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whatever
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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 Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:41 pm Post subject: Three ways Korea made you scratch your head today... |
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(I know, I narrowed it down to three.  )
1. Children in the smoking section of the PC bang. I'm at an 'upscale' one with not only separate ventilation but entirely different closed-off rooms for smokers and non-smokers. Plenty of open seats in the non-smoking room, but the smoking room is packed with kids. I guess they think they're being cool. The three adults running the place don't seem to care or they'd direct them elsewhere. Even though I'd planned to smoke, I can't be party to that, so I sat in the non-smoking room and didn't partake.
2. People claiming that Korea has a discernable 'fashion'. We all know they take what they like from other cultures' tastes and that's all well and good...happens everywhere, and not just with attire. But I've already had two people express pleasure today that I'm wearing Korean fashion, one a neighbor and the other at Family Mart. Both times they remarked about my jeans, ripped at the knees after years of wear--and not the silly kind designed that way--and one mentioned my Polo hat. I said thanks.
3. Some guy decided it would be a good idea to burn a huge pile of trash, mostly thick plastic containers, pvc pipe and food waste in a (usually) vacant gravel parking lot right outside of my (and many others') window around noon. Keep in mind, I live right smack in the middle of a Daegu residential area with low buildings and tons of families. Needless to say, it blanketed the entire neighborhood with thick, nauseating smoke for hours. People stopped and watched, but nobody seemed to do anything. I closed my windows and went for a walk.
Maybe tomorrow will be better... |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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1) How can the guy who works at the gym tolerate hearing the same six songs played loud on a continuous loop? I have trouble standing it for the hour or so that I'm there three times a week, so he must have the patience of a team of saints.
2) How come tangerines cost a fortune at the supermarket but the ajumma on the street corner can knock them out for W1000 a bag?
3) What is it that makes men in the jjimjilbang have to hawk and spit so much? I heard one today make a noise like he'd just had two dry fingers jammed into his arsehole, and then vacuum his throat free of mucus at high volume for a good ten seconds and then spit - get this - INTO THE BATH. If it were up to me, he would now be studying his guts. |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: Re: Three ways Korea made you scratch your head today... |
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| whatever wrote: |
(I know, I narrowed it down to three. )
2. People claiming that Korea has a discernable 'fashion'. We all know they take what they like from other cultures' tastes and that's all well and good...happens everywhere, and not just with attire. But I've already had two people express pleasure today that I'm wearing Korean fashion, one a neighbor and the other at Family Mart. Both times they remarked about my jeans, ripped at the knees after years of wear--and not the silly kind designed that way--and one mentioned my Polo hat. I said thanks.
Maybe tomorrow will be better... |
I was hoping that their "peshion" went away in my 2 years here. Does anyone else see the resemblance to the tacky a$$ fashions of the 1980's continueing to be resurrected here  . |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| and one mentioned my Polo hat |
You wear a Polo hat? |
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whatever
Joined: 11 Jun 2006
Location: Korea: More fun than jail.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:11 am Post subject: |
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| and one mentioned my Polo hat |
You wear a Polo hat? |
Yep. It's simple. Also often wear Polo clothing...It lasts a long time if you care for it, isn't flashy and is comfortable. Is that a problem?
What do you wear, "The Red Face"? Hanbok? |
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shaunew
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| I wear polo as well, great stuff. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:13 am Post subject: Re: Three ways Korea made you scratch your head today... |
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| whatever wrote: |
(I know, I narrowed it down to three. )
3. Some guy decided it would be a good idea to burn a huge pile of trash, mostly thick plastic containers, pvc pipe and food waste in a (usually) vacant gravel parking lot right outside of my (and many others') window around noon. Keep in mind, I live right smack in the middle of a Daegu residential area with low buildings and tons of families. Needless to say, it blanketed the entire neighborhood with thick, nauseating smoke for hours. People stopped and watched, but nobody seemed to do anything. I closed my windows and went for a walk.
Maybe tomorrow will be better... |
Yea, that trash and waste burning makes me scratch my head every single day around 4PM as that is a major culprit of bad pollution in peoples everyday lives down in the valleys where the air hangs low and heavy which is damaging everyones health. All just because people don't want to pay for bags and pickup to have the junk hauled away.
Overall, I had a wonderful day hiking on top of a mountain range for many hours with a couple Korean friends. The sun was shining, the air so fresh, and the views just spectacular as can be. When we reached a flat summit, we heated water with a tiny camp stove for Ram Yon noodles, drank a beer, ate fruit, and just had a very lovely time talking about anything and everything. And then we went to a beautiful Buddhist temple. This I am discovering is the way to discover and enjoy Korea. I got to get out of the valley and out of the apartment more often. I want more K friends to go out to the real adventure places by car and experience it all. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:24 am Post subject: |
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Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the bitchy waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out.
Wanted to go hiking there at Osaek, but they wouldnt let us in because it was past 3 oclock. WTF???? It doesnt get dark until 6. We dont have to hike for 3 hours to do a hike.
(Well, this was last night but still less than 24 hours ago), Found this restaurant in Sokcho that is like all u can eat Korean food buffet for 5000 won. I mean.. they've got every kind of Korean food you can imagine AND ice cream! WTF?? its only 5000? Not complaining, but it was a head scratcher.
Its rare I dont scratch my head about Korea 3 times in a one-day period. |
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koreandefence
Joined: 05 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the *beep* waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out. |
Wow, you laughed in the woman's face, really? Poor lady just doing her job (policy) and you ridiculed her. A better idea would of been to approach management, but hey, laughing at a waitress doing her job, I guess that is a very manly thing to do. Did you wife think 'oh my, he is so strong'
Three things that me laugh, actually Im on holiday in UK, so i will tell you these three things
1) People in UK are rude and don't smile. I was on the tube and not a smile to be seen. (or is it just the way it is?)
2) Grown men in UK cry if the football team they support don't win. Oh big babies.
3) Reading this board |
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The_Eyeball_Kid
Joined: 20 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| koreandefence wrote: |
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| Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the *beep* waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out. |
Wow, you laughed in the woman's face, really? Poor lady just doing her job (policy) and you ridiculed her. A better idea would of been to approach management, but hey, laughing at a waitress doing her job, I guess that is a very manly thing to do. Did you wife think 'oh my, he is so strong'
Three things that me laugh, actually Im on holiday in UK, so i will tell you these three things
1) People in UK are rude and don't smile. I was on the tube and not a smile to be seen. (or is it just the way it is?)
2) Grown men in UK cry if the football team they support don't win. Oh big babies.
3) Reading this board |
Tsk. That's the rule on the tube - nobody looks at, smiles at or talks to anyone, except stupid bloody tourists. |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:02 am Post subject: |
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| koreandefence wrote: |
| pest2 wrote: |
| Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the *beep* waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out. |
Wow, you laughed in the woman's face, really? Poor lady just doing her job (policy) and you ridiculed her. A better idea would of been to approach management, but hey, laughing at a waitress doing her job, I guess that is a very manly thing to do. Did you wife think 'oh my, he is so strong'
Three things that me laugh, actually Im on holiday in UK, so i will tell you these three things
1) People in UK are rude and don't smile. I was on the tube and not a smile to be seen. (or is it just the way it is?)
2) Grown men in UK cry if the football team they support don't win. Oh big babies.
3) Reading this board |
1. Its because you are a blow in who hasn't been there long enough to make friends. That or the fact you are a c#nt. Or both.
2. As opposed to the legions who will only watch a game if it involves a middling team with a pock-marked Korean bench warmer getting 5 minutes to show how mediocre he is? Or phoning in bomb threats to the Swiss embassy or spamming the FIFA site under the misapprehension that doing so will earn your team, who did not deserve to win in the first place, a replay at the world cup?
3. F#ck off and read one of your Azn Pride sites. Nobody here gets bent out of shape about the fact that people extended the sort of privileges that this country would never reciprocate on in a million years, to wit the right to live in a prosperous, first-world country, kvetch and moan how 'their' women are being stolen by the locals and no one ever takes them seriously because they live in their mothers' basements and still can't boil water. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:03 am Post subject: |
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1. Just how much phlegm can one human being contain?
2. Who else plays "red rover" past elementary school?
3. How did the Red Sox sweep the World Series? |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:35 am Post subject: |
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| Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the *beep* waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out. |
Wow, you laughed in the woman's face, really? Poor lady just doing her job (policy) and you ridiculed her. A better idea would of been to approach management, but hey, laughing at a waitress doing her job, I guess that is a very manly thing to do. Did you wife think 'oh my, he is so strong'
Three things that me laugh, actually Im on holiday in UK, so i will tell you these three things
1) People in UK are rude and don't smile. I was on the tube and not a smile to be seen. (or is it just the way it is?)
2) Grown men in UK cry if the football team they support don't win. Oh big babies.
3) Reading this board |
Well, Koreannationalis...err.. uh, defense,right,defense, the woman was either the overall manager of the place or the owner. She clearly had everyone else there working under her. And she was typical ajuma-esquely bossy and rude. The laugh was more of a retort.
Jackass, the title of the thread is about things in Korea, not UK. Grow a brain and start a new thread.
Better yet, read a new board since you dont fit into this one. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| jaganath69 wrote: |
| koreandefence wrote: |
| pest2 wrote: |
| Went to a restaurant at Osaek in Gangwondo and could not order galbi tang for one person; menu listed price for one person as 5000 won but the *beep* waitress would not let me get it unless we got two (total of man won). wife wanted sun du bu instead. I laughed in the woman's face and we got up and walked out. |
Wow, you laughed in the woman's face, really? Poor lady just doing her job (policy) and you ridiculed her. A better idea would of been to approach management, but hey, laughing at a waitress doing her job, I guess that is a very manly thing to do. Did you wife think 'oh my, he is so strong'
Three things that me laugh, actually Im on holiday in UK, so i will tell you these three things
1) People in UK are rude and don't smile. I was on the tube and not a smile to be seen. (or is it just the way it is?)
2) Grown men in UK cry if the football team they support don't win. Oh big babies.
3) Reading this board |
1. Its because you are a blow in who hasn't been there long enough to make friends. That or the fact you are a c#nt. Or both.
2. As opposed to the legions who will only watch a game if it involves a middling team with a pock-marked Korean bench warmer getting 5 minutes to show how mediocre he is? Or phoning in bomb threats to the Swiss embassy or spamming the FIFA site under the misapprehension that doing so will earn your team, who did not deserve to win in the first place, a replay at the world cup?
3. F#ck off and read one of your Azn Pride sites. Nobody here gets bent out of shape about the fact that people extended the sort of privileges that this country would never reciprocate on in a million years, to wit the right to live in a prosperous, first-world country, kvetch and moan how 'their' women are being stolen by the locals and no one ever takes them seriously because they live in their mothers' basements and still can't boil water. |
Damn, jaganath, that made my day. |
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pdxsteve
Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Location: Bundang
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1. Went to a new "Latin Food Restaurant" here in Bucheon tonight. First night the restaurant was open, and I was kinda looking forward to some "Latin" food. The place was pretty empty. On the menu, I found a spicy chicken dish that sounded pretty good. The server wouldn't let me order it because, he told me, it was only for people who were going to eat and drink beer. He would only let me order one of the overpriced (and non-Latin style) steaks. I got up and walked out, without saying a word. They lost a W25,000 sale because of their silly rules.
2. Went with my work colleague to Home Plus because he wanted to buy paperclips. Just paperlicps. W750 package of paperclips. From Home Plus. Instead of the stationery store next door to the hagwon.
3. Crunchy, cold, sweet garlic bread from the bakery. Gross. |
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