you know you're in Korea when...

Living in Korea has reached a level or normal for me, I am open to the weirdness and I can anticipate the seemingly backwards way of things… so that makes it a little easier.

This is a list that I found when I first moved here on a forum for English teachers that is so funny! But really, they are all so true… if you can only imagine. Enjoy!

You know you’re in Korea when….

…your coffee is more expensive than your lunch

…almost everything you think is going to be chocolate-flavored turns out to be bean-flavored instead

…teenage boys sit on each other's laps, holding hands, and playing with each other's hair

…shirts with atrocious things written on them (ie: little girls wearing things like: “I’m a sex kitten” or playboy bunnies on their backpacks)

…asking your blood type is not a weird question

…eating out is less expensive than cooking at home

…scissors are an eating utensil

…you go to Costco and everyone is eating a plate FULL of raw onions with ketchup and mustard all over them because they think it is a side dish and not toppings for your hot dog

…unsolicited “I love yous”

…you stare at other foreigners

…you are told you are teaching a class…and it will start in five minutes

…all of the windows are wide open in the winter

…you have to dodge motorbikes and cars while walking on the sidewalk

…you are eating chicken wings with chopsticks

…the skirts are so short that you can see the girls’ buttcheeks but a hint of cleavage is unacceptable

…garlic bread is sweet

…you describe any girl over 110 pounds as "fat”

…SPAM is a delicacy

…everyone goes to the hospital for stomach cramps or a headache

…men wear makeup and carry purses

…old ladies push you really hard all the time and don’t think twice about it

…when the subway transfer song gets stuck in your head (and you like it…??)

…your food regularly has eyes and sometimes is still moving

Ah Korea, you are such a strange place.