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discostar23 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge

This is a research project for my girlfriend's degree. Please feel free to add your reasons and opinions for your answer. thanks

richardlang · Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Location: Gangnam

I drink more instant coffee than ever before. At my public school, I have about 4 instant mochas a day.

Dev · Joined: 18 Apr 2006

Yes, but it's hard to put my finger on the reason. Is it the stress my students give me or living in this interesting country? Very Happy

discostar23 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge

I'd like to say I drink less because I worked in a bar back home so finish my shift and drink until the sun comes up. But I seem to be drinking until the sun comes up every weekend....hmmm

europe2seoul · Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Location: Seoul, Korea

Yes, to kill boredom after work and kill time until its next day to go to work again.

chevro1et · Joined: 01 Feb 2007 Location: Busan, ROK

For some reason, I find myself with the ability (like others) to drink until sunrise and beyond here. Back home, I'm done by 3am tops. :shrug:

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject:

back home i had more than one drink only on new year's eve and at weddings

went some years without any alcohol incidentally, not as some sort of plan

i just wasn't a drinker

but coming to korea i quickly found myself having dinner with koreans who want to drink soju or wine with dinner, go for beer or a soju tent afterwards, lots of 'one shot' and glass filling on their part, i just going along with their customs as much as i'm comfortable to, and as i have no hangups either way, i've gotten drunk with koreans countless times over the last few years

with foreigners i've gotten drunk exactly four times in the last five years: once on geoje with a dave's poster who visited, three times in the last year, with an aussie at an expat bar in gwangyang, with him and a fellow canuck over a bottle of bacardi 151, and when i professed my enjoyment of the rum, the canuck brought another bottle later, and the last time was a poker party

gawd it looks like i'm getting a liquor cabinet, with the raspberry and pomegranate wines i have for dinner guests

i think i've moved from nondrinker to socially moderate drinker

i've never liked bars and i think i'll fit right in to a nondrinking culture when i move back to canada

ajgeddes · Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Location: Yongsan

Yes I drink more here, but that's because I had no money during university.

Alyallen · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:34 pm Post subject:

I drink less. The alcohol here sucks and I'm not a fan of paying up to $10 for a Guinness on a regular basis.

ipsofacto · Joined: 26 Feb 2007

Drinking is for life, not just Korea.

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

I assume by 'no' you mean 'less'? Option 3 and 2 could mean the same thing. Not that quality research is what you're going for if you are making random polls on message boards without defining your variables.

I drink for the taste. There is better taste at home so I drink more there, though still not very much.

pkang0202 · Joined: 09 Mar 2007

In the US I was binge drinking more. The usual get together at a bar with all my friends and we'd buy each other shots and have a good time. the concept of "anju" or food with alcohol was non existent.

In Korea its more of a casual drinking where I'd enjoy some alcohol with a meal.

I definitely drank more in the US. You could find a happy hour every night of the week. Then again, back in the US I was still a college student.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

I stopped drinking in Thailand. Been over a year now. Not much difference in my life other than I don't feel like shite for two days after a session.

ipsofacto · Joined: 26 Feb 2007

tiger fancini · Joined: 21 Mar 2006 Location: Testicles for Eyes

More, but only because there are no other decent drugs available here. I also smoke more, for the exact same reason.