✎ an ordinary life in Korea

I live here, eat weird
convenience store food,
and write it all down.

Not a travel guide. Just the stuff I actually notice — food, habits, small confusions — written the way I'd tell a friend, not a brochure.

"Not everything here is a must-see. Some things are just worth knowing."

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If you're curious about Korea

Places

Where I'd actually go — not a top-10 list.

Food

What to eat, and how it actually works.

Culture

The unspoken rules nobody explains to you.

Everyday life

The Korea that's never in any brochure.

Hi, I'm Jiwoo.

I've lived in Korea long enough to stop noticing most of it — until a friend visits and asks "wait, why is that normal here?" This blog is me writing those answers down, before I forget why they're strange at all.

I'll share what's useful when it's useful, what's silly when it's fun, and an honest opinion when I actually have one. No brochures, no "top 10 must-see spots" — just what I'd tell you over a triangle kimbap.

— Jiwoo