(wait wait, wait wait. Amy. Taemin is Wearing a GD&TOP shirt in that gif. That or....)
May have forgotten or never known why I really want to be an exchange student in Korea.
Its not (mostly) because I like this guy,
Yes, yes, the reason I wanted to learn Korean in the beginning was so I could watch Lee Min Ho without subtitles (and Amy, I still hate subtitles), but that's evolved, somewhat. I don't want to go to Korea just because of the pop culture. The pop culture of a country says little about the country itself, and I am very aware of that.
When I started to learn about the culture itself I was really fascinated because I've never learned much about a culture that wasn't very westernized, or was so old. I mean I know that there are a lot of old countries, its just Korea was the first one I really learned about.
I like they're manners and their traditional clothing and houses, and that has a lot to do with why I want to go, so I'll tell about all that stuff:
One of the first things that became apparent to me was that they're very respectful of older people. You add a respectful ending to words if you're speaking to someone older than you or a stranger.
That's not really a thing in America, and I think its cool that they are respectful to older people because the know that f you're older you're wiser and more mature, whereas in America we have like a taboo on aging, which really sucks, cause its not like you can stop it or anything.
When you walk into a house, you take off your shoes.
Why don't we do that here? Its like when we buy food instead of making it even though its less-healthy AND more expensive. We'd rather vacuum than take our shoes off, even though its less work and the house gets less dirty, and the carpet doesn't get stained, and you're more comfortable, and it makes the house seem like more of a sacred place.
Korean traditional houses are called Hanok.
And something like this on the inside.
The deal is its like a long corridor that is almost a full square, and is attached at one side by a big wooden door. Its something like its own little walled city.
The corridor, since it creates a full square-like shape, makes a nice quart yard in the middle. where trees grow and they have whatever in there. Maybe some porches and a garden or something.
Then, inside of the corridor, are all of the rooms. They're mostly all attached, but are also accessible from the quart yard.
Traditionally, Koreans would sleep on the floor on little mats because the house was heated from a furnace which expelled smoke and heat via a crawlspace, so obviously the floor was warmer than a bed and mattress would have been. This may also be the reason they take their shoes off when entering a house.
Korean traditional dress is about the cutest thing I've ever seen,
Some people wear civil war clothes, and if they do...
"I don't always wear Civil War clothes, but when I do...I'm in a re-enactment and I'm playing a confederate and its in a re-enactment of one of the battles that the confederates win so I get to shoot some yankees."
I haven't tried much of Korean food and I don't know if I would like it, but it looks DELICIOUS.
They eat with lots of sidedishes, so there's lots of variety. Usually you have your bowl of rice and then you put whatever you want on it.
Another thing that I think is really cool about Korea is when you become good friends with someone, if they're younger than you, they can call you Unnie if your both girls, Hyung if you're both boys, Noona if they're a boy and you're a girl, or Oppa, if you're a boy and shes a girl. The essentially mean older brother and older sister. Like I would call Amy Unnie. I like this because its respectful and yet really shows how close you are. I really like nicknames and stuff, so I think its cool that in their culture you call someone something other than their name.
And that's why I want to go to Korea.
Also because,
Yea fangurl.
Also Amy I logged into your Youtube and liked the 12 in 1 EXO teaser video.
You're welcome.
-Michelle
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