Funny and possibly offensive so beware!

So I have not blogged in a while.  Who had time when you are crazily trying to set up house in a land that does not speak your language.  Which leads me to what I am blogging about.

Language and things that mean nothing to the culture that you are living in but means a lot to you.  So I am immature... everyone who knows me knows this.  My sense of humor ranges from injuries to passing gas.  And some where in the middle is just anything that strikes me funny.

So We move to Korea and Jamie is trying to tell me about everything that is great in Chinhae.  Well let's just say a little overwhelmedness came along and I kind of did not hear half of the things said.  He happended to mention that there is a new downtown in Chinhae which is the young hang out.  So hey, we are young of course we want to hang out. lol  Well here is the deal.  I am going to teach you a little Han'gumal.  An e and an o together make the sound owe.  So Seoul is pronounces S"owe"ul.  The downtown area of Chinhae is called Seok Dong.  Dong in Korean means neighborhood.  So for instance Jamie and I live in Jeonchong Dong (another area of Chinhae).  Well how this becomes funny is that we found out the hard way that Chinhae is considered down home country bumkins in Korea.  We went from Kentucky to Chinhae.  Maybe we are country bumkins... no offense to all my lovelies in KY :).  Anyway, back to Chinhae, their speak has a major accent to the rest of the country.  So Seok Dong is pronounced Suck Dong here.  I hope that I do not have to explain why this is funny.  But just imagine riding the bus and a gentle womanly voice tells you of what neighbor you are in at every stop.  Yes, I am immature but it was stupid funny.  So yes folks Jamie and I venture to Suck Dong for fun.  *giggling inside*  Still funny...

SO this next experience at the language difference needs no lessons or explanations.  It will read through very well.  In Pusan (about and hour away from us) there is an incredibly beautiful (world known beautiful) beach.  And on this beach is an aquarium.  Well we received free tickets to the aquarium at the new years party on base so we decided to take the boys.  Let me just say it is incredible.  I enjoyed every minute of it.  The otters were so cute and playful.  THe sharks were awe inspiring.  The natives taking picture of my children like they were on display was hilarious (yes this does happen, shopping is interesting).  And finally we get to the penguin tank.  They are just so cute waddling, and diving, and jumping around.  We stood there for a long time when my sister had to stretch and looked up to find the name of the tank.  We were in disbelief so we checked a number of times.  I can tell you all with complete certaintly that the penguin tank at the Pusan Aquarium is called the Jackass Penguin Tank.  Honestly I can only tell you this much.  The kids loved the sharks... the adults loved the Penguins. :)

And so now I leave you offended but hopefully laughing.  I am sure I will run across more of these issues but for now these are the ones that keep me laughing.  And anyone who knows me knows I will laugh about something funny for a very long time. :)