update #2

HIYA!

So, yeah, my boss is one. But I meet lots of people who are wonderful to me. I'll tell of some people who have not been wonderful at all. My next door neighbors. We've never met. I've said hi to them several times, politely, in Korean, and a "hello" in English. But they never respond, never acknowledge me, never make eye contact, never show any outward sign that I exist. I'm surprised, really, that they don't at the very least, bow their heads a little as an acknowledgement that I've greeted them and that they've heard me and know that I'm somewhere in their general vicinity! But, hey, never mind. I don't take it personally. I don't really care that they are like this. I don't say that I understand. I might understand why they are like this, but my understanding may be a misunderstanding! No, I'm fine. I'm only writing about them to give balance. And there are others who are not all smiley face and nice and everything. It's just that the majority are.

The landlady brought down some holiday food after coming back from visiting relatives. She knows I'm vegetarian so the only "non-vegetarian" food she brought down was fish! I unknowingly at one piece of this stuff that didn't look like fish. While eating it I suspected that it might be so I looked at the other piece ... sure enough. It was good but I don't feel like I want to go running out to look for fish food. It was no big deal. She brought two big pumpkins from the visit, and gave me one! Nice.

Today, a guy I met a week or two ago drove me around to do some things I've wanted to do. He took me to a place that another friend recommended. I want to get some liquid fertilizer like I knew in Thailand. The method originated here in Korea. The guy's name is Dong-u. He drove me to this incredibly isolated place. Took a long time to find it. When we got there a lady was really really helpful. They have a product I could have bought. But it's in powder form and would need to be mixed in with the soil. I want a liquid that I can pour on. I gave this lady some information about the Korean Natural Farming Association, which pioneered this liquid fertilizer but she couldn't contact anyone. Before we left, another lady brought in several long long cucumbers and some kind of squash and gave them to me. These were grown with the fertilizer that they sell. She just gave them to me. Wow.

The people at the temple, I won't even go into it. They're so good to me.

And my boss, he's good to me, really good. But I can see that part of his motivation may very well be that I'm an employee. He should get along with employees. I do feel that he's going way beyond what's necessary to build a positive working relationship but I don't complain. We agree that our relationship isn't just about money. But it's about respect and yakity yak. I really feel comfortable around him. But I can see some really negative things his personality and his behavior. For some reason though, I am comfortable with him.

Enough of this.