Koreans of all ages love games. Teens will spend their entire summer break inside a smoky, dim PC Bang (internet cafe) playing computer games (Sudden Attack or Maple Story to name a few). You'll hear groups of children and adults screaming "Kai Bai Bo!" at every corner you turn! You will pass by ajusshi (old Korean men) in alleys yelling and pounding soju while on their knees throwing wooden sticks onto a large dotted paper in a traditional game of Yut-Nori. And the sidewalks are filled with fun games. There are batting and golfing cages and shooting ranges in every neighborhood. Get your stress out on a punching machine or show off your sexy strong leg by kicking soccer balls attached to levers that accompanies a loud game scoring. Or simply take your mind off of life with a completely impossible, money-sucking claw crane machine. This time, you think, this time I'll get that super cute smiling radish plush or that massive metal trophy-looking object. And your friends will be standing near cheering you on, screaming Aza!! Fighting!!
It took me a few weeks to pronounce PC Bang correctly and even when I said it correctly all my students would laugh at me. And I asked if I'm saying it correctly and they said yes, and I asked then why do you still laugh and they said, because it sounds funny when you say it. I miss my students!
ReplyDeleteOh and isn't it funny how there are those claw machines on random streets in the middle of nowhere. I remember just walking on a street and there's a claw machine. Not even in front of a shop or anything. Just there, by itself, waiting for someone to give it some action. So random. God I love Korea
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