blog as you are: joewon
Joewon is my halfway-around-the-world partner in medical neurosis. She's also a funny and hardworking professor in Seoul, Korea. Here's a recent day in her life. This lake makes me think I need to visit South Korea. 6:50 am. Wake up without much trouble. No nightmare. No active pain in any part of the body. Not a bad start of a day. 9:00 am. After breakfast, walk out the door to go to work. 9:15 am. Pass by the elderly man selling egg bread at the corner of an alley on my walk to my office. He's there every single day, rain or shine. Carefully look away when the grandpa's neatly barbered hairline and threadbare coat collars came into vision as I slip by, for not wanting to be saddened by things that I have no right to find sad. I would make any nearby egg bread seller a very rich man. No more threadbare coats. 9:25 am. Enter office, the usual grind begins. Read for Monday's class. 1:00 pm. Rummage food in the office, instead of bothering to go out...