More work

So keeping up with this blog is harder for me than I thought. I have the best intentions each day, but then I get caught up in other stuff. Bleh.

Aaaaanyway, I went to Incheon today to meet up with a lady at my boss' church. I'm going to start helping them out with some English classes for the young kids there. It'll be every Saturday for an hour, so it shouldn't be bad. Several weeks ago, I had sent my resume and a picture of myself to the lady in charge (my liason at the church). I had only kept in touch with her through email, so I didn't think much of her spelling errors when I read her notes to me. Well when I met with her today, she was really hard to understand. I had to keep asking her to repeat herself, and I felt bad because I can normally catch on to what people are saying. I also feel bad because the longer I was there, the more I didn't really want to be there anymore, and I'm kind of stuck for at least the next several months. I'm sure it'll be worth it in the end, but not really in the mood for it now.

Once we were done with our meeting, she walked me to the bus stop to show me where it was. While we were waiting for the bus, she said, "When I looked at your picture, I thought your face looked very luxurious," referring to the makeup I had been wearing in the picture. "But now, no." In other words, 'you look like crap and your picture was totally misleading.' How do you react to something like that? Oh, but it gets better. This chick then goes, "In the picture, your face looked VERY big. But your face is not big. I see you, and your face is very small!" Umm, okay. Then she went on to say, "When I sent your resume to our pastor, I thought your face was so big, so I resized it so your face would be small. I used Photoshop to make it small." Like, am I supposed to be happy that you insulted and complimented me in one fell swoop?? I just kind of gave her a tight smile and was like, "Okay."

I know she was not trying to be rude, but she's also lucky that I've been here for so long and have grown accustomed to the "Korean way" of doing things. People here do it all the time, they'll insult and compliment you in one sentence. Like when I was fat, I would run into coworkers in the elevators and they'd be like, "Have you lost weight? Your face is smaller." First of all, no. You saw me yesterday and the day before. I haven't lost any weight at all. Second, am I supposed to jump for joy and be so thankful that you noticed my 'skinny' face? So annoying sometimes, but I've learned to let it go. First, she didn't speak enough English for me to tell her what I really thought. Second, it wouldn't matter. It would have been in one ear and out the other.

Just another day in the life of a foreigner in Korea.

New Stuff!

There are some new developments happening at the G. household, and I'm pretty excited to share--soon-ish! Praying everything continues to go as planned, and we just have to wait a little longer to make sure things fall into place.