I came across this post over at Idiot’s Collective and found myself nodding in agreement. One of the big differences I’ve noticed in my Korea life is that almost everyone here strives to look and act the same. This is compounded by the fact that when I leave the relatively safe environs of Itaewon, I am very self-conscious about how different I am from the teeming masses that surround me. Not to mention that people literally stare and gawk.

Ah well. Go read the link. Aaron nails it. The quote from P.J. O’Rourke is hilarious.