why i'll never work corporate.

So I'm interning at LG CNS (Korea) for a month this summer, and today was my first day. Coincidentally (or not), today was also the day I decided that I will never work in the corporate world.

Those horror stories you always hear about people having to work long hours in drab, isolated cubicles, in drab, desolate workplaces? They're TRUE.

Here's a quick synopsis of how my day went:

7:15 a.m. Wake up full of anger and hatred and frustration (nothing special; this is how I always wake up).
8:15 a.m. Get in a taxi.
8:55 a.m. Realize that traffic sucks in Seoul, and that I'm going to be late for my first day of work.
9:00 a.m. Arrive at LG-- miraculously NOT late.
9:15 a.m. Receive my work laptop and some pamphlets about LG CNS, their manufacturing systems, smart card payment systems, global development centers... yawn. Become acquainted with my drab, dreary cubicle.
9:16 a.m. - 11 a.m. Stare at my laptop/pamphlets. Discover that Facebook and Blogspot are blocked.
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Go out for dim sum (prob the only redeemable hour of the day).
12:01 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Stare at my laptop/pamphlets. Valiantly attempt to ward off the frequent, overwhelming waves of boredom/sleepiness. Fail. Nod off every two minutes and then freak out that I'm going to be caught sleeping on my first day of work. Try to blend in with my cubicle walls to avoid detection. Curse the bright floral skirt I'm wearing. Stare at the clock. Wonder if I'm stuck in a time warp. Watch the minutes trudge by.
6:15-7:15 p.m. Attempt to take the subway home (which, for the time being, is my parents' hotel). Buy a subway charge card and FAIL at using it (end up having to crawl underneath the gate twice because I can't get my card to work. Go to the help desk and tell them my card is broken. Find out that my card isn't broken; I am.) Get lost 3 different times. Regret wearing heels. Decide that I will never attempt the subway during traffic hour ever again.

Basically, I don't know how I'm going to survive a whole month. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.