K-girl who I just met: May I see your car?
Me (reaching for my wallet): Of course, you can see my card. Here you go.
K-girl: No, not your card! May I see your CAR?
Me: Oh...
June 26, 2013
June 15, 2013
One Chance
Me: I hope she will give me a second chance.
Korean lady: Second chance? When did you got a first chance?
Me: Oh, good point... I hope she will give me a first chance.
Korean lady: Second chance? When did you got a first chance?
Me: Oh, good point... I hope she will give me a first chance.
June 03, 2013
Mad for Garlic... and Deodorant
Korean guy: Do you know why Korean girls don't like you? It's not just because you are Indian blood. It's also your bad smell.
Me: My bad smell? OK…
Korean guy: Western people think Koreans are stinky because they smell like garlic, no? But that is a normal thing here, so it is not a bad or weird.
Me: So I smell bad?
Korean guy: Yes. How many times do you use deodorant?
Me: Usually one time in the morning.
Korean guy: That's not enough. That's why you smell bad.
Me: What!? You expect me to apply it every four hours or something?
Korean guy: No, that's still not enough. You must use it every hour or two.
Me: That's too much.
Korean guy: No, you can't say that. That is normal thing here so you must do it.
On an interesting side note, the 'flower men' of South Korea make up less than 1% of the global male population yet account for over 20% of male cosmetic sales worldwide.
Me: My bad smell? OK…
Korean guy: Western people think Koreans are stinky because they smell like garlic, no? But that is a normal thing here, so it is not a bad or weird.
Me: So I smell bad?
Korean guy: Yes. How many times do you use deodorant?
Me: Usually one time in the morning.
Korean guy: That's not enough. That's why you smell bad.
Me: What!? You expect me to apply it every four hours or something?
Korean guy: No, that's still not enough. You must use it every hour or two.
Me: That's too much.
Korean guy: No, you can't say that. That is normal thing here so you must do it.
*****
On an interesting side note, the 'flower men' of South Korea make up less than 1% of the global male population yet account for over 20% of male cosmetic sales worldwide.
May 31, 2013
Conversations with K-girls: Dinner Plans
K-girl: I have a dinner plan.
Me: With me?
K-girl: No.... uh.... umm..... with my family?
Me: With me?
K-girl: No.... uh.... umm..... with my family?
May 28, 2013
In Hostile Territory
Me: She looks a little Chinese, even though she is Korean.
Korean guy: Yes, so I don't like her.
Me: Chinese girls are also nice.
Korean guy: Japanese better but they exposed to radioactivity.
Me: I thought you had a Chinese girlfriend before.
Korean guy: Nope, I just had Chinese homemate but she had stinky foreign boyfriend.
Me: A big hairy oaf?
Korean guy: Oaf?
Me: For example "That was my foot you just stepped on, you bumbling oaf".
Korean guy (after looking up the definition of oaf in an electronic dictionary): "Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?"
Me: Yes, exactly. For instance, that guy talking to the Chinese-looking girl appears to be an oaf.
Korean guy: That I agree. He looks oaf so normal girls don't have any hostility.
Me: Yup, they let their defences down but when they see a dangerous Prince of Persia they have their shields up.
Korean guy: Yes, that's fact so it's not your fault. Their reaction is natural.
Me: Hostility is a good word.
Korean guy: Why? It's bad word, isn't it?
Me: I mean it's a good word to describe the situation.
Korean guy: Aha~
Korean guy: Yes, so I don't like her.
Me: Chinese girls are also nice.
Korean guy: Japanese better but they exposed to radioactivity.
Me: I thought you had a Chinese girlfriend before.
Korean guy: Nope, I just had Chinese homemate but she had stinky foreign boyfriend.
Me: A big hairy oaf?
Korean guy: Oaf?
Me: For example "That was my foot you just stepped on, you bumbling oaf".
Korean guy (after looking up the definition of oaf in an electronic dictionary): "Why give publicity to this self-indulgent, adolescent oaf?"
Me: Yes, exactly. For instance, that guy talking to the Chinese-looking girl appears to be an oaf.
Korean guy: That I agree. He looks oaf so normal girls don't have any hostility.
Me: Yup, they let their defences down but when they see a dangerous Prince of Persia they have their shields up.
Korean guy: Yes, that's fact so it's not your fault. Their reaction is natural.
Me: Hostility is a good word.
Korean guy: Why? It's bad word, isn't it?
Me: I mean it's a good word to describe the situation.
Korean guy: Aha~
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