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Someone please just shoot me! What asshole let me get this sick? I've been here in South Korea for a little while now and I'm tired of being sick. As the record stands I have been sick 5 times in last 4 months. These antigens out here in SK are straight up disrespecting my immune system.

"So what?" you might be asking in the midst of my rant. Let me assure you that I am the captain of this damn flight and we are going to get there when we get there; now sit your ass down! Anyways this aggression is meant for my recruiters that gave me the wrong impression about what I should bring overseas with me. When I asked them if I should bring medicine they told me that they had many Korean brands and other traditional medicines but there were no American brands of medicines out here.

So I did what I do best. I listened and did the exact opposite. Seriously the only thing I didn't stock up on was medicine. I brought a small supply of throat lozenge's, a bottle of cough syrup, and half empty bag of cough drops. Now I realize that my half-assed attempt of trying to pack a suitcase shifts the blame to me. But after the second time I got sick I had depleted my entire supply of medicine. Afterwards every time that I had gotten sick since I laid in bed and suffered in macabre hopelessness because I was under the impression there was no familiar medicine that would be available to me. My bouts of sickness have gotten so bad that at one point I had lost my voice for an entire week.

Now fast forward to today. I had to go to a local grocery store to pick up a new sponge in order to replace the one that I left soaking in the sink over the weekend (yeah my level of "jack-ass" is permanently stuck on High). After I bought my items I proceeded to walk past a drug store in order to head to the bus stop and make my way home. Then from my peripheral vision I saw what seemed to be a very familiar packaging.



I honestly kind of half-walked half-ran over the counter and used my Korean to ask him "Ego moe ya yo?" -What is this? He flipped the package around and said, "Tea."



After seeing this I couldn't keep my hand from shooting for my wallet. He seriously could have said that this was the last box on the island and I would have paid him 70 bucks for this magical elixir. Thank goodness this was only 6,000 won (4.90 USD).
And here I was counting my lucky stars and praying that I would somehow stumble across a suitcase full of Tylenol and NyQuil when I could have just walked right on in and enjoyed BREATHING like a normal person. Grrr!!

Joe - OUT!!

So this blog goes out to all of you out there who are either teachers, have kids, or have small infantile siblings. I have noticed that since I've been living and working abroad I've gotten sicker on more occasions than normal. Taking into account my new diet and my new environment I wasn't too quick to point any fingers. However, after some investigating I am confident on whom to blame. It's because of my students!

Understand that children are not the most cleanliest of creatures. They like to wipe their hands and give you a Hi-five in the same motion and think nothing of it. Maybe it's because I am a germophobe but I honestly cringe every time a little kid sneeze's and asks me for a hug. UGH!! It makes me queasy just thinking about it.


As a result of this never ending waves of sickness, that my students pass off to me, I had to make a video about what had happened to me the other day while I was teaching class. It was a moment where all speculation of "I wonder if I'm sick" turned into "Yeah, I know I'm sick." And since I've been spending some quality time with my friends Chicken Noodle Soup, Vitamin C and The Bed I thought I would make a short video for ya!

Sick...Again from Joey Johnson on Vimeo.

While living and working abroad I have noticed that I've been getting sick at a higher rate that usual. This video is about kids and germs...enjoy!