My Life Follows A Script

It really does. I suspected it. Now it’s been confirmed.

I was helping Sang Jae with an English paper. Correcting verb tenses, suggesting phrases. As it was printing, I picked up a plain paper covered book beside his computer. It was marked with several of those tiny, flimsy, brightly colored post-it note tabs. I started flipping through the book. I’m nosy. I am. I want to know something about everything.

It was a phrase book. Korean on the odd pages, English on the evens. Situational phrases. Job Interviews, At the Airport, Relationships. Oh, this should be interesting. I started reading. Most conversations were four exchanges. I came to one. “I cannot marry you.” “But why?” “Because you are a foreigner. It would create too many problems.”

Oh, my god. I am a living ESL dialogue.