Like all things Korean, there's an earnestness about the weather here. You want winter? -- we'll give you winter, and ASAP at that. This screenshot was from 10:31pm last night: 16 degrees F and felt like -1 with the frigid wind chill; what?! The mild 50 degree weekend weather feels like a distant memory.
Of course, Tyler and I both left our gloriously warm Mongolian winter hats in NYC storage... I vaguely remember having this conversation as we were packing... not quite sure what we were thinking (as if hats took up a lot of space in our suitcase anyway)...
The amazing thing is that with this frigid weather, it is still incredibly sunny out -- as though the weather is embodying the ubiquitous Korean mentality of: "Everything is happy!" (said with two fingers up)
This is one of my favorite photos from the fall, hanging out with Rich when he was in town: "Open your dreams!!" -- and when you do, you'll find that everything is dolphins and unicorns and pink cellos and bubbles galore! (courtesy of Lotte Mall). Sarcasm does not exist here. The culture is one of happiness, love, and joy (or at least outwardly continually striving for that). There's something about the sunny winter that embodies that as well (perhaps it's all the cartoon happy snowmen decorating the city's window displays?)
And so with that, I'm heading off to morning Korean class -- bundled for winter, but humming: "Everything is happy" (to the tune of "everything is awesome!") in my head.
Of course, Tyler and I both left our gloriously warm Mongolian winter hats in NYC storage... I vaguely remember having this conversation as we were packing... not quite sure what we were thinking (as if hats took up a lot of space in our suitcase anyway)...
The amazing thing is that with this frigid weather, it is still incredibly sunny out -- as though the weather is embodying the ubiquitous Korean mentality of: "Everything is happy!" (said with two fingers up)
This is one of my favorite photos from the fall, hanging out with Rich when he was in town: "Open your dreams!!" -- and when you do, you'll find that everything is dolphins and unicorns and pink cellos and bubbles galore! (courtesy of Lotte Mall). Sarcasm does not exist here. The culture is one of happiness, love, and joy (or at least outwardly continually striving for that). There's something about the sunny winter that embodies that as well (perhaps it's all the cartoon happy snowmen decorating the city's window displays?)
And so with that, I'm heading off to morning Korean class -- bundled for winter, but humming: "Everything is happy" (to the tune of "everything is awesome!") in my head.
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