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Khunopie
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: Fucking, Austria (pronounced "Fooking")
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 Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject: I was at a restaurant.... |
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In sunny Bangkok. Popular with an international crowd. Sitting at a table and enjoying beers with the owner and the topic turned to how much she loves her Japanese customers. Such nice warm hearted people she said. "How about Koreans?" I asked while pounding yet another beer. The look on her lovely Thai face turned to an angry scowl and her diatribe spewed venom..... Especially funny was how she mocked the Korean men with their shoes off, rubbing their feet on the table.... Korea: Sparkling... the sole of Asia  |
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Stoakley
Joined: 20 Nov 2007
Location: Florea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: Re: I was at a restaurant.... |
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| Khunopie wrote: |
| In sunny Bangkok. Popular with an international crowd. Sitting at a table and enjoying beers with the owner and the topic turned to how much she loves her Japanese customers. Such nice warm hearted people she said. "How about Koreans?" I asked while pounding yet another beer. The look on her lovely Thai face turned to an angry scowl and her diatribe spewed venom..... Especially funny was how she mocked the Korean men with their shoes off, rubbing their feet on the table.... Korea: Sparkling... the sole of Asia |
Amen! I mean, c'mon...you're in Thailand and you are massaging your own feet on a table leg? [/b] |
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princess
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: soul of Asia
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| hahaha....I understand totally. I had a great reflexology/foot massage when I was in Bangkok. Absolutely fabulous!!! |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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I was recently in Thailand and was hanging out with some longterm expats and their Thai girlfriends. The conversations turned to my life and what I do. I said I lived in Korea. One of the girls (a waitress) said she really doesn't like Korean male customers. The other two girls nodded their heads in agreement. They laughed when I said most foreign guys in Korea don't really like Korean men either.  |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:22 am Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| I was recently in Thailand and was hanging out with some longterm expats and their Thai girlfriends. The conversations turned to my life and what I do. I said I lived in Korea. One of the girls (a waitress) said she really doesn't like Korean male customers. The other two girls nodded their heads in agreement. They laughed when I said most foreign guys in Korea don't really like Korean men either. |
But what did the Thai women say about you and the other expat customers? |
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sunnyvale
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: |
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| I think Korean tourists on the whole must commit a lot of social faux pas. The average Korean's understanding of culture and customs in other countries is non existent. |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't it wrong to have the bottom of your foot facing a Thai person? |
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Khunopie
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: Fucking, Austria (pronounced "Fooking")
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:49 am Post subject: |
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| Isn't it wrong to have the bottom of your foot facing a Thai person? |
yes, in buddhism the foot is the lowest part of the body spiritually. it is taboo to, for example, give a face massage to a thai monk with your foot |
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Ginormousaurus
Joined: 27 Jul 2006
Location: 700 Ft. Pulpit
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| The Perfect Cup of Coffee wrote: |
| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| I was recently in Thailand and was hanging out with some longterm expats and their Thai girlfriends. The conversations turned to my life and what I do. I said I lived in Korea. One of the girls (a waitress) said she really doesn't like Korean male customers. The other two girls nodded their heads in agreement. They laughed when I said most foreign guys in Korea don't really like Korean men either. |
But what did the Thai women say about you and the other expat customers? |
They said I was very handsome. |
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Atavistic
Joined: 22 May 2006
Location: How totally stupid that Korean doesn't show in this area.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Khunopie wrote: |
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| Isn't it wrong to have the bottom of your foot facing a Thai person? |
yes, in buddhism the foot is the lowest part of the body spiritually. it is taboo to, for example, give a face massage to a thai monk with your foot |
I have never thought of giving a face massage to anyone with my feet.
I must be a Buddhist deep down. |
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Mix1
Joined: 08 May 2007
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When I was in Thailand I was talking to some English bar/restaurant/property owners. I mentioned I was living in Korea. One of them said, "Oh! We never do business with Koreans. They just screw ya!"
hmm... |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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I must confess, I derive pleasure from such stories, having seen and heard of as well in a few other countries distaste for ajosshi.
A few Taiwanese girls, a few Vietnamese, and a few Thai, all had unsmiling opinions of the ajosshi. |
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gmat
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| I was talking to a Singapore Airline Flight Attendant a while back and we were discussing passengers. She rated Koreans as the worst, even below mainland Chinese passengers. Having lived in China I was surprised by this. |
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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Thais love Koreans |
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The Perfect Cup of Coffee
Joined: 17 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| The Perfect Cup of Coffee wrote: |
| Ginormousaurus wrote: |
| I was recently in Thailand and was hanging out with some longterm expats and their Thai girlfriends. The conversations turned to my life and what I do. I said I lived in Korea. One of the girls (a waitress) said she really doesn't like Korean male customers. The other two girls nodded their heads in agreement. They laughed when I said most foreign guys in Korea don't really like Korean men either. |
But what did the Thai women say about you and the other expat customers? |
They said I was very handsome. |
Before or after you paid 'for services rendered'? |
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