So, 4 months into my homestay and I have yet to cook. I am not allowed to touch anything in the kitchen except chopsticks and spoons, which, by the way, I am now a 36 Chambers master of chopsticks; I can kill a man with such descreet and seemingly harmless utensils.

Anyway, I decided to be bold today and touch an appliance, for I had pizza that needed a reheating. I turned on the 1950s era toaster oven and walked away. I come back 5 minutes later and it is clear that though it's timer is ticking, there's no heat. How can this be so complicated? There's one control, that's it, one! My host mom walks into the kitchen to discover my meddling with her domain and proceeds to pull me out of the way and show me how to plug it in.

I was backhanded pretty hard by my propensity to prove that kitchen's aren't just for 추 부 's. 4 Months out of practice cooking will make you pretty dumb I guess. I'll never touch another thing in the kitchen for as long as I live in Korea.