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08/14/08

Permalink 09:20:52 pm, by admin Email , 230 words   English (US)
Categories: ...and Takes On, Tae Kwon Do, 사랑?, America, Vicarious Culture Shock

"Somtimes..." and "It's Brilliant!"

"Sometimes...sometimes you are..." I'm waiting to hear 바보. "A little dumb." I burst out laughing and nod. Good Man says (very kindly), "It's true."

Math, Amanda. Logic. Remember.

***

I have been exhausted lately. I'm not sure why. I dreaded going to taekwondo tonight because I was so tired. However, I'm paying about 55% more here than I paid in Korea (for 26% of the time!) and so I want to get my (overpriced) money's worth.

I'm glad I went. Another student lead most of the class, and helped me with the weird forms, although he wasn't too sure of them himself. I found out these two new weird forms are very new to the studio, a pet of only one instructor and even the school's head doesn't know them. (Proof positive that these are not standard forms.) We did a lot of kicking drills, which was enjoyable.

Brilliant

"What's that thing there?" Good Man asks, pointing.

"A license plate holder."

"Why?"

"To show school spirit or pride, a club, whatever. I have one for my college behind your seat, but I've never put it on."

Good Man says, very seriously, "That is brilliant."

"Why?"

"Because the company can make a lot of money, it's not something anyone needs, and people can make their cars more...um..."

"Individual?" He nods and I laugh, "Make junk, sell junk."

He nods his head, "It's brilliant!"

An American educator moves moved to Korea, presumably to teach English. Instead she discovers discovered that learning Korean one taekwondo class at a time is was a more captivating activity.

Somewhere along the way, she met a Good Man, fell in love, and ended up back in the States. Still doing taekwondo, still learning Korean...

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