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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: friends come and go |
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whatever
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| Another dumb fucking thread by none other than... |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:43 am Post subject: |
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i'm sitting here on a saturday night realizing how fleeting friendships have been here in Korea: intense and fun and close for months, a year or two, then - if you're not a short-termer - inevitably many of them leave the country for good, perhaps staying potential friends but with waning contact.
And that doesn't include the Korean friendships, at least two of which i thought had been stronger than they've turned out to be.
I have two best buds back home and still am in contact with them.
But my nearly 5 years in Korea hasn't turned out those kind of friends at all, more the convenient acquaintance type or friendship on their terms. Perhaps due to the lifestyle and the coming and going.
What about you guys? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| Most of the people I hang around with have been here for over five years and some more than 10. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| I'm busyy..I just downloaded a crack for WinASO and it works like a champ. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:01 am Post subject: |
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| the_beaver wrote: |
| Most of the people I hang around with have been here for over five years and some more than 10. |
man you're lucky!
living in a rural area I've only made one friend who is a long timer and i met him through Dave's
i can count so many who have headed back to Australia, America, Canada, Europe...
but part of the problem is that here in a farming small town it's so hard to make friends whereas on Geoje it was so easy... i'm surprised that i find myself on a saturday with no one to call to do something
my two good korean friends went and got themselves married off (hazard of having single thirtysomething korean friends) and since the weddings they have understandably been pretty unavailable and changed even |
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Julius
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:27 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| i'm sitting here on a saturday night realizing how fleeting friendships have been here in Korea |
thats certainly true. Its a transient life.
I also think friendships would happen easier here if there were more women to go round. Seems guys are too often forced into direct competition with eachother over the few women that speak English. Just a thought. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| the_beaver wrote: |
| Most of the people I hang around with have been here for over five years and some more than 10. |
man you're lucky!
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You want my personal opinion? Probably not. Anyway, I think the beaver is full of it. Every post is "my life rocks in every way" |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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You want my personal opinion? Probably not. Anyway, I think the beaver is full of it. Every post is "my life rocks in every way" |
I know him and it's true. He is a very satisfied person. If he weren't, he would do what's necessary to make it so again. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Demophobe wrote: |
| jajdude wrote: |
You want my personal opinion? Probably not. Anyway, I think the beaver is full of it. Every post is "my life rocks in every way" |
I know him and it's true. He is a very satisfied person. If he weren't, he would do what's necessary to make it so again. |
Yes.
Why do so many people that I've met over the years think that there's something unnatural about happiness and satisfaction? |
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chriswylson
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Never thought it would happen, but I actually agree with jajdude!!
THE BEAVER, by constantly posting about his 'great' job and his 'happiness' is only unsuccessfully trying to convince himself that his life is interesting. What he's really asking is: why is my life meaningless, even though I have a 14h/week uni job? |
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Wondering
Joined: 23 May 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting. So, only people who are miserable and complain a lot are telling the truth?
I LIKE the beaver's posts BECAUSE they aren't the same old my job sucks, I'm lonely, I hate my town, I hate my life, I hate Koreans, I hate everything that make up a lot of other posts. Brings a bit of balance to this place. |
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chriswylson
Joined: 20 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| If BEAVER was really enjoying his life, do you really think he'd need to tell strangers about it every other day? It's a form of depression. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| chriswylson wrote: |
Never thought it would happen, but I actually agree with jajdude!!
THE BEAVER, by constantly posting about his 'great' job and his 'happiness' is only unsuccessfully trying to convince himself that his life is interesting. What he's really asking is: why is my life meaningless, even though I have a 14h/week uni job? |
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| If BEAVER was really enjoying his life, do you really think he'd need to tell strangers about it every other day? It's a form of depression. |
While admittedly I gushed effusively about my life in the past, I don't think I've done it lately. In fact, looking at your sign-up date I think probably not since you've (re)joined. I've discovered that people don't like hearing good things or about people who are enjoying themselves.
Anyway, believe what you want. Demophobe knows me and says differently and anybody else who knows me would say the same. Let's stop talking about me and let the thread get back on track. |
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safeblad
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: Re: friends come and go |
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I know! |
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