This dog lives at the other adoptee guesthouse in Seoul. An adoptee brought him there and then had to leave him there when he moved out. Guess what his name is? Hint: it’s the most unlikely name a dog owned by Past0r K1m would have.
This week I’ve been on vacation from school. And today is one of the three hottest days of the summer. On these three hottest days there are 3 foods Korean people eat because they think they are good for their health in hot weather (in this order): 보싱탕 (dog soup–they think cause dogs have all that fur in the heat they must be cool inside), 삼개탕 (big whole boiled chicken with lots of ginger that most younger people don’t even like), and 추어탕 or ground up seafood soup which comes in spicy and non-spicy.
All week I’ve spent moving to my new home and doing birth family search stuff. Apart from a few seconds of Korean conversations with friends here and there I haven’t studied at all; haven’t cracked a book.
Monday – Went for my KBS pre-show interview. Later on metup with an adoptee friend for dinner.
Tuesday – Had breakfast with two of my roommates. Then headed up to the other adoptee guesthouse to visit the dog and talk to Past0r K1m and my buddy up there. Then metup with one of my most favorite people in Korea, my buddy 서현, who I call 돼지 or “Pig.” We ate then together went to get travel info for the trip I’m taking this weekend. Then we went to dinner and then to see 슈렉그4 in 4D at the world’s largest 4D screen!
Wednesday – Had breakfast with my roommates then up to the northern adoptee guesthouse again then later dinner with adoptee guesthouse people; the 3rd most popular dish Korean people eat when it’s hot in the summer, 추어탕 or ground up seafood soup. Then metup with my rommate for some painting on a rooftop overlooking the city.
Thursday – Metup with 고은, a Korean friend for her to help me change the address on my ID card so that my government mail doesn’t go to the host family I lived with when I got here. That was surprisingly easy. Again it’s so remarkable how much you can get done/ how efficent you can be when you have a Korean person help you along. We had lunch at a restaurant near my home which was remarkably good; I’ll probably be going back. For her it was the first time she went to this government office neighborhood and also the first time she ever saw the type of living facility I live in. Like always when hanging out with a Korean friend I learned a lot. After lunch I officially moved my stuff out of my old place and into my new home. Then I met up with 세연 for waffles and nachos, then a movie and then dinner. We didn’t want to eat 삼개탕 so we got 찜닭 instead. Yum.
National flower of Korea
