Hallyu Back

“(Woman) My boyfriend lives in Jinju because of school and I live in Suwon. We agreed not to do anything on anniversaries since we live so far apart from each other. But on the 100th day of dating, I got off work and saw my boyfriend standing there in front of the restaurant.” “How did you feel?” “(Woman) Like, what is this person doing here?”

“Dancing makes us happy. We can feel that we’re in sync with each other. We began learning to dance together a year ago. We dance in festivals every other month. It’s already our fourth performance.” “How did you two meet?” “We actually met at a Catholic Church. At our church we prayed together and only saw each other’s quiet and careful side, but now we are going around dancing together.”

“Two years ago, I quit my job in sales and lived unemployed for over a year. I looked quite lethargic and pathetic then. I relieved my stress from being unemployed by playing videos games, and I just kept living like that. And just like that, a whole year flew by. At one point I thought, “What am I doing?” so through some courage, well, it was sort of like courage, I started to do a part-time job. After working a little bit, I began feeling refreshed, and I thought that I just had to earn enough money to live and keep going on, so I took on different kinds of work. Now I’m worried that I’ll turn into the person I was when I was unemployed, so I can’t rest for long lengths of time. The thing that bothered me the most then was my mindset. After taking a long break from working, I became lazy, and so I started to think ‘I have to do something!,’ but I didn’t actually do anything. I’ve always hated the type of person that does nothing even if they know what to do, so I couldn’t forgive myself.”