Hello. My mom, our chinese/korean interpreter and I just got home from a special dinner in downtown Tianjin tonight. We went to eat dumplings at the locally famous Gobuli. Dumplings are Momma Choi's favorite Chinese food so we all took her out for some freshly steamed deliciousness. Each Gobuli dumpling is handmade and they look like little pillows. They are so soft and perfectly ruffled.
Now we are back on our respective little blue beds with the remote control thingy. My mom's reading a Korean translation the book "The Art of the Long View" (she loves business books) and I just finished storing and organizing our pantry with all the kinda fun dry goods we purchased yesterday at E-Mart (the Asian K-mart). It feels a little wrong to romanticize stocking up our hospital room with instant coffee, sugar and water for the long haul but reading one too many "Little House on the ___" books in elementary school will do that to you I guess. Tomorrow maybe I'll make my very own maple syrup candy over snow.
Oh, Momma Choi is sleeping now, I must turn out the lights. I will turn them off in 5 minutes.
The patient next door, an older Korean man, received a kidney last night. This moves us up one more notch on the waiting list. I thought I heard our interpreter say that mom is 2nd on the list now but my Korean is not very good so I could have misheard. I will ask tomorrow to make sure.
5 minutes is passed, time for bed. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes and encouraging words. Looking forward to delivering some good news soon...
-Minna
5 comments:
I really wish you started blogging for some other reason than a trip to Korea to see your mom in such a circumstance. But, gosh Minna... you're a heck of a writer. Keep it going, even when you're back. It's just a joy to read.
Love,
Lisa
P.S. I happen to have a blog, too. Email me for a link!
hi minna~! i love you!! give your mom and dad my regards. i can't believe how crazy your life is these days...i'm praying for your mommy~~
ps did you know tianjin is where anthony lived for three years when he was in china?? :)
love you, kens
Minna!
Welcome to the terradome (blogosphere). I am sending warm to you and your family from Bombay. I met with Peter Schwartz (author of the Art of the Long View) several years back and found him to be kind of a deutschebank, but his ideas are interesting...and your writing is good and I miss hearing you play the piano...
minna, it was good chatting with you the other day. hopefully i can swing by SF next month. i'll keep you posted! :)
I almost died on your little house reference. SO TRUE! Please remind me again in the winter about the maple syrup thing.
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