In my neighborhood, like any neighborhood in South Korea, there is a plethora of convenience stores. Possibly, there is an average of one convenience store per building. I’m not sure, but that’s probably close. The most common are the Seven-Elevens and the Buy-the-Ways. The latter chain has as its name a rather clever, English-based pun – higher in quality than most Korean efforts at English-based puns.
Today, I ran across a store with a stunningly bizarre and ugly piece of modern art in front of it, that had something that may or may not have been intended to evoke some level of punnitry, and also included the word “Way.”
I found it particularly interesting, in part, for a very personal reason: my own family name: this could be my convenience store, much like my father’s failed effort at an auto-wrecking business in the 1970’s was named Way’s Old Car Works.
Here’s the strange modern sculpture – I hope that’s what it is. This picture might make a nice “cover” for my facebook page. Maybe I’ll try that.
[Daily log: walking, 3 km]
