I went to Kimbap Nara to eat some cheese donkkaseu (forgot they cover it in the sauce, gross!) and the Olympics were on. Specifically, men’s short track speed skating. If Koreans are anything, they are proud and nationalistic, so when the Koreans did well in the first semi-final, everyone in the restaurant was pretty pumped. Besides me, who was quietly cursing that JR Celski disqualified.
Then in the second semi-final, Apolo Ohno barely took first and the Korean got third, meaning he didn’t qualify for the finals. Everyone was fuming. Turns out, Koreans hate Apolo Ohno because he’s half-Japanese he got gold over a Korean in 2002. That’s right. 2002. You never want to piss off the Koreans because they hold mad grudges.
Last Friday, I went out in Champaign with my sister and my friend Ben. Countless beers and tequila shots later, we got back to my sister’s place where she decided to write a message on her friend’s wall then quickly delete it.
Not realizing the e-faux paus she committed, I told her that he would get the email, read her creepy message then see that she deleted it, which only confirms and adds to her creepiness.
She was teetering on the edge of consciousness, so she could only giggle and stuff her face with cold leftover nachos before collapsing in bed.
The next day, he sent her a message wondering what the hell her wall post had been about. She turned to me, confused, wondering what he was talking about. ”OMG. Don’t you remember?” Nope. Neither of us could think of what she had written, and she had no memory of even doing it.
Finally she got him to write what it said, and it was quite possibly the strangest and funniest thing I’ve ever read in my life because NONE of it made sense.
[Victim’s name redacted] ohhhhhhhhhhhhohhhhhhhhhh…..I am so happy we are comprehensive football twins..OMG And we have to learn. hahaha I dont even know why I’m talking. jeez where’d you go?!!!!! why’d you leave…
Any ideas what “comprehensive football twins” are? Your guess is as good as hers.
Last Thursday, I was in Champaign and went to Murphy’s.
“Crap, I only have $8. I really don’t want to go to an ATM.. OH WAIT! $8 is totally enough to get four beers! Or three and a piece of cheese pizza from Antonio’s! Or a pitcher and actually leave a tip!”
In Seoul, 8,000 won doesn’t go nearly as far.
kimchicheeseburger:
This insightful visual summary truly captures the differences between Eastern thinking vs. Western thinking that I’ve experienced in the last 2 years in Korea. I wish I’d read this when I first came to Korea. I mean this in the best way, because I think each have their strengths and weaknesses.
(Source: Bloggerbase.com)
Blue = Western. Red = Eastern.
Opinion
Punctuality
Contacts
Emotions
Socializing
Restaurants
Travelling
Handling of Problems
Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
What’s trendy!
1970 vs 2010
Old Age
Weather
Way of life
The Boss
Trendy Food
This is a really awesome way to visualize these differences.
