Korean Encounter

Wouldn’t it be nice to have someone who cares enough just to ask if you’re tired, if you’ve eaten, or if you’ve slept well? Hay… I just miss having someone to talk to when I’m high with happiness and I’m low with hopelessness. I miss feeling being needed. I miss knowing that someone misses me. But don’t get me wrong, I’m perfectly happy being single and dating. I just want something more serious and more stable. Hay…

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I volunteered to participate in a Korean encounter in school. For a week, we have 17 Korean exchange students from Kyung Hee University. Yesterday, when I first had my first small talk with the Korean girls, she said, "Luci, you are so slim. I envy you." I was flattered, knowing undoubtedly that what she said was a compliment. She said ’slim’ instead of ‘thin’. Surely, if she was a Filipino, she’d tell me, "Eeew, Luci. You’re so thin." Haha. For our first stop, we went to the Korean Church of Love in Angeles City. It was my first time to enter a church that is neither Christian nor Catholic. Then, we went to the Holy Rosary Parish Church. I had to help the Koreans enter the crowded church. I had to explain to them why there were so many people and why they were singing, "God is watching us." They took pictures even if the people were fervently praying as the mass is going on. They were amazed by the colored chicks that the vendors sell outside the church. Then, I had to stop an old lady who insistently sells rosaries to YJ (Korean). I had to tell her to stop because he is Buddhist and he has no idea what the rosaries are for. Then, one of the guys felt terrible after someone we passed by teased him. I told him that he should tell me next time so that I’d kick ass for him. That was funny because he was a guy and he was more musclar and fierce-looking than I am. Haha. Then, K-Swiss (because he was wearing a shirt with that brand) asked me, "Don’t you have traffic lights here?" I had to ask him to repeat ‘traffic lights’ for about five times because he kept saying, ‘trafilays’. I couldn’t understand what he was trying to say. Haha. Then, we ate at the Aristocrat restaurant in SM Pampanga. I was with the guys again because the Koreans girls have an impenetrable bond within them. It was impossible to penetrate because of the language barrier and because they themselves are still not comfortable with the Filipino culture. The guys were so polite that they even asked me, "Luci, is it impolite for you if I ask your age?" and "Luci, is it impolite to ask if you have a boyfriend?" Haha. The boyfriend issue was raised because I kept on texting throughout our walks. I told them, I was texting my friends and not a particular person. 

To be continued…