Hello! My name is Mica, pronounced just like the mineral.
I am a graduate student at a large university in the Midwest. After receiving an MA in French Linguistics, I jumped ship and am currently pursuing a second MA in Teaching English as a Second Language. The eventual goal is to move to South Korea to teach after graduation.
My main hobbies include:
- Baking ridiculous things
- Running and teaching Group Fitness classes
- Practicing the ukulele
- Wasting time on the Interwebs
- Spending time with my French bulldog
- Learning Korean
- Getting irrationally angry about things that don’t matter
…so these things show up quite frequently.
I was adopted from Korea when I was a baby, and I became invested in searching for my biological parents. In May 2010, I met my birthmom and two of my maternal aunts for the first time. It was important to me to document my search and reunion process because during my own search, I found other adoptee blogs to be extremely useful. Thus, if you are an adoptee who would like to get in touch, please contact me. I’m happy to just blabber on endlessly about the experience.
Got questions? E-mail me at mllemica [at] gmail.com.
Hi Mica. I am a Korean adoptee. I am just now starting to plan a trip to Korea and thinking about beginning the search for my birth family. I really appreciate you sharing your experience. My one question is this – how did you start to learn Korean? Are there any books or CDs that you recommend? Thanks!