Daniel the taxi driver.

So there we were. It's 2 am on Christmas eve, and I'm in a cab with my friend Sam receiving sage advice on the bizarre art of romancing Korean women. The driver - he referred to himself as Daniel - had a solid grasp of the English language, but apparently had an even stronger grasp on obtaining the affections of his country-women.

Meeting Korean women is enormously frustrating. It's really a two pronged attack on their part. Not only are they a)often too shy to give their English a whirl, but b) those clever few that can speak my tongue often only engage us yanks in the hopes that we will buff up their English chops. Yes, men of the west, don't believe these misbegotten perceptions that you have of Korean women. You will not be able to saunter into their country, set up at a bar stool, and sweep them off their feet simply because you say "fuck" just like the movies. No no, these women are so much more clever than that.

Daniel engaged Sam and I in conversation, so of course we felt the need to expound upon the issues most relevant to us: most of which had to do with the frustration in our personal lives. Is there anything we could do to engage these fragile and mysterious creatures? While the problem seemed largely complicated to us, Daniel, on the other hand, believed it was really an easy fix.

Daniel's rules to meeting and romancing Korean women:

1. Meet, and show limited interest. Nothing new.
2. Second rendesvous; show more interest and ask them for a private dinner. Aka, a legit western date. Still nothing new.
3. Make an attempt to physically engage your woman. Sam and I are transfixed at this point.
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and at that point Daniel veered into the sexual proclivities of Korean women. While his speech was interesting, there was little practicality to it. Sam and I walked away from the cab knowing way too much about the cultural relevancy of the missionary position, and way too little about how to actually engage in the process of getting there. That, and Daniel drove the slowest cab in all of Ulsan.

All in all it was an amazing night.