Nobody has a choice of where they're born. The passport is just a piece of paper. What's real is in here. I'm still Korean. Nothing can change that.
Kang is a Korean-Canadian born to a Korean father and French mother in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. I'm not sure to whom he gave that interview, so perhaps he was just playing to the local crowd the same way Michelle Wie's father did when he said
the only thing about her that’s American is her passport, she is “definitely” Korean.
In other sports news, Team Korea beat Team Japan in some ESPN billiards contest a couple days ago. Korea's star athlete? Brooklyn-born Jeanette Lee, perhaps the most recognizable pool player in the world.
No, I don't know the difference between billiards and pool, if any, so apologies for any errors. Anyway, the presence of Lee and Charlie Williams on Team Korea didn't escape the attention of one Japanese player, who was quoted as saying
"It's Japan versus Korea and Charlie Williams!"
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Well, the video takes his words out of context, since there is a break between the sentence ending in passport, and the sentence stating what is real (pointing to his heart). It would be better to see the unedited video before passing judgement.
For what it is worth, Billiards is a game in which you have only three balls and the aim of the game is to hit two ball with the third ball, one shot. There are no pockets on the table. Until I came to Korea I didn't even know that the game still existed. I suspect this is a common believe in South Africa, since we often call Snooker tables Billiard tables.
Pool is the game where you either have to sink nine balls in sequence, the winner being the one who sink the number nine ball, or sink all the balls of a particular colour, the winner being the one who sink the black ball at the end.
I might be wrong, you probably don't care, but there it is. Go forth and impress your friends with your knowledge of Unique Korean Culture.
p.s. Snooker is the complicated version of everything that I never fully grasped.
I've always said Kang is welcome to renounce his Canadian citizenship and come to Korea full-time. He's a wankstain. The "Super Korean" my ass. I can't wait for the first non-scrub he fights in the UFC to clean his clock. He chose the wrong weight class to fight in.
This is not the first time the Black Widow has played for Team Korea. Brooklyn-born and STILL with a US citizenship (she does speak Korean, though, and she had a traditional Korean wedding). Regardless of the sport, Korea doesn't care about such things as passports when it comes to "Team" Korea. It's all in the blood.
Otto, billiards is actually the general name for ALL stick and cue ball type games. There are two types of billiards: Carom and Pocket.
Carom is what is mostly played here and in Japan (it is NOT unique to Korea, and in fact wasn't even invented on this continent). Three-cushion and 사구 are the two most commonly played versions of carom billiards in Korea. There are several other lesser known versions of carom as well.
Pocket billiards are what is played most commonly in Western countries, including 8-ball, 9-ball, bumper pool, and snooker.
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