I was strolling home from school one afternoon, and I took a wrong turn by mistake. When I realized I was going the wrong way, I figured I'd just keep on walking and explore the neighborhood a bit. If worse came to worse, I could always just hail a cab and be back to my apartment in minutes. Anyway, before long I found myself walking through an open-air, "Traditional Korean Market" (that's what my co-teacher referred to it as). And traditional it was...so traditional that I didn't want to eat a thing they had for sale. Let me give a few examples of the merchandise:
1) Giant
Pig's Heads (which seemed to be staring at me, probably because I was the only white person there.)
2) Dead, raw Manta Rays just hanging out on blankets.
3) Fish that looked like they had been lynched.
4) Live Ducks in small cages (apparently you pick out the duck you want and they slaughter it for you on the spot.
I had an urge to liberate the ducks from their cages but I decided against it...
I was watching a special on the Discovery channel about these Japanese scientists searching for giant squid in the eastern waters. it made me think of you.
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