Purged Kimchi: The other side of the coin.

Ah, South Korea ~ How beautiful, from the postcards, from the Kpop music videos, from the dramas, from what everyone saw..

Ah, North Korea ~ How beautiful (to their people), from the media, from school, from the Seaweeds (KIM, 김)

You see, sometimes what you see is not what you see. What you see is what the media wants you to see. If the media failed to brainwash you but if they managed to brainwash the people around you, sooner or later, you will be brainwashed as well.

My point is , make sure you flip to see the other side of the coin to see the whole picture of everything. I am not telling you to be cynical and doubt everything, come on, get your head out of your ass. Just, find the answers.

I heard a lot of stuff before I came to South Korea, mostly good stuff (internet speed, the subway and transportation, free water, surgery, and koreans having eyes smaller than yours). Then, I came here, it was all true, and I love it! But they didn't tell you that Koreans have 5 faces and 2 hairstyles, I probably met only 5 types of different Korean faces every time on the streets, wearing different clothes or different colors of New Balance. Well, this is not a bad stuff of Korea, I am just saying it for fun. What you heard is always what other people see from their own POV, you gotta see stuff from your own POV to find out the real deal!

I heard my friend talked about this video, but I only watched it few months ago. Until one fine day, when our class was presenting on discrimination and a story about how a foreigner was not allow to enter a 찜질방 (jjimjilbang) because of his skin colour (not Black !) in Busan came up, I decided to show this to my classmates.

So, before you take in whatever you saw , there are things that you should think before you start judging

1. This happens everywhere in the world. It's not only in Korea, don't start hating

2. He was wearing a weird blue jackets

3. This will only happen if you are really Gunawan.

4. Don't assume everyone is the same by just one video.

Well, there are more, I can't seem to think of one anymore, for example factors that affect the outcome of Gunawan. NOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

For me, I am yet to be discriminated against for being a foreigner in Korea. I see things that I will never be able see if I am just here for a vacation. But I bet, everyone gets to see that(good and dark side) in each and every country if they lived there longer than 6 months. Overall in terms of satisfaction of living in Korea, I am Switzerland, neutral as ever.