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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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 Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 8:27 am Post subject: ESL Cafe Fascination for Repatriated Teachers |
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i spent two years in seoul and have been back in the states now for 3 months. strangely, i've been reading this board every day now.
i used the cafe quite frequently my first 5 months in seoul because i wanted to learn as much about korea as i could, meet people, etc, and then i stopped using it. i got bored with it, learned the system and developed a group of friends and associates. i felt like i didn't need the cafe anymore.
now, being back in the states i find myself missing korea and wondering about what's going on there. i guess that's why i peruse this board now. anyone else experience that? i find it strange that i'm using the cafe more now and i'm not even in korea. |
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shevek
Joined: 29 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 9:29 am Post subject: |
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I was only back for a month and a half, but I felt opposite. I lost interest in the board entirely. But then I arranged to come back and spent the week prior looking again. My interest totally kicked back in.
I could see myself wondering what was going on with the board if I ever spent a long time away from Korea and it though. Maybe you should come back for a little vacation or something. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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| This board's gone back and forth and such, and I guess I check this because I am curious about what goes on in Seoul and the like. ON the other hand, this board has gotten so PC and a bit left leaning in its slant (anti-Bush people galore, anything critical about a people other than Koreans are deleted despite ample evidence to support a point, etc). |
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dutchman
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: My backyard
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: ESL Cafe Fascination for Repatriated Teachers |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| i spent two years in seoul and have been back in the states now for 3 months. |
Then why did you start this thread less than one month ago?
"What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!"
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=14173&highlight=spit |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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Beware the Dutchmans memory, all those who seek to decieve! 
EDIT- perhaps he meant to say "3 weeks" |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: ESL Cafe Fascination for Repatriated Teachers |
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| dutchman wrote: |
| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| i spent two years in seoul and have been back in the states now for 3 months. |
Then why did you start this thread less than one month ago?
"What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!"
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=14173&highlight=spit |
Good catch, dutchman. Yeah, he might have meant three weeks.Though that was only two weeks ago. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Dutchman is sharp |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Well done dutchie....ya sniffed that one out nicely....  |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I am not getting something. He has been back 3 months (since October) and started the thread today, Jan 14. So what? Where is the contradiction? |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I am not getting something. He has been back 3 months (since October) and started the thread today, Jan 14. So what? Where is the contradiction? |
Hey KD- this is the contradiction:
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:33 am Post subject: I Was Spit on Today!!
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What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| lush72 wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I am not getting something. He has been back 3 months (since October) and started the thread today, Jan 14. So what? Where is the contradiction? |
Hey KD- this is the contradiction:
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Posted: Sun Dec 28, 2003 4:33 am Post subject: I Was Spit on Today!!
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What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!
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It's a longshot, but that could have happened to him outside of Korea... |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes, there are ajoshis back in his hometown and he hates it there and wants to come back to Korea where the ajoshis don't spit on him. |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
| It's a longshot, but that could have happened to him outside of Korea... |
Yeah, Dogbert, I guess your right. Perhaps in a K-town in the States. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Oh, duh.....NOW I SEE!  |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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Unlike you kangnam mafioso, i quickly found that when I leave Korea, my interest in this forum, and its significance to my new life dissapear. i was only in Taiwan 3 weeks, but in that time, this forum suddenly became pretty irrelevant to me, and I'd already hooked up with "forumosa". Mostly because it contained stuff useful for someone trying to make their way in taiwan, as i was.
If I knew personally some of the characters on here, it'd be a different story I guess...
Theres also the fact that when I'm in virtually any other country, I spend far less time online. Too much interesting things to be doing... |
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