Korean Culture Part 1

So far what I have realised about this culture is that they are extremely friendly real people. Obviously I don't understand what they say in Korean but from what I have gathered they are real. And when they do laugh they really think something is funny and that a lot of the time. 

But as they can laugh I can laugh as well at some of the things they do which is so much different than the western culture. One of the first things I have learned was to take off your daily shoes and leave them outside or in the front door passage way. I thought to myself this is extremely weird and actually quite a hassle at first or actually I still think so. Everything later on smells like stinky feet and smelly shoes. It's only winter now so I wonder how it's going to be in the summer months.

The whole reason behind taking off your shoes and putting on another pair before entering a building is influenced by the Chinese culture. They believe by taking your shoes off and putting on another pair for inside wear only keep the dirt out. If you think about it it kind of does keep the dirt out but they also see dirt as the unseen dirt, dirt of the world or the human kind. So it's kind of quite a valid reason and really interesting.

So on my first day of school I got handed a pair of "slippers" but it's more like sandals which is really not nice and looks like it came from I don't know what age.... But anyway I had to wear it. If in Rome do as the Romans do except in this case like the Koreans do it.... Anyway here is a picture of my beautiful shoes that will soon be replaced by a decent pair of pump shoes or something nice.