강미 | learning koreanOn 아줌마s
I passed a couple of Korean 아줌마s this morning on my way to work. Even here (thousands of miles from Korea), it’s easy to spot them from behind: the visor, the 파마, the pants, the pace. I mused on the nature of being an 아줌마, wondering if the view that I have meshes with the perception that Koreans have.
Helen Sung’s Am I An Ajoomah? was the first step in convincing me that they do (my apologies to the Korea blogger who first referenced this article...I can’t remember who you are). This evening’s 인삼차 and chat with 인선 was the second. She says that now that she’s 29, she may as well be proud of her age, so being called 아줌마 is not so stressful any more.
Me? I still resist it, but I am starting to accept my 아줌마ishness. It’s almost too late to deny it.
But you’ll never catch me in uniform.
Posted by kangmi on August 31, 2004 at 10:50 PM2 comments
