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Crowd

2016/11/08 / / 2 Comments

Crowd

“Oppa” is the Korean term that I often use for Hugh as he is an older male. It can also be used in the context of our relationship as a pet name. Unfortunately in a crowd there are many “oppas” so Hugh often assumes it’s a woman calling out to another guy, and not to him. If I call out “Oppa” to him it doesn’t really get his attention. Calling out “Hugh” also doesn’t get his attention if we are in a loud place. Lately I’ve been calling out “oi” in a very Australian accent and have found it works so much better! Especially when I stress my Australian accent as he knows it’s immediately me. The word “oi” is used quite a bit in Australian English.

So White

2015/11/21 / / 4 Comments

So White

Being in an intercultural marriage means that you are comfortable talking about race and cultural differences and cultural identity. But some days you just have conversations like this… haha.

Undone

2014/02/10 / / 13 Comments

Undone

Because of the romance/couple culture in Korea it’s quite normal to see guys holding their girlfriend’s handbags or doing things like tying their shoelaces for them. It’s nice to change things up though! I also sometimes grab his wrist the same way guys do in Korean dramas.

Cockroaches

2013/08/24 / / 28 Comments

Cockroaches

Australian native cockroaches are the nice ones! They don’t come into houses. It’s the European and American ones that are the dirty evil ones. Unfortunately those pest ones are in Australia and love our warm climate. You’ll sometimes find cockroaches even in super clean homes in Australia unfortunately.

My husband hates cockroaches even more than the average person. I know a few other Australian women married to Korean men as well and their husbands are terrified too. We always have to be the ones getting rid of insects and bugs. Maybe it’s because we grew up in Australia and are just used to creepy-crawlies… but doesn’t matter how macho our husbands think they are… we are the ones dealings with this stuff.

The other night my husband and a friend were watching cockroach videos on YouTube. I guess they like to terrify themselves. I managed to sneakily film some of their very extreme reactions and maybe we’ll show you sometime. Actually that’s why I wanted to see if we could see a native cockroach up close, because they can be quite big, and I think Mr Gwon’s reaction might be YouTube worthy haha.

Q & A – 4

2013/08/07 / / 8 Comments

I filmed this video while visiting my parents, so since my husband was not there I had a very special guest filling in for him!

http://youtu.be/JwChtcSCmRo

 

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