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[The Dude from Canada]

Hello all. I am new to the board. Actually, I have been a casual reader for 2 years and now I've finally decided to join in on all the discussions. I myself am also in the Korean esl industry.
Anyways, I just wanted to comment on a general trend I've noticed in the foreign community for the past couple of years. Many foreigners, especially on this board, identify themselves as being very wordly, hardcore travellers, who know about so many things in so many places. But of course they use Korea as a safety net to comment on the outside world. Basically, foreigners here generally spend 1 month of the teaching year in Thailand and the Phillipines, take a few pictures, and send them back home. Show everyone how they're 'roughing it' overseas, going to exotic destinations. Yet for all their worldliness and travels they are not actually willing to live in these countries because they 'can't save any money.' Of course, the money they make there would be more than enough, but it's not enough to send home to match their countries dollar values, which of course are countries most people on this board are not willing to go to again.
Basically, from the bosom of one of the safest countries on the world they sit in their university or school offices and make comments about places like iraq and afghanistan, of the disintegrating west and the future of korea. How they are in the place to be because they are 50 pounds overweight but still get a different girl from itaewon or hongdae every night. Yet for all they complain about the west, korean people move to the west and end up making more money and living in nicer houses than the foreigners here do.
For the foreign girls. You're not necessarily an ugly lot. I think it's the way you carry yourselves. Western women often come accross as too manish because they often have a chip on their shoulder, and carry about in an undignified manner. Basically, they don't act feminine, and carry themselves with little class, which is very unattractive to western men. Hence, why western men prefer Korean women. Basically, I say to the western women that you are no longer living in the Canadian praries, so take a cue from Asian women who know how to carry themselves with dignity. They've had 1000's of years of practice.
For the men, nothing much else except the freaky white guy thing looking for Asian women really does look funny from an outside perspective. You should film yourselves at the clubs.
And Kyopos, listen. You're parents didn't move to the US or Canada just for you to come back here and teach English. It looks rather funny as well when you're parents are living and working in the US or Canada for your benefit and you're hanging out in Seoul, acting too cool in Apgujeong and fighting with the white dudes over whether or not you also have the right to a free apartment and 2.1 million a month. Don't forget you are foreigners as well, so don't act like a good Korean boy or girl in front of your boss, and then act like the cool foreigner in front of other whiteys. Even my Korean co-workers complained about the Kyopos that came and went from our school because the Kyopos served more as servants to the boss, and acted as a spy among the faculty. Got some of my co-workers in trouble. The Koreans banded together and made sure the boss didn't get any more Kyopos. Understand? You guys ruin the Korean experience for yourselves.
I digress, a mixed bag of weirdness here but always good for a laugh.

[billybrobby]

i smell blood...

[Demonicat]

wow, someones an ass.

[aldershot]

alyssa? how's it going? it seems you've become more eloquent and more mature.

[SuperFly]

[Murph]

So basically everyone is stupid but you.

[kermo]

[VanIslander]

[Satori]

[RACETRAITOR]

Yes sir! Sorry sir!

[JongnoGuru]

[CiCi78]

The OP sounds awfully like someone who lives in the same building as a friend of mine. He's told my friend similar things and the guy has ZERO friends and stays inside his apartment when he's not working...never goes out unless absolutely necessary. Hey OP, is your name...naw, never mind.

[freethought]

I think this is the work of a korean practicing his english.

[The Dude from Canada]

but am i wrong in my observations? by the way, I figured as much the lot of you would try to make comments on me rather than my post. Perhaps because you have nothing constructive to say? If you did you'd teach people who can actually speak English. Otherwise, stick to the how are you's in the kindy classrooms, and the uni's for that matter.

[Juregen]