Korean moms

What comes to your mind when you hear the word, “Korean mama”? Well, let me tell you what I think all Korean moms have in common. They all love to gossip. Yes. Not just any kind of gossip, they take it to the next level. Which level am I talking about? When the story starts off with a boy scraping his girlfriend’s arm, the story wraps with a murder case. That’s right, they are THE PROS. One day, you are alive, the next day, you are dead. If you mess up with one of them, you are basically messing up with the whole pack. This summer, when I was in Korea, I encountered quite a few funny incidents. Here, let me draw you a lovely picture in your mind.


There I was, in a gym, riding my bicycle, when all of a sudden two Korean moms come in and start the show. First, they would scan through the crowd with their squinty small eyes. Then, one would whisper to the other one and that’s when you know that they caught their prey for the night. They would go to the stretching corner and stretch for like 2 minutes and do their “sit down stretching”. Cycling section was right besides the “stretching corner” so I was able to hear their conversation. Hey, I wasn’t eavesdropping; they were just God damn loud.

So I’m just casually doing my exercise when I hear their conversation. First, their tone starts off very small, and then it gets louder as they get excited. First, I didn’t quite understand what they were talking about, because they were speaking Konglish. Yes, you know what I mean, Mr. Lee. The Magical combination of using Korean and English in a same sentence. Maybe they wanted to brag about their one-on-one tutoring English skills? Probably. That would stay forever a mystery. When I stared towards the victim following their sight, I saw a young chubby lady, maybe around her mid 20s or so, who had pink thong underwear pulled up above her low Britney Spears baggy pants. One lady turned to the other one and said, quote “Jeu yeu ja THONG nuh-moo SHOW euh. FAT sa-ram THONG WEAR ha-myun DISGUSTING yi- yeah.”

I think I repeated that phrase over in my head probably hundreds of times and finally got it when they were about to leave after their “exercising” so they call. Quote, “ TODAY eun-dong ah-joo FUN haet-saw, nan HOUSE gal-saw nam-peun FOOD hae jo yea dae.” And the ladies left without a single hesitation, their bottles lying visibly on the counter. And so I thought to myself, what a wonderful world…..

I’ll be back tomorrow with another funny episode of mine that I had in Korea so, stay tune! And yes, this is from my own, true experience. To show you guys a little glimpse of my next story, the event takes place in Gangnam, where 98% of the female population carries either fake or real Louis Vuitton bag. Yea. No kidding.