Losing my head spinning round and round

I'm very amazing and often shocked by the generosity of Koreans. David and I have been treated very well by people since we've moved here. I mean, we are a strange duo of outsiders speaking English and acting clumsy as we try to figure this strange world out. Nevertheless, people are often more than happy to help us out or even come up and say hello (even if it's just to practice their English)!

Let me give you a few examples.

Last Friday I was waiting for my co-teacher to come pick me up at my apartment (we went out for lunch and administered a test at a school in Gwangju). I ventured outside probably 5-10 minutes early, and she was 5-10 minutes late so I was out in the cold for a good while. (Hey, when you live on the 13th floor it takes 5 minutes just to wait for the elevator)! Anyway, the security guard saw me waiting in the cold on his camera and came to get me. He said "you are cold." and offered me a seat in his warm booth! He then said 4 more English words: apple, banana, sit down. :) He offered me some banana's, cut me an apple and told me to sit down! How sweet!

Then, either later that afternoon or on Saturday, I was taking the elevator back up to our apartment. There was a neighbor lady - who I've met once before - riding the elevator, too. She said, "kimchi, you like?" At first I thought she was just making conversation, but then she said, "You, Me, Kimchi I give!" She brought me to her apartment and gave me like 5 pounds of kimchi! It's super delicious - her mom made it! :)

Anyway, speaking of elevators and apartments, I thought I would post a video that David and I made a few weeks ago. It's a tour of our Korean apartment:

One more video - it's of Goguma.

I'll update later with pictures from last weekend! :)