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yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

We should make our own meetings and have it mandatory for Koreans to attend. Tell them that it's a free English class:

Play the Canadian, American, etc. anthems.

Start telling them that it's rude to walk down a street with a group of buddies and point out the foreigner walking alone and say "hello" to him and start giggling.

Tell them proud, boring facts about our countries.

Make them raise their right hands and pledge to not be such idiotic, nonsensical, hypocritical, sheltered morons.

babtangee · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:10 am Post subject:

Oh, Bangalang, that was awesome! Could someone confirm that story? It seems too funny to be true... until I remember where I am, at which point I realise the possibilities for bureaucratic comedy are boundless.

Chaz_Bangalang · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Location: Seoul

All true.

Someone mentioned before about everyone laughing at the immigration guy. It was the only highlight of the event. He was talking about how devious foreigners could be, how they can change their names and even change their dates of birth. I can't even remember in relation to what but he was making us all out to be very sinister. When he mentioned the DOB changing everyone in the auditorium burst out laughing at him. Literally hundreds of foreigners. But he thought we were laughing at his English, he stopped and said "why are you laughing" .......(more laughing)............."no, why are you laughing"........ (more laughing) .... "hey, come on, it's not easy guys" ...... (more laughter).... "is it my english?".......... more laughter and then finally some girls felt sorry for him and shouted that he was ok and I think we all began to feel bad so we gave him a round of applause.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

babtangee · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject:

You gave him a round of applause... ha ha, hilarious. And some of you said this meeting wasn't worth going to! Still, someone really should have told him it wasn't his English that incited laughter but rather his naivety.

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown

Hmm...maybe i'm a bit slow, but i don't get why changing the DOB comment was funny. Did i have to be there?

Atavistic · Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 7:17 pm Post subject:

TexasPete · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Koreatown