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[crazylemongirl]

I eat the school lunches although the Korean teachers moaning about not eating much rice or the crappy side dishes gets a little grating...

[sarahsarah]

[JongnoGuru]

Sandwich and soup that I brought from home.

I do not exaggerate when I say that one of the happiest days of my life -- yes -- was when I changed jobs and my new employer gave me my own office. A quality-of-life improvement such that I could not have conceived and in more ways than I could count, a major one being that I was almost never again shanghaied into one of those tortorous, forced group lunches at the �ſ��� restaurant. Oh, what a godsend that was.

And what an office! In addition to my desk and bookshelves, I had a looooong leather & wood sofa, matching arm chair and coffee table, and a few items I procured myself: bookshelf audio system, small TV (car-type, 7" screen), plants, plant stand, w2w carpeting, silk screen panels, pottery, coffee maker ..... and a mini-fridge!!!!

I brought soup and a sandwich to work about three days a week and I'd go out for lunch (with whom and where I wanted!) the other days, always leaving my office a good five minutes before anyone looking to shanghai me knew I was gone.

And what a view of the city I had. It was many years ago, but I still miss the view. I loved that office so much that one year I took a smaller salary increase just so they wouldn't move me into a less spacious office with a so-so view.

Of all the fine benefits that office afforded me, it was an intangible one -- a peaceful lunch hour spent eating what, where & with whom I wanted (something I'm sure most people in the West take for granted) -- that did the most good for my soul.