My Observations

As I write this I'm feeling a little bad. I was looking over my old posts in just this blog and found the one on swine flu which is 1 1/2 years old this month. In that post there's a link to a podcast series about Korea. I decided to click on it to see the site has moved, however if you scroll down the old posts are still there including the one I mentioned above. After I found that I scrolled a little more to see a post about a foreigner and Korean wife being cheated out of their apartment deposit and taking their landlord to court. The podcast is 31 minutes long and I'd like to listen to it sometime. What I want to say is this though: I've heard so many stories of Koreans cheating each other or foreigners out of money. Almost all cases I've heard involved employers cheating employees. Other cases that I can think of would be salespeople in places such as Itaewon cheating customers. Being cheated out of a deposit....I may have heard of this happening but can't ...

I would wish that Koreans would be quieter at night. From 10pm - 7am would be ideal. I know that's impossible, so I would wish for quiet from 12 - 7am. Or if I couldn't have that at least 2-6am. As I think about my time in Korea, one of the most recurring problems is being woken at night because of noise. Sometimes drunk people, college students, fighting...but often it's just ordinary people walking by or coming home late. Koreans go to bed later than Americans. No two ways about it. I'm sure they do. However there are some people that want to go to bed at regular times. And there are children, sick people, elderly, disabled, etc. or simply those who are really tired and really need to get to sleep early sometimes. Something else I can say is...getting enough sleep is essential for good health. Not getting enough sleep hurts you, your health...your thinking ability... How many people go to work and have to make important decisions which require critical thinking sk...