for the last month and a half i have been working on losing weight. this is a lifestyle change more than a diet, and it's working. i have lost just over twelve pounds - which is a healthy rate. but more than losing that i have apparently "lost my face" - this according to a bunch of various koreans.
the first time i heard this was back when i first arrived in korea. i wasn't well. i wasn't eating and i guess i was probably a little depressed, so i lost a couple of pounds. one day i walked into school and one of the teachers who sat across from me said, "you have lost your face." i didn't get it at first and she had to try and explain that it looked like i had lost some weight. that was an interesting conversation! i didn't quite believe her, but then my pants were too loose. i started to gain back what i had lost (unhealthily ?is that a word?) so decided to give getting healthy and thin a real shot... so now that i've been at it for six weeks, it's nice to hear that i've lost my face, since that's what i'm going for!
anyway, just thought i'd share that with you all, since i find it a hilarious saying. i've heard this from about five or six different koreans, so it must be a direct translation of some korean saying... lost your face... ha! not to mention the correlation with "losing" or "saving" face that is such a big deal here... they do everything they can to save face and i'm losing mine!
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on another note, i have another freaking cold! what is up with this country and the germs??? i'm sure it's all the contact with kids... who knows how often they wash their hands? at least i have a light week this week... only three days at school #1... school #2 has exams and then the school birthday - both of which i have been told that i need not attend! thank you! and it'll be the same the week after... only three days! i'm going to Japan for the weekend!
the first time i heard this was back when i first arrived in korea. i wasn't well. i wasn't eating and i guess i was probably a little depressed, so i lost a couple of pounds. one day i walked into school and one of the teachers who sat across from me said, "you have lost your face." i didn't get it at first and she had to try and explain that it looked like i had lost some weight. that was an interesting conversation! i didn't quite believe her, but then my pants were too loose. i started to gain back what i had lost (unhealthily ?is that a word?) so decided to give getting healthy and thin a real shot... so now that i've been at it for six weeks, it's nice to hear that i've lost my face, since that's what i'm going for!
anyway, just thought i'd share that with you all, since i find it a hilarious saying. i've heard this from about five or six different koreans, so it must be a direct translation of some korean saying... lost your face... ha! not to mention the correlation with "losing" or "saving" face that is such a big deal here... they do everything they can to save face and i'm losing mine!
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on another note, i have another freaking cold! what is up with this country and the germs??? i'm sure it's all the contact with kids... who knows how often they wash their hands? at least i have a light week this week... only three days at school #1... school #2 has exams and then the school birthday - both of which i have been told that i need not attend! thank you! and it'll be the same the week after... only three days! i'm going to Japan for the weekend!
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