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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
Location: South Korea
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 Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:51 pm Post subject: Kiwis get a bad rap? |
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Is it me or do kiwis have a bad rap as brawlers and troublemakers on the town in Korea?
a few posts have stated that most of us go around looking for fights, smash other Kiwis who have the nerve to say they don't like rugby and pi$$ on jukeboxes and then beat up bar owners for taking offence.
what the hell's this all about?
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Summer Wine
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| its supposed to be rap. |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| cheers, so it looks we're all getting faulty xmas paper... |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Without doubt the majority of the most outrageous behaviour I've seen in Korea has been done by Kiwis. There are a few Kiwis I'd consider to be professional teachers, but as a whole they've made their society look like one in which I sure wouldn't want to live. |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| so it's a well-deserved rap then? |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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i dunno, maybe we just consider drunken behaviour excusable. I'm no angel but i haven't done anything outrageous yet, unless you call sleeping in Itaewoon doorways outrageous.
I thought that all Anglophone countries were the same in that respect... |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Most of the Kiwis I know are decent, upstanding people, some of whom are married and well settled here. I wouldn't take a few postings on this unremarkable website as indication of Kiwis having lower standards. |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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| actually, i got lambasted at the pub for using the C word too much the other weekend. apparently chix outsode of Dunedin don't like it too much... |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| New Zealand is the poorest white English-speaking country and Koreans know it... |
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xeno439
Joined: 30 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| I've seen a few out of control drunk dumb ass Kiwis here. I just feel sorry for there hagwon owners, their kids (both pupils and paternal), and their miserable existences. But I've also seen Canadians act the same way. |
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JTHM
Joined: 21 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Without doubt the majority of the most outrageous behaviour I've seen in Korea has been done by Kiwis. There are a few Kiwis I'd consider to be professional teachers, but as a whole they've made their society look like one in which I sure wouldn't want to live. |
Would you enlighten us about this outrageous behaviour? Sounds like it could make for interesting reading. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
| New Zealand is the poorest white English-speaking country and Koreans know it... |
Yet so many of them would give their last pot of kimchi to emigrate there or go learn English. NZ still has a higher per capita GDP, so looking down at them, if it does happen, would be extremely churlish. What is your point? |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Saxiif wrote: |
| New Zealand is the poorest white English-speaking country and Koreans know it... |
poorer than South Africa? Wales? I know we're poorer than Ireland but they get the dirty EU money.. |
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darkhorse_NZ
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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| xeno439 wrote: |
| I've seen a few out of control drunk dumb ass Kiwis here. I just feel sorry for there hagwon owners, their kids (both pupils and paternal), and their miserable existences. But I've also seen Canadians act the same way. |
being a drunken hoon doesn't necessarily make you a bad teacher. i took my Belgian mate to the 2003 grad for Auckland College of Education and he was shocked by the behaviour of the country's future educators. didn't mean they weren't good teachers though.
If you can act the fool in the weekend in your own time and still turn up to work with good plans and solid lessons then all power to you. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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My most memorable Kiwi story was from Halloween 2005. A group of Kiwis in costumes came to Hongdae Playground. I was sitting on my scooter, an old piece of junk. One of the Kiwis, dressed as a nun, started yelling crap at me, like "Is that your Harley?" and being very aggressive. His friends seemed about as friendly too. If I was a little more drunk I would've gone for it.
Anyway, when I think of Kiwis the first thing to come to mind is this drunk nun. There have been others of course but he stands out the most. |
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