Men's Club

I seem to have become a member. 

Despite lacking the obvious body parts and facial hair, I have warmly and without reservation, been made a mandatory member of the Men's Club of Daepyung Elementary School.

And although at first it was a bit awkward.  

Now I love it.  

Love it because people talk to me!

I'm still baffled - completely baffled - that the women at my school - my own gender - choose to avoid me like the plague.  Which I don't have!  So there is NO REASON TO IGNORE me!  But they do.  And it's shit.

So the fact the men want me to join, want to talk to me, are happy when I show up to meals, join for beers or even help clean out a nasty, dirty, old storage unit at school… makes it ok by me to be a only (token?!) foreign, female to join them on their outings.  

Now that volleyball has ended (2-1), I have seen them less in the last few weeks and it is really sad. 

Hopefully things will pick up again and the boys will be back in action.  Because I miss my school friends.  I miss having a greater connection to my job and the people I work with.  I miss feeling like I belong there and am not still a guest after all this time.  

Here's hoping for an active year with the Men's Club!

(in the most non-perverse, non-sexual way ever possible!)

Photo-

Left side: Hyung Geun, Seung Hee, Si Hwan

Right side: Joo Hyun, Duck Joo, Mr. Baek (VP), Seong Jin