tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609207826024778204.post8263761376280262035..comments2024-02-28T04:58:25.020-08:00Comments on My Commute: Ooops!! Taboo to KOreans>>Jillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13830131629125968313noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609207826024778204.post-37009706663547414992010-01-12T22:44:33.272-08:002010-01-12T22:44:33.272-08:00hmm... I wonder how you look like..Im dead curious...hmm... I wonder how you look like..Im dead curious!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830131629125968313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609207826024778204.post-73932664620135579762010-01-12T22:43:25.111-08:002010-01-12T22:43:25.111-08:00yeah that's right! hmmm...I really think their...yeah that's right! hmmm...I really think their eyes are cute.<br /><br />I even told one of my students that he has small eyes & I meant it as a compliment but he took it rather badly. I dunno but he changed since then. I think it sounded this way: <br /><br />'small eyes' = unattractive - to Koreans<br />'pango' = unattractive - to FilipinosJillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13830131629125968313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609207826024778204.post-85727586036005820902010-01-12T13:19:38.580-08:002010-01-12T13:19:38.580-08:00haha! this reminded me of my student who told me h...haha! this reminded me of my student who told me he described my eyes to his mom and how i "paint" it with the same color of the dress/clothes i'm wearing. his mom told his sister, also my student but in higher level, that she should get my eyes (meaning get surgery)... i saw girls with infected eyelids (fresh from surgery) and they look nasty.. i keep on telling my students before that non-Koreans find their eyes really pretty.. they shouldn't be touching them...jehanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10162519382591706238noreply@blogger.com