My 21st birthday has come and gone. I have to say, having a birthday abroad is definitely an experience. Especially a 21st birthday. We are virtually the only country in the world that has a drinking age of 21. Everyone I have talked to has a much younger age and even one person I have met, from Ghana, said there is absolutely no drinking age whatsoever. So it was definitely the experience of a lifetime.
I had a series of bad news that came up this week which just weighed on me... I was honestly very reluctant to celebrate, but alas my friends I have barely known for a week pulled me through town and I couldn't be happier. Big thank you to BriAnna Morrison, Sindy Chang, Keeta T. J. Williams, Lacey Williams, Gauthier Hecq.
I went and attempted to the police station in an attempt to find my family a number of days ago and they couldn't do anything except tell me they are alive an well, but they did refer me to the main police station in all of Seoul. When I went there I found out I forgot the main paper to bring here, My birth certificate. Without that, I'm not even related to my mother as far as they are concerned, so I definitely need to get that before I go any further, unfortunately that is halfway around the world in my house in my files. My mother is the only person that can access those files other than me, but she can't access them cause I have the key... I should have thought this through more... If nothing else I'll just have my mother go to vital records and get me one... it's only $10... It's just the times are so inconvenient...
One other thing worthy of being said, Don't make the mistake I did. I forgot ONE letter on my address, so a product I ordered was apparently sent to the whole wrong side of the country... Luckily it was only a $12 (12000KRW) item, so I'll just cut my losses and write it off as a loss, but I definitely know for future reference, don't order ANYTHING online... it's damn near impossible if you don't know the hangeul alphabet.
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