-There are still a handful of little girls that will come up to me after class just to stare at my eyes. It's weird and sweet all at the same time.
-I will never master the Korean way of eating. Chopsticks I can do, but using a spoon for my soup in my right hand while twirling wet noodles with chopsticks in my left.... no. I don't have that kind of coordination. My left hand is merely decorative.
-When I'm feeling a little rebellious, I walk around my apartment with shoes on!
-Who knew there were so many Jehovah's Witnesses in Korea??? If I leave the protection of my apartment or school, I am immediately pounced on! Grocery store, train station, walking down the street... everywhere. Basically if someone comes up to you and actually speaks English... They are a Jehovah's Witness. Though they give you gifts sometimes! They gave me Jesus toilet paper! How thoughtful... and practical!
-I've lived here 2 months now. I still haven't taken the trash out. At least not all of it. It's complicated here. There are 30,000 ways to separate your trash and I've yet to figure all of them out!
-My fourth grade students think I'm saying "Fuck you" when I say "Vacuum" they start to giggle and they all flick me off!!!
-If son saeng nim (teacher) likes you, I'll cheat so you can win at bingo... But shhhhh, don't tell!
-Every time I travel I make a mental list of children I would someday like to adopt.
As far as babies go, there are none in the entire world cuter than African baby boys. With their shiny bald heads and their infectious chubby cheeked grins.
But when it comes to toddlers, hands down Asian (Korean specifically) little girls. Their round porcelain faces and their jet black little pigtails that bop around as they play are mesmerizing. There is a sweetness to the little girls here, and the older ones and hell adults too, that is unparalleled.
I've come close to asking women if I can have their kids. I see them giggling and playing around town or in my elevator and I just want to keep them. Though, It's probably considered rude to ask to take someone's child... okay, it's probably more creepy and freakish than rude, but you have no idea how cute these kids are! Thank goodness Korea doesn't allow singles to adopt, because if they did, I would, without a doubt, spend the money I'm saving this year on bringing one back to the US.
This is my new BFF in Y'cheon. She wandered up to me at a festival and held out her hand and said, "Hi." My students won't even do that and this little girl was about 2 years old! We "talked" for a few minutes... mostly repeating the word "hi"... then when I got my camera out she immediately stopped and struck a pose! (I think she was trying to give the, ever popular in Korea, peace sign... but got confused and gave me the "L.... loser" sign)
After I took the picture she walked up to me and gestured at my camera. I turned it back on and showed her the picture, she nodded at it in approval and then skipped away. Her mom and I laughing the whole time. How cute is she!?
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