Dear Diary,
This last week was both uneventful and eventful. Thanks to facebook.com, Wednesday I met up with a friend of a friend from High School (Shinano) because she saw me on facebook and figured I had to be a Korean adoptee like her. We had pajeon (Korean pizza) and while we chatted for over 2 hours, I picked out the squid legs from the pajeon. It was great to talk to someone here who’s going through the same stuff as I am as an “adoptee.”
This last week was both uneventful and eventful. Thanks to facebook.com, Wednesday I met up with a friend of a friend from High School (Shinano) because she saw me on facebook and figured I had to be a Korean adoptee like her. We had pajeon (Korean pizza) and while we chatted for over 2 hours, I picked out the squid legs from the pajeon. It was great to talk to someone here who’s going through the same stuff as I am as an “adoptee.”
We’ve both met our biological family and are here to reunite and spend time with them and we both don’t know Korean and struggle with the language barrier. Our thoughts, emotions, experiences are a bit different but same at the same time. I’m sure we’ll get together again! Now I have someone who can relate to the buttslaps and the force feeding!!!
On Thursday, I went with a Korean Teacher, Eunice, and we got our nails did! It brought me back to grade school when I would have a different color of nail polish on each nail. That’s a big trend here now so I guess I was ahead of the game in fashion for once. I toyed with many different colors and landed on a light purple. It’s different and a bit soft at the same time… after that pampering, I have a feeling I’m going to find an even bigger obsession with my nails.
The weekend consisted of Korean classes, studying, running, and going to N. Seoul Tower on top of Namsan Mountain.
I have a serious case of performance anxiety when it comes to speaking Korean. I don’t like doing things I’m not good at so it’s hard for me to practice and it sounds good in my head but when I try to speak it, it comes out horrible. So I need to use some of my athletic counseling skills… on myself!
Mun Hyuk, my Korean Teacher friend Chelsea who speaks English, and I went to N. Seoul Tower on Saturday. We took the cable car up and walked around, had a coffee and took some pictures. It was very cool and good sober fun for a Saturday night. I told my brother I wanted to fly him to the USA when I come home next July. So it’s really going to happen and my friends and family back in Minnesota can meet him which I’m excited about.
So I had a good weekend of being social and relaxing. This week is a full week and then we have a long weekend because of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) so I’m looking forward to that!
I’m trying to do more cardio besides walking to work so I’m on a “run 2 miles every other day” kick… we’ll see how long that lasts.
Until next time,
Min Jin
More picture: http://community.webshots.com/user/megshep09
On Thursday, I went with a Korean Teacher, Eunice, and we got our nails did! It brought me back to grade school when I would have a different color of nail polish on each nail. That’s a big trend here now so I guess I was ahead of the game in fashion for once. I toyed with many different colors and landed on a light purple. It’s different and a bit soft at the same time… after that pampering, I have a feeling I’m going to find an even bigger obsession with my nails.
The weekend consisted of Korean classes, studying, running, and going to N. Seoul Tower on top of Namsan Mountain.
I have a serious case of performance anxiety when it comes to speaking Korean. I don’t like doing things I’m not good at so it’s hard for me to practice and it sounds good in my head but when I try to speak it, it comes out horrible. So I need to use some of my athletic counseling skills… on myself!
Mun Hyuk, my Korean Teacher friend Chelsea who speaks English, and I went to N. Seoul Tower on Saturday. We took the cable car up and walked around, had a coffee and took some pictures. It was very cool and good sober fun for a Saturday night. I told my brother I wanted to fly him to the USA when I come home next July. So it’s really going to happen and my friends and family back in Minnesota can meet him which I’m excited about.
So I had a good weekend of being social and relaxing. This week is a full week and then we have a long weekend because of Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) so I’m looking forward to that!
I’m trying to do more cardio besides walking to work so I’m on a “run 2 miles every other day” kick… we’ll see how long that lasts.
Until next time,
Min Jin
More picture: http://community.webshots.com/user/megshep09
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