Tuesday, 27 March 2007

A Whiter Shade of Pale

Just a little story from last week. I was a little unwell - fortunately this coincided with a lesson all about how to say that different body parts hurt or weren't "shufu" (comfortable) so I could at least explain why I wasn't my usual bouncy self. For the worriers among you, I wasn't really sick - just ate something bad - slept for a day and then felt much better...anyway, I arrived at school and my Korean classmates all told me that I looked extremely pretty and that my skin was so nice and white (this also coincided with another lesson about how to describe someone!). Simultaneously, my Western classmates told me that I looked like a ghost and should be in bed. It made me feel slightly better to learn that when I am sick, I am beautiful in Korea - but now I am worried what they think of me when I am my usual rosy cheeked self!

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