One of the teachers seems to have taken a liking to me. She's extremely sweet, speaks broken English, but has really tried to show me how much she cares. For example, as a token of her affection, a few weeks ago she came to school with a big jug of kimchi. She was so proud! Especially when she told me that she had dug it up from underground where she had been storing it for the last three months! Apparently they believe that the longer it sits in the soil, surrounded by the natural elements, the longer it has the chance to fermet and become truly delicious. That jug is still sitting in the back of the refridgerator, unopened and without hope of ever being eaten.

Yesterday was even better. I was sitting in the library (on the opposite side of the school campus) when she found me. In her hand was a plastic bag, and I was immediately more than a bit wary. A second later, she pulled out a sandwich in a fast food wrapper with as much pride and delicacy as if she were handling a newborn. "This," she whispered, "is a shrimp hamburger I bought for you LAST NIGHT." She had been keeping it in her desk all morning for safekeeping, eagerly anticipating the moment she could bequeath me with her delicious prize. Feeling it, I knew she spoke the truth: it was indeed a cold, leftover shrimp burger from the night before. She asked me to take a bite, I did, and all I could stutter was, "Delicious!"

written by  Rachel in Korea! on October 9, 2008 from Seoul, South Korea
from the travel blog: South Korea, 2008-2009
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wow, I can just picture you... trying not to gag on your shrimp burger while attempting to not insult any more koreans, hahaha. precious moments!

written by  ells on October 24, 2008

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