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[Adventurer]

Yesterday, I went to the Gwangju National Cemetery related to the democracy movement, and I really liked it. On the way there, while waiting for the bus, an older ajuma was in a panic because she couldn't see when her bus was coming because of the sun's glare.
I understand what she was asking, and I told her it's coming in 9 minutes. She was so happy that I helped her and patted me on the back.

At the museum, at the cemetery, I talked in whatever Korean I knew with this older lady at the cemetery itself, and she was very nice and complimented me on my Korean and asked me if I was studying the language. I also talked to someone who was placed in prison during that time, and I felt bad for his trauma, and he couldn't talk about it much. I felt bad that I asked him about it a bit, and later said to him I am sorry for the pain you endured that time, and he said thank you and appreciated it.

I've also dealt with some nice taxi drivers lately. Most taxi drivers are swell here. Anyway, I love taking cabs in Korea.

[Adventurer]

I was also outside a Homeplus recently, and my grocery bag tore apart, and one lady quickly went into the store to tell a guy that my bag was torn and to get me a new one.

[rollo]

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing. It is easy to forget the high price that Koreans paid for their democracy. Brave people.

[DaHu]

What wasn't explained here is why someone would be in prison because of democracy. Who put him there, the north or south?

[Adventurer]

[Airborne9]

A few weeks ago I was waiting at a traffic lights and I was kind in a bad mood but there was a little girl standing beside me staring up at me. I could sense her stare but pretended not to notice. then she came came up right beside me and gave me a lollipop. Cheered me up anyway.

[TellyRules986]

One of my Korean co-workers heard about my frustrations in trying to find vanilla cake, and they went out and bought me some vanilla flavored pastries. She was like, "Oh you probably miss home and your mom making cake for you." I thought it was really sweet.

[uklathemock]

I left my weightlifting gloves at the gym and they were still in the same spot the next day. =)

[The Floating World]

I spent the day at the beach, it was nice.

[Munniko]

My coworker who doesn't really speak English noticed I looked hungry in the morning so she gave me some of her pre-cut apple....although I wondering why everyone in my office keeps feeding me

[Vix]

I went scuba diving in Jeju last weekend, that was awesome! I do like spending time with the fishes

[theevilgenius]

I lost my wallet in a taxi (I blame my sweatpants) on my way home from Tesco and panicked, went to the bank to cancel my cards then arrived at work later to learn that the taxi driver rang immigration, got the number of my school and rang my boss. He came to the school with my wallet the next day and I tried to give him money for going out of his way and being such a nice guy but he wouldn't accept it. That made me really like Korean people.