#8. Vips and Outback

  There are two popular family restaurants in Korea. They are VIPS and OUTBACK.

Both are casual dining restaurant chain based on the serving steak and salad. All meat is heavily seasoned various spice blend for the steaks themselves and grilled in a short time. Also, both are making a elegant atmosphere and interior. Therefore, we can feel comfortable when we have a meal.

 

 But, They are different of main item. The main of VIPS is salad bar rather than steak. Salad bar provide extensive menu and we can eat without limit. If you want to enjoy salad bar with steak not just salad bar, you can enjoy everything just a little more pay for the money. On the contrary to this, OUTBACK is mainly serving steak and pasta not salad, and we can feel comfortable in OUTBACK because there are individual waiter. So, we can ask them without hesitation anything. Moreover, we can eat a bread for nothing before the main meal is served.

 

  In conclusion, If you want to eat freely various fresh food in the way of buffet, you may go VIPS. If you want to eat high-class steak and pasta, you may go OUTBACK. In my case, I want to eat various food without limit like buffet. Actually, both of them are very expensive. Therefore, I prefer to eat the various one if it costs the same.

#7. Europe and Korea

 Cultural differences in Europe came as a shock to me. In the summer of 2006, I went to Europe alone for a month. I exactly went to 9 counties and Italy was the best in terms of cultural differences. Besides, climate, environment and cuisine are very different from Korea. They looked free but sometimes complicated.

 

 First, there are a lot of street performances in Europe even in the train. Everywhere I could enjoy their performances free of charge. It was very impressive and sometimes I felt peaceful. I heard that they have to pay the money for their performing. But they looked so happy. In contrast, we are hard to find street performances in Korea. The street in front of Hong-ik University was symbolic of performance. But now, we can’t find even in that street.

 

 Second, We have to pay about 2 thousand won in order to use the toilets in Europe even in the Mcdonald. There are keepers or machine in front of the toilet to gey a money. Also, water should be ordered separately in restaurant. Of course I paid money to drink water. It can not imagine in Korea. It is just a service. We don’t need to pay for using a toilet in Korea and drinking water in restaurant. Upon arrival in restaurant, a restaurant employee is serving a glass of water first.

 

 Lastly, the weather of summer in Europe was so hot better than Korea. So, bottled water was essential to move around. But actually, water was so expensive. It cost about 2thousand won per 500millimeter. It is a double price compared to Korea. Moreover, the sun sets early and it was already dark even in 4pm. It is earlier than expected because it become dark until 6pm in Korea. Therefore, there is a great temperature difference between day and night especially in summer.

 

 In conclusion, there are a lot of cultural differences between Europe and Korea. Services in Korea are better than in Europe, and prices in Seoul are cheaper than in Europe. On the other hand, European looks more enjoy and relax their life than Korean. Most of korean are tied down to their job, so they always looks so tired of living. Both are good to me, but I want to feel totally free at least once that I have never felt. I want to spend my middle age by doing what I want to work in Korea, and I will spend my old age in Europe with my family.

#6. Abortion should be permmited.

 Although women knows abortion causes fatal consequence, they try to abortion to get rid of unwanted pregnance. They don’t want to get a baby, when people have an unwanted pregnancy. It is very dangerous both baby and mother. Therefore, abortion should be permitted to avoid these harmful situation.

 

Above all, there are many economic problems that make harder life. There are not yet enough welfare policies in Korea, and most people don’t have enough money to take care of their baby. Therefore, children can suffer from financial problem and their family can have financial burden. In this situation, how can live their own life? Some people say there are a lot of things to prevent pregnance like condom and birth control. But it can not perfect prevent a pregnance and nobody knows what happens in our life.

 

Woman has the right to decide what happens in her body. Fetus is a part of woman’s body. Some people say abortion is murder. But, fetus isn’t a person yet. It is aborted before a perfect person. To become a person, they should have a life and heart. They can’t think or feel anything because they don’t have a brain yet especially in the age of pregnancy.

 

For these reasons, abortion should be permitted. Especially, they don’t want to have a baby due to a financial problem. Moreover, all of it is happened in her body. Therefore, we have to respect woman’s decide. But, abortion should be the last action not the first, and abort in the young age of pregnancy.