Coming to the end of it...

Before I came to Korea, my friend Jonathon told me, "don't be like other English teachers and let yourself go while you're there". Unfortunately I feel like this has happened. I need new clothes but I don't want to buy anything. First, I want to save money for travel. Second, anything new I buy I will just have to send home or carry with me through SE Asia. I have lots of t-shirts that are just good enough to travel with and then throw out. So in the mean time, being in Seoul, I wear my "worthy of travel and not much more" clothing to do my day to day things.

Yesterday, I caught a reflection of myself in the mirror at the subway station (mirrors are everywhere in public places so Koreans can admire their beauty) and I looked like a bag of poo. I also dress like a boy. I had on skate shoes, capris and a golf shirt. The humidity does a job on my hair, and I constantly sweat. Korean women don't sweat, they always wear heels and cute dresses. Or short shorts to show off their immaculate long legs. So here I am, short, feeling frumpy, sweaty and dresses like a boy. When I came home, I put on a dress, some better jewelry, emphasized the boobs a little more (something the Korean women can't do, ha!) and went out again and felt much better about myself and my lack of new clothing.