| Been doing too much thinking lately. Decided to make a concerted effort not to think for awhile. |
Ahhh…. It's late, Dave's in bed asleep, the neighbors are quiet, and all the lights in the apartment are off except for the halogen desk lamp and the monitor. I feel especially comfortable.
It wasn't raining today, but it was threatening all through the daylight hours. It was even a little chilly for me. Around 9:25 I trotted off to Frauke's house to get a lift to today's Dragon Circle gig. I think I left my umbrella in her car, or in her house. Man, I sure hope so. I've had that thing for at least 3 years, probably 4, and I hate to think that I left it somewhere in Seoul. I called her this evening but she wasn't home and she hasn't called back. Guess I'll be calling her tomorrow.
Today I visited the offices of the Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea (PPFK). The president of the organization, Ms. Kim, is its first woman president and she is also a co-Vice President of the Korean National Red Cross and the Dean of the Yonsei Graduate School of Health Sciences. If that's not enough to impress you, she was also a General Assemblywoman (congress) for several years. Wow.
She talked all about the goals, successes, and flaws of the PPFK. Such a knowledgeable woman! Geez. Can't get over it. It's interesting that the Korean gov't realized early on - 1960 or so - that they'd have to control the population growth. Since then, they have actively worked to reduce that average family size from 6 children to 2. Well, it's worked pretty well and the effort has been applauded globally. On the downside, male preference is out of control and by 2010 only 3 of 4 men will be able to marry a Korean women. This means that the abortion rate is very high. Ms. Kim said the estimate is 2 abortions per every married woman. Whoa. The PPFK is working on that. I got a car deodorizer that says, "I'm a daughter and I want to be born with love." Or something like that. So sad. Makes me wanna cry to think of how daughters are not wanted.
Catherine and I bailed a bit early. I wanted to come home in the early afternoon so that I could salvage part of the day and I guess Catherine had similar plans. She drove me over to Hyundai Dept. Store where I picked up some bread and then headed home on the train. I got here and promptly took a nap for an hour or so. I was just feeling all blah and not like doing anything so I figured I might as well just sleep. It worked because when I woke up I did a lot of cleaning with James turned up for encouragement. I even prepared dinner before it was time to cook. Whoa.
It was a good TV night and so I just stared at it for several hours. The news came on and I relocated here because I'm not ready to sleep yet. I've been wanting to quote from the book I'm reading, but right now it's in the dark room with the softly sleeping man, who wakes at the drop of a pin. Better to save the interruption in his sleep for when I actually have to go in there and get ready to sleep too. I was really laughing earlier today while reading. Guess you'll just have to get you're own copy.
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