Intercultural Life
He swears he never really thought the train announcement was this, but I distinctly remember him saying he thought it was this…. for a long time haha. Now that his English is better he conveniently forgets the problems he had before.
What things have you misheard and not even realised you heard wrong for a long time? It can happen even in your own language and then one day it all becomes clear… and it’s like “Ohhh!”
My husband really wanted me to make a comic of this.
Haha, they had such a bad day. We’ve had very hot and sunny weather in Sydney – except for this one day. Unfortunately they had planned to go to the beach on the rainy day and it wasn’t a close beach, it was one far away. They had travelled all the way there so they didn’t want to let the rain ruin their BBQ. But, actually they were pretty miserable..
My husband said people were staring because they looked ridiculous. Everyone else left but they were still there huddled around the barbeque. The samgyupsal they were cooking got all wet, but they ate it anyway.
Yeah he was showing off a bit in front of the other guys. All the Korean guys there were single. Something that I’ve noticed is that Korean guys tend to be more vocal and expressive about being single and wanting a girlfriend or even wanting to get married. Sometimes in Western culture, single guys can say a lot of derogatory things to their friend who is married, like marriage means you are locked up forever or something. For Korean guys, once they hit 30 they can be quite anxious to get married. There is the outside pressure from family, friends and society to settle down, but also personally, in general, they seem to want to settle down once they reach a certain age and it’s not seen a bad thing to desperately want to get married.
For example, while not all Australian guys are like this, there is a culture here where men act like they are always forced into getting married. Even if they really wanted to, there is this act in front of single friends about being tied down and all those type of jokes.
When we hang out with my husband’s friends who are a similar age to him and single, they will say a lot, “I’m so jealous of you guys. I want to get married too.” I’m often surprised at this honesty and their openly displayed jealously at friends who are married. Part of this is because they want it to be very clear that they are looking for someone, as they are relying on their friends to introduce them to someone. I’ll talk about that type of matchmaking in a future post though.
Sorry that this comic is a bit messy. I was travelling for a lot of yesterday and I’m now at my parents’ house and had to do this post quickly last night. My husband is still in Sydney because of work, so we’ll be apart for at least a week 🙁
He is really into this sort of thing. I tend to be the more cynical one, but he is sincere in everything he does. He loves being inspired by things and planning things for the future. Sometimes I have fun with that and deliberately do things to annoy him.
Okay dinosaurs can’t go on the ‘Vision/Inspiration board’ apparently. But I like dinosaurs!
I drew one while he was at work and stuck it on the board:
Hehehe.
Seriously though, it is one of the things I love about him. He has big dreams for the future and actually takes steps to achieve them. I get really frustrated at the type of person who is a “dreamer” and talks big but then never do anything about achieving their goals. I know my husband is not that type. He has already achieved a lot already, so I know that his inspiration/vision board is something that does really help him. It really motivates him.
But for me, maybe I do want dinosaurs in my future!
Okay some ‘My Australian Wife’ again. My husband designs the characters and tries to think of things that were funny or weird to him and then I draw them digitally, but in his style, for him.
Okay this is true. My hair gets really tangled and knotty easily, so brushing my hair can be painful sometimes. He just laughs at me though. You don’t understand you Koreans, with your thick, shiny and silky hair! You don’t understand *sobs*.
We didn’t grow up watching the same TV shows, so there are some I have an emotional connection to that mean nothing to him.
Haha I just turned the TV on and Happy Days is on. I was like “Yeah Happy Days!” My husband didn’t even turn around from his laptop and just said “Psh”.
He may have had a little bit too much soju when he said this. BUT, it’s not the first time he has said something is so cute and then followed up with “I want to kick it.” I haven’t quite worked this one out but I think sometimes the adorableness is too much so he ends up saying something violent in his outburst at the cuteness.
If you are in Sydney, make sure you go see the giant duck while it’s here. It’s so cool. I think technically it’s an art installation or something. I like this type of a art: a giant but adorable duckie floating around Darling Harbour. That’s my kind of art.
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Mindy asks:
What is your favorite Korean meal and what is his favorite Australian meal?
Let’s start with my favorite Korean meal. I like a lot of Korean food. I really like samgyupsal (grilled pork belly) especially with kimchi. I do tend to order bibimbap a lot because I love all the vegetables. (Luckily I often take photos of meals I order so I can show some).
I also really like japchae and yukgaejang. And I love lots of side dishes!
While I do like a lot of Korean food I can still be picky. My husband orders this a lot but I refuse to eat it.
Yeah… pig intestines soup.
My husband is a lot less picky than me, especially when it comes to Australian food. The only major thing he doesn’t like is lamb, and I swear that’s just psychological, not to do with taste at all. He doesn’t have a particular favorite Aussie meal, he just likes almost everything. Something he has taken a real liking to here is cheese though. He said he hated cheese when in Korea, and having seen the cheese available in Korea, I can understand why. But here in Australia there is such a huge range of good quality cheeses so he has realised cheese is delicious. He also likes eating crackers with dips too, something not really done in Korea.
Over Christmas when we were with my family we had a lot of cheese and crackers. Now usually we set them out on the table for everyone to have for morning or afternoon tea, but my husband would just get them for himself and sit at the table stuffing his mouth. (I also drew my siblings in the background).
This is an accurate representation of our Christmas.
In particular he likes water crackers with Mersey Valley Cheese. (Seriously, Mersey Valley, we love your cheeses, they are the best).
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