Anyong ha sae yo is as far as I've gotten so far. It means "hello" in Korean, I think. I'm going there in about a day and a half for a year. This and what follows will be about that mostly.
Riding home this, my last weekend at home, I sat crammed into the fold down back seat of my friends Ford something or other. The hang over was thick and it was beautiful out. Andy Mckee's cover of Africa was playing and we drove past a cross on the side of the road denoting a car accident. It all felt like it meant something. I imagine I'll be getting a lot of this sort of thing, what with all the I'm-leaving-chemicals racing through my body. I hope this uncontrollable drug abuse won't lead me to deviancy; basing my life around fate, astrology, necromancy etc.
Here is a list of firsts to have in Korea. I figure I'll write them down now and fill in the time, date and details later as best I can.
1. First Irrational feeling of infinite superiority to local population.
2. First Less irrational feeling of infinite inferiority to local population.
3. First Authentic Korean friend who likes me for me and speaks with an accent.
4. First Time Drunk.
5a. First Time I single out a child in my classroom as my 'favorite'.
5b. First Inevitable fall from grace.
6. First Time I eat something I am afraid of.
7. First Time I am the victim of racism.
8. First Pokémon I catch.
9. First New slang word I adopt into my vocabulary.
10. First Robotic implant (I HOPE A LAZER EYE!)
I'll see you over there.
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crossing fingers for Lazer Eye. X X
ReplyDeleteZap Zap Lazer Eye's lazer hammer came down upon his head. Zap Zap... well you get it.
ReplyDeleteI finally giggled outloud. Good thing too, because this is the last post I read (Ya, I'm that person who flips through magazines backwards and reads the ending of an article first - helps me make sure they get to the point at the beginning.)
ReplyDeleteI believe I am less grumpy now. Thank you for using the words victim and racism in your (meaning white middle class straight man) post. And, my heart softened when you listed the slang word point. For some reason I get that on a deeper level than the other points.
rock on brother. go go gadget lazer eye.