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Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

So i was out today and I happened to see one of the forum members..is it really sad that I was all giggly and excited? Embarassed

what do you guys normally do if you see someone from the forums in the street?

ciccone_youth · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan

how do you recognize them?

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

ciccone_youth · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan

oh that's cool! i'd probably get all giggly and excited too!!!

whenever i see foreigners in the street i wonder if they are posters on this forum.

vlcupper · Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Location: Gangnam

I'm usuall too busy trying not to break my ankles on the shitty sidewalks to notice anybody.

Css · Joined: 27 Sep 2004 Location: South of the river

curlygirl · Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Location: Pundang, Seohyeon dong

Strange but interesting post. I can't say it's ever occurred to me to wonder if the whities who walk past studiously ignoring me are Dave's posters Laughing

It's funny though; when I lived in little old Yongin there were very few non-Koreans so on the odd occasion I'd spot another waegoogin a subtle head nod was the accepted acknowledgement (no need to go over the top). In Pundang, however, I get the invisible girl treatment from the local waegoogin populace. This is not a complaint - I'm just noting the difference.

nomad-ish · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 3:25 am Post subject:

^ "ignore" sounds mean... i think it's more that we pretend not to notice each other sometimes. i'm glad about this, it gives me some semblance of my home country Wink

i'm sure most of us don't mind a smile or head nod, but a full out conversation with someone on the street just because you're white? no thanks

curlygirl · Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Location: Pundang, Seohyeon dong

anyangoldboy · Joined: 28 Sep 2007

[quote="curlygirl"][quote="nomad-ish"]
i'm sure most of us don't mind a smile or head nod, but a full out conversation with someone on the street just because you're white? no thanks[/quote] Heh heh, fully agree with this.[/quote]

And if they were black???

bejarano-korea · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

What was weird was after a while I started to think I looked similar to the people around me who were of course Korean - I didn't think I blended into the crowd of course but I thought 'hey! I have same colour hair, eyes and similarish tone of skin' and when I saw a foreigner I would jump back in amazement!

You can tell if another teacher who you met randomly was up or conversation by the way they set their face which was usually 'DON'T YOU DARE TALK TO ME! YOU SUBLIMINAL RACIST' In my opinion if I can't talk to someone and give 5 minutes of my time then there must be something wrong with me! But I did feel like running after them and shouting...'do you know who I am? I'm BEJARANO KOREA!' I'm sure if I had done that they would have invited me into their house and personally thanked me for making them laugh.

Tell you what though - while going to work in Changwon I would occasionally bump into this shaven headed guy who looked like Blly Zane
who would give me a big smile and a cheery nod and I would give him one in return and I remember telling my co-worker about him one day one afternoon as she was driving me home I saw this guy walking down the street with this gorgeous Korean woman - which is fair enough because he looked like Billy Zane! Laughing

If you are reading this... hello! Very Happy

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

If I see anybody I recognize, I sneak up behind them and just inhale deeply. I love smelling Dave's posters anonymously in the street.

Adventurer · Joined: 28 Jan 2006

Hey, I see a poster everytime I look in the mirror and I say "Why you handsome devil, aren't you the poster child for Dave's". I am just messing with you, OP. I don't really think about Dave's posters unless they are friends and people I've talked to for quite a while.