japa hapa in seoul

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Back to business as usual

Well, I've been just back to going to work, heading to the gym, and hanging out with J. The folks at work are as needy as ever and need to chill out every once in a while. I swear, if the Koreans at work dont calm down I'm going to start dosing the water cooler with valium. The Korean men just walk around work all visably stressed out. Sometimes they come up to me all stressed, but I just tell them to talk to Mr. Makaguchi. The last thing I need is some wound up ajosshi taking his stress fest out on me. I just tell them to talk to Mr. Makaguchi and then ignore them. That really pisses them off, but what's a girl to do. Mr. Mak understands that I dont want to deal with them and he has told me to send any rude Koreans straight to him for de-worming. Well he didn't quite put it that way, but you catch the meaning, right? Oh! If one more Korean at the office looks down my shirt I will start kicking ass and taking names. The Japanese guys dont do that. Sometimes I think I never want to talk to another Korean man ever.No. I am sure of it. Min-ha is meeting me for dinner and drinks tonight. I dont think J will be coming. He just got back from a trip back to California and wants to sleep. He has been so cute lately, buying me small gifts and sweet talking me. I think he is really head-over-heals in love with me. Maybe I am too. I am not sure though.

Monday, August 14, 2006

Flight of Melinda

Iakaris,
You fly too high with your professions of love for me, yet fly too low with the untermension of poker bottom-feeders who leave superfluous comments on the blog of a girl they have never met. If you love if true, then email to me directly. Oh_my_melinda. Otherwise, you do me dishonor to publicly mock me with your entries of the heart.

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

Back now!

Hi everyone!
I just got back from Tokyo last night. I had a blast! Except, the people at my job were kinda worried about me. i made up some lame story about having visa problems because I was just having too much fun with my cousins. I am at work now and I was getting some looks, like why didnt she come earlier? Or was her story bullshit?
Anyway, we went out almost every night. Riko, my closest cousin, works at a hostess club. She has to go to work dressed up as a middle school girl. Her parents dont know, they just think she likes to hang out a lot with her boyfriend. She said she would get $30 if she got me to go for an interview, $50 if I put on the middle school girl uniform at said interview, and $100 if I worked there. It was kinda creepy. the japanese managers looked like yakusa, and Riko said they werent, but were controlled by them. I looked so cute in the uniform. I took pictures. No, you cant see them! So I worked in the club with Riko for 2 weeks. At first i thought I would get raped or something, but it was really fun. Sometimes the Japanese older men put their hands on you but it is only around the waist or on the legs. Really nothing sexual at all. And I got to practice my Japanese, and got paid and drank for free. Riko goes with a Japanese businessman who is about 50 years old. She gets him to give her about $5000 every month and she basically does what ever he wants. I am not into that, but she said he treats her well and is rather nice. It is good to be back home in Seoul though. J patiently waited for me. He really likes the middle school uniform I brought back. He wouldnt let me take it off, at least not all the way.