When we moved in to our apartment, we noticed some funny smells. For one, we could smell all sorts of different foods being cooked throughout the building, and probably the complex. There was some kind of odor coming from under the sink, which we could never find the source to, so we loaded it up with Lysol in an attempt to neutralize it. Then there was this stagnant, fishy smell that just kind of permeated the air. But who knew what it could be. We are, after all, in an foreign land half way around the world with completely new foods and customs, not to mention all the seafood they eat here. It could be anything!
So a few weeks later, I’m jumping around in the living room one evening, playing with Ezekiel, when I notice something on top of the cabinet right next to the front door. It was normally out of eye sight, but I caught a glimpse on my way up to the ceiling. I go over to inspect and to my shock find that we have a sizable, dried up fish friend watching over us. What a lovely gift for the previous tenants to leave us. Boy, was he putting out a rotten stench! After snapping a few shots, I promptly took him out to the trash.
We not-so-lovingly dubbed him “Fish Man.”
That is HILARIOUS!! And nasty all at the same time!
“Ummmm….yessss…that’s disgusting”
That’s great. I think you should have kept him and mounted him on the wall when you returned to the States.
Sarah ! ‘the fish man’ you said is to hope to be happy,peaceful,luck in Korea. and a bunch of thread means longevity. i don’t have it in my house but hanging a dried pollack with a bunch of thread is a kind of superstition of Korea . i think it makes u shocked :)
I spent two years in Korea in the mid seventies. I arrived in October so I was briefly exposed to all the odors before they froze over for the winter, then in the spring thaw they come back for the summer. It took a little getting used to, but once acclimated I found Korea to be an enchanted land that I really enjoyed.
I didn’t like kimchee or its smell while I was there, but I liked Korea so much I ordered kimchee and bulgogi at the first Korean Restaurant I came to and have enjoyed it ever since. My American wife will even make it for me now after getting the recipe from a Korean friend.