Facepalm.
I realized that my resistance to kdrama was futile when:
-I have to turn on Closed Captioning to watch reruns of Pride and Prejudice, and North and South.
I beg your pardon but I don’t understand posh English anymore.
-I’m the only one in the family who doesn’t think kimchee smells like rotting fish.
-I go to HMart, the Korean supermarket in town, specifically to buy Asian eggplants, but gladly give up the last eggplant to a granny because she looks like somebody’s halmeoni. I’ve lost my bitch-mojo.
-Bonchon has replaced Kentucky Fried Chicken and Hooters as my go-to place for wings on Superbowl.
-I’m already designing the hanbok I’m going to wear if when my son marries his longtime Korean-American girlfriend.
-I plan to tie a white bandanna around my head in protest if said son doesn’t marry his GF.
-And he’ll lose part of his trust fund. lol.
-I prefer to stay in hanoks than Four Seasons on trips to Seoul.
-my iPhone doesn’t autocorrect weird Korean names on my cellphone anymore.
-I don’t find bangs ugly-fugly-weird on grown-up men anymore.
-I see snow flurries in November and I think “Ah! First snow! I must arrange a date with my husband.”
-I know what a kimchee-slap is.
What about you?
Not really about kdrama but Korea in general
When I first came to like korea-whatever things, my son and hubby thought that everytime I said Oppa I was referring to opa (opa = grandpa, I think it’s Dutch, but I’m not so sure) —> my hubby’s dad aka my father IL.. 🙄 I mean, as if I’m my father IL’s goddess.. hahahaha I’ve been telling them, “it’s O-P-P-A.. with 2 Ps..” (high pitch) hahahaha no use. Hubby and son love to tease me with “oppa/opa” joke, even until now. 😓😅😂
I still think kimchi smell soooooooo bad… hahaha
Yes, Opa is Dutch for grandpa. Also in German. It’s a lot more informal than “grossvader.” They also call grandmother “oma.”
😂Do you call your husband oppa?! I asked my son if his GF ever called him oppa. That would have thrilled me to bits (like I’m living a Korean romcom vicariously), but he looked at me like I sprouted two heads and a mustache.
I took it as a no.
Weird. I really do not find Kimchee smell offensive. Perhaps it’s mind over matter. My brain already gave it a “Pass!” – just like Mawang – so my olfactory nerve cells became desensitized to it and ignored its toxic fumes.
kimchi smell so good. .
late night here, arround 3 am.. craving for kimchi cigae! because your post. lol
I guess for most Asian, food that has strong odors is more common and acceptable. I mean most of Asian food (not all) is rich in spices and herbs, some are fermented (or processed) for days, or months or even years. And according to my European in laws, we’re Asian eat everything, bizarre and extreme dishes. Hahaha. So just a bit smelly is a piece of cake.
It’s just me that a little sensitive with strong smells. my hubby loves eating that kind of food though, so occasionally I brace and tolerate myself to cook and prepare him dish that are “smelly”. I won’t eat what I cook though. 🤢🤪
HAHAHA as if! No! He wouldn’t even want to be called “Oppa~ya” (aegyo style) haha
But I could try.. see how his reaction would be!!! #missionaccepted
One of my colleagues at work described to me, that growing up in the Philippines, his family had a “dirty” kitchen and a “clean” kitchen.
The dirty kitchen was where they cooked smelly, daily things and the clean kitchen was the showpiece.
I thought that was a great idea as long as I don’t have to clean two kitchens at the same time. 🙂
🙂 I’m not at the level of kimchi cigae yet. All I do with kimchi is add it to the pork belly or bulgogi in lettuce wrap. hahaha. I know…amateur, right??