Everything is a Production in Korea




In Korea, there is no such thing as doing something half-assed. They go all out for everything. They work hard, play hard, and drink hard. At work, the Koreans can't leave work until their boss does. Even if they don't have work to do, they have to stay until their boss leaves. Sometimes they are at work until 3 a.m. Thank god these rules don't apply to me. Koreans are also very active people. They like to hike, in-line skate, bike, etc. When a Korean person goes hiking, he/she is decked out in the latest gear: soft shell pants, wicking shirt, hardcore hiking boots, trekking poles, and a backpack. The backpack generally has a tin cup hanging on the outside, and inside there is a full meal. Korean meals involve about a million side dishes, and those sides are not ever left out, even when it means that you have to carry 30 different little containers up your hike. You can't just throw on some shoes and go for a leisurely stroll. In Korea, you have to have the latest high-tech attire and equipment for whatever you are doing. The people on bikes are decked out in spandex, have hardcore racing helmets on, and have an outrageously expensive bike. If you in-line skate, you wear spandex, a helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist pads, and pads for anything else you can think of. Koreans also go all out when they go drinking. They will stay out drinking until 5 a.m. It is a common thing to see a man passed out in the middle of the sidewalk, on the subway or even in the middle of the street. One night, Ariel and I watched a taxi driver spend 5 minutes trying to wake up the guy passed out in his taxi. In Korea, when you do something, you take it to the max. You give it everything you've got. This is why Korea is going to take over the world.



This is our "bike gang." We like to ride around Seoul. The sweat bands are a joke, but the Koreans give us lots of thumbs up when we wear them. They seem to think it's appropriate to live in the 80's.




We went to the beach this weekend, and we were the only white people there. It was an interesting experience. As usual, the Koreans go all out when they go to the beach. You can't just throw a towel in a bag and go to the beach. A trip to the beach involves a large cooler with ridiculous amounts of food, umbrellas to cover you from the evil sun (they think being tan is ugly here), and large inflatables to keep you from drowning. A large amount of Koreans don't know how to swim. They are too busy memorizing 300 English words a week to learn to swim. At the beach, there are lifeguards who blow whistles at you when you try to go in the water where you can't stand up. Everyone has some sort of flotation device and no one swims. Oh yeah, the men like to wear speedos.