When you open the door?

I see bees, ants, coconut trees, and things that I couldn’t see back in Korea. This is what I see when I open the door in Saipan. In contrast, I see beautiful trees, yard, dog, and things that I love so much when I open the door in Korea. However, it is almost impossible to change the things I see in Saipan because almost all of them are natural things. However, if there is one thing that I want to change from what I see now when I open the front door is: half naked man hitting a coconut tree with his machete.

I lived in Saipan for one and a half year and there is something that I can’t seem to tolerate. It is half naked man with his machete. It is scene that is hard or impossible to imagine in Korea. I mean come on… half naked man with machete in Korea? It is going to be on the top news. However, in Saipan, it is typical to see Chamorro swinging his machete. I have to be honest with myself; it freaks me out every time I see it.

I don’t know how other people tolerate their neighbor walking around half naked with a huge machete. First of all, it is really scary. It’s not like he is smiling and saying hello to me every time but rather stare at me chewing beetle nut. Did you see a Chamorro chewing his beetle nut carefully? You can tell that these people aren’t normal. Their eyes are red and teeth are black. Now that I gave you some imaginable description THINK. Red-eyed Chamorro half naked swinging his machete EVERY SINGLE MORNING. Now can you get the picture?

What I want to see when I open my door is beautiful trees with bird chirping and neighbors with their night gown and a cup of coffee reading news paper. Maybe that is too much for Saipan… but at least… people shouldn’t take their shirt off and swing their machete every morning and stare at their neighbor.