It's 8am, I haven't slept, my eyes are bloodshot red, and coffee is starting to taste sour.

A memorable trip. But it's time to go home...

Goodbye Seoul. See you soon.

Prices in Seoul, South Korea. (Just cuz they're so weird)

One Bottle of Soju in NYC: $14
One Bottle of Soju in Seoul: $1

One Cup of Coffee in NYC: $1
One Cup of Coffee in Seoul: $5

One Meal of Korean BBQ for 4 in NYC: $120
One Meal of Korean BBQ for 4 in Seoul: $28

One Night of Clubbing in NYC: $50-300
One Night of Clubbing in Seoul: $50-300

One 10 Minute Cab Ride in NYC: $15
One 10 Minute Cab Ride in Seoul: $3

One Pack of Cigarettes in NYC: $8
One Pack of Cigarettes in Seoul: $2

One Pair of Glasses in NYC: $300
One Pair of Glasses in Seoul: $100

One Pair of Hugo Boss Jeans in NYC: $180
One Pair of Hugo Boss Jeans in Seoul: $400

One Large Shot of Whiskey in NYC: $7
One Tiny Shot of Whiskey in Seoul: $8

Observe specifically that for the price of one small cup of coffee in Seoul, you can get five bottles of Soju.

Competitions.

The pressure/adrenaline accelerates the speed and emotion of real life and dissipates reality into self-catered romantic fiction.

My existentialist and Camusian thought of the day.

Preliminary observations about Korea:

What a funny city you guys have - one overbloated, massively multicolored, gratuitous and overpopulated party town where the girls are 50 pounds underweight, the guys are homophobic and ironically all look and act gay.

Apgujeong and Gangnam. Like two vertically-built 32nd streets; is it that different than Ktown? Not really.

I'll be in Seoul, Korea for the next two weeks. If you need to reach me, email me, facebook me or contact me in an emergency at:

Address : 1594-3, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
. Phone : (822)3486-6000 / fax : (822)3486-6022