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Josef K
Joined: 09 Sep 2010
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Location: at the front of class picturing everybody naked
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Korea (finished my 3rd contract - left and in China)
Loves:
Job: co-workers, work conditions, pay, students
Food: spicy chicken, pork, cheap food, cheap alcohol
Internet: fast, pretty reliable
Transport: clean, reliable, convenient
Likes:
People: girls in their summer clothes, friendly strangers, some cool expats
Cities: modern, convenient, easy to be anonymous
Loathes:
People: obnoxious drunks, ethno-centric oldies, no sense of space, expats that give everyone a bad name, rude, ignorant people that have never travelled but tell you how 'great' korea is compared to ...
Apartments: either small and modern or big and old but noisy all the same
Towns: dirty, garbage strewn, smelly, sewer smells that make Bangkok blush, culturally boring
Food: peasant food that's is made a virtue of
Students: lazy, stupid students that wont study in public school and then make their parents outlay a fortune to attend a private language institution
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
Posts: 1029
Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:27 am Post subject: |
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Loathes:
People: obnoxious drunks, ethno-centric oldies, no sense of space, expats that give everyone a bad name, rude, ignorant people that have never travelled but tell you how 'great' korea is compared to ...
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Food: peasant food that's is made a virtue of
Students: lazy, stupid students that wont study in public school and then make their parents outlay a fortune to attend a private language institution
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I have seen the same in Japan and heard the same from expat friends around Asia. Part of the experience, it seems. |
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gloomyGumi
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
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| how about people lookıng shocked to see other people suddenly? lıke roundıng a corner. face to face and--!!! OH MY GOD!!! ANOTHER HUMAN BEING!!! and then they cover theır mouths wıth thıs phony shamed and overwhelmed look, sometımes gıgglıng to theır frıend ıf they are wıth someone. THIS ALWAYS MADE ME WANT TO COMMIT AN ASSAULT. |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| how about people lookıng shocked to see other people suddenly? lıke roundıng a corner. face to face and--!!! OH MY GOD!!! ANOTHER HUMAN BEING!!! and then they cover theır mouths wıth thıs phony shamed and overwhelmed look, sometımes gıgglıng to theır frıend ıf they are wıth someone. |
I see that here, too. High population density pushes people to be more introverted and self-absorbed (can't think of the perfect word right now). So they don't anticipate any variation and are startled to see someone appear in their path or field of vision.
Just my BS theory. And I see it constantly. |
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gloomyGumi
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
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| gloomyGumi wrote: |
| how about people lookıng shocked to see other people suddenly? lıke roundıng a corner. face to face and--!!! OH MY GOD!!! ANOTHER HUMAN BEING!!! and then they cover theır mouths wıth thıs phony shamed and overwhelmed look, sometımes gıgglıng to theır frıend ıf they are wıth someone. |
I see that here, too. High population density pushes people to be more introverted and self-absorbed (can't think of the perfect word right now). So they don't anticipate any variation and are startled to see someone appear in their path or field of vision.
Just my BS theory. And I see it constantly. |
ı agree. and ı dont have the patıence after 3 and a half years of goıng thru that crap to lıve somewhere lıke that ever agaın. Im from NYC. Nobody acts ın such an asınıne way as that ever. It made me serıously want to hıt them hard. |
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steki47
Joined: 20 Apr 2008
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Location: BFE Inaka
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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ı agree. and ı dont have the patıence after 3 and a half years of goıng thru that crap to lıve somewhere lıke that ever agaın. Im from NYC. Nobody acts ın such an asınıne way as that ever. It made me serıously want to hıt them hard. |
*Yoda voice* "Patience, young apprentice"
I have learned to deal with the Japanese sense of space (or lack thereof). Partially to adapt to the culture, partially for my own sanity. I have shouldered a few men, but only when they get on a train and suddenly stop and block the other 10-20 people trying to get on.
Lived in Queens for awhile. Yeah, New Yorkers do not tolerate the rude lightly. I frequently heard, "Excuse you!" when some mook does something rude/stupid on the trains. |
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gloomyGumi
Joined: 29 Dec 2010
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| steki47 wrote: |
| gloomyGumi wrote: |
ı agree. and ı dont have the patıence after 3 and a half years of goıng thru that crap to lıve somewhere lıke that ever agaın. Im from NYC. Nobody acts ın such an asınıne way as that ever. It made me serıously want to hıt them hard. |
*Yoda voice* "Patience, young apprentice"
I have learned to deal with the Japanese sense of space (or lack thereof). Partially to adapt to the culture, partially for my own sanity. I have shouldered a few men, but only when they get on a train and suddenly stop and block the other 10-20 people trying to get on.
Lived in Queens for awhile. Yeah, New Yorkers do not tolerate the rude lightly. I frequently heard, "Excuse you!" when some mook does something rude/stupid on the trains. |
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Trebek
Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Posts: 401
Location: China
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Yeah, the lack of spacial awareness among Asians never ceases to amaze me. Whether it's two girls jaywalking across a busy street and not noticing their impending deaths, the sudden stop on a crowded sidewalk, I have even seen one or two walk right into a wall.
The cueing is even crazier but when in China...... I can yank 4 out of my way with one hand in order to get a seat on the bus! I just join in and act like them. I will stick my foot out and trip any cue jumper. I will plow through a crowd and get on that elevator whether I am first or last. I won't behave this way if people are waiting their turn but if the crowd is unruly..... I act polite and gracious the entire time I do it. |
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contented
Joined: 17 Oct 2011
Posts: 136
Location: اسطنبول
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| Yeah, the lack of spacial awareness among Asians never ceases to amaze me. |
Me too.
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| I just join in and act like them. |
I hate it when people will stand in a doorway or at the top of the stairs and carry on with conversing while others are trying to pass through. It never occurs to them that they are blocking the way and to move. I plough through now and go along my way. |
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