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Inha’s Guide to Dalpo
SUNDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2014
The second year after they moved to Seoul, Dalpo slipped effortlessly back into the city dialect and dressed slightly better. Thus it was that even mop-like hair could not stop Inha’s tutorial groupmate from developing a crush on the tall and mysterious man who drove her every day. After weeks of subtle hints and less subtle begging, Inha agreed to write a list of likes and dislikes to help her friend.
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Uncle Dalpo likes eating egg yolks.
Uncle Dalpo saves up for the piggy bank in his room. If you want to make him happy, give him your loose change.
There is a stack of books in our bathroom and the selection is constantly rotating, but I’m pretty sure Uncle Dalpo is the only one reading them. I’m quite sure he’s currently into 19th century Russian literature. He also pretends to love manga but actually scribbles detailed plot diagrams and analysis inside the covers. Do NOT get into a discussion with him about Naruto, unless you want to cure insomnia.
Uncle Dalpo is not as nice as you think. Sometimes he charges me for driving me to school and other places, especially that one time when I called and asked him to pick me up from a date. He charged my date double ‘for coming out in the middle of the night — what do you think you are doing at this hour, have some decency, you scroundrel’.
Yeah, he sounds like my real uncle’s age sometimes. Which is why he does’t have friends and chats with his GPS when he thinks no one can hear him. The only other people I’ve seen him talk to are my Grandpa’s friends — they meet every Sunday to talk about chess and the Korean war. And drink tea. So much tea.
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