As I sit here and sip coffee on a Sunday morning, checking email and checking chores off my To Do list (laundry, dishes, boring household stuff), I am struck by two things:
1. How so NOT different Sunday mornings feel here vs. back home
2. The subtle differences, when they are present, such as...my appliances sing to me:) Instead of a buzzer or a click or a ding, my washing machine turns on with a little tune, and plays a bit of classical music (in a very midi way, of course) when the cycle is done. My dishwasher also alerts me with a little tune both as it's about to start, and when it's finished. If there is something amiss - the door isn't shut all the way, the setting is wrong, etc. - there is no noisy buzz or beep, but instead a sweet little tuneful something to say, "Attention here, please, as you need to tend to something that is not right."
This is one of the things about daily life in Korea that makes me smile. And I'm certainly glad I've moved from the noisome buzz to the tuneful plea in terms of machine attention-grabbing. I can only imagine how startling it would be to go in the opposite direction!
1. How so NOT different Sunday mornings feel here vs. back home
2. The subtle differences, when they are present, such as...my appliances sing to me:) Instead of a buzzer or a click or a ding, my washing machine turns on with a little tune, and plays a bit of classical music (in a very midi way, of course) when the cycle is done. My dishwasher also alerts me with a little tune both as it's about to start, and when it's finished. If there is something amiss - the door isn't shut all the way, the setting is wrong, etc. - there is no noisy buzz or beep, but instead a sweet little tuneful something to say, "Attention here, please, as you need to tend to something that is not right."
This is one of the things about daily life in Korea that makes me smile. And I'm certainly glad I've moved from the noisome buzz to the tuneful plea in terms of machine attention-grabbing. I can only imagine how startling it would be to go in the opposite direction!
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