Breakfast/ Father Update

Wednesday, January 10th,

Last weekend, I had very different breakfasts. Saturday, Mrs. Kim made breakfast because Dr. Kim had an early meeting. We had a traditional Korean breakfast with soup, rice, kimchi, and fish. Yep, I can't remember a time having fish before 9 AM. On Sunday, Dr. Kim made breakfast. He thinks that I should have a more westernized breakfast, so he prepared eggs, toast, cereal, juice, and coffee for me. I can only say that I really like both styles. Side note: Koreans eat similar foods for all three meals.

On Saturday, I went shopping. It was quite an adventure. I wanted to buy some teaching supplies and an iron. Dr. Kim has an iron, but it's the old-style with no steam. He had asked me before if I had any inconveniences, but I told him no, since I feared that he would go an buy an iron. I feel guilty having him provide everything, so I bought an iron the first chance I had. I went to a few different stores to find a suitable and cheap iron. I still spent a fair amount, but not as nice or much as my iron in the states. I also tried to find teaching supplies, but it was difficult to find the right store and bigger challenge finding similar products. I wanted to buy a basic folder, but there weren't any to be found. I did find ones that were suitable and quite nice. Overall, I had an exhausting day trying to find a few items.

On Tuesday, Dr. Kim informed me that a meeting was arranged. I will meet my biological father on Saturday at 11 AM. Dr. Kim will escort me to the adoption agency, but will not attend the reunion because he feels that my father will feel uncomfortable with another Korean. I am not sure how long the meeting will be, but Dr. Kim thinks that I will talk with my father for an hour or so and possibly go for lunch somewhere. The manager of the adoption agency is making special arrangements since my teaching schedule. The agency is normally closed on weekends, but the manager will come in on Saturday and also will be my interpretor. It is only unfortunate that my twin brother, David, will not be here to meet our father.