Sometimes, it is just good to let go and shout all those little things that are different and remind you that you are, indeed, on the other side of the world. So here are some examples of some little things  I noticed about Korean life. Sometimes it makes me laugh, but sometimes it’s just too much.  Feel free to add anything on that matter if you wish…

• A drunken Korean man is an affectionate Korean man….dear boyfriend I don’t want you to become an alcoholic but sometimes it’s really nice to have you say all those nice and romantic things to me while hugging and kissing me…even though you smell like soju! Yes, I am that desperate!!
• When a Busan man is hungry he can’t speak nor think nor kiss. Food is the most important thing in his life. My dear better half look at a bowl of rice with more love in his eyes than when he looks at me….until he gets drunk (see above in case of short memory loss or goldfish syndrome)

 

• Old Man: “Eat some green pepper! It s good for your health, it makes you slim”
  Me : “No thanks. I don’t like the taste of it.”

Old Man:”But it’s not spicy”

Me: ” I know, but I don’t like the taste of it, spicy or not!!”

Old Man:”But it’s good, and IT WILL MAKE YOU SLIM!!!”

OK, got your message Grand Pa! But even if eating 10 kilos of green pepper per day would change me into looking like Bar Rafaeli or Kim Hae Su, I wouldn’t eat it!!! I DON’T LIKE THE TASTE!!  And thanks for making me feel so pretty!!

• Korean Jehovah’s Witness and crazy Christians love to talk to me in the subway or in the street cause apparently I look like I need to be saved….Devil get out of my brain!!rgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!

 

• When going to the beach in Busan to have fun and enjoy the summer, in fact you must remember important things: the beach actually has some opening and closing hours; you can’t swim past a certain time or you get blocked by some life guards and a majority of people actually wear long sleeves hooded T shirts with short pants… way to ruin the fun of swimming in the sea were it’s supposed to make you NOT feel like being in a swimming pool with its closing time and delimitation and  thanks again for making me feel guilty for showing my fat in a bikini!!!!

 

• A Korean girl told me once that going out without make-up is not polite….God I must  be really rude!!

 

• The most frequent question a Busan man will ask you is: “did you eat?” and you complain cause it’s not romantic…. The most frequent sentence a French man will say is: “did you miss me? cause I missed you, god you are pretty today, come and give a hug. I wanna kiss you….” and you will dump him for a Korean guy or a “Don Draper” type cause there is no way you are staying with a guy who behaves like such a girl!!! I just love the pain!

 

• You can show your legs by wearing those mini shorts, but if you show a bit of cleavage, OH MY GOD, look at that foreign prostitute!!! Bad girl, bad!! well Korea is the only country of the world where people actually pay attention to my clivage!! In France, I need to wear a big necklace to draw the eyes in that area !!… I am SO staying in Korea!!