Saturday, August 23, 2008

Handsome man!

I'm heading for 신즌 in Seoul and a man steps onto the subway. He gets close, points, and says something. I remove my headphones and sign the body language for, "come again?"

"Handsome man! Handsome man!" He says, pointing his finger obtusely.

I smile and say thank you in Korean. He offers his hand for me to shake. I take it, we smile, he rubs his finger into my palm and pulls his hand away. I play it cool. My hand and my soul don't feel quite right for the next ten or so minutes. However....some Korean man, possibly on the DL, possibly just using some sort of cultural thing I don't understand, thinks I'm pretty handsome. Nice...

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