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Name: Christine
State: Michigan
Metro: Kalamazoo
Birthday: 8/16/1984
Interests: I love... family, friends, God, music, success, snowboarding, vacations, good thinking movies, clothes/fashion, soccer, swimming, perfume, grocery shopping, cooking, random mix cd's, the mountains, hiking, backpacking, laughing, korea, meeting new people, just among a few:)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Education/Research
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AIM:  cslate11
Member Since:
12/2/2003
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| ok...wednesday
was my birthday, i'm 22, I feel older and wiser:) haha. All of my
closest friends came to see me here at western to have dinner and go to
the bar. People kept on buying me double-shots, so it was a
slop-fest, let me tell you...but it was fun, dancing the night away
with my girlfriends <3. It was my best birthday yet! I
even got some phone calls and text messages from some of the people I
met in Korea, which was amazing. I talked to my friends Sung
& Jonko, from Belgium, since I finally got international calling on
me cell, probably the best thing ever, i love it! I miss everyone
so much, and i'm slowly but surely making plans to go to Belgium over
spring break, maybe Christmas break, I hope to see Elin in Norway
too. Not a day goes by where I don't think of these amazing
people I met in Korea, I love them so much, such a strong choice of
words, but I do, I wish I had a million dollars so I could give them
each money to travel and visit eachother regularly! My friend
Bethany Lee sent me a cd with video clips of all of us talking, and
songs, and pictures, and I was so touched, i cried, it was so good to
see everyone's faces, other than in pictures, and hear their voices,
one of the best presents i've ever gotten, i absolutely loved it! I
have yet to write to my birth-mother, which i'm scared about it, but
the words will come i guess, i keep contemplating my words in my mind
over and over.
I keep getting more stuff in the mail from UC, (Univ. of Colorado), for grad. school, and
i'm getting more and more stoked about it, I think my big bro has
already started making connections for me and entering me into
competitions, i have this laundry-list of people he
wants me to meet. haha what a punk, he can't wait for me to move
out west, and i can't wait either, its like my second home. ahhh
the mountains:) I have a looong list of stuff to do beforehand
though, June couldn't come sooner. I think I might try to sell my
board though after training, i'm on a ladies Burton, right now, in
great shape, if anybody is interested, i don't know though, i might not
be able to part with it....haha...
on
the home-front, western starts on September 5th, and i'm just chillin'
in the mean time, hanging out with the roomies has been fun, its
Ingrid's 21st next wednesday, and we're getting a limo for her, ssshhh
its a secret, haha:) i can't wait, she's my true partner in crime
when we go out, and a cute korean at that! haha! I'm looking
foward to school though its going to be hectic and busy busy
busy. i'm almost done and outta here though!
ok take care! and until next time....
<3 CA
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| Ok I was finally inspired to
write a new entry, (thanks Gregor)! I haven't written in
the past year or so. I've been reminiscing with everyone that
went to Korea with me this past month. Its been so fun to email
and talk to people online and keep in touch. There were only
three girls out of 20 total in the group who got the chance to meet
their birth parents. I was one of the lucky ones, and met my
birthmother, aunt, and uncle.
We look a lot like, and I have been so blessed to have had the chance
to meet her. It was the most emotional three days of my entire
life, and it was so unexpected, not believing that there would be
enough information in my file to maintain a contact. However,
I'll never forget my file review session with my case worker, she sat
me down and started going through some of the information that I had
already known, (what i expected) but then went through the schedule for
the next couple of days, and paused, then said "but you have different
plans" I was confused, and then she went on by saying that they had
contacted my uncle, which is enough for me, I totally lost it and
started crying, I was so happy. I totally gasped. She
started laughing because she was so happy for me, and went on to tell
me that my uncle had contacted my mother, and that she was doing well
and could hardly believe that I had come back to Korea, especially at
such a young age, but that she would be there as well to meet me at the
agency in the next couple of days. ahhhhh, what a journey.
Elin, a girl from Norway, and Holly from Deleware, both met their
mother and father, Holly had a little sister. The three of us
bonded quite a bit, sharing feelings, stories, and ironically were so
much of the same feelings and reactions, so it was nice to have that
support there. Now, we're all at home, realizing that things
arn't the same, and are preparing to write letters to Korea to our
families. It will be a process since we have to first send them
to a translator, though all three of us are determined to learn Korean,
for the next trip, HOME. what a thing to call Korea, home...I
never could have imagined a better trip. Though now I am dealing
with some concerns with my parents, especially my mom, about me keeping
in contact with my birthmother. those feelings are pretty
difficult to put into words, but I will have to deal with them as I
go.
I learned that I have 3 younger siblings....yes! I'm the oldest!
haha. here in the states i'm the youngest of 3, having two older
brothers. But in Korea, I have two lil sisters, 18, 16, and a lil
brother, 12. I'm not sure if that is in Korean years or not, I
need to ask about that. Lets see, I could go on and on about my
trip, so i'll stop now, since that is just the beginning. In the
mean time, i love hearing from everyone from the trip, and have grown
so close to all of them, like brothers and sisters. I'll
return to Korea, hopefully very soon.
In the meantime, school is my number one priority, i'm actually looking
foward to cooler weather, and walking on campus again, and football
games, though within the first week i'll change my mind. one more
year...then off to Colorado for graduate school...wooo hooo! I'll
be closer to my brother, who is the best, i can't wait! This year
should be an amazing year, I hope to be the biggest socialite this
year, visit lots of friends on the weekends and hibernate and study
during the week, the library is soon to be my second home:)
Hopefully i'll write again sooner than later, or as my schedule allows
me to :) miss everyone and hope to catch up soon:) xoxo -
christine
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