Intercultural Life

Month: December 2013 (Page 3 of 5)

Obligation

Obligation

So “off the hook” is an idiom he hadn’t heard before.

A cultural difference between Australia and Korea we notice a lot, is that there is more of a culture of ‘Do it yourself’ home improvement in Australia. It’s a normal thing for families to be gardening and doing house improvement stuff on weekends. That is more unusual in Korea. The Korean guys that stay in the house next door are always surprised to see how much my parents do and how many skills they have for home improvement. While professional Korean construction is some of the best in the world, the average Korean doesn’t do home improvement stuff like here. Australia has an industry catering to it (not to mention so many TV shows about it) and it’s not unusual to take a trip to huge D.I.Y stores like Bunnings on the weekend.

Since we are back home with my parents for a month it’s expected my husband helps my father with the new project (putting a granny flat in). My husband’s sister’s boyfriend who is staying here has been helping my dad a lot and is learning how to do things, but my husband is still pretty clueless. Those on Facecbook and Instagram would have seen a photo yesterday.

Couple 1,2,3 Tag

We do the couple 1,2,3 tag!

Also: stay tuned because there is a bonus video coming soon where Han (fake GD) and Sophie attempt this YouTube tag as well!

Supermarket Accident

Supermarket accident

This happened on the weekend when we were travelling to my home town. We stopped at a supermarket but were very tired so my husband wasn’t paying much attention so he ended up hitting a middle aged woman on the butt! Luckily she quite enjoyed being smacked on the butt by a younger man! I didn’t see it happen by heard the laughter (the woman had a friend with her too) and came over to see what had happened. My husband was so embarrassed but they were really nice about it and were joking about it.

I told my husband that it was lucky that they were joking about it, rather than upset and angry. It was a very embarrassing moment for him though!

Describe Your Wife

Describe your wife

He says he said that because kit kats are sweet and nice but I can’t help thinking that he was just thinking about chocolate instead of thinking about how to describe his wife!

Cucumber

Cucumber

Oi, which is often used as a way to get someone’s attention in British/Australian/New Zeland English, sounds a lot like the word cucumber in Korean!

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