With my new asian pop phase, I’ve also jumped on board asian television, specifically Korean “variety” shows and reality ones.

I feel I have learned a lot about a different culture and makes me mostly tired of this one. But Koreans definitely aren’t perfect either.

They take the ‘would you rather’ game to an extreme and compare people doing things all the time. Compete to make the stupidest face, compete for being a more ideal wife. I used to think it was light hearted and joking, but they make no apologies and laugh about it. Then it becomes news and turns into dating rumors. I suppose I had childhood times where we would compare girls and give them numbers, or pick A over B. But, somehow doing this to their face was horribly insulting. Not in Korea.

Shinyoung: Im so good at making steamed riced cakes
Sunny: Oh, that means you will have a beautiful daughter. (Korean saying: she who can make steamed rice cakes will raise a beautiful daughter)
Shinyoung: My mother was also good.
Shinyoung: It’s a lie.

Hara: What do you call someone who sells doors? (door = moon in korean)
Boss guy: moonfany? (fany = selling)
Shinyoung: Sailor Moon?
Hara: Yes! (Sailor sounds like seller… nobody laughs, hara still smiles)
Shinyoung: She’s not even phased!

“Write it as a failure but read it as an experience” – Korean saying