Friends. Every Korean who is fashionable has a Major League Baseball cap (there are more Oakland A's hats here than there were in Oakland) and at least one or two t-shirts with English writing on them. Although this is trendy, I'm not so sure that every one who is wearing an English shirt knows what the shirt says. For example, I have seen a man wearing a shirt that says "New York Mental Institution" on it with an inmate number on the back. Do you think he really knew what that meant?
Anyhoo, the other day I was eating at a restaurant that was on the second floor of a building and next to a window. I was people watching when I noticed that one man was wearing a Nebraska Huskers football shirt. I started waving frantically and pointed to my shirt, as if to say, "Dude! I'm with you! Go Huskers!" despite the fact that I was not wearing a Huskers tshirt of my own. He did not/chose not to understand me and walked away shaking his head.
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Wonderful to see that happens in Korea as well as the foreign country known as Chicago. Chicago if you remember your geography is only 2 states away not 2 oceans. I even get a moment of joy when I see a Crete freight truck on the tollway because I know there is a Nebraska connection. Tom Ricketts owning cubs. I could go on and on. Love your blogs Jackie and love you. Miss you Aunt Therese
ReplyDeleteI am moving to Korea in June (or August) from Lincoln. I was just going a google search to see if there were any other husker fans or Nebraskans in Korea. Looks like I've found one! Are you from Nebraska? Still in Korea?
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