So this woman just ran my door bell and looked super embarrassed when I opened the door, I figure there could be three reasons...
1. Ringing some random person's doorbell after 10 at night.
2. I got them big scary round eyes.
3. My naughty tank top that shows my shoulders and my chest.
I kinda hope it's number three but that's mostly because I'm still up and doing stuff and I'm sick of getting stared at.
In case I haven't mentioned this before shoulders are a bit of a no-no here. The president (yes the new female one just voted into office) signed a law very early in her term to impose a fine on women who are too scantily dressed. It was pretty loosely worded so shoulders (which are improper to show here) and super super short shorts (which everyone wears) could both be included. Basically anything that makes someone else "uncomfortable" can get you fined about $45.
Hurray for progress, way to vote in the only non-progressive female who would ever run for office.
Now, because all I have are crappy translations in snarky "foreigner" magazines and websites I'm not sure if this applies only to females or to males too; those bedazzled ties really make me uncomfortable and they could make a fortune clearing those out of my high school alone...
Sorry the picture is pretty terrible, I just took a quick shot with my cell phone. I wasn't planning on posting it. But yes it's pink, flowery, and covered in rhinestones.
So some guy made a video showing the great variety of these ties...and it's from 2009 so this isn't just a passing fad...I don't know if that's a good thing or bad thing. So funny yet so so awkward. I can't get the video to embed so check out all the shiny goodness here: Bedazzled Ties
As a last note I just want to point out that shoulders are ok in the US and other western countries but super shorts are frowned at (especially the way they're done here) but shoulders aren't ok in Korea but short shorts are almost an expectation. It's interesting how the two norms are totally reversed. It's kind of representative of life here in general.
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