Might as well jot this down...
During the ride to the Manor wedding dad probably out of a necessity to not sit in silence told a abridged story of his life. Basically, he was the mid child and was also the one with the most ambition so in his elementary school years he spent time in the library studying. Later not having a life direction, he bummed around a bit doing odd jobs and wandering until he hit Seoul, andl a aunt of his made some money with a hair salon and agreed to pay for his tuition which he's really grateful for. He attended for a year I think before his aunt couldn't support him.. and blank in memory but he managed to self study enough (supposedly only slept 3 hours a day) and got into Korea U. Again dropped out due to lack of money, but this time raised enought tuition money himself by going to army, (which payed in U.S bills at that time) I think before but very close to the Vietnam War which Korea participated in and made a bit more by being a translator. After x years in the army he went back to school took French Literature as his major stating he wanted to finish quickly to save time/money (but did outside studies) and attempted to get a job as a diplomat, but failed the test which he'll probably regret until death. So, finally he got a job as a airplane pilot, and married at age 35 through an arranged marridge. From what I understand he was singleminded in his life and ultimatly did not make nor does not have any significant friends of either sex though I suppose he'll take the 18+ material to his grave stupid asian modesty...