Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Ronald]

1. MP3 player to zone out
2. Basic elementary understanding of Korean language.
3. Quality condoms
4. Lap top computer or PC with DVD player
5. Cell Phone


Add some more please.....

[caniff]

6. Food
7. Clothing
8. Shelter
9. Nookie

[jetrash]

oxygen
antibiotics
silence
meat

[caniff]

legs that work (this country is very handicapped-inaccessible)

[WoBW]

1. Dave's, of course!
2. Hickory smoked bacon
3. DVDs
4. Books
5. Lots of coffee
6. 24 hour McDonalds chicken burgers (crap food, I know, but after a few beers...)
7. A poor sense of smell - to survive the kimchi/soju breath on public transport.
8. A poor sense of smell - to survive the smell of Korean food (I actually like eating a lot of Korean food, but you can keep the smell)
9. A long-term plan
10. A criminal record check and drug test

[tanklor1]

[Ya-ta Boy]

an oven for roasting your Christmas turkey and baking bread

(Life is SO much better when you have an oven.)

[Aurora_Redwinters]

Deodorant!

[VanIslander]

Top things needed to survive Korea:

1. a sense of humour
2. an expectation that things will be somewhat different in Korea, telling yourself you ain't in Kansas
3. an effort to suspend one's own inbred inclination to judge where possible
4. a lack of personal responsibility to change Korea and Koreans
5. a willingness to take things as they come
6. an understanding that this too will pass
7. an awareness that one's time here is limited

Patience isn't needed, as it often just feeds frustration because it's based on expectations that won't be met by passive delay. Don't wait for Koreans to do anything: be active to getting what you most need, realizing you won't get everything you want but can easily still get much more than you need, all things considered.

[diablo3]

Learn Korean and eat Korean food.

[GoldMember]

Gridiron style shoulder pads.

Maybe the post should be what you don't need in Korea:
You don't need manners,
You don't need any concern for the environment,
You don't need any class or good taste.

[crusher_of_heads]

Overcoming the reluctance to get you elbows up when the 45+ year old children try shoving you at the subway, emart or Homeplus.

[stephensessions]

1. Beer
2. Deodorant
3. Really thick skin

[numazawa]

Did anybody mention earplugs?

[atomic42]