JasonUnbound

Reconnection tale: Jiny

I moved to Korea right after college, and ended up staying in Asia for four years. I spent most of that time teaching English as a Second Language, the rest of the time traveling in the region. During my first year there, in the city of Daegu, one of my favorite students was a high school girl named Jiny. She lived near me, and sometimes she'd come over & we'd hang out. Or I'd treat her to some yummy street food. We may have looked like an odd pair to some, but it was clear to me that this was no ordinary 16 year old. Eventually, I moved to another city, she went off to college in Seoul, and we lost touch altogether.

Fast forward to January 2004. Jiny is living in Mexico City, and looking online for information about (of all things) hula hoops. And presto, she finds me! And so after 10 years of not knowing where the other was, she and I are back in touch.

A few phone calls to Mexico later, Jiny is coming to visit! I'm leaving right now to pick her up at SFO.