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And you know what time it is. Come on and join me. It’s story time a I said it’s story time. Alright. Today’s story is about food. That’s right. I explained earlier in the lesson that I am a foodie. I love food, and I have a friend who is also a foodie, and we actually became close friends because of that.
So let me explain what happened. So I had been in Korea for about eight years and I came home just for a short break and I was going to go back to South Korea to finish my last year and a half there. Now, when I was going back, I was told by the office, like the head office, that they were gonna place me at a new school, a school I had never been to.
So I was a bit apprehensive because I didn’t know anyone there and. All of my roots, my Korean family members lived in Seoul. For those that know about Seoul, it’s the major city in Korea. And they wanted to move me to the outskirts of the city, look up the word outskirts on the outside, kind of like the suburbs, but a very quiet area.
And I said, you know what? It’s okay. I prayed about it and I decided to go. So when I got there, there were only, I think three or four other Korean teachers, and I think two or three other. Foreign teachers, like Americans or native English speakers. It was a very small school. I left a school that had 10 and another school that had 20.
So this was a very small school. And in the school among the Korean teachers, there was one teacher, and I’ll say her name, Annie, she may watch this video. Her name was Annie and she seems really nice. She seemed very organized and she also seemed to be a very good teacher just from observing her when I first got there and I was like, okay, yeah, she seems.
Basically about business, and I’m a person that is about business. I take my job seriously. And she seemed to be that type of person as well. So anyways, Annie approached me one day and said, Tiffany, you know, would you mind teaching me the Bible Now, we had known each other for maybe a month. We weren’t close, but we saw each other every day at work.
And she recognized that I enjoy teaching the Bible to my students. So I said, sure, no, no worries. She knew I spoke Korean and she also spoke English well, but she said, Hey, I think it’ll be nice to study the Bible with you in English, and if I have questions I can ask you in Korean. I said, sure, no problem.
So we started studying the Bible. We had a great time. She loves God, I love God, and we had great conversations. So we had been studying with each other for maybe about two or three weeks. And again, I noticed that she was a very hard worker. I admired her work ethic, but that was the extent. We didn’t do anything after work.
We just saw each other at work, very cordial, very nice to each other. So one day Annie approached me when we were in the staff room and said, Hey Tiffany, do you wanna go out to eat for lunch? And I was like, okay, sure. You know, I was new to the area. Again, I’m a foodie, but she and I had never talked about food.
She said, you wanna go out to lunch? I said, sure. She said, yeah, there’s an Indian restaurant not too far from here. Now remember I told you my favorite food is Indian? So inside I said, oh yeah, but outside. I said, oh, that sounds nice. Now Annie knows me very well now, so my responses are a lot different. But you know, I didn’t know her that well and I said, oh, okay.
You know, that’s nice. Let’s go. I was excited. So anyways, the next day we decided and we went to the restaurant. So we get to the restaurant, and again, we’re just talking. Great conversation. It was really easy to talk to her. We had great conversation and we talked about life, you know, my experiences, her experiences, and then the food came.
Now when the food came, remember I am a foodie. I love Indian food, so I know what Indian food is good and what Indian food is not good. So the plates arrived and like there was the steam coming up from the curry, and then I saw the non, and I was getting excited because my nose was happy. I could smell that the seasonings.
Mm, they were correct, right? So, but again, I was still talking to Annie and we were just talking. So the food came, you know, we prayed over the food. We, you know, kind of like wiped our hands off and I took a piece of the non, and I dipped it into the curry. And when I put it to my mouth I said, Hmm, it was y’all.
It was good. And I was kind of enjoying it. And in that moment I heard Annie do the same thing like. Ah, this food is good. Now again, a lot of the conversation was happening in Korean because we switched over when we were at the restaurant. So I looked up and I said, this food is good, isn’t it? She said, woo, yes, this food is good.
And I realized, oh my goodness, she’s a foodie too. Needless to say, fast forward. Wow. Has it been four years? Four years. And she’s one of my closest friends. We enjoyed that meal and she realized how much I love food. And we just talked about, oh my goodness, the seasoning, the non is good, the curry is good, this is good.
And we realized how much we loved. So the next week we went out to lunch again, and the following week we went out to lunch again, and we kept going to different restaurants. We would make plans to go and travel. We would go 45 minutes in the middle of the day to go get some delicious food and rush back to work for the afternoon.
We loved food and we bonded over food. Of course, our love for God as well. But she became one of my closest friends and we are still close to this day. All because we found out that we both were foodies. Now, again, guys, you all know how much I enjoy food. I wanna know, are you a foodie? If you are, what’s your favorite food?
Put it in the comment section, Annie, if you’re watching, I can’t wait till this pandemic is over so we can eat. Hmm. Some more good food. Annie, you can come on and visit me in America. Alright guys, thank you so much for joining. I hope you enjoyed today’s lesson. Remember to think and speak in English. I’ll talk to you next week.
I love you and don’t forget to speak English.