surviving in korea

It's been 2 weeks but i am learning to survive in korea. it has been impossible to ignore so i have to write it out. this will be a little serious, mostly boring, but i promise, you won't be wasting your time.

#1 Koreans are aggressive shoppers!

My uncle and aunt asked if i wanted to join them on a food run to E-mart(a massive grocery store that also sells clothes/accessories). I was willing but not ready. There, i saw what was wrong with Korea, the glaring flaws of it, aghast, amazed. Look how things are! LOOK, at how, for instance, there are all these people pushing, climbing over each other to get on the elevator! Look at how their legs are working and strong enough to use the stairs! Look at how people charge past, and in their hurriedness, literally, move you aside because you are in their way! Have you heard about this? How if this happens, you just have to take it? It's completely ridiculous.

But soon it will be okay. Of course it will take time. A part of surviving here, i realize, is getting through the long day, fighting the weather and the crowds and then still holding a door open for someone.