Stephen CP #5

John came over to my apartment and we hung out until his Deacon called and I was invited to eat dinner with him at his house.  The food was really amazing, and I must say that I thought Korean food would be much spicier.  The kimchi was absolutely delicious, the red pepper makes the fermented cabbage taste great.  I must say I was freaked out at first by the idea of eating something that smelled so bad!  Next, I got to try another authentic Korean dish that had radishes seasoned with red peppers like the kimchi.  It was a little spicier and even more delicious, it tasted like it came from the ocean.  Finally, I had these seasoned almonds with seasoned sardines.  The sardines had a sweet explosion of flavor regardless of the unpleasant sound their backbones made as I munched on them.  That was definitely my favorite dish, but I don't know what it was called.  That night I learned that John had a cellphone that allowed him to call Korea so he called all his friends and family at around 8-9pm so that I could talk to them for a little bit.  For them it was the last day of New Year's Vacation.  It was really awkward talking to his family and friends on the phone, but I think it made everybody happy.  I did kind of feel like I was being used as a measure of John's success in the USA.  The last thing John and I talked about was the fact that in the USA guys usually don't listen to girl music like Korean guys do.  I told him that people might call you a homosexual if they saw you listening to Brittany Spears or Lady Gaga by yourself.  He thought that this was pretty strange, but I think he understood my point.  Also, John wants to continue to be conversation partners with me for another 7 weeks.  I think we have become pretty good friends over these first 7 weeks. :)