It's in the mail...

Last Wednesday, I finally decided to send a letter to my birthmother.

I made a card, because I thought that was more beautiful and I also wrote it myself.  (I had help with the translation, though.)  The card looks crooked, but I assure you that was the fault of the camera work, not my actual card.)   :)         Inside the card I wrote my birth name, birthdate, and place of birth.  It then says that I was adopted to Americans.  It says that I am looking for my birthmother and gives her last name.  I then say that I am sending this same letter to many women, all with the same last name, in hopes of finding the one who is my true birthmother.  HOWEVER, I know that it was her because I had her name and had done all the other footwork (please see my previous blog entries, if you don't know what I am talking about.)  Then I write that I will be in Seoul until the the third week of December, so she should contact me soon, if she wants to contact me at all.

I dropped it in the mail, also with some help, the next day.

Seeing that the city is only 60 miles from Seoul, I figure the letter should have arrived Saturday or today, Monday.  If that's the case, then from today onward... I guess I just wait.

So here I am, waiting.

But she better hurry up, because I might be leaving soon... I already quit my job.

Making Kimchi

Last Saturday, the art teacher invited me to her house to make kimchi with her, her sister, her mother, and her nieces.

I had so much fun, and now I officially feel like a Korean. : )

Here are some pictures:

My Hood

I was just cruising my favorite reference site, Wikipedia, and I saw an article about the neighborhood where I live.  The article states that my area is  "known for easy and cheap sexual entertainment."

Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sillim-dong

Check it out... I thought it was really funny.