Top 5 Things I Didn't Think Were Possible Before Korea

Hey, never say never, right?

1. Accidentally showing my class of middle school boys a video of a woman breast-feeding.

While many people would think this was impossible no matter where you live, they'd be wrong. In fact, if you're unlucky enough, and you have the entire internet at your disposal, there's almost nothing you can't accidentally show your class.

What happened was: I had the video all loaded and paused, and the completely innocuous advertisement before the video had already completed when the computer froze.  So then I had to pull the whole thing back up again, and what was the advertisement before it this time?  Something involving a close-up of a baby nursing. Awesome. 

I don't even know what the ad was for.  Were they trying to sell breast-milk?  I don't know.  But this is Korea, so maybe.

2. Becoming a millionaire overnight.

Yeah, so it's in Korean Won and the exchange rate to the dollar is about 1,000: 1, but it still counts.

3. Getting asked out by a cage fighter on Halloween.

I have to specify that it was a real cage fighter, not just a Halloween cage fighter.  And I also have to specify that he was not merely a cage fighter, he is also a teacher and a really intelligent and interesting guy.  But when I tell the story, clearly I'm going to say 'cage fighter' because of obvious comedic reasons.  

By the way, yes, we did go on a coffee date, and yes, it was really nice.  He's the smartest cage fighter I know.

4. Talking about the meaning of "Business up front, party out back" with a straight face.

Some might think that learning what a mullet is isn't pertinent information for a 14-year-old Korean kid.  I respectfully disagree. 

I made a lesson on hairstyles for my extra class, and not only did we cover the origin of the mullet, we covered the faux-hawk, the beehive, and the flat top (à la Kid of the 1990's hip-hop duo Kid n' Play).   

Hey, I'm sure these kids really need to know "Waiter, I dropped my fork" and "Don't I know you from somewhere?"  But they also need to know what to call that ugly hairstyle they saw on the hillbilly on the bus.

5. Having fish eat my dead skin.  And paying almost two whole dollars for it.

I can't say I anticipated that this would happen to me in my lifetime, but it is a really great experience (once you get over the tickling).  I'm pretty sure Dr. Fish is a colleague of Dr. Scholl's, although I have to say, the former offers a much more niche service.  They're both good guys though.