the term to refer to where we came from, the country, region, city, neighbourhood, street, house. But we also use it to refer to wherever it is that we live now. Which concept of home one might be talking about is inferred from the context, but even amongst native English speakers, it's not always clear which concept of home is being referred to.
I agree with you guys. You can for sure have more than one home. Also it has nothing to do with property ownership. Home is more of a feeling rather than just a place or a house. btw can't wait for your Canada vlogs!!
My husband is in the military, so home is a complex word for us.
Anytime we go visit family, we say we're going "home" but also feel as if we had many homes in that we have lived and spent years in different places. Those places carry memories, and it would be weird to say they weren't "home" in some way. But once we move, we don't say I want to go home in reference to where we've lived before. Now, this may change if we move somewhere and get the feeling that that is where we want our "forever home" (common term for military families) is meant to be.
So, I would say, for us, it's where we are now, where our family is, and to a point where our family has been.
영상 항상 잘 보고 있습니다. 모쪼록 무탈하게 다녀오시길!
As someone who moves around with the military... basically every year: everyone's definition is really, really different. Sometimes it's where you're from, sometimes it's your hotel room while traveling, sometimes it's your friend's house when you're staying with them!
I do agree with you guys. I am from Burma , I was born and grown up there but currently I am staying in Singapore. So I do feel like Burma is my home of course and Singapore is my second home.
Thats a strange comment, I guess its reflective of the experiences you've had. Ive thought about this before and to me, home can mean many things, not just property or places. Home can be people too. I agree that its a place that you have a strong affinity and emotional connection to. I was born in one country where most of my family still live, and I still consider that home. I now live in a different country with my husband (and our cats!), his home country, and i consider this country my home too. We now own our home, but that didn't lessen the experience of making a home in our previous rentals at the time. And i couldnt imagine any place truly feeling like home without my little family either! I think its fine for people to have many flexible definitions of what home means to each of us :)
Only the heart knows where the home is. Guys have a safe trip.
Would love to see an episode of Kyuho’s kitchen filmed with your family in Canada😍
If anybody's interested, I'd recommend checking out Do Ho Suh's artworks, which explore individual as well as collective notions of home. In particular, he has these fabric recreations of the various corridors of apartments that he's lived in, from London, to Rhode Island, to Seoul. They all constitute a part of his history and identity, and become a part of who he is today. I don't think that home is an unchanging stagnant and permanent entity, because for many, home is forged over numerous geographical locations, communities, cultures, histories.
Home is where your heart is.
Thanks for your video. Have a safe flight to Canada.
I have 2 homes. I don't own either of them. I consider Canada my home because I grew up there and my family is there and my identity is Canadian. Korea has become my second home because I feel so comfortable here and my Korean boyfriend is here. Like Kyuho said, home is not necessarily a physical location or owning property. It's that feeling of comfort and acceptance and solidarity with a place.
I think home is quite relative and has different meaning to different people. I’m Nigerian, married to a Canadian, and we both are currently living in korea, Nigeria would always be my first home, and my second home would be with my husband...I can’t wait to watch your Canada vlogs, and Kyuho hope you have your ETA this time lol.
I think the same way about "home."
I'm a college student in the USA and I call my dorm home and when I'm in my house with my family I call that home too!
Oh I have a question. Do you guys cook Korean food when you visit Canada? You guys should cook Korean dinner for Sarah's family, that might be fun.
Personally, I feel like I have two homes. I was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ, but now I live in Los Angeles. Safe travels, guys!