Generally speaking there isn’t a great deal in Korea that bothers me. I mean I have my usual rants and bitch’s about certain things, but you can hardly blame Korea for that. Anywhere I live is going to produce its fair share of ‘annoyances’ and Korea is no expectation.
Korea does, however, have a unique set of annoyances that raises its ugly head now and then. Being here for 3 and a half years I’ve managed to shrug most of them off, but there are a few things that I just can’t help but feel pissed-off with.
By far the biggest is a TV program called, Meenyodul-e Suda (미녀들의 수다 - sorry about the poor translation), or for you and me, ‘Chatting with Beauties‘. I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned this program before (God knows I should have) but every time I see it I cringe uncontrollably. Basically the format of the show is asking non-Korean people, ’sexy’ non-Korean girls, on their thoughts about all things Korean. Fairly harmless I hear you say. But the truth is these girls are a poor representation of foreign girls in Korea and are only selected on two bias qualifications; they’re ‘hot’ and they have to love Korea.
You’ll find most foreign women in this country hate it. Ever try dating a Korean man?
What really gets me is that these girls actually act more Korean than they do their own nationality (if one can actually ‘act’ accordingly to their nation) and the Korean public goggle it up. I once had a Korean teacher ask me why more foreign girls don’t come to Korea seeing as these girls were so happy here?
To be fair, some of the girls on there aren’t too bad. There’s one Japanese girl (gosh that’s gotta be tough) who I particularly like that’s starring on another show where she has to be ‘married’ to a Korean guy (now she’s experiencing the Korean culture!) while a few others have made special appearances here and there with their 5 minutes worth of fame.
One girl that has made the most of it is Djamilya, an Uzbekistani slut girl that acts more like a 5-year-old Korean child, and the Korean men just can’t get enough of her. Her famous line (actually its more a ‘word) Oh-baa (오빠) which I guess best translate to ‘older brother’ or ‘older guy’ is spoke mush like a child would and melts, well, whatever Korean have to melt (probably not much).
Okay, she is hot, but her character is obvious and it very quickly turns annoying. So annoying is she that she not only released a single, but she is now starring in a TV program called, ‘Sexy Mong‘ (색시몽). Don’t ask me what it means, but I’m assuming it has something to do with soft-core porn in Korea (which is lame). I tried to watch both episodes last week, but fell asleep after 30 minutes on the Wednesday, and 10 on the Thursday. Keeping in mind there were plenty of half naked Korean girls to view, it illustrates just how thin the story line was. It was kind of a like a soft-porn Korean Charlie’s Angels. I won’t be watching again.
Just seeing Djamilya makes my skin crawl. I only saw the end of the show because my rabbit poked me in the eye with her nose.
But there’s plenty about both Chatting with Beauties and Djamilya on the net to hold most people’s interest.
Not mine (well… not after now). Happy reading.
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Its a small price to pay to keep the morons under control.
(Don’t worry, I’ll pay for that later).
