Not Exactly a Love-Hate Relationship...Part 1

Things I already love about Korea:

1. The daily news sports broadcast almost always contains a video game
2. TV times are advertised as “9p BK/HK, 8p Seoul” instead of ET/CT
3. Most signs are cartoons – even Danger ones!

4. 

   construction signs on base

   Packaging/marketing is convoluted and very literal “Strawberry milk is soft, delicious, and made for your best well-being”

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   view from Camp Walker - that's Mount Unsan

   The mountains are sooo close
6. People are generally friendly and helpful – especially to someone who looks lost:)
   7. For a big city, Daegu is quiet – I haven't heard too much traffic, firetrucks, sirens, etc.

view from my apartment! after 2-3 inches of snow...I'll post a better one soon

Things I don't so much love:

1. The Wellspring Plan is tough around here! - One of the things that's been toughest is trying to eat my normal very low fat diet. They just don't seem all that concerned about fat content around here! I have had to make a quick study of the characters for fat and calories!! 지방이 and 칼로리 respectively. What's more, the nutrition labels are slightly different, so its not as easy as memorizing placement. I spent an entire day completely dismayed because what I thought was fat content was actually carbs – I thought everything had at least 10g of fat!!! So this will be a work in progress, and that means shopping at the Commissary primarily until I get into a good routine.
2. Korea Time - This is rather a bigoted term around here, so I wouldn't use it in my every day; but there is definitely a difference between my fast-paced life from Chicago and the speed of every day life here in Korea. And I am in southern South Korea at that; the stereotype of the south being slower definitely stands in this country too!!   
   
   
   

   The "not so much love" is def shorter, and I have a feeling it'll continue to be:)