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...SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Full from a monstrous and ridiculously inexpensive plate of omurice—which is, more or less, an omelet stuffed with rice—I can’t help but smile as T-Pain’s “Get Low” blasts from the Western-themed sports bar across the street from my apartment. Sitting in a sticky, hot room listening to music a few months past its prime, I might as well be at a Harvard dorm party...
...this particular sweaty sketch-fest is far removed from the blowouts I’ve hosted in my Kirkland suite or in the basement of my house in Queens. I’m in Seoul, but if it weren’t for the Korean welcome signs at the airport, I might never have guessed...
...There are certain parts of Seoul that I can only describe as Times Square on steroids: more neon, more corporate billboards, and the hookers are still around. Near where I’m staying, I can grab a Big Mac just as easily as I can have a bowl of ramen with some kimchi. There’s a 7/11 around the corner, just like at school, and this one even sells alcohol after...
...Indeed, globalization has wrapped its tentacles around Seoul, and in some cases, Koreans do America better than Americans: All of the Wal-Marts in this country were bought up by a Korean company...
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