- women generally only work until marriage then they become housewives (rasing kids)
- single women relies quite a lot on their family
- married women doesn't have the same legal protection here
A few days ago, I started talking loudly in my sleep again... It is a really bad habit that supposedly kicks in when I'm nervous about something. The thing is it's not the best thing to utter regardless of what time it is. It used be a word or phrase that I would utter without thinking about it... But I guess I really should try to stop using it at least while I'm here in Korea....
I think I freaked my sister's neighbours out like big time and then one sister even called the ambulance and had to check if I still was breaving. The thing is I also had a really bad dream like a nightmare I'm not sure if these two things are related or not.
Since this blog is open for everyone I can't and will not write about exactly what it was... let's just say it's supposedly fairly common among overseas adopted Koreans and leave it at that.
Yesterday I went on a DMZ trip to the third tunnel and JSA (Joint Security Area) and boy was that hard !!! Constantly being watched by soldiers for any random tint mistake. The trip was so worth it and it was interestig even though I was totally drained from energy by the time it was over.
I went the restroom and the soldier that was escorting us, had to open the door and call out for me since I was the only left there... For a while I panicked and imagined that I now stuck in JSA.... But luckyly I wasn't the bus was still on the parking lot waiting for me, and boy was I glade for that.
And no they didn't duouble check my passport, they might have held me under extra watch or something. Not that I would know for sure... But yes, I was born in Korea but I don't know fluent Korean and I have never liced here as an adult.
I don't think it's especially Korean but for some reason my Korean family believes that I only prefer Western bland food and aren't supposedly used to spicy food. But that's totally not so, most Swedes loves spicy food especially anything with garlic. Last time my family ordered the least spicy chicken thinking I wasn't so used to spicy food.
Yes, we have McDonald's in Sweden and yes it's sort of cheap because it's fastfood although it's also known as junkfood because it's processed and full of the unhealthy fat that's bad for you. These days almost every American restaurant chain or restaurant can be found here in Korea. Like McDonald's, Burger King,Pizza Hut, Donkin Donut, Holly's Cafe, Starbucks and you name it. They're all here!!! Amazing and a bit sad , traditional Korean food is known to be really healthy while the Western food are known to be more unhealthy since generally is more greasy.
Just because we have McDomald's we don't eat there every day, before coming here I hadn't eaten at McDonald's since 10 years ago or. And the last time I ate pizza was last year (which happened to be on my first trip here). And Swedes prefer sparkling or bottled water over fizzy drinks, fruit juices or sweet drinks. Although we have fresh tap water that you could drink without having to worry.
So far I've eaten at McDonald's 4 or 5 times and have had pizza 3 times, when I get back home I'm starting my diet again. Also I've eaten ice cream so far 6 times that's also something I never used to eat at home....
© Taste Of Kimchi, Elle
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