For those of you who don't live in Japan or Korea (or even other countries n southeast Asia), convenience stores frequently have tables outside for their patrons. Given the absence of an open container law, people have beers or other alcoholic beverages at these tables.
Last night, at Richard Slezak's birthday celebration, a bunch of us sat outside GS25 in Dunsan dong. My friends were drinking while I was watching the people walk by.
The people watching was tremendous, more so than being in a bar or a club. People we knew also wandered up and chatted withe us while we drank. Unfortunately, people we didn't know also came up to us, but this would be the same in any bar.
So, with the exception of the limited choice of beverages (yet a host of ice cream flavors to choose from), is being on a table outside a convenience store better than a bar? Or equal but different?
There is no question that it is horrendously cheaper.
PermalinkA Car Accident from bad Driving
Published on August 27th, 2009 @ 07:41:47 am , using 146 words, 185 views
I've seen the results of accidents, but the cause is always unknown but today on my way to work I saw two cars mashed together and it is obvious what happened. One car in an underpass lane wanted to go two lanes over to avoid the underpass--two lanes over in a 60 kph zone with about fifty feet of room resulted in an accident.
On this same trip to work I witnessed a public bus make a left turn from a no left turn lane, effectively cutting off anybody who wanted to move forward in the lane immediately left of the bus, three cars run red lights, two cars passing me like I was standing still when I was driving 7 kph over the speed limit, and dozens of cars parked in no parking zones blocking traffic.
Except for the accident, this was a routine trip to work.
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