i'm korean?

so i think i found out why my korean friend likes me so much.

he isn't friends with any other koreans in beijing because he says that his chinese won't progress if he just keeps talking in korean to other korean people.

but the thing is, he always tells me that i'm just like a korean person by the way i eat and drink.

unlike his chinese friends, he doesn't feel guilty when we go out to a pricier restaurant to eat korean food. if he brings chinese friends or other people, he always has to treat them or feel bad that it's beyond their budget. with me, he doesn't feel guilty since he knows that my budget allows me to spend more than 2 american a day.

when it comes to eating he is continuously amazed by what i eat. he says my heat tolerance is like a korean, meaning that i'm fine drinking spicy kimchi soup or eating hot peppers. also the fact that i am willing to eat almost anything. as seen from the previous post, type of animal doesn't really concern me.

my drinking method is also similar to a korean i guess. maybe he's too used to chinese people around here who either don't drink, or drink a couple bottles and end up vomitting all over the washroom (something i've seen way too many times). i guess he feels happy that my drinking ability is equal or greater to him so that when he's lonely and wants to go drinking, he knows that i'll accompany him glass for glass. also that i'm willing to drink (disgusting) soju, which most people don't like. okay wait, i don't like it either but i'll drink it.

anyways, i think that's the reason he's friends with me. otherwise, our communication is quite limited as he doesn't speak english and i'm forced to use broken chinese to bond with his also not-so-broken chinese to pump out meaning in our conversations. either way, i'm glad to have a friend here.