To all the unsung heroes of Korea, including the nice lady that served me fried snacks, the midget in grade 1 who always made me smile, Dave's Sodomy where 3 litres of beer was £4, Red Horse, the friendly local mart husband & wife, the world's fastest broadband, the scantily dressed K-girls in Ghetto, the countless taxi drivers who have taken me home when I should have been taken to a hospital, the mini-skirts, and finally to the bunch of English teachers reading this that didn't mind the world's longest sentence...
Here are two haiku, inspired by my year in Korea:
I'm leaving Busan
With memories of good times.
No thanks to soju.
I will miss Busan.
Sun, sand, soju, samgyeopsal.
I won't miss kimchi.
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Korean children are so very happy! |
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Copyright in Korea = nonexistant |
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RUBICON!!! |
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Ms. Lonely perfume...I reckon it smells of cats. |
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Bland bakery - really enticing |
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Katie's apartment building on fire! |
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We'll miss drinking out of bowls... |
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We'll miss our attentive students |
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What on earth is "a elvan plate"?!
Legolas would know... |
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We'll miss Korea's drunks |
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Same same saem! |
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Emergency vehicles lack any sense of emergency |
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We'll miss being told where to get off
(and transfer) |
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We'll miss buying books from vending machines |
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We'll miss shopping underground... |
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...and the weird mannequins |
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We'll miss the hours spent deskwarming at school |
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Diagonal zebra crossings will be a mere memory |
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At least we can use our trumpets when we leave! |
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We won't miss dogs in bars |
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We'll miss the competition of table football |
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Dave will miss his pink toaster... |
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...and white grape soda |
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Dave's neighbour's clothes smell a bit fishy |
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Transformers buildings! Buildings in disguise! |
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So long Korea...
and thanks for all the fish. |