Visit to the Buddist Temple

First off, Korean women now have me completely baffled.

I asked out the girl that interviewed me in my haircut post. Her name is Pibi (it's her English name and I think it's supposed to be Pheobe but many Koreans cannot make sound of an "f"). In the original story I left out the part where I asked for her phone number. I called her and we set up a date to go see a Buddist temple. A couple of days after we set the date she called to say her brother was coming too. I thought this was odd, but Nicole told me that this was a good sign because it meant her family was okay with her dating a foreigner. While at the temple Pibi and I were talking and she asked, "Do you have a girlfriend?" Obviously she didn't know she was on a date. It turns out she has a boyfriend and they've been together for two years. I thought my asking her for her number and subsequently asking her out out to do something would send a signal to her that I was interested, but I guess not. But while I won't be dating her, we decided that she would teach me English and show me around Korea, and I would help her with her English. Her English is good so my job will be easy. Her job of teaching me English is likely hopeless.

A while ago I was talking to a Canadian guy who has lived in Korea for a while and he said Koreans are very business-like in every aspect of their life. They do what needs to be done as quickly as possible and then move on. This was the case with my trip to the temple.

We walked through the temple so quickly that I was only able to squeeze off five pictures before we left. We spent about 20 minutes at the temple and 30 minutes at a Buddist museam. There was so much to, see and Pibi and her brother didn't want to waste anytime seeing it. We then went to a restaurant afterwards. The food was very good and those two pigged out like typical Koreans. They were waiting for me to finish, and as soon as I took my last bite Pibi's brother said, "Let's go home." I spent a total of three hours away from my apartment and half of that was in the car.

Despite the rush, it was a good trip. The temple was deep in the mountains and it was very serene. The weather was good, and I saw my first real-life monk. He looked furious. I wanted to take a picture of him but I didn't want his Buddist rage to be unleashed on me. This was the first place I've been to in Korea that didn't have trash strewn across the ground. Hopefully, you're able to see in the pictures I took how nice it was.