Last time I mentioned that Mr. Oh, besides being warm and bright and likable, has darker skin and freckles, because in Korea both of those things are a considered very ugly or a sign that you’re poor. Their standard of beauty is narrow. It’s self-loathing and xenophobic at the same time.
Archive for November, 2009
High Nose, Double Eyelid, Small Face
Posted in Uncategorized on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Co-Teaching Tensions and Turkey
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I tattled on Ms. Che’s classroom antics, and she got a talking to by one of the older and wiser teachers. I also chose the same day to forget to make the material for the morning broadcast which Ms. Che translates and distribues. Boy I felt like an asshole for forgetting that.
Yesterday afternoon Lil MK [...]
November Birthdays
Posted in Uncategorized on November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone who has a birthday in November has cheesy parents. November is nine months from Valentines Day. Honestly.
Money is back, and so is Lil MK
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s payday! To prove I’ve reformed my spendthrift ways, I have been taking the bus and walking instead of grabbing a taxi. Sure, taxis in Seoul are so reasonable one could call them cheap. But one doesn’t need to take the taxi everywhere. I’ve also decided to carry cash and not rely on my card. [...]
Malt does more than Milton can to Justify God’s ways to Man
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My second December in Seoul is right around the corner. Last night I told my folks I am considering coming home for my winter vacation. I didn’t sleep on it a few nights like I’d said I would. I didn’t even sleep on it one night.
They haven’t sold my car yet. I’d have to [...]
The Music Says Nothing to me about my Life
Posted in Uncategorized on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t like dance clubs past 2 a.m. Vomit in the bathroom. Everybody dancing to music about lives with a lot better drugs and a lot more money. Angry weird drunk people doing angry weird violent things.
Annie took me out last night, and was super generous and fun. There was a group of about [...]
Is it too early to get lunch? This journal is becoming a record of my reckless spending habits
Posted in Uncategorized on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The gas issue was fixed in a heartbeat. Thank goodness someone along the way pities the foreigner and lets us go for longer without settling up our bill. I, redfaced, asked a co-worker if she could pay my bill online if I gave her cash. Then I harrassed several coworkers about calling the gas company [...]
Slack Faced
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Everyday around the middle of the afternoon my brain stops working very well and my eyes settle at half mast, and I consider if tis better to drink super sweet instant coffee or to slump at my desk slack faced.
Yesterday, probably around the time I was impulsively purchasing a polaroid camera, my gas was being [...]
Shaking it doesn’t help
Posted in Uncategorized on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today I bought a polaroid camera in a hip little store in a hip district of town not too far from where I live. It’s a 5,000 won taxi ride. The camera cost a little over 100,000 won, but it’s the polaroid film that is expensive. One shot costs 1,100 won. But I didn’t buy [...]
Ten months is closer than it seems
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Life in Korea is sweet. I go to a swanky gym, I have good friends and more money that I know how to save. I really dig living by myself. I am keeping up some study, and enjoy most aspects of my job, and I keep a nice daily schedule. Things are good, but things [...]
