People keep telling me I'm pretty. The first one to do it was a 60 year-old Korean gentlemen whom I was teaching - he told me that the ladies behind the front desk recommended me to him because I'm pretty. Since then, I've had roughly three other students tell me the same thing, as well as a group of young Girl Scouts on the subway (who couldn't have been more than 10 but they all spoke lovely English). They asked if Andy was my boyfriend, so we told them we were engaged, and they became very wide-eyed and smiley. One of the girls gave Andy a thumbs up and said "good job."
I have taught the older Korean man twice now. In our first lesson, I had mentioned to him that I was interested in reading English translations of Korean literature. Today, when I had my second class with him, he gave me an English version of The Camellias, which is a Korean novel from the 1930s. He told me he hadn't had time to go out and get it himself, so he had his driver go out and find me a book.
Also, today I learned about Korean wedding ducks. One of my students is getting married this Sunday, so we looked up pictures of Korean weddings online. There were several pictures of wooden ducks (all of them in pairs), so I asked her what they were. She said that they symbolize the man and woman, and that people keep them in their house for good luck. They are usually displayed facing each other, but she told me that when the husband and wife are having an argument, they move the ducks so that they are back-to-back.
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But what if one person thinks they're in an argument and the other is completely oblivious? Then one duck is chasing the other, which can't be good house karma.
P.S. The "word verification" for posting comments is hilarious. This time it's "cultata"; last time "flaymoo".
You are pretty and so much more. Gotta get me a pair of those ducks. For decoration of coarse.
if little children approve of Andy and you, then I approve of Andy and you :)
haha, my word verification was "unwasel"
I am, mostly, commenting on the fact that my word to verify my comment is "patso", which is identical in sound to "pazzo", the italian word for crazy, which is exactly what my day and life have been recently. Ah, fate. But. I love the idea of the ducks. Quirky house rituals are fun.
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