listin' up

Deb and I had a very exciting and eventful weekend, but I'm going to refrain from writing about it now because she's all a-snooze and I believe we are going to write a joint post about it. For now, suffice it to say that the soju is, in fact, evil, and here are some lists I've conceived to give you a better idea of South Korea.

List One: Everything's Smaller in Korea
Get your mind out of the gutter. My parents read this for God's sake! But really, not only are the people here tiny, so are alot of other everyday items. I suppose it's only reasonable that small people with small hands have small things for themselves, but I've gotta say, those small things are all better bigger if you ask me. Here are some examples:
1. Hand towels
2. Dish towels
3. Towels in general
4. Brooms: They're about hip-high
5. Serving sizes
6. Cups of coffee: There's only ever one size, and it's small
7. Garbage bags*
8. Garbage cans**

*Speaking of garbage bags, you have to buy a certain kind of (small) garbage bag here, because the sale of the garbage bags pays for waste removal.
**I went to Kim's Club today, which is a supermarket right next door, to buy said garbage bags. However, I didn't know where they were and couldn't figure out how to find them. Asking would have been hard, so I looked and looked to no avail. Finally, I decided to grab a garbage can and carry it around the store until I found a woman who seemed to work there. I pointed to the garbage can, then pointed to a plastic bag that I believe had paper towels in it. She understood and pointed to the register, where I finally saw the garbage bags that had eluded me for the past week. This is how hard simple tasks are when everyone around you is speaking gibberish.

List Two: The Little Things and How They Affect Me
Aside from the language barrier and the food, most of the things that are different here are little things. But as you can probably tell from the title of this list, they still affect me. Here's how:
1. In Korea, when you're born you are 1 year old... I'm 23 years old.
2. No shower curtains... I get water all over the bathroom.
3. You can smoke almost anywhere... I smoke almost anywhere.
4. The ashtrays have little wet napkin-type thingy's in the bottom... That one doesn't really affect me.
5. The chopsticks are metal... I drop food on my right thigh much more often that I did at home.
6. No bic lighters... I use a bottle-opener.
7. They cut meat with scissors... I actually haven't had to cut my own meat yet, so I guess this one hasn't really affected me, either. Eating is more of a a group effort here. I should devote a whole post to eating at some point, it's crazy.
8. When it's raining out, stores have bins by the doors to put your umbrella in while you're shopping... I forgot my umbrella at 7-11.
9. There are only two TV channels in English... I've been watching alot of CNN and watched Sex and the City, more than once (For anyone who doesn't know, this is not something I do.)

And number nine just made me realize I should turn off whatever idiotic show I have on right now and watch a movie, so I'm gonna do dat. I miss everyone, I love everyone, have a great day and be thankful for your shower curtains and large coffees.