America is known as a melting pot where people of all cultures and races are welcome. So it isn't a surprise that my own mother and father decided to come all the way from Korea to live in the states. Although they had left Korea, that didn't mean my parents had left behind their way of home-living. Growing up, I noticed that our household had some quirks to it; quirks that only Korean-American homes seemed to share.

1. Moms watch dramas like it's a religious thing.

2. There is always kimchi in the fridge. Even when the eggs, milk and meat start to dwindle and disappear, never the kimchi.

3. It's never clean enough. Not according to your parents, at least.

4. Although when they do compliment you for cleaning up, it feels more like this:

5. You will find that there is more skin care supplies than one would need.

6. Everyone's yelling at each other, and no one is even mad, it's just how we talk to each other.

7. All of your couches are made of leather.

8. There is never just one thing to eat at the dinner table.

9. You learn to fear this look from your parents.

10. You find weird seemingly therapeutic equipment around the house.

11. You learn to move silently because your parents have super sonic hearing.

12. There's no bedtime but there's a time you're supposed to be in bed.

13. Trying to sneak around after that time is super risky business.

14. Home is home, though.