Honestly, now.

So my day went well.  Rachel and I walked the puppy along the river, then we went at ate breakfast with Sean.  Hmmm……omlets.        Later, Rachel and I went into Seoul to go to a Korean lesson.  I was way, way in over my head, but I did pick up a few things.  I’m planning on going back next weekend.

The way home was……interesting.  On the way to the subway, a random guy started asking Rachel and I questions.  (Where are you from?  How long have you been in Korea?)   I immediately started my I’m-polite-but-not-interested tone, which usually serves quite well.  Yeah……not so much.  One of the main things that annoys me about other forigners is that they always seem to want to give advice.  Now granted, there are some people that have been here longer than I have that I’m more than willing to listen to advice and seek them out on occasion.  However, I do not appreicate being lectured about the way I’m feeling about being in the country.  I was also rather put off by the fact that random guy kept going on about hating Korean.  First, because his Korean friend/boss didn’t look terribly comfortable to have his country ragged on and second, because if you really, really hate Korea then LEAVE!

However, the random guy’s Korean friend (and I think boss) and the Korean friend’s wife were quite nice.  However, random guy was starting to unnerve Rachel and I so right before the subway took off, we ducked into another car.

And were followed.  At this point, random guy brought up the fact that he has car.  (Which for some reason really reminded me of high school.)  So when asked what Rachel and I are up to this weekend I said, “We’re meeting up with out boyfriends for breakfast tomorrow.”  At this point, if I remember correctly, Eric called (thank you, Eric) Rachel which gave her an excuse to start talking about how she really, really hopes that he’s not mad at her for being late.

Some people take hints.  Some people don’t.

After some covert texting to Rachel, I was suddenly struck with a terrible, horrible urge to go to the bathroom.  We got off and waited for the next train.  The next train was less crowded.

However, the most odd moment of the day was when the random guy’s Korean friend asked me the following question…..

“Are you part Asian?”

Granted, he could have meant Russian, but I don’t think he did.  Most people know the word “Russian.”  He could have possibly overhead Rachel and I practicing (and murdering) Korean, but I don’t know.   Either way, it was only my surprise that kept me from saying something like, “Yeah, my grandpa was Korean.  That’s where I get my eyes.”

The day ended with Cranium, a creative/trivia game.  Chris and I won, which suprised the heck out of me (and probably anyone reading this who has been saddled with me as a partner for a trivia game).  Fortunately, I’m really good at drawing with my eyes closed, so I had something to contribute after all.  Warm fuzzies. 

One last thing.  There’s a board game that I can’t think of the name of it.  It makes fun of games such as “Magic: The Gathering” and D&D.  Here are a few of the cards I remember:

Hungry Backpack: a curse card that causes you to lose whatever cards you’re not using

Rat on a Stick: a weapon card

The best part of the game is that you can form alliances to defeat monsters or you can form alliances to screw people over.   If anyone knows the name of this board game, please post it for me.  Thank you!