You know you've lived in Korea for awhile when...
-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!
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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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