Miguk or Oe`guk

'Miguk' is used for America or American and 'Oe`guk' or 'Oe`gugin' means Foreigner.

Everyone has told me that I would hear people saying 'oe`guk' or possibly 'miguk' a lot, especially children. However, I have not heard either of these words once, unless you count hearing it from the other foreigners who keep telling me I will.

Last night that all changed. As I headed out for a 3 mile walk a little girl noticed me and said something along with 'oe`guk'. Then got very excited when she realized that there were 3 of us. What made it even funnier to me was that I had just mentioned the previous night how I hadn't heard either names yet. That was after I inquired about if I would be called a 'Miguk oe`guk' or a 'Oe`guk Miguk', if I combined them both. I don't think the other foreigners I was with found this funny. But I am an American and I am a Foreigner, so doesn't that make me an American Foreigner?

Also, on our way home from the walk I past a cute old couple. The interesting thing is that the woman recognized me as I did her. I had seen this same couple on Monday and Wednesday nights at the second bus stop I wait at on the way to Tae Kwon Do. On Monday, when I first saw them I thought how cute they were together, how they interacted while sitting and waiting. She kept swinging her feet. Just seeing them made me smile and think of my own hopeful future and wondering what my husband and I would be like when we get old, wise, and gray.

On a last note, I found it interesting that the church where we have Tae Kwon Do was full of boys from the military. They were all dressed in uniforms and had their guns. We asked our 'master' about it. We were told that they do it about twice a year because of North Korea. That was all we got, still just interesting to see an army having a training session in a church.