Barbara TS#7

This conversation started out with discussion of idioms or sayings such as, “you made my day” or “I dropped the ball.”  Then when I asked Dojun how his day was, he said, “non-stop” which was also funny and we both laughed.  I asked him what that meant and this question led to a conversation about the busy day he had with a meeting of 6 teams working to handle a full schedule of flights to Incheon (spelling could be suspect) which was the S. Korean version of going to Hawaii.  He gave me some really interesting information about the planes and the flights and how the winds work east to west and vice versa.  My understanding of these air concepts is limited but his is not and he understands how the headwinds work and the impact on flights.  As a result of discussing Lowe’s on Guam, we talked about big American stores like Walmart and Costco.  He was familiar with Costco and wanted to know the difference with Walmart.  I tried to explain that Costco and Sam’s Club were membership stores and that customers had to join.  Walmart, on the other hand, is a huge store in which anyone can shop.  He also asked about K-Mart and I explained that many of these stores are closing.  I tried to get the concept of the “big box” store compared to the individually owned stores across using examples and I think that he knew was I was saying.  Dojun is teaching me to be precise when I speak.  When he makes a comment about anything, he usually gives an example.  He said that he liked to shop in K-Mart for presents and then said, “for example, I buy dried fruits like mango” to bring back.