Amanda Takes Off...

Thursday night in taekwondo class one of the kids was making spit bubbles and letting them fall on the floor.

We were in line and Master was talking. I glared at the kid, but he didn't see me. I roundhouse kicked him in the butt. Hard.

He looked at me and some kids started clapping. Master laughed and asked what happened.

I said in Korean, "Master, 'mouth water.' Mouth water," I pointed to my mouth, "what is it?" (Hey, "snot" is literally "nose water" and "tears" are "eye water" so I thought maybe "spit" was "mouth water.")

"침."

"He, spit, like this," I said, imitating him.

Master grinned and told him to stop.

About 30 minutes later, when I was sitting on the ground watching other students, the kid I'd kicked approached me. He pointed at Goalie's Brother and said, "Amanda! Spit! He's doing the spit thing! Go kick him!"

I said, "You are short. But he is tall. I won't kick him." Then I yelled at Goalie's Brother, "Hey! Don't do that. It's rude!"

He nodded and quit.