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RJjr
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Turning on a Lamp
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 Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:42 am Post subject: B.O. |
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A Korean teacher said I must've showered Friday morning. When I said, "Um, yeah, I do every morning," she wouldn't believe me.
I wish someone would've told me sooner about my hygiene issue, but I'm not sure what to do about it since I already spend so much time in the shower, wash my clothes so often, and wear Right Guard. I can't even figure out what I did differently Friday.
I've been looking on the internet about dietary solutions and saw this: www.seoulsearching.com/entertainment/food/recipes.html
Can anyone who eats a lot of kimchi confirm it's hygienic powers? |
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Travelous Maximus
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Location: Nueva Anglia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: B.O. |
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| RJjr wrote: |
A Korean teacher said I must've showered Friday morning. When I said, "Um, yeah, I do every morning," she wouldn't believe me.
I wish someone would've told me sooner about my hygiene issue, but I'm not sure what to do about it since I already spend so much time in the shower, wash my clothes so often, and wear Right Guard. I can't even figure out what I did differently Friday.
I've been looking on the internet about dietary solutions and saw this: www.seoulsearching.com/entertainment/food/recipes.html
Can anyone who eats a lot of kimchi confirm it's hygienic powers? |
Showering won't do it alone. You gotta use deodorant, toothpaste, mouthwash, and a little bit of cologne. |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:05 pm Post subject: |
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I bet to differ.....
I don't know how many times I had been on the subway and/or bus and there was a wreaking smell of kimchi and soju from all directions.
I found that putting baby powder under your arms and other places, in addition to deoderant, greatly reduce the problem of BO...
And when washing clothes, putting fabric softener helps reduce the smell of BO on clothing.
Too bad Korea doesn't understand the power of dryers to start either making them or importing them. |
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Travelous Maximus
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Location: Nueva Anglia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
I bet to differ.....
I don't know how many times I had been on the subway and/or bus and there was a wreaking smell of kimchi and soju from all directions.
I found that putting baby powder under your arms and other places, in addition to deoderant, greatly reduce the problem of BO...
And when washing clothes, putting fabric softener helps reduce the smell of BO on clothing.
Too bad Korea doesn't understand the power of dryers to start either making them or importing them. |
Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
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kalak
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
Location: dublin
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
most countries outside the US dont have dryers in every home. in ireland only a small proportion of ppl use them, most ppl just put their clothes out on a washing line. so its not just koreans who dont use them. |
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laogaiguk
Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Location: somewhere in Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
It would be a huge toll on the power grid if everyone started using them. The power grids in most Asian countries are not looking forward to the day dryers become readily available (many more people), atleast until they finish upgrading them (this is what I was told). |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I think Americans (and Canadians) are the only ones that shower every single day. I know Europeans don't shower everyday. I've had Europeans and Asians both say Americans have an obsession with cleanliness. |
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Canadian Club
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Did she actually say that you smell? Maybe she doesn't shower every day, and was suprised that *you* do. Whenever I come to work with my hair damp, my kids ask me if I had a shower today. When I have dry hair, they say "no shower?" They always look a bit startled when I tell them that alllll the foreign teachers shower eeeeevery day. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
| Too bad Korea doesn't understand the power of dryers to start either making them or importing them. |
They both make all kinds of combo units and import them. My old washer/dryer unit was a Hoover and my new one is Hauzen (Korean product). |
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hubba bubba
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Travelous Maximus wrote: |
Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
Yeah, super size my order, flunkie. |
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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know how many times I had been on the subway and/or bus and there was a wreaking smell of kimchi and soju from all directions.
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Korean in Korea don't understand/know that kimchi smell can be unpleasant, but Korean in America understand that.
Every time I eat kimchi, I take shower even though I already took one early morning and clean teeth twice, it's too much job to do for just a few pieces of kimchi, so I decided not to eat kimchi at all ( seriously ).
I am living in state where summer is real hot, so require extra concern.
Not like most korean, I can live without kimchi, I am very fortunate for that part  |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
I bet to differ.....
I don't know how many times I had been on the subway and/or bus and there was a wreaking smell of kimchi and soju from all directions.
I found that putting baby powder under your arms and other places, in addition to deoderant, greatly reduce the problem of BO...
And when washing clothes, putting fabric softener helps reduce the smell of BO on clothing.
Too bad Korea doesn't understand the power of dryers to start either making them or importing them. |
Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
Yes, and even the poorest people have dryers back in our native countries, while in Korea, only the wealthiest have them. |
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Travelous Maximus
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
Location: Nueva Anglia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
I bet to differ.....
I don't know how many times I had been on the subway and/or bus and there was a wreaking smell of kimchi and soju from all directions.
I found that putting baby powder under your arms and other places, in addition to deoderant, greatly reduce the problem of BO...
And when washing clothes, putting fabric softener helps reduce the smell of BO on clothing.
Too bad Korea doesn't understand the power of dryers to start either making them or importing them. |
Yeah I always wondered why dryers are a luxury and not a necessity in Korea. I think they're essential, efficient, and leave your clothes properly clean. |
Yes, and even the poorest people have dryers back in our native countries, while in Korea, only the wealthiest have them. |
You''re right. Why don't koreans have dryers? Don't tell me none of that power grid BS (laogaiguk). |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't tell, but one of my Canadian friends here swears to me that most Koreans, even the younger ones in their 20s and 30s, have an old people smell. She said they smell like a grandma/grandpa, or of old cabbage. I don't notice this though. Since I eat onions, garlic and kimchi, maybe I smell the same. Who knows? I have never been one to believe that we smell like food, or that we sweat foods through our pores. I don't believe it. I think some folks just naturally stink, while others don't. Everyone has his/her own odor. It also has something to do with pheremones, and why we are attracted to some people and not others. It also plays a role in who we want to be friends of the same sex with. Subconsciously, if you don't like someone's pheremones, you won't ever be friends/lovers with that person. |
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Travelous Maximus
Joined: 15 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| princess wrote: |
| I can't tell, but one of my Canadian friends here swears to me that most Koreans, even the younger ones in their 20s and 30s, have an old people smell. She said they smell like a grandma/grandpa, or of old cabbage. I don't notice this though. Since I eat onions, garlic and kimchi, maybe I smell the same. Who knows? I have never been one to believe that we smell like food, or that we sweat foods through our pores. I don't believe it. I think some folks just naturally stink, while others don't. Everyone has his/her own odor. It also has something to do with pheremones, and why we are attracted to some people and not others. It also plays a role in who we want to be friends of the same sex with. Subconsciously, if you don't like someone's pheremones, you won't ever be friends/lovers with that person. |
I'm attracted to you already. I would love to smell you  |
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