I've been in Ulsan, South Korea for a while and have been meaning to start blogging again. So, this is my attempt. To go into the first impressions and initial reactions now, 4 months after arriving, seems so delayed and sounds exhausting at the moment. Plus, those who are even reading this most-likely have heard all that stuff anyway.
Today was Chinese New Year, which is recognized and celebrated in Korea too. I was reminded of this when I woke up to someone knocking on my door. It was my landlord's wife. No surprise that it was her though, being that she's pretty much my only visitor. Disoriented and confused, as I usually am when I first wake up, I answered the door without any pants. She was wearing a pretty pink and brown Hanbok, her shiny black hair curled and pinned back, and holding out a big tray that was covered with a red, silk cloth. She uncovered the tray like a magician revealing his top hat with a bunny inside. She was excited and I was excited and it's funny the exchange that happens when each person involved can only communicate about 2 words in that situation that they'll understand. So, she had this lovely spread of yummy soup, seaweed, radish, kanpyo, shrimp, green onion egg thing, some citrus rice treats and oranges and an apple. I gasped and bowed and did the "kam-sa-ha-nida!" (thank you) and "wow" (wow) and "ma-she-so-yo" (delicious). She did the "okie, okie" (okay, okay) and "desayo" (eat/enjoy).
I sat on my floor and ate the whole thing while watching the Discovery channel's "Shanghai Bus Terminal". Then, I went right back to bed. Delight.
I'm still wearing what I woke up in. It's 10:43 p.m. That was about the most eventful part of my day. And a nice way to start the day too.
She's a sweet lady.
