korean looking american..........
I'm sure I've written about this before, but I'm slightly senile and this is my blog, so I can write and rewrite about whatever I want, as many times as I want.
What I wanted to (re)write about is my life here in Korea... as a Korean who doesn't speak Korean.
There are tons of foreignies in America, so if people can't speak English, I'm like, "whateva."
But, in Korea, there aren't as many foreigners, especially foreigners who look Korean and are Korean, but only can only speak English.
It's a little hard to explain.
Before I continue, let me back up a bit.
I am a pretty private person.
(sure jane, that's why you have a blog, right?)
I don't like people knowing things about me.
I don't like people listening in on my conversations.
And, I really don't like it when people stare at me.
If I had a needle in my back pocket, I'd poke their eyes out!
*POP, POP*
Ok, imagine you're invisible.
Now, imagine you are walking along a busy farm town in Idaho, and you hear one of the potato growers speaking Italian.
Wouldn't that weird you out... and fascinate you at the same time?
It's like, "what the heck is this white farmer in idaho doing speaking italian?"
Well, that's the kinda of reaction I get when I open my mouth to talk.
I'm completely Korean looking, but I speak English.
So, when I start talking in English people often times do double takes or stare or ask me a billion questions.
It's hellz of annoying.
Everything I hate, they do!
Yes, yes, I know that I'm the cool American girl, but please, stand back!
puahahaha.
Lucky for me, I can turn off my conscience at my own convenience.
Like, if people want to hang out or get English lessons, I can easily say "yes," but walk away with no intention of keeping my promise.
I'm the queen of dodging people.
In college, I used to walk around talking to an imaginary friend on my cellphone to avoid having to talk to a real life person.
Anyways, often times, I find it best to keep my mouth shut.
This way I can prevent the staring and the questions.
mouth open = "wow, jane is so american and so cool!"
mouth shut = "jane, who?" = jane happy
What I wanted to (re)write about is my life here in Korea... as a Korean who doesn't speak Korean.
There are tons of foreignies in America, so if people can't speak English, I'm like, "whateva."
But, in Korea, there aren't as many foreigners, especially foreigners who look Korean and are Korean, but only can only speak English.
It's a little hard to explain.
Before I continue, let me back up a bit.
I am a pretty private person.
(sure jane, that's why you have a blog, right?)
I don't like people knowing things about me.
I don't like people listening in on my conversations.
And, I really don't like it when people stare at me.
If I had a needle in my back pocket, I'd poke their eyes out!
*POP, POP*
Ok, imagine you're invisible.
Now, imagine you are walking along a busy farm town in Idaho, and you hear one of the potato growers speaking Italian.
Wouldn't that weird you out... and fascinate you at the same time?
It's like, "what the heck is this white farmer in idaho doing speaking italian?"
Well, that's the kinda of reaction I get when I open my mouth to talk.
I'm completely Korean looking, but I speak English.
So, when I start talking in English people often times do double takes or stare or ask me a billion questions.
It's hellz of annoying.
Everything I hate, they do!
Yes, yes, I know that I'm the cool American girl, but please, stand back!
puahahaha.
Lucky for me, I can turn off my conscience at my own convenience.
Like, if people want to hang out or get English lessons, I can easily say "yes," but walk away with no intention of keeping my promise.
I'm the queen of dodging people.
In college, I used to walk around talking to an imaginary friend on my cellphone to avoid having to talk to a real life person.
Anyways, often times, I find it best to keep my mouth shut.
This way I can prevent the staring and the questions.
mouth open = "wow, jane is so american and so cool!"
mouth shut = "jane, who?" = jane happy
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