Life Lessons Archive

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

Weekend Chores

It’s taken a while to get accustomed to the odd little realities of life in Korea – like taking out the trash. At home you would either set it on the curb (if you owned a house) or walk it to the dumpster (if you’re in an apartment). Here you load it in the car and drive it to base to throw [...]

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Crap!…I always forget to turn off the water.

One of life’s quirks in Korea is no hot water. Nope, no wonderfully warm water to come rushing out of the faucet the minute you turn it on. No warm water for your bath, to wash your face, do some quick dishes, nada. Here you have to push a button. They don’t use hot water [...]