Korean Church

I should have studied Korean…today I really felt so.

Although now we are on final exams term, I went to Korean church with one of my Korean friend. I had been to church some times since I came to the United States, but it was the first time for me to go to Korean church.

I’m not a Christian, I’m not really interested in church itself, but I just went there because of Korean food, which is one of my favorite foods. But I felt kind of guilty when I entered the church and joined them. Everyone was so kind to me, and everyone’s smile was so amazing! I really felt bad that I came there just because I wanted to eat Korean food.

Of course, Korean food was really good, as you can see it on the picture above, but more than that, I could enjoy the atmosphere of Korean community. I felt really comfortable among Korean people, which was kind of surprising to me because I have been studying English for a long time since I entered a junior high school, and now I can mostly understand what they are talking about in English. But I have never studied Korean and I can never understand what they are talking about in Korean at all. Nevertheless, I felt something in common with Korean people, which, I guess, must be because we are all Asian!!

Even if there is a "border" between Japan and Korea, we are all Asian. We have same kind of faces and same kind of attitudes. I saw many people bowed instead of hugging. It reminded me of Japan!!

I had thought I’m getting used to American way of greeting since I came here, but I still feel more comfortable with Asian way, I realized.

I’m arriving Japan around 10 days later. I’m really excited to meet my family, my friends, and my favorite baseball player, yu-chan! www And now I wanna add one more thing on my list of what I’m excited about going back to Japan, which is Japanese atmosphere. Even if I can’t see it with my eyes, I’ll definitely feel something comfortable that I was doing naturally everyday before I came here.

Oh, and I wanna go to Korea again. Hopefully I’m not gonna have a stomachache again because of too much Kimuch…unlike I did on the last travel to Korea.. it was horrible….www