10 days left

So I officially have 10 full days left in Korea. It's hard to believe that the number of days remaining is now in the single digits.

I already came to terms with leaving a while ago, so I've had some time to reflect what I'm going to miss about Korea and what I'm not going to list. It's quite a colorful list, actually.

Things I'll miss about Korea

• cheap public transit fares
  
• not having to tip at restaurants
  
• the option to travel the country by KTX bullet train
  
• the Wolfhound
  
• almost non-existent sales tax
  
• sales tax being included in the price tag
  
• readily available street food
  
• living conveniently next to the city center
  
• the T-Money smart card system
  
• convenience stores at every corner
  
• proximity to nearby places and countries
  
• the awesome internet service
  
• the low crime rate, especially property crime
  
• range of camera equipment on sale
  
• bargaining for products
  
• cheap cab fares
  
• fried chicken (much more superior than Canada's)
  
• the ease of clearing customs
  
• cleanliness of the subways
  
• cheap cell phone rates
  
• having squid available for lunch every second day
  
• cheap and plentiful billiard halls
  

Things I won't miss about Korea

• drivers running red lights, not shoulder checking, nearly running over predestrians, etc.
  
• people spitting everywhere
  
• every car on the road being the same 4 Korean car brands
  
• every car on the road being either black, silver or white
  
• occasional overt discrimination against foreigners and other Asians
  
• garbage on the streets everywhere
  
• motorcyclists driving on the sidewalks
  
• insane back roads and side streets
  
• Korean currency values going up and down like a yo-yo
  
• the mutant mosquitoes in summer
  
• the pesky cicadas in summer
  
• the humidity of summer
  
• the extreme dryness in winter, which makes skin crack open
  
• people not knowing how to walk in a straight line and bumping into each other as a result
  
• the unbelievably slow pace of Seoul for a city of its size
  
• people not picking up after their dogs
  
• the random puddles of puke and urine on the streets
  
• the tight regulations on stuff like imports, cell phones, and communications in general, causing either unavailability of products or inflated prices
  
• the lack of decent/authentic international foods outside Itaewon
  
• the extreme homogeneity of Korea; I think I prefer a multicultural area more
  
• noise pollution during election time... oh dear god...
  
• crazy adjummas