-luxury is a public restroom with Western-style toilets, soap, and paper towels to dry your hands on (warm water is still asking too much, though ;) )
-you actually choose things from the menu that have the word

(kimchi) in them to be certain the taste will be familiar
-it bothers you to see someone on tv pass something to another person using only one hand
-the word

("miguk") grabs your attention
-your computer can read the Korean font :)
-you talk is no good grammar. More easy for Koreans to understand.
-you add syllables to the ends of your words (as in "finish-ie," "English-ie," "orange-y," "friend-uh").
-you whine like a Korean
-you can hum along to the Korean pop songs on the radio
-it doesn't faze you to share a pot of soup with 6 other people digging in with their own spoons
-you snack on potatos or sweet potatos- cooked, but eaten with your hands
-you're excited when there's seaweed for dinner
-you're miffed when someone doesn't remark that you're beautiful when they first meet you
-it's a reflex to remove your shoes upon entering a house
-you don't notice how long you've been sitting on the floor
-you instictively bow when greeting someone or saying goodbye
-you stare at foreigners you don't recognize, wondering all the same things about them that the Koreans wonder about you
-using a fork feels strange
I'm sure there are tons more, but that's a start!
3 Comments:
Hopefully, some of those things will not stay with you when you come back. :)
Yeah, especially the whining like a Korean part.
You'll have to make notes like this on American culture when you get back so we can see how strange we are.
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