Who are you?
I can't remember exactly when it started, but I think it was after Christmas. Or, maybe even after Sissy came over. Or maybe well before all this and I just never noticed... But there is a foreigner guy who must live reasonable close to my school who I pass most mornings as I am walking towards the station. Seeing where is in relation to how far I am from school has turned into a way of me deciding if I am running late or not. He is def not military (wrong hair cut) so I am assuming he is a teacher of some sort.
But he must be a hagwon teacher, because I usually see him just before 8:30 am and he is hurrying towards the subway. I am pretty sure he is going in the Cheongnyangni/Guro direction not the Pyeongtaek direction but of this I am not yet certain. I really want to stalk him to see which train line he heads towards but I just don't have the spare time in my mornings for stalking. Not at nearly 8:30 anyway.
So most mornings I am heading towards the stairs and he is coming up the stairs to go into the station. Sometimes he is rushing, and that's when I know I am also late (this is another reason I think he catches the Cheongnyangni subway, because it leaves about this time). Sometimes I am a little earlier and I see him at the bottom of the stairs. This morning the plot thickened as I saw him across the street from the station in the direction of my school. So he is coming from the side street I cut down to get to school. Where do you live, foreign stranger? Why don't we ever see you at the Ptaek gatherings on a Tuesday night? Are you not on FB? When did you get to Korea? I don't understand so many questions...
I know it sounds unrealistic, but I like to think I know most of the teachers that live in my immediate area. I am shocked that there is a teacher living so close to me that I don't know. Which is another reason I came to the conclusion he doesn't teach around here.
1. He catches the subway in the mornings (I assume to work)
2. He must work at a hagwon. Any public school would start at 8:30 and he is on the subway then.
3. I have never seen him at any of the bars around Songtan or Ptaek.
4. He is always well dressed so he must have some sort of respectable job.
So is it all that unrealistic that I don't know another teacher in my area???
I totally get I seem like a creeper even writing this post, but WHO IS THIS GUY? And the question all you girls are dying to know? Yeah I spose he is kinda good looking. Blondish hair, not too tall seems of average build. Looks American but so does everyone who isn't Korean. I saw him one time on a weekend with some Asian girl who looked pretty. Gf maybe??? I am so curious its killing me.
Yes, I suppose I could stop him one morning and ask him who he is and why is he here. It might be a little confrontational, but I am curious. Except that he is always rushing to the subway. Plus I really need to get to school, cos if I see him at the top of the stairs I am running late. The other thing I guess I could do is to go to school early and kinda loiter around the cut-through street and see where he walks from. But if he lives in Songtan why doesn't he ever go out on the weekend???
To wrap it up, if anyone knows who this mystery guy is, tell him I promise I am not as weird as I come across in this blog post, I am simply curious as to who the other foreigner is in Songtan. And I want to say hi. And that he should leave his place 5 mins earlier and then not have to rush :)
Laterz
xoxox
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