Countdown in Korea

Its 11 pm Monday the 11th February and its the quiet before the baby tornado hits tomorrow at six pm. Last night Sunny was in so much pain we went to the doctor to request a C section for Tuesday at 6pm. We had always discussed having a c section given the timing and coordination required to be in the same place for the birth at the same time.

During the consultation with the doctor he reminded us of the risks. It was their normal policy to go for natural delivery and in the case of c section they would use general anaesthetic and father would not be able to attend the operation. However Sunny requested epidural and for me to attend, when the doctor questioned her, her auntie added that my father was a doctor and he wished that I should see the operation to appreciate how hard the doctor is working.

Now it's booked and were waiting... so we went to Seoul today to fill Sunnys visa application for Switzerland. It was not a simple task, first I had to apply for her in Switzerland and then she has to apply in Korea in Person and then wait for the authorities decision. I can tell you if the decision is anything but positive then forget any ideas about working and living in Switzerland. We had to go to the local registry office and get copies of family registers, marriage, divorce, birth and photos plus no criminal record certificate.

I had most of it prepared except for the three copies of photos. When I applied for my visa in HK I dutifully filled in everything in triplicate, only to find the consulate staff telling me that only one copy was required. The Korean Swiss embassy was not so lenient and wanted the whole kit of info in triplicate including photos. Oh bugger, we had to run around and organise photographers to send copies of photos by email and download them at the photo shop and print. Thank god for email. I could not believe that Sunny had the photographers contact after 3 years and that the photographer had actually kept the photo of mingyu.

We are staying at Sunny's aunties house in Ilsan about 30 km from Seoul. They are so kind and her Auntie is cooking lots of excellent Korean food, we are all putting on weight. The babies were scanned today and expected to weigh in at around 2.3 to 2.5 kg tomorrow.

Sunny's Auntie and Uncle own a korean restaurant and specialise in the marinated pork barbeque, it is really great too. However a bitter ex employee has blown the whistle on a restaurant collegue from China who may not have quite made fullfilled all the necessary registration requirements. So the owners are called to Seoul tomorrow to discuss with the authorities. There have been phone calls from local supporters including the local police chief !

We have packed sunnys bag and doing a few checks for stuff we need to buy online and putting and end to my last day before kids. Sweet dreams Sunny, you have been an absolute champion bearing those boys.