So while living in Gongju, random things often happen to us. We don't plan for these things, we don't try to make them happen in any way but they just do. For example we happened to come across the lighting of "the" Christmas tree in Gongju at just the right moment, got to meet the mayor once again, (luckily he remembered us from the chesnut festival) and then proceeded to be in the local Methodist Church Christmas photo of the lighting of the tree. It was hilarious!
However, one incident in particular was a little more "spicy" than we cared for. We were walking from the bus stop to my house after church and out on the street, there was a group of about 15 women churning up cabbage and making a smell we well recognize these days. It was kimchi making day in this part of the neighborhood and everyone was pitching in! I made the mistake of getting a little too close, innocently asking if I could get a picture of their mad kimchi making skills. As fast as you could say, 1, 2, 3...."say Kimchi" for the smiling shot, the woman standing closest to me shoved a giant piece of freshly made kimchi into my mouth and then in the next second, another woman nabbed Kayleigh. We smiled and said thanks and started to walk away.
About 20 feet after leaving their presense, both of us looked at each other in utter horror and started spitting it out as fast as we could. Our mouths were on fire, I couldn't feel my lips and for the next 5 minutes till we got to my house, you'd have thought we were 2 rednecks from S. Carolina (if my friend Jeff is reading this, you know I love S. Carolinans!!) spitting left and right till we could start to gain feeling in our tongues again. It was an atrocious experience and one we will not soon forget.
Lesson learned: Fresh kimchi will kill you!
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