Tuesday, February 3, 2009

How to win over Ajumas:

Two weeks ago I walked onto the subway and noticed a severly hunchbacked elderly woman (Ajuma) trying to reach a newspaper on the rack above her. Without thinking I reached up and snatched it for her then continued standing in that area waiting for my stop. She was with another Ajuma pal of hers and for the next 10 mins I couldn't help but notice them staring at me and chit chatting. I allowed myself a little glance over and smile, because I figured they were saying something about what a nice Waeguk I was for helping them get the newspaper. Maybe they were but instead of thanking me they had something else in mind. The waved me over in the awkward korean hand wave and proceeded to pick off the hair from under my armpits. Apparently I had shed and due to static cling it had collected under my airpits(attractive). They didn't know any english so their next bet was clearly to clean me....now would this ever happen in another country??

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