Hi. Hello
My name is Hayden
Today, I have a new corner.
The title is "Hayden. what did you learn today?"
So what I learned today...
Today with my partner, we walked around a bit
It was near Chang Gyeong Goong
I dont really have an interest for palaces
So I was like 'whatever, I see, I see'
Next to it, there's a hospital, and in that hospital, there is a garden.
When you go to the garden, there is a very nice view
After seeing that view, I was very amazed at its beauty
The sun was out and the scenery was just very nice
She told me this palace is a part of a bigger palace
This area was where princesses and 'second' wives lived
And the king lived in a different building
and...
omg my brain doesnt work
Suddenly changing from English to Korean, my brain isnt working
She told me that it was a palace
But when the Japanese colonized Korea, they treated this building as a zoo
So a lot of old people know this [building] as Chang Gyeong Won
which is basically a zoo
where they keep animals caged and people go to see animals
and I dont mean animals as a metaphor
but actually [just] animals. Because when she told me that
I thought "they tortured people there?"
And people watch people there? I don't get it.
and she said 'no, animals'
She basically said this palace was 'downgraded' into being a zoo [from a palace]
But then after the Japanese left
Did they leave?
After colonization ended, [Korea] rebuilt the [palace]
and saved what it was originally. and historically to Korean history
Now it's back to Chang Gyeong Goong
I thought that was really interesting
I dont know if this is written there?
I haven't even been there to actually read what they tell you about the palace.
To have someone tell me this, it's very interesting...
Yeah! and at the same time!!!!...
I was gifted this tshirt and I wanted to take a photo of it
With a nice background
So I went to the garden at the hospital.
It says Queer queer queer in the back.
While taking photos, there was an older man, who I felt was was looking at my direction.
So when we made eye contact, I said 'Hello'
My partner said 'why are you saying hello?'
And I said "I dont know, he was just staring at me, so I just said 'hello"
Then he asks me,
Have you been to the Queer Festival?
I heard Queer Festival, So I answered 'yes'
but my partner said 'what did he say?''
I said, 'he said Queer Festival'
I think we were both just very startled
because we didn't expect this man to say 'queer festival'
So I asked him "How do you know [about it]?
He said 'well you can look it up anywhere'
It's not that hard to find, I guess was his implication.
By the things people say, you can get a vibe
You can kind of tell if they are anti, pro, or just neutral
He was saying yea Korea is still quite conservative
we're not very open about LGBT
But, you know, times are changing
I just remember his hands
Implying that things are getting more positive and changing, getting more visible
This is a very interesting interaction.
We just talked and then left
It's such an interesting interaction.
It was so unfortunate because I wish we had a conversation because I had a lot of questions to ask
Like 'how he came about it, what he thinks about it, etc"
It was a very regular day that turned into something pretty interesting
So that's what happened today
I got something positive out of that interaction
It was unique
My partner told me that people there are white collar/ upper class
So that's possibly why he was able to read English
And also maybe more exposed to things
than the average person [in Korea]
Then I started asking myself, "I wonder how he knows?"
The way he said [queer] just flows from his mouth
I started making all these judgements and assumptions
If 'queer' is not in people's vocabulary,
it doesnt come out so softly and so flowly [smoothly]
because to be honest
not many people know about LGBT in Korea
and on top of that, they don't know the word 'queer'
So, it made me wonder
This guys is either really anti-LGBT and really religious and conservative
that he knows the word 'queer' and LGBT people and same-sex couples in Korea because
he's just around people who look up that just to hate on people
Then, the other side of me thought
I didn't even know what to think, to be honest
I get that people can randomly see articles and stuff
The way he was saying was like' you know, if you look it up online, it's just everywhere
And I'm just like "Why would you look it up online?"
What were you trying to find?
Yea, that's right.. cuz if you look it up. Sure, there's so many things that have articles about queer stuff
But.. Who really looks it up?
You're either looking it up to find information for yourself,
or you're looking it up because someone around you, just came out to you...
Or someone around you is.
Or you're really curious about it
or you dont like [LGBTQ people] and you look up and go online to hate on them
I mean, those are my assumptions
I dont know how other people will read into my situation
but that's how I read into this
interaction. This was my interpretation of my interaction
I think I was just too [caught off guard] to have a clear head
to have a conversation
anyway, so that's what happened to me... and that's also what I learned about Chang Gyeong Goong
Yea, it was all very interesting today
That was today's "Hayden, what did you learn today?" first episode
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