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SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Coming home last night on the subway, there was another foreign guy on the train (one car over), and I noticed him when I turned around to check the map on the other wall. You know how sometimes you just get a creepy feeling that you are being stared at? I mean we're foreigners, so we all get that to a certain extent here... but I mean NON-STOP creepy staring?

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed that he was flat out STARING at me.... like turned his body in my direction, ducking his head down to peer through the window, and staring. Quite frankly it made me a little uncomfortable. I'm all for a nice smile of acknowledgement, or a friendly nod, but bug-eyed staring and a sneer make me uncomfortable.

I had to transfer at Cheonggu to get home, and low and behold, the guy watched me get off, and then proceeded to "eye" me as I was walking. I found myself trying to dart through people, and I was a little freaked out. I finally lost him in the faceshop, but I noticed as he stoped in his tracks, and flat out started turning around and craning is neck to try and locate me. Creepy. I had to deliberately miss the first train at my transfer to dart him.

Does anyone else run into this?

As a disclaimer, I'm not trying to diss all foreign guys at all, as I happen to know lots of great ones here in Korea. I just was reading the post about the guy who had a really nice run-in with a "hot foreign chick" on the subway..... and I was wondering why that doesn't happen to me (not necessarily with a chick, since I'm a chick too... I was just referring to the pleasant experience rather than the scary one).

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

edit -- ah, i'll let somebody else make that joke

Mashimaro · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Location: location, location

Just because your not paranoid doesn't mean everyone is not staring at you

leebumlik69 · Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject:

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

He was giving you his best 'smouldering look'. He's been practicing it for years (and wondering why it hasn't worked yet). Didn't you feel your heart go-a-flutter??

TiGrBaLm · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Location: Hubcap of Asia

perhaps you had something in your hair and he was just staring in awe as to how it got there

SeoulShakin · Joined: 05 Jan 2006 Location: Seoul

Haha thanks eamo and TiGrBaLm, I appreciate the laugh Smile

Only an hour and a half until I'm allowed to go home... uggh.