Dear Korea - you are just full of surprises!

South Korea | January 19, 2010

Dear Korea,

I had to write again and say thank you.

Honestly, I didn't know you listened to me.

I mean, well, I thought that maybe you humoured me and smiled and nodded, but I really didn't think you were taking any thing I said seriously.

And then I wake up this morning and it is 10 degrees outside.

A whole 10 degrees above zero.

Do you know how happy that made me? It was like a belated Christmas present which had been kicked to the back of the room and forgotten about, only found when you pack up the tree and do that massive clean afterwards.

I walked outside wearing four less layers.

I felt so free I did a little dance in the courtyard between all those shops in my neighbourhood.

Yes, maybe your people thought I was a little strange.

And yes, that one woman moved her children away from me.

And I am pretty sure that another one sprinted off to get some sort of authority figure.

(Yes, I know, we have been through that. I do remember the policeman you sent to tell the yellow-haired sir that dancing was norebang yes, street no and for the most part I have tried to limit my dance performances to my own home. For the most part. Sometimes the groove zone comes and I just can't help myself.)

And today, I really couldn't. Help myself that is. I felt free, I felt unburdened. I could lift my arms above my head without fighting the weight of a thermal undershirt, shirt, two jackets and a cape.

So thank you Korea. Today, with your whole 10 degrees you have made me smile. Others might complain about the rain you sent along with it. Not me. Not today.

Stay warm K, stay warm.

Yours in dancing in the street,

Me

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