The professor of Marine Life Science in Jeju National University, Jeong Seok-Geun, 59 years old, puts on makeup and wears short skirts.
He/she shows up in skirts not only in private but also in official occasions such as seminars and academic societies. I become to admire him/her to insist his/her own way of life in Korean society where you get easily criticized just for being different. I become curious about his/her families and friends.
His/her wi...
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The professor of Marine Life Science in Jeju National University, Jeong Seok-Geun, 59 years old, puts on makeup and wears short skirts.
He/she shows up in skirts not only in private but also in official occasions such as seminars and academic societies. I become to admire him/her to insist his/her own way of life in Korean society where you get easily criticized just for being different. I become curious about his/her families and friends.
His/her wife, Choi Kyong-Wha (age 57), says that by making a deep bow 1000 times a day for 1000 days she reached to certain wisdom: as long as we are happy together, it doesn't matter what others say. Their eldest son, Jung Woo-Young (age 27), says that he learned how to keep himself safe from the gaze of other people.
In the end, they became a family that everybody dreams of.
Prof. Jung is busy these days publishing books about marine life and fishery, giving broadcast interviews etc. Accompanying him/her, I meet his/her friends, students, acquaintances and those from maritime and fishing industries.
Meeting Prof. Jung for a while, I think of my elder brother who is of similar disposition. He left home when he became an adult. Since then, we have no contact at all for 26 years. After meeting Prof. Jung, I become to want to talk with my b
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