Amanda Takes Off...

2단) 아만다
Second Dan) Amanda

The date is set. February 29th, 3:00. A second time around.

Taekwondo has been so awesomely tough lately. Officer is a fantastic teacher.

And the kids have been so funny. Coverboy started teasing me a few days ago. Instead of 누나 (nuna, big sister), he was using the honorific title suffix, nim. 누님! 누님! Nunim, nunim! And then he was throwing himself on the ground in a big bow. I couldn't stop laughing. Meanwhile, Crybaby's been talking about how her birthday is tomorrow. She told me every day I saw her this week, and I brought her candy tonight.

Tonight's class was a test class, but because of work, I ended up being very late. I was in the closet changing, when Master yelled, "아만다! 끝나!" End.

If the closet hadn't been jammed with stuff, I could've kicked myself. I had seriously considered skipping class cause I thought that might happen. I threw my hands in the air and yelled back, "OK, 알게습니다!". The kids all laughed; I guess because my voice was coming from the closet.

When class was over Master smiled at me, "Sorry, fast test."

I shrugged, "Slow subway. But I came!"

He nodded and gave me a high five.

I may not have done anything, but I did show up.

Master Teasing Crybaby

The Boy I Kissed

Coverboy Making Music

Coverboy, Jamming

Coverboy's Moon Face

Monday, I was coming home from taekwondo. I spotted an apple truck, and the apples on the truck looked delicious. I looked around for whomever needed my money and only found a well-dressed woman.

She looked at me.

I looked at her and said, in Korean, "I want some apples."

"Oh, no, I do too," she said (also in Korean), "but I'm looking for the ajosshi."

I felt bad instantly and apologized a few times. She brushed off my apologies and started yelling. "Ajosshi! Ajosshi! Hurry up!"

We stood around waiting, and she finally grabbed the biggest apple within reach, used her hands to break it in half perfectly, and handed me a piece. "Eat," she said.

I took a bite of the apple. It was as delicious as I'd imagined. I looked at her, "You had a lot of power!"

"What?"

"The apple, like this," I said, imitating her tearing the apple apart.

Apple Thief Ajumma laughed and said she has to cook a lot at home.

Finally, the Car Ticketing Ajosshi came over. Apple Thief Ajumma asked him if we could just pay him. She bought a huge bag of apples for 10,000 won, I got a smaller bag (still with more than a dozen, big, juicy apples in it) for 5,000 won. Before I was able to walk away, Apple Thief Ajumma traded out three small apples in my bag for three huge apples from the bed of the truck.

I thanked her and we parted ways with a "맛있겠다 드세요!" Eat well.