Things five year old Koreans are better at than me
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You know when you sometimes become too careful
about something and you put it somewhere so safe that’s practically impossible
to find it? Yeah, well, I am going through that phase right now. I have
absolutely no clue where the hell I put that PCB and its putting a nasty break
on my current project.
Oh well…
Last weekend saw two New Yorkers stay at my
place and I have to say, it was a welcome change to my daily lab to home and
back to lab again routine. Not to mention they brought with themselves a bottle
of scotch and forced me to figure skate later even though I had never ice
skated before.
And that’s when I realized these little
tiny, cutie pie Koreans were far better off than me. They roll over, fall down
but then would pick themselves up and skate the shite out of the ice. Besides
the occasional bump into another adorable little Korean monster with a tiny
helmet on top, they were flawlessly skating around.
On the other hand, I was watching them with
envious gaze. Having finally mustered up some courage to stand and pretend to
walk on ice on a crazy shoe, I tried to follow their footsteps but soon
realized that in doing so would let my ass kiss the ice a thousand times, so I
had to take it easy. Add to the fact that the Yankees had found a way to make
me fall on my arse every time they called my name and you can imagine how
horribly sore my butt was that day.
Anyways, this all got me thinking. Thinking
about all the myriad things a five year old Korean is better at than me. The
fact that I was able to come up with a long list pays tribute to how incredibly
talented these people from isolated island like peninsula are.
So without much delay, here’s the list:
1. Mathematics. I mean, come one, I
am sure they know how to multiply and divide and factorize when they just come
out from their mother’s womb.
2.
Korean. Reading kindergarten Korean
stories is still a pain
3.
Ice Skating. They can skate the
shite out of that ice.
4.
Skiing. Blame Nepal for not
teaching us this even though we seem to have aplenty of places where we could
do just that.
5. Being a cutie pie. Honestly, I am
too old to pretend all cuddly. Maybe if I drink more that delicious sculpin…
6.
Eating Kimchi. Morning shows
the day, they say.
7.
Go Karting. I swear to god I never
imagined a five year old overtaking me on wheels.
8.
Drawing. I still stick draw
humans
9.
League of Legends/Starcraft. I
retired playing computer games after coming to Korea.
10.
Bollywood dancing. I hear they
are pretty good at it.
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