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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
Location: all roads lead to where you are...
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 Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: the kindness of strangers |
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i was on my way to work today, and it turns out that my fuel tank low light quit working. so i was 150 feet away from the gas station (where i wasn't going) when my car decided it was empty.
i hit my emergency blinkers and rolled my window down so i could push and steer from outside. i started pushing my car, and within 30 seconds i had four people pushing my car off the rainy road.
people in the Korea can be a hell of a lot nicer than what we give them credit for, yes?
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:02 am Post subject: |
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All that pushing and shoving, sure can come in handy at times. So were any of your helpers adjumas?  |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| nope. a bunch of coeds... |
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mark dew
Joined: 19 Oct 2007
Location: UK
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:16 am Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
| All that pushing and shoving, sure can come in handy at times. So were any of your helpers adjumas? |
lol
you can get "as kind" as koreans elsewhere but not kinder imho. When you engage them on a personal level that is. It's the jingoistic newspaper/media/government levels that lets the side down.
Come to the uk and you won't be invited into someones house and fed and watered as freely. Or entertained. Though you won't get c o c k blocked as long as it ain't someone's girlfriend.
The big pity with korea is that for most of us we can only experience the place long-term if we are teaching english. And that'll grind you down eventually, no matter who you are. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:17 am Post subject: |
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They must have thought of you as a miserable, old, helpless waigook, karma police... hahaha.. 
Just kidding! |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:23 am Post subject: |
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they would have been spot on there, girl.... i was out-o-breath after pushing that crate for just 5 minutes... 
can't wait for the China blue Olympic games, girl! ya goin'?  |
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komerican
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:58 am Post subject: |
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| GoldMember wrote: |
| All that pushing and shoving, sure can come in handy at times. So were any of your helpers adjumas? |
| karma police wrote: |
| nope. a bunch of coeds... |
well, you were lucky that they weren't a bunch of middle-aged scottish women. I can tell you, |
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karma police
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| komerican wrote: |
| well, you were lucky that they weren't a bunch of middle-aged scottish women. I can tell you, |
surely, you kid? i have such a thing for kind assed, buck toothed, middle-aged, scottish women! 
they bring me joy. |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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French film 'The Intamacy of Strangers' is really good.
I got on the bus the other day and had only 10,000 Won notes and my card had no value. A young Korean Woman got up and paid my 1,800 fare for me. Thanks for that, if you're reading this! |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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Wow. That's 4 more than ever helped me. In any country. |
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karma police
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