Blending cultures and interesting Korean legends..

I found a place in Itaewon (the Expat place in Seoul) that has clothes which fit me! Thank God! Granted, they are more $$ than I'd normally pay... BUT if I get a hankering for buying some outfits, I know where to go. (quite a small selection, however... understandably.)

I was talking to my Kiwi neighbor/fellow crip buddy about the differences between all the cultures here at the school- American, Canadian, British, Europeans, Aussie, Kiwi, Korean, etc.. It was interesting b.c. we could tell the Kiwis were the most laid-back, nice ppl whereas the Aussies and the Brits are more uptight/blunt/hard people... I still love em all, but simply in regards to specific cultural and personality differences... it led us to talk about the origin of our feelings towards other cultures.. like the Canadians' and Americans' feelings are ones of competition rooted from way back to colonialism; the Kiwis' and Aussies' are muy competitive which also rooted back to colonialism and the different ways their lands were founded: i.e. Australia was the convict colony for the Brits whereas New Zealand had more pacific islander/ancient Maris roots- there's a bit'o'tension there...

 

 also quite noticeable are the tensions b.n the Aussies and the Brits... now, not serious "I don't like you, can't stand you" tensions, but kidding around "ugh, I'm way better" type stuff... Naturally the Brits think they are way better than everyone b.c. they were the root of all that colonialism and Americans ignore everyone b.c. they know they are the best.. yet, everyone knows that about the Americans, therefore we are constantly shafted for bein' so arrogant. lol. For instance: 

It's just such an interesting mix and it's really intriguing to analyze. I can pretty much tell the difference b.n. all the cultures based on how they act.. it's funny. 

I saw this picture in a magazine which was RIDICULOUS!!! It's these two adjumas (old Korean women) sitting on a humongous stone statue of a penis with two tall stone penis statues behind them.. It's called "The Sea Cock". This was the "Pic of the month" in the mag!!! Basically, according to legend...

A long, long time ago a bay and a girl were dating in this village. The boy was a fisherman and one day he left his love on a rock and told her to wait for him to return. Alas, a storm moved in and the girl drowned before he could rescue her. Legends have it that since the girl died a virgin a serious curse was put on the town. So the villagers did what any good village would do, they had the boy ejaculate into the sea and erected a Penis Park for the girl. Ever since then the curse has been lifted and fish have been plentiful. 

Isn't that crazy?!?! lol.