1. You start telling people they should “take a rest.”
2. Blue eyes can put others into a state of hypnosis.
3. A single bar of soap can kill the bacteria on the hands of 1,000 people.
4. You’re getting used to fruit flies buzzing around your head.
5. You love buying food in the supermarket that is scotch-taped to something else.
6. The wait staff likes to cook your food and feed it to you.
7. You cross your arms in an X every time you say NO or disagree about something.
8. You think you’re back in university after hearing loud drunks stumbling home at 4am on a Sunday morning… but then realize its 50 year olds wearing suits.
9. Koreans seem to be able to find anything from “www[dot]daum[dot]net” but you’re not even sure what kind of site it is.
10. You feel like you’re playing Frogger every time you walk to school or have lunch in the cafeteria.
11. Parking a car means turning off the engine.
12. You find yourself chopping vegetables while sitting on your bed because there is no counter space.
13. Your fate is often determined through a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors.
14. People just love to watch your groceries go through the checkout.
15. Clerks in the stores stand at attention and ready to pounce on you with customer service.
16. Dishes and ironing are taking up too much of your spare time.
17. You’ve-ah started talking like-ah this-ah.
18. No matter where you are standing, you are always in an old lady’s way.
19. You actually prefer bowing to saying hello.
20. People only need to walk one block to reach a convenience store or PC room.
21. People politely start public trash piles rather than littering everywhere.
22. You find yourself disappointed in the equipment offered at the free public park gyms.
23. You still have no clue how the garbage/recycling system works here.
24. You’re already losing your motivation for temple-stay and learning fluent Korean.
25. Everyone is very impressed with your chopstick skills and kimchi-eating ability.

*I didn’t write any of these myself, but they pretty much sum up life in Korea. *

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