APPA: Good.

JUNG: Still single, ready to mingle?

APPA: She has boyfriend now.

JUNG: She has a boyfriend now?

APPA: Yah.

JUNG: You sure?

APPA: Yah, I was supervise. (Beat.) She is upstair too.

JUNG: Lotta condos going up, eh? It’ll be good for business. A good location is finally building itself around the store. (Beat.) Remember when I wanted to run the store all by myself? I was eleven. You told me I was too short, so I went to the back of the store, strapped milk crates onto my feet, and came out walking tall. (Steps up on a milk crate, then steps down.) You were so impressed you let me run it for twenty minutes, all by myself. Eight customers.

APPA: I let you run store all by you self because you pass my test.

JUNG: Right. Your Korean history test.

APPA: My proud moment Korea history test.

JUNG: Right.

APPA: Beat. 1592. 1592.

JUNG: 1592? Oh, uh, that’s Admiral Yi-Soon Shin invents the Turtle Ship. The world’s first ironclad battleship in 1592.

APPA: Sixty-six.

JUNG: 1966 World Cup soccer. North Korea beats Italy in the sixteens to advance to the quarter-finals.

APPA: Eighty-four.

JUNG: 1984. Hyundai’s Pony arrives in Canada in 1984. Its initial 5,000-unit projection totals at 50,000 units sold, becoming Canada’s best-selling car that year.

APPA: Sea of Japan.

JUNG: Sea of Japan doesn’t exist. The body of water between Korea and Japan is called the East Sea.

APPA: Kim Hyung-Soon.

JUNG: Kim Hyung-Soon. The Korean guy in America who crossed a peach and a plum, inventing the nectarine.

APPA: Ninety-eight.

JUNG: Ninety-eight? 1998. Uh . . . LPGA. Se Ri Pak becomes the first non-White woman to ever win the LPGA golf championship, which is still dominated by Korean women today.

APPA: O-two.

JUNG: 2002 World Cup soccer, hosted by South Korea and Japan. Korea placed fourth. Also, 2002 international breakdance champion is a Korean guy named Bruce Lee. He did this one move, Appa, oh, you gotta YouTube him.

APPA: Ten.

JUNG: 2010. Vancouver Olympics. Yuna Kim wins the gold medal in figure skating, beating out that Japanese girl.

APPA: Thirteen.

JUNG: Thirteen? Uh . . . Park Ji-Sung. His number. The captain of South Korea’s national soccer team. And Manchester United’s midfielder. Third Lung. They call him Third Lung ’cuz he’s not a finesse player, but he never gives up.

APPA: Good. Very good.

JUNG: I have a son, Appa. He’s two months old. That’s right, you’re a halabujee now. (Gives him the photo.) That’s him. He’s really big for his age. I was thinking maybe if I start him early enough, he could make the NHL. First Korean NHL superstar. What do you think?

APPA: What his name?

JUNG: Sonam. Sonam Kim. It’s a Tibetan name. It means “The Fortunate One.”

APPA: His mommy is Korean?

JUNG: No. She’s Tibetan. She’s from Tibet.

APPA: You married?

JUNG: Yeah. No. No, I’m not married.

APPA: What you doing job? Working?

JUNG: Yeah, I rent cars to people. I work at Discount Car Rental in Parkdale.