Time flies. Still remember it was almost a year ago I went to visit Jin and Mark in Seoul. Last Saturday, after work, I went for a late night supper with my colleague. We went to this Korean area in Kuala Lumpur near Ampang. We called it ‘Korean area’ because there are a lot of Koreans living there, mainly because the Korean embassy is nearby. The whole place reminded me of Seoul so much because all the sign boards are in Korean, there are lots of Korean restaurants, supermarkets and people are speaking in Korean. Since Mark did not do a good job in getting me a Korean man, this place shall soon become my favorite hang out place :P
It has also been a year since I started working. I get quite lonely at times because it is not possible to date any man with such working hours. Facebook is my main source of socialization although I have been trying to attend 'physical' gatherings but it is just difficult to find common ground. The people whom I see 16 hours a day are my bosses and clients, which none of them I can date because they are either over 40 or subject to professional independence considerations (might need to declare my relationships to my employer).
There was a joke among the female auditors, every year we will deprecate 25% and after 4 years (after our 4-year contract expires), we will be written off as we would have no value in the dating market.
So why am I still doing this?
Good thing is, I have lost weight because of work, can afford to go on backpacking trips which I could not afford to do when I was at university.
If you guys are coming to Malaysia, I promise I will sort out all your accommodation and your travel plans plus logistical arrangement, excluding my physical presence :P Let me know!
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Come back to Korea Kay! We miss you! What's the point of going to Malaysia if we can't see the main attraction?! Fight the system! Down with the work ethic! etc.
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm not so good sorting you out a Korean guy... I may have more sucess with Korean girls -- what do you say?
Anyway, here's a good chat-up line to use in the Korean district: 당신을 보는 순간에 천사 이라고 생각했어요 (dangshinul bonun sungan cheonsa irago saenggak hessoyo) "The moment I saw you I thought you were an angel". Or if that's too difficult just tell him that he's a 몸짱 (mom-jjang). Good luck!
lol you should have taught me that when i was in Korea! nevermind...
ReplyDeletehow to say: can i have ur number in Korea? (well most koreans here can speak english anyway lol)
what is mom-jjang!?
Mom = mother
ReplyDeletejjang = joob jang
so mom-jjang = joob jang is the mother of all
Joob! I didn't know you spoke Korean! :-P
ReplyDeleteKay -- "can I have your phone number?" is "전화 번호 주시겠어요?" (chon-hwa bon-ho jushi-gessoyo). Happy hunting! ;-)