To quote the great poet lauret of my times, M.C. Hammer, “We outta here baby!” At present I am way out of South Korea for at least two years, but more likely than not, for keeps. That’s right kids, I’m back in the US and A. Now I could take this time to get all misty-eyed and recap the good times, possibly with some sort of montage set to the Green Day song, “Time Of Your Life,” but where would the fun in that be. So instead I’m going to report on the ten things I will not miss once I leave the country that has been my home these past four years.
1. Random people pointing at me and declaring:
a) “Hello,” or some other random English phrase and then laughing at however I respond.
b) “Wow a foreigner!”
2. 회식. Not so much the meal itself, but the fact that they are pretty much mandatory here. Seriously I have better things to do on a Friday evening that hit up noraebang with the boss.
3. Vomit on the streets.
4. Gag Concert, 웃찾사, et. al. I could live here a thousand years, and I still would not understand what makes any of these shows funny.
5. Buses. In particular the 마을 버스.
6. “빨리! 빨리!” There are seriously some things that don’t need to be done at the speed of light.
7. The shock and awe of others at my ability to do incredibly simple tasks such as using chopsticks.
8. …
Aw I can’t do it! I’ve had a great time here I don’t wanna go!!! I’m going to miss cheap as hell Korean food. I’m going to miss wicked fast internet access. I’m going to miss the fact that I can get pretty much everything delivered to my house. I’ll even miss the randomness that are the commercials on AFKN. Camp Casey, Area 2…thanks for being here so I could watch Three Stooges re-runs, and The George Lopez show! Shit…where’s a video of “Time Of Your Life?”
Anyhow that’s it. I haven’t decided if I’ll continue writing here or not, either way I will most likely not do anything before March here, so for the meantime, if you need to get in touch with me send an email. Thanks for everything. This is Wyatt Dunn signing off.
do you think your wife will be able to handle a lifetime away from Korea?
Comment by dust bunny — February 14, 2007 @ 14:22 pm
Wish the best for you and your wife, whatever you guys do.
Comment by ballsuni — February 15, 2007 @ 7:09 am
Hi Wyatt! Finally! I’ve been waiting for your update ever since you took off. Anyway, I hope you’ll send me an email (at my new address, which you have), before too long.
Comment by Nathan — February 15, 2007 @ 10:41 am
is there a story on why you guys decided to leave korea?
good luck and best wishes
Comment by Andy (美國土子) — February 23, 2007 @ 3:41 am
Hey there Wyatt, I just wanted to say that it’s been pleasure to read and follow through your blog and that your ‘Kimchi & Me’/'Sojuandi’ will be missed. For years, you’ve been sharing interesting and informative stuff about Korea. I want to say without brown-nosing, that your blog was the best, man!
Best wishes in the future.
Comment by Jonathan — February 24, 2007 @ 10:24 am
will you and jinhui live in upstate ny? anytime you guys miss korea life, come down to flushing, ny….it’s a mini-korea here…if you need a tour guide, please mention it. best of luck to you and your wife. gosh, can’t believe I’ve followed your life/blogs since you were a newbie in korea.
Comment by pattay — March 22, 2007 @ 10:09 am
hello wyatt!
i just wanted to say that your blog was one of the most hilarious and informative webpages
online, and that it’ll be missed
which state do you live in now?
Comment by may — March 24, 2007 @ 12:49 pm
interesting to follow your blog for last half an hour. photos of you and jinhui reminded me of a lot of good memories of me and my ex. well, i wish you two guys the best luck for whatever you do and wherever you are!
Comment by alexa — May 11, 2007 @ 9:56 am