* A supermarket may be the size of a large walk-in closet.
* People often start small cooking fires in the street without the fire department giving lectures and issuing fines.
* Buses are non-smoking zones unless you are the bus driver.
* A tank top is sleazy but pants that look painted on are quite fashionable and very acceptable.
* A fly can send a class of kids into a screaming frenzy, but the same kids will calmly squash a cockroach with their bare hands.
* A department store is like a vertical mall with one owner.
* In the winter, many young women are almost buried under mounds of scarves and hats and sporting micro mini-skirts.
* 99% of women's shoes are heels, platforms, or both--even sneakers are on the high-rise side.
* Postcards are only sold in packages and aren't widely available. So far, I've only found them at the Seoul Tower and the Pusan Tower.