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29. Ups and Downs One of my father’s distant cousins was my age. He was the son of my father’s uncle, the leader of the security force when father visited home deserting his company during Korean War. In Korea, once a couple have a baby, they are called by kid’s name. They are called by the name of the first child. People called my parents by “Nam Hee’s father, Nam Hee’s mother.” The above uncle called my parents.. 2021. 1. 15.
28. Special for the Disabled Two most important basic instincts are appetite and excretion. The very first satisfaction comes from drops of milk from mom’s breast. Then comes the satisfaction of the release. These two behaviors could also make us embarrassed and miserable. When I was young, the sitting toilet was very rare in Korea. Toilet was located at outhouse. The very first flushing toilet was still a basin on the floo.. 2021. 1. 13.
27. Neighborhood Watch There was a monthly mandatory neighborhood watch meeting in 70’s. It was one of the ways to watch and monitor people under anti-communist dictatorship. The meeting was to be used to explain and distribute pubic information government needed to provide. Underlying purpose was to seek and identify the spies and criminals. Every family had to send a representative to this meeting. Father often sent.. 2021. 1. 10.
26. Immigration Virus Everything I knew were bits and pieces from the books. Since I never took formal school classes, my knowledge was neither systematic not organized. For example, I did not have chronological knowledge of the history. I read papers every day and subscribed several magazines. I knew what was going on in the society and world. I still did not have a single certificate of education to show. Father wa.. 2021. 1. 8.

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