Silk. I got silk!

[herveus]

After getting done what I needed to do at work this morning, I moseyed back toward the hotel. I did some shopping on my way and then pointed myself in the direction of Seomun market. I was able to find the silk vendor I bought a bunch from a year and a half ago. After a bit, she did remember me. Seeing that I was manifestly hot, she offered to procure me an iced coffee. I accepted gratefully.

I got the yard of red that was left on the bolt, plus the five that were left on the bolt of the periwinkle blue. I also got some silk for a specific request. She didn't have one of the colors, but a phone call got a bolt sent over from the office. Service! I also got some medium blue (sort of a sky blue) and a deep blue. Then there was the green -- quite bright but not neon.

Happy dance.

I also made lots of people smile. They just are not used to beards like mine. I even got to be a rock star. You know. Teenage girls wanting a picture taken with me. Lots of fun.

I spoke of baseball announcers using English words in the commentary, sort of as a technical sub-language. It's the same with golf. Speaking of a player's standing, it's " 3 under par ". I guess they don't get hung up over finding or inventing Korean words for technical terms when there is a perfectly fine English word or phrase.