Charming Ways of Korean Men

On Sunday, Trav and I made the trek to the new downtown of Mokpo, Hadang. There is a place called Peace Park which is a boardwalk full of people of all ages on bicycles, rollerblades, and out just enjoying the weather. There were so many cute Korean children, it was nice to see the innocence before they grow up and enter my classroom. Another ATW siting was children in the little battery operated cars. I was never cool enough to have one (thanks mom and dad) but there were places to rent them at Peace Park. Unfortunately, I think I passed the weight limit awhile ago. I decided we needed to watch a movie, before making the trek back. We managed to order tickets, get popcorn and a drink, and find our assigned seats. Yes in Korea, you choose your seats when ordering tickets and are expected to find and sit in that seat during the movie. We also had to "take a number" to wait in line to purchase our tickets. This "take a number" is also used at the bank. We watched Knight and Day, I liked the movie and the Koreans did too judging from their laughter. Who knew reading subtitles could still make you laugh?! After the movies, we headed toward home. On the way home, I was "hit on" by a Korean man. This entailed him pulling up next to me on his bicycle, rolling up his shirt sleeve to show me his tattoo,(the ones my students are always drawing on eachother look more professional) and flexing his arms to show me how strong he was. All without a word of English spoken, Trav is really going to have to up his game if he wants to keep me ;) We stopped at HomePlus (4story WalMart) and picked up a few things. Trav was carrying his backpack and the swiffer broom, so I grabbed the plastic tote with our other stuff in it. This in Korea is not acceptable. On our way home, a man who spoke decent English started talking to us, and could not understand why I was carrying our stuff. He even offered to carry it to my house for me. Travis who???? I kid I kid :)