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Things I'd like to see back home
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shawner88



Joined: 01 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:16 am    Post subject: Things I'd like to see back home Reply with quote

1. DVD bangs
2. No Rae Bangs
3. Bars/Clubs that stay open all night (no drinking curfew)
4. Bath houses
5. Beautiful Korean girls everywhere I look
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whatthefunk



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Dont have a clue

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

6. A galbi restaurant on every corner
7. Soju

Things I don't want to see at home...
1.Norea Bangs - i hate this things
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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hotuk on every corner
warm floors
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anae



Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: cowtown

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. The no tipping thing
2. Inexpensive, good Korean restaurants
3. Bath houses
4. No waiting at the doctor's office and complete access to specialists
5. Classes with 10 kids
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Squid



Joined: 25 Jul 2003
Location: Sunny Anyang

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Long handled spoons... for a ham fisted guy like me they're a gem!

Squid
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justagirl



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Cheonan/Portland

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. board game rooms--they are awesome! Anyone else gotten into this scene?
2. mae-shil juice
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Zed



Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. Aloe Juice
2. Beer in corner stores in the middle of the night
3. Cigarettes for $2
4. Kalbi restaurants
5. Cheap PC rooms
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Gord



Joined: 25 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zed wrote:
5. Cheap PC rooms


I ran that concept past a couple banks five years ago. They told me that the idea simply would not work. THEY SURE SHOWED ME!

P.S. I hate my bank. Can you tell?
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posco's trumpet



Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: Beneath the Underdog

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote



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Son Deureo!



Joined: 30 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Event girls
Cheap taxis
A good subway system
Hiking trails accessible by said subway system
An easy job market
Cheap DSL
Cheap restaurants everywhere with free delivery
A coffee vending machine of every corner (but with decent coffee)
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whatthefunk



Joined: 21 Apr 2003
Location: Dont have a clue

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't know that the words 'vending machine' and 'decent coffee' could be used in the same sentence...
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waterbaby



Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

3% tax
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Saxiif



Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The green aloe drink. Go through one of the 1.5 liter bottles of it nearly every day, can't imagine going without it now Sad

The dancing girls in little booths at the entrance to the TechnoMart in gangbyeon also really crack me up...
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Homer
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

1. Public baths
2. Pocari Sweat (yes I am weird)
3. Bulgogi restaurants
4. Affordable taxis
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Green Bay



Joined: 06 Sep 2003

PostPosted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Homer, you make me laugh man. How can you possibly like Pocari Sweat? Has soju burned out your taste buds? That stuff tastes like iced, carbonated sea water and sugar. Maybe that's the recipe?

1. Bars that don't close down until the last customer wants to leave.
2. People (most people) being friendly with a foreigner who can't speak their language well.
3. Bars that don't close down until the last customer wants to leave. Oh, maybe I should have left earlier.
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