Trip to Korea 2005, Part 2: July 2005

Memorable Quotes

Here are some memorable quotes from this trip:

"Anyonghaseyo! Mashisoyo! Moshisoyo! Iboyo! Sa Rang Hae!"
-Chaz Deegen, with his amazing Korean "whine", or what others would call high

"Do the best for yourself, your family, and society" -Dr. Kim Duk Whang, 91, founder of ESWS, my adoption agency

"The food here is very exotic...a lot of kimchi and things from the sea that are mostly dead" - Dad

"Wow...a pepperoni pizza? Here? Is that real pepperoni? Or "pepperoni"? Man...another thing I wouldn't trust myself to eat here are hotdogs" -Jason Stevens

"You...you like your mother?"
"I love my mother."
-conversation between an unwed mother and me

"And the monsoon season starts today, June 26th..." -weatherman, on the way to Seoul, on June 26th

"The whole timechange concept with the dateline..."
"Uh-oh, B, sounds like you're getting philosophical here"
"No...its not philosophical...its...comm...its...um...negotiation."
-Barrett the Wise (lol)

"Yeah booooyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeee! It's diesel, yo!" - Mike Ryan

Mr. Jung and his sister, Harriet, and the family at the Moon Shin Museum in Masan

Mom, Dad, and the owner of the restaurant, who took a particular liking to Dad, and fed him

Mr. Jung and I at lunch

Cheers! Here we are, having a traditional Korean Style 10-course lunch (and I'm taking the picture)

Dad, Mom, Mr. Jung, and I at the Masan City Council board room

From Left to Right: Harriet, our translator; Dad; Mom; me; Mr. Ha, the Chairman of the Masan City Council; and Mr. Jung, our friend, who is a part of the Masan City Council