tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post3280694440181427691..comments2023-11-03T22:34:56.656+09:00Comments on I'm no Picasso: Annoying couple post: me and Korea.I'm no Picassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-81283481089634151552010-04-27T17:33:49.351+09:002010-04-27T17:33:49.351+09:00I know exactly what your talking about with the wh...I know exactly what your talking about with the whole feeling Korea is your home. For most people, no correct that, for damn near every foreigner Korea is a place to work and meet people. They learn to adapt and integrate into the society, but they remain as visitors for the most part.<br /><br />The change came for me after I moved into my first apartment and got my life setup (my company provides me with a yearly living stipend) to cover housing and bills). This included buying a car and doing things the Korean way. To me Korea (specifically Daegu) isn't just a place where I work, its my home. Home being used in the possessive is the real defining line. The point where your mindset goes from "I'm living here for reasons x / y / z and plan on going home one day" to "This is my home" is how you know that.palladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17991559032581262637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-4716922663107895932010-04-26T16:53:27.996+09:002010-04-26T16:53:27.996+09:00Sounds to me like you're learning to "Thi...Sounds to me like you're learning to "Think in Korean" which is a concept I didn't get until I watched an old Clint Eastwood movie called "Firefox" wherein our hero defeats a communist regime in their own prototype fighter plane by "Thinking in Russian". There comes a time where you stop translating and begin creating the images in your head and heart by just hearing the sounds and seeing the body language. Congratulations!Whiskey Tango Foxtrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743627367424547206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-31812432071161128982010-04-25T19:26:48.544+09:002010-04-25T19:26:48.544+09:00I dunno! I figure I'm just going to feel forev...I dunno! I figure I'm just going to feel forever in the middle. Or maybe I'll change how I feel about Korea once I know her better. It's difficult to say...but when I went home for three weeks last year...it was slow and boring and not very Korea!Burndoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810891417843137002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-25570886905704915872010-04-25T13:42:06.144+09:002010-04-25T13:42:06.144+09:00Burndog -- It's deep and it's real, man. W...Burndog -- It's deep and it's real, man. What are we gonna do? <br /><br />Anon (PD?) -- Darling, my neighborhood <i>is</i> my church. And every step was a prayer.I'm no Picassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516337555349888808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-72610938823023674372010-04-25T13:35:12.135+09:002010-04-25T13:35:12.135+09:00hey i'm no picasso,
what the hell are you doin...hey i'm no picasso,<br />what the hell are you doing hanging out in your neighborhood on a beautiful sunday morning? shouldn't you be at a church? hahaha .. just kidding, just kidding!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21444271.post-29427163740534160222010-04-25T12:23:15.552+09:002010-04-25T12:23:15.552+09:00An unusually short comment from me...but I feel th...An unusually short comment from me...but I feel the same way. I can't explain it either...except to say that I never really went through that phase of feeling like Korea was a magical fairy land, and I was so special. At work I try to explain to my teachers that Australia is like my wife (who I love, and will always love, someone I understand, and she understands me), and Korea is like some fiery mistress (we have mis-understandings, a strong attraction, a feeling of something beginning, and fears that it isn't right).Burndoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10810891417843137002noreply@blogger.com