i can see us in the countryside sitting on the grass eating sashimi

last night, 한국아빠 (korean father) sits down next to me and tells me we are going to plan tomorrow's schedule. he says we will be going to the ocean and to the countryside.

when he said ocean, i was thinking sweet, we're going to go to the beach, splash around in the water, play in the sand, get my tan on, and just chill. instead, what he meant was we were going to a giant fish market, which was next to the ocean, to watch old ladies kill and cut apart ocean animals.

when he said countryside, i was thinking that's not as cool as the beach, but it's still pretty sweet, we can drink some lemonade, lay in the grass, sing some justin timberlake. instead, what he meant was we were going to grandma's in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of koreans to eat the fish we had bought at the "ocean."

killing the fish. i don't think you can see it, but there's a nail sticking out of that block of wood. when we first got there she had stuck a fish onto said nail by its head. it was disgusting. unfortunately, she cut up the fish and moved on faster than i could take a picture of it.

the countryside. i fell asleep on the ride too, so i had no idea where we were. all i know is when we woke up we were literally in the middle of nowhere. it was just mountains and trees and green stuff all around. at some point i remember picking up a guy off the street too. it was bizarre...

this is pretty much the best thing about my family - that they have this.

at the lunch on monday after we met our school staff for the first time, upon discovering that my girlfriend was in korea, one of my co-teachers commented, "Good, you have a girlfriend, then i don't have to worry about you getting lonely..." to which i replied, "ahh yes... ... ??" the heck does that mean?! he also apologized for not bringing me flowers.