Another Chaotic, Bewildering Day in "the Hermit Kingdom"

I think I only got about 4 hours of sleep again last night. Was it the habitual door slammers down the hall that woke me up this time? The drunken college kids who shout and carouse until the morning light (even on weekdays)? Or was it the fact that even just driving ten short minutes to our school is incredibly stressful, almost every single day? But I don't really drive all that often in Asia, thank God.

In fact, the Wife drives her car, and during the ride, I just try desperately to bury my head in a book, or the like, so that I won't see all the chaos around me while I'm trapped in the passenger seat. Because believe me, if I don't have something else to focus on, I am forced to see all the locals here in South Korea who are usually busy jaywalking, running red lights, and just behaving in all sorts of unsavory ways that most people in Far East Asia just think is "normal."

Either way, all of the above (and so much more) can really drive a guy like me, who was born and raised in a small town in the Midwestern United States, stark raving nuts after a while, you know. Yep. Well, whatever I did to deserve this, I hope my punishment in this life ends real, real soon.