Starting to look up.

Thursday August 15th and Friday August 16th.
Welp... Still sick, though on Friday I did wake up feeling a little bit better. I spent the majority of these days in bed. Either asleep or watching movies. Absolutely nothing productive got done. Just giving my body a rest and a chance to get better.
I have done some thinking... mostly about what's going to happen once I am done over here. I mean I still have 6 months left on this contract, and the way its looking, I'll extend another year. But after that. I loved NYC, but not sure if I'll be able to go back to it after Seoul. It's the little things. Subways... here they are cheap, clean, temperature controlled accurately, on time, have safety doors in the stations, well lit, stations are temperature controlled... in NYC, the subways are pretty much the exact opposite. Yes, in Seoul they do not run 24 hours. There are Taxi's. A trip in NYC (late night instead of waiting for a train for 30 minutes) would cost between 15 and 20 bucks. The same distance in Seoul... 5 or 6. Seoul has almost no public trash cans. Yet, the amount of litter is minuscule (people hold their trash till they find a can). NYC... Trash everywhere. 99% of the graffiti I see here is in English, same as in NYC.... but here there is a lot less. Cops in Seoul do not walk around with AR15's and the smile and nod their head at people. Grocery store food is cheap here. Homeless people here are few and far between, and they mostly keep to themselves (they do not harass me, nor do I see them harass Koreans), or try to sell trinkits to make money. I can buy a Soda that is larger than 16 ounces, and the government is not trying to take that away. The taxes I pay are low, the health insurance is cheap. Yet I am living in a major metropolitan city with a population over 10 million. Dont get me wrong, NYC has a lot of great things to offer. But it seem like in NYC you pay a premium on everything, though most is subpar. I was paying over 1000 a month, plus nearly 200 a month for utilities for 100sqf. It's very interesting to live in a city, that is equal to NY on a lot of different levels, but is far cheaper. I make less here, by a wide margin. Yet I can live like a king here and can still save money, and I can still do many of the exact same things I could in NY. Being in a city like Seoul has really started to change my mind and perspective on NYC. Something about NYC is magical, but the cost/benefit of it is going to be hard to resell me on... There are lots of other cites in the US that interest me.... Granted, I know this could all change... but being sick, laying in bed, has give me some time to think... also being on medications and having a fever makes your mind a bit different.
So, I am just sitting here, drinking Gatorade from a wine glass. Just because I don't feel well doesn't mean I cant be fancy.
I think I will start watching Finding Nemo or Ratatouille then hit the hay.