Magical Me

Foreigners do have special powers that allow them to perform simple, everyday, ordinary tasks. This power also aids in general decision making including, but not limited to, how to live life, etc. For example (K=Korean, C=Christy):

K: What is that you are eating?
C: It's red thai curry.
K: Where did you get that?
C: HomePlus (Korean equivalent to Target)
K: You went to HomePlus?
C: Yeah, we go there a lot.
K: Oh wow!

They really find it a small wonder we ever leave our apartments. When we went south to meet Sawyer, there was a lot of concern:

K: How will you get there?
C: By train. (abra . .)
K: How will you find the house?
C: The couple will tell us how to get there. (. .cadabra)
K: Where will you stay?
C: In a hotel, or at a friends place. (Christy swooshes her wand)

Likely the most frequent conversation we have:

C: We want to try (insert Western/Indian/Mexican food restaurant name here) sometime.
K: Oh no, that is too expensive!
C: Oh, like how much?
K: At least $12 for one dish!

Koreans obviously needs a quick lesson in eating out on the West Coast of Canada, where dropping $18 on a mediocre bowl of pasta is par for the course on a Saturday night. We get treated like children a lot too:

K: So you are going to get a dog?
C: Yes! I'm so excited!
K: You know that dogs need food and water and to go to the bathroom.
C: (silence)