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Blue Flower
Joined: 23 Feb 2003
Location: The realisation that I only have to endure two more weeks in this filthy, perverted, nasty place!
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 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject: christmas pressies... |
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I know it's only november, and I hate thinking about christmas before I've had my b'day, but, since postage to a different country is involved, I want to start thinking about it sooner, rather than going shit, on christmas eve, when i haven't sent anything home.
1) - can anyone tell me the cutoff date for sending things home cheapest? In nz it is the end of nov/beg of dec. I would rather not have to use the expensive airmail to send home a box of christmas goodies.
2) What cheap to send, yet korean produced, things, are good to give? Whats gone down well? what was received with the enthusiasm of a smack to the head?
3) can i legally send home those tetra packs of soju? without having to pay any duty on it, since it is, in fact, alcohol? |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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You know, the Korean Post Office has a selection of traditional Korean items that you can order online and have shippied overseas. Take a look at:
Gifts from the Post Office |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'm curious about the soju, too. I wanna hook a friend up with a big soda-sized bottle of it.
Christmas stuff from Korea.......uhhhhhh.......very baffling, trust me. My presents last year consisted of a mix of crap from Korea and Thailand, including the funky dirt tea, incense, curry mixes, and some wines from Insadong. I think those went over the best, and everything else was just kinda "eh"...oh, the incense was okay, of course. |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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| dogbert wrote: |
You know, the Korean Post Office has a selection of traditional Korean items that you can order online and have shippied overseas. Take a look at:
Gifts from the Post Office |
Just checked out that site.. WTF is laver? is it seaweed (gim). the websites very description didn't help much
"Laver is special product of Koheong,Jeonnam Province. Easy to cook and excellent taste."
You have to give it to Koreans for having no idea what is appealing to foreigners. |
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endofthewor1d
Joined: 01 Apr 2003
Location: the end of the wor1d.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 8:25 am Post subject: |
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| Mashimaro wrote: |
Just checked out that site.. WTF is laver? is it seaweed (gim). the websites very description didn't help much
"Laver is special product of Koheong,Jeonnam Province. Easy to cook and excellent taste."
You have to give it to Koreans for having no idea what is appealing to foreigners. |
i think laver is seaweed. my ex's parents own a kimbap shop, and it's been a while, but i seem to remember in all of the english descriptions of the different types of kimbaps as being wrapped in laver. i guess it's supposed to be more appealing than 'seaweed'.
here you go, i just looked it up in the dictionary: any of various large, edible, ribbonlike seaweeds. |
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