illustrating the awkward side of seoul

Hello, welcome and 안녕하세요.
I am pleased to present you with a collection of illustrations illustrating awkward situations I seem to continually find myself in daily living in Seoul, South Korea.

So: about me:
I’m an extremely average and awkward girl and Korean language major from the UK currently on my year aboard studying here in Seoul.
And about this blog:
I decided to make this just so I can try and preserve some of my most awkward, embarrassing and generally hilarious moments, mostly involving Korean men.


If you're interested:
Here for a Year: my blog about my life in Korea. And you can also see the awkward blog on blogspot.


PS. I don't have a scanner so it's all going to be terrible quality - sorry!
Questions?

Tumblr theme by ahhfred

May 17th, 2012
Overseen at the bustop:This ajumma emptying the contents of her bag. Contents which included an umbrella, two bottles of soju, a back of size C batteries, a screwdriver…. I can’t help wondering what she was searching for. 

Overseen at the bustop:
This ajumma emptying the contents of her bag. Contents which included an umbrella, two bottles of soju, a back of size C batteries, a screwdriver….
I can’t help wondering what she was searching for. 

awkward mosquitoes

piecesofmyseoul:

Huge. Nasty. Relentless.

I have ten mosquito bites on my hands ALONE (three of which are on one thumb). I have bites on my forearms, upper arms, neck, forehead, calves, thighs, ankles, feet, and even toes.

I don’t even WANT to count how many I have. It is getting ridiculous. There are six dead…

I also want to express how awkward and horrible mosquitoes are.

My skin seems to scar from their bites - you can still see where I was attacked by a horde of them in November…

The way they buzz in your ear at night, no matter what you do, how you try and cover your ears -  they will find them and buzz in them at the most irritating frequency possible…


And the places they bite me!! Why!?
So far, I’ve had them on my elbow, on my face, on my toes, wrists -  and the latest couple have come on the palm of my hand and my thumb - right on that bit of skin next to the nail. Honestly, why would you look at that and think “Mm, looks juicy.”
This is already getting ridiculous…  

May 13th, 2012
Oh, how cute.He sent me a picture holding a gummy heart, if that’s not obvious. 

Oh, how cute.
He sent me a picture holding a gummy heart, if that’s not obvious. 

Hi, What's your name? 이름이 궁금해요.
Asketh - Anonymous

비밀이에요 (: 

May 11th, 2012

Poodle Butts

I feel like I should make a blog just for awkward t-shirt slogans I’ve seen.
Today’s winnner is “POODLE BUTTS”

May 10th, 2012
  • may I talk to you?
  • no
  • 미친 시발.... 시발년아!
  • harsh?
May 5th, 2012

Hello, I came across your tumblr while wandering around other tumblrs. I'd like to know a camera you are holding in your profile pic. Btw, as a Korean, I'd like to say sorry about some awkward experiences you've been through! Seriously! these guys are trash..-_-!! I hope you meet nice people here before leaving Korea.
Asketh - Anonymous

안녕 ~ and thank you! The camera I have there is just a single use film camera… you can buy them everywhere in UK but I haven’t seen one anywhere in Korea! 

And nooo, it hasn’t been only bad experiences, I’ll be leaving here next month with some warm memories too and people I’ll never forget (for good reasons as well as awkward ones ^^)

I was waiting for my friend at the station when this ajusshi came up to me…. I’ve completely forgotten how to even draw stick people. D: 

I was waiting for my friend at the station when this ajusshi came up to me….

I’ve completely forgotten how to even draw stick people. D: 

April 30th, 2012
I live in the most  awkward place ever.Our place is at the end of a road of about 20 hotels… Having people over for the first time  -   it’s pretty jokes (: 

I live in the most  awkward place ever.
Our place is at the end of a road of about 20 hotels…

Having people over for the first time  -   it’s pretty jokes (: 

April 13th, 2012

it’s my birthday.

So ask me something. / give me attention

We’re having a party in our flat.
But I’m not going unless someone brings ice tea.

I will just go and buy some now.

April 12th, 2012
I was about to feel bad about this one, because I’m kind of friends with this kid these days.But then I remembered that anything stupid that anyone says to me deserves to be published on the internet. There’s also going to be that awkward moment when he probably finds this link on my facebook… (With a bit of luck, he can’t be recognised from my epicly accurate drawing?) Anyway, I’ll let you know about that, if it happens.   Also, I spilt water all over my desk and my sketchbook was soaked and the felt pen has all run! Sad ! ):

I was about to feel bad about this one, because I’m kind of friends with this kid these days.
But then I remembered that anything stupid that anyone says to me deserves to be published on the internet. 
There’s also going to be that awkward moment when he probably finds this link on my facebook… (With a bit of luck, he can’t be recognised from my epicly accurate drawing?) Anyway, I’ll let you know about that, if it happens.  

Also, I spilt water all over my desk and my sketchbook was soaked and the felt pen has all run! Sad ! ):

Nothing to do with awkward…

Saw this lovely duo at City Hall in the 바람 concert or whatever it was called last week and can’t stop listening to this song! 

I can feel this blog is getting a little more personal and a little less relevant. But how do I feel about that? haha

April 11th, 2012

But some Korean guys are nice? They think foreigners are pretty and actually want to date them, not just to get them in bed?
Asketh - Anonymous

This has been sitting in my messages for a while, sorry, asker.
I was trying to think of the best way to phrase it….

I don’t know about other girl’s experiences - I mean, I definitely see interracial couples and that, but since me and my friends are only in Korea for a year, I think most people won’t take us seriously and guys ‘interested’ in us lot were looking for friends with benefits. And I don’t believe the ones who said they wanted to date me. Most of them just seem desperate.

Saying that, I’ve met a couple of gems. Korea’s no different from anywhere in the world. There are people who you’ll like and people you won’t. 

April 10th, 2012

Words of a Desperate Man

… wasn’t going to post this, but I showed the conversation to my friend today and she encouraged me to (: So, lucky you.


Here are some snapshots of one of the most hilarious conversations I’ve ever had in Korea or otherwise:

15th March
Him: Oh you’re learning Korean?
Me: Yeah
Him: 사랑해요 누나. did you learn it
Me: Yes, but aren’t you older than me? Anyway, your English is good
Him: Thanks but it’s not my writing. My father write it now haha I can just say… I love you. 사랑해요.

Don’t you want to know my job?
Me: what is it?
Him: I will be the public prosecutor. I want to be. I am too busy.
I want to marry England woman because I think England woman will be more power sex abilities than Korean woman.
Me: what?
Him: Yes, European woman have great sex abilities, isn’t it?
Korean girls do not say ahh… ahh during sex
But I think England girls will do.
Yes.
Me: Maybe you’re just no good at it…
Him: Do you want to sex with me? My pennis is small, but I can make you happy.
Me: you expect me to?
Him: I want to show my pennis. Will you sex with me? Then I can make you happy.
I have a condom.
Hello??
Hello??
Will you sex with me? I have no experience, orgasm. You are my first Lady.
My pennis  is clean and I can use great techniques.
Me: How do you know it’s good then?
Him: Ahh.. girl. Just have sex with me. I can make you exciting. Meet first, then sex, you will be excited. 
Anyway, can you give me your phone number?
Me: My phone doesn’t work. (this is not even a lie)
Him: Hmmm it’s confusing. Anyway, can you sex with me??
Me: Why are you so desperate?
Him: In a weekend. Just once… if you hope.. I want to feel orgasm when I sex with woman. I don’t know, Please.
I want to share my temperature with you.
If you want I can visit this saturday.
Me: I never said I wanted…
Him: I have no scams just I want to feel how it is great when I sex.
I am so curious. Just once.. please.
I will bring condoms.
I won’t sex too much I just want to hug you
and I am not ugly.
Please I am so excited..
Me: Calm down
Him: Okay please meet me once. I have do scams you don’t have to worry about that really really if I did anything wrong say to police. I never, ever do dirty actings.
Lady…
Just meet this saturday and say bye bye…. if you want.
Sorry, I am too excited.
Me: what is there even to get excited about?
Him: I don’t know exactly but maybe you and I can feel together..
If you don’t feel anything when you sex, I will go home.. I promise. I love u.

If you want I can hug you with taking off my clothes

17th March
answer please.. Lady I only have times today… I should start to meet you… Where shall we meet?
Me: Well, today I am busy anyway. I don’t care what you want to do with me, the problem is that you are irritatingly persistent and I have no idea who you are.
Him: I am public prosecutor in Korea. And I want to feel orgasm by doing sex with woman. Can you please sex with me? My pennis is cute. You can make me excited.
Shit.
Sex, sex, sex on the beach
My pennis felt great
lady…
please keep manners
Me: You are crazy
Him: Let’s sex today I will make you happy
Me: No

18th March
Him: sex sex sex
sex sex sex sex sex sex

8th April
Lady, you really not want to sex with my pennis?

So, I’m really curious if I’m talking to this guy who claims to be in his twenties or his father? Ugh
I swear, I couldn’t make this up if I tried… 
And the consistent misspelling of ‘penis’ ahhhahaha

April 7th, 2012
I’m not quite up to talking about how awkward my last night was. So here’s a little story about me, 언니 and a security guard. Every time we go shopping there, he says hi or talks to us…. but on a couple of occasions he proper chased us out of the shop. We were kind of worried, because you know, he’s a security guard and all, but he just gave us chocolates and drinks.  Oh, and hello to my new followers! 안녕 안녕 ^^

I’m not quite up to talking about how awkward my last night was. So here’s a little story about me, 언니 and a security guard.

Every time we go shopping there, he says hi or talks to us…. but on a couple of occasions he proper chased us out of the shop. We were kind of worried, because you know, he’s a security guard and all, but he just gave us chocolates and drinks. 

Oh, and hello to my new followers! 안녕 안녕 ^^