Whose story: Young-a

4th of July Fireworks in Pittsburgh

Last Sunday was the Independence Day, the day Americans commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Literally, it is America’s birthday. On the day, Jessy and I went to Ari’s house where we met another Korean couple. It has been a while for us to meet Korean people in my friends’ party. They moved a few months ago from Florida to Pittsburgh. One of the interesting things they told me to us is that they love Pittsburgh so much that they decided to buy a house. Do you know why? It is because they have not seen snow for about 6 years in Florida and finally they saw snow storms in Pittsburgh last Feb. I know most of the people in PGH do not like snow storms in winter. I think this tells me a good lesson.

We should enjoy what we have now instead of complaining about it because what you have is what other people are looking for.

I feel like there should be a good expression for this. Don’t we have?

After dinner, we all went to up to a hill in Schenley park to watch fireworks. Another question here! Why do you have fireworks on July 4th? Anybody knows the origin of this tradition?

After we all sit down on the hill, my new Korean friend, Young-a, told me a funny story related with English. One of her friends works at a clothing store and, one day, a customer came into the store and said, “Hey! Do you have massage?” She thought like, “What the heck is this guy talking about? This place is for clothings.” So, she asked to the customer, “What do you mean by massage? We do not have massage service here.” Then the customer enunciated, “No! No! I mean do you have my size?” Then, she finally realized what the customer was asking. Hearing it, I kind of agree that “my size” could sound like “massage” if you speak fast. What do you think?