Blog Spy

I like to look at other people’s blogs. It’s amusing to see what sort of people read them, write them, and comment on them. Mostly, it’s voyeuristic. Secondly, I feel like a psychologist examining people. I know some lurkers do that to me, so I can get them back.
As I was [...]

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Money and Adoption

Article from CBS and AP on Guatemala and adoption.
Every 100th baby born in Guatemala grows up as an adopted American, making the Central American country the richest source of adoptees in the Western Hemisphere.Read entire article here.

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Five By Five

Tag, you’re it. I was tagged by weigook saram and I didn’t even know it.

Five Things in My Freezer
Vegetable dumplingsSoy Ice CreamQuorn nuggets (for the Noodlerama)Blue Ice paksHomemade Indian food
Five Things in My Closet
A leak from Hurricane WilmaThree hanboksHandmade crocheted blanketsA new Billabong surf jacket (Didi thinks it makes me look like a J-Pop [...]

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I’m on a roll, cause it’s late and I have nothing better to do

Allen Ng thinks his adopted daughter Allison, 13, will to get a better sense of who she is and where she came by visiting China. Chronicle photo by Kurt Rogers
So another article. This time from San Fran Chronicle (not a great paper, btw).
Interesting quote from article:
Peggy Scott, president of the Northern California [...]

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And one from down under

This article has some interesting quotes.
Another thing I find interesting is the father was adopted himself.
“It has changed our lives – not only having children in our lives, but there is so much to be learned from the Korean culture. Australians could learn a lot from these children – particularly about respect,” Carol [...]

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Adoption: Just another way to become a family

Interesting article that I came across here.
The thing that caught my eye the most was this quote:
Beth Richardson says, “Adoption has changed greatly in the past 30 years or so. The birth parent can be a part of the child’s life,” she says. “The goal is to figure out what’s best for the child, so [...]

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American Moms Solving Adoption Problems

I think another one of my adopto-blogger friends posted something about the book, but just saw this come through my KAAN email and it reminded me of it. So I’ll post it the article here.
What is interesting is that it is a US white mom that seems to have discovered the secret of interethnic [...]

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I’m a nerd

Um, I didn’t know this. I figured I’d be a mid-level or “slightly” nerdy, but not this type.

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Journal Entry

In Korea, in front of temples you may stumble upon large reflecting pools. They are generally made of stone and are urn-shaped, some above the ground and others in the ground. They are there to protect the house from the fire spirits.
It is believed that the fires were often started by spirits, and [...]

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Korean Adoption Issue Today, Vol1.No.2

In response to Kendra, who asked some questions, I’ve wanted to take a day and think it out.
First, I didn’t intend for this blog to become a discussion forum for the issue of adoption, and in particular Korean adoption.
My intentions were first to document my journey back to Korea for my second time, and to [...]

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