Single digit days...almost home!

WOW! I honestly cannot believe that I only have 9 days until I board the airplane to come home. This is unbelievable! I've been here so long, I feel like I'm going to have a reverse culture shock. I think that I will have to detox from the many Korean practices that I have picked up here.

Every time I meet someone new here, I shake their hand with my right and I touch my right forearm with my left hand to show respect. Where on my arm I touch depends on the level of respect I choose to show.

Also, when I meet someone new, I tend to bow slightly, even when I meet new foreigners. I forget to think and distinguish the two sometimes. Then that person laughs because he/she understands because they tend to do the same.

I wonder if I will continue to take off my shoes when entering someones house. lol

Now instead of saying that something looks the same or just merely saying, "that's the same thing." I say, "same same." Or if something is similar, but not necessarily the same, I say, "same same, but different."

It's the Korean way!