Amanda Takes Off...

Good Man and I went out tonight. We caught a concert at EBS Space.

EBS is the national education channel—think Korean PBS. EBS Space is made up of a lot of little places to hear live music, see art exhibits, and the like. The concert venue is really small, something like 150 seats. It's intimate, and neat. I was the only foreigner there, no shock.

We saw 뉴에이지 피아니스트 전수연&데이드림 (New Age Pianists Jeon Suyeon and Day Dream). It was really enjoyable, even though I couldn't understand most of their chattering between songs. I also got to hear a Korean instrument, the 해금 (haegeum). It was a string instrument that sounded a bit like a goose! It was beautiful sounding though.

Then we wandered around until we found ice cream. I got my favorite—a My Mother is an Alien cone.

When we went our separate ways on the Green Line, Good Man gave me a sweet peck on the cheek. In the middle of the subway platform! On the Green Line! (Seoulites understand. The Green Line is one of the busiest lines in Seoul at all hours of the day, perhaps even the busiest). I tell you, from my viewpoint, that is damn near scandalous behavior in South Korea. Especially since I'm white.

Let's hear it for non-traditional men and scandal!