Wonderful or Not So Wonderful World of Spiff

Sunday, January 19, 2003

What do I know about JK:

1973 - Parents, father Byung Mo Kim (birthday in 1st half of January), and mother are engaged in South Korea
1974 - JK is born (middle name starting with S)
1977/1978 - Younger and only brother Eugene born
1978-1989 - Attended Hanmum Hangul School in downtown Toronto. This is where I met her and was stuck with as my partner in Grade 8 for language practice - the teacher's idea. She was the best in the class in Korean. She's only one of four people I know from that time. She was famous for her white and black leather UTS jacket. Her closest friend from that era: Helen L. from SJMP and Ontario Science Centre though she also knew Anne S.
1989-1992 - Entered UTS, University of Toronto Schools. Like many of that school, she did not make the most out of her life. Her closest friend from that era: Marie H. from Wellesley, CMU and Trilogy
1992-1997 - Entered University of Toronto, University College at the St George Campus in History and Economics. Considering how many people end up studying those, she likely tried for commerce but didn't make it due to the high entry requirements. Strong impression her university years were not pleasant years academically - hence the 5 year Honours BA degree. Met her at the end of 1st year in Robart Library cafe. During 2nd year, ran into her often at UC Union and CQUEST labs in Earth Sci and Ramsey Wright. Her two closest friends from that era: Tanya and Vivian from Nortel though Helen also went to UT.
1997-2001? - Worked at Nortel Networks for a while while it was booming and perhaps laidoff when the firm did massive layoffs due to the dot.com collapse.
2001-2003 - Entered Ryerson University's accelerated 2 year journalism program, most likely radio arts program
Summer 2002 - Interns at CBC Radio One, Outfront

Other facts & impressions
- likely place of birth - Toronto, Canada
- address - CLASSIFIED but has not changed for years in spite of an attempt to sell it. Still lives at home (hasn't moved since at least 1989).
- phone number - CLASSIFIED
- original religion: Roman Catholic
- ethnicity - Korean
- sex - female
- height - 5'8'? ie she's tall
- hair - short black
- glasses - thick plastic square black framed ones, all her past frames are square
- personality - known to be weird, cold but nerdy. Quite whitewashed with her Korean-ness limited to some phrases and eating Korean food. Typical UTS character
- partner - claimed to be male, quite possibly to be female instead. Likely to be white. Likely to have "done the deed". Could be the salsa partner. Previous number unknown
- manner of dress - At UT, very MECish. At Rye High, very alternative and dressy
- hobbies - quite possibly, salsa dancing. Definitely back in her university days, it included Sailor Moon and Power Rangers. Big fan of Harrison Ford and definitely knows her Audrey Hepburn. Big fan of Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte's works and has read Douglas Coupland's works - inspiration for the web site. Knows how to play Korean games. Musically, she loves R.E.M.
- command of English language - pretty strong. Phrases, words and intonation are almost identical to mine - sheer coicidence.
- command of Korean language - poor as it dropped a lot since her elementary days. Felt it was a duty to learn. Now can't pronounce "please wait" or numbers properly.
- mother - published a poem once in Korean magazine. Hobbies include orchids, Korean poems, Korean drums and Judge Judy. Typical Korean stay-at-home mom.
- father - like The Late Show with David Letterman
- brother - went to University of Waterloo in engineering and went to RIM afterwards. Employment status unknown given large number of layoffs at RIM.
- car - possibly white 2 door Chevy Cavalier
- favourite carbonated soda beverage - Schweppes
- Communication - Last one was by email on March 11, 2002 between 4 and 5pm. Sympatico HSE user. Previous communciations have been irregular by email and in person but of a limited number. Tried to speak to her at graduation in 1997 but failed to get a chance
- Sighting - Last one was at Rye High on April 1, 2002. Typical sightings is every one to two years. Next sighting, wanted or not, possibly in April 2003 or April 2004.
- voice - sounds too similar to mine

Current status - avoid at all costs