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Forbidden-Donut
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject: What do you do with your leisure time? (Besides drinking) |
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I haven't read too much discussion here about what people do with their free time, unless it involved drinking.
So, i ask: What activities do you do with your free time?
and: If working at a hagwon, how much free time per week do you have? |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to read a ton of books, but lately haven't been able to find too much I like. During Fall and Winter, I do lots of hiking on the weekends because the weather is nice and cool. During the week I usually plan out my hike and then set out on Saturday or Sunday. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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There's something worthwile to do while not working besides drinking? Do tell.
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lowpo
Joined: 01 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:39 pm Post subject: |
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| The Bobster wrote: |
There's something worthwile to do while not working besides drinking? Do tell.
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Paragliding, hiking, and seeing KOrea. Paragliding is a great way to kill a weekend and meet some Korean's that you can actually talk too. |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I play and listen to music, read, spoil my cat, and eat way, way too much. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Every so often I'd drop a map of Korea on the floor, pick a random spot in the country, take a while to figure out how to get there and what the attractions might be, then I'd go, wander around aimlessly and take pictures, got some really great ones that way. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Cruising around Korea on my motorcycle. Can't go wrong with a scooter or motorcycle in Asia and the wind whipping through your helmet is good for hangovers. The rush of air and oxygen is very....relieving. If only I could remember where I left my bike last night.... |
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fusionbarnone
Joined: 31 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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I've become a Crane-game master since I've been here winning a sizeable collection of gun/novelty lighters.
Martial arts study and collecting black belts with the quickest taking less than two months.
Korean bathhouses are great places to detox and pass time in a healthy way surrounded by semi-precious stones. Hanging at the beach.
Exploring for the best sam ge tang and other Korean delicacies via new restaurants. (costs a fortune to do in the west).
Jumping on a bus and just going somewhere/anywhere without planning.
Studying fiddle tunes on guitar(acoustic) and shred metal on electric-strat guitar and experimenting with multi-effect processors.
Surfing Youtube.
Watching CNN
Watching illegal downloaded movies from Limewire(yet to be released in Korea to recent releases.
Downloading and studying pimsleur languages loaded onto my mp3 player from Limewire and walking around town talking to myself.
And, of course checking out Dave's to see what's new in the world.
After all these pastimes my Korean still sucks but I don't care. |
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Demophobe
Joined: 17 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Freetime? I used to know what that meant.... |
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LUCRETIA
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thats what my boyfriend's for 
What else? - watching movies at home, taking walks, sleeping, dreaming of all the cool things I'm going to do with the money I've saved here... |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have much downtime nowdays....
*Study korean
*Play poker
*Have a drink or two with friends
*Catch a movie
*Go watch sports(soccer or basketball)
*Go and have a bet at the velodrome
*Go travelling in korea
*Find a new restaurant to eat at
*Read a good book
Not enough hours in the day if you ask me.... |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| Every so often I'd drop a map of Korea on the floor, pick a random spot in the country, take a while to figure out how to get there and what the attractions might be, then I'd go, wander around aimlessly and take pictures, got some really great ones that way. |
I did that a lot the first couple of years i was here with a couple of mates of mine...
Great fun...ended up in some bizarro places but there is always a decent yoegwan/motel and a family mart to have a drink and watch the locals.....
The more remote it is i find the better the adventure....
problem is now i have been here too long and have been almost everywhere... |
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Jizzo T. Clown
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
Location: at my wit's end
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Play guitar
Xbox 360!
Movies (downloaded or cheap DVDs)
Oddly enough I'm usually drinking during these activities...I just bough an ice chest and found that, filled with Miller Lite and a lot of ice, it makes a good companion for almost anything I do. |
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LuckyNomad
Joined: 28 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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Study Korean
Study Japanese
Study Chinese characters
Read
Go hiking
Go bowling |
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