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tomwaits · Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: PC Bong

To William-I didnt get the joke at first. You said "Why are there so many foreigners?" I thought you were in Toronto and commenting on the multi-culturalism of it all. OOPS...So you are in Hali where I went to University a
lifetime ago. Now I get the joke. Wink

To any who read posts after the 3rd page.---Ilike Korea overall but I have big issues. (To cite one a Korean friend reported me to immigration and now I cannot get an e-2 visa.) That aside I will make my point quickly and bluntly. People come here for the cash and the cash only and cannot get hired in Japan. That is OK but then they pretend to be having a glamorous - jet-setting life. Sorry but you cant have it both ways. You can save money or you can travel and be adventurous but you cant do both.
You can take 2 million won and have a hell of a time for a few months in another country but how many people do that???Almost none. Maybe I should switch this over to the "What is wrong with Korean esl teachers??" post...
To Connie----Just what exactly is your high-burnout job? Are you an air traffic controller or something???

mysteriousdeltarays · Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2003 7:30 am Post subject:

I've been goofing around with the computer all day, I'm as usaual fried by the time I get on this thing.

Texas I have (it is probably expired by now) a teaching license for that state. It could be fun until Bush decides to execute you for teaching evolution.

I bailed on a contract and came here because they insited I teach "Creationism." It was a very PC place. Guns, numchucks, knives everything goes except science and being PC.
PC as the great eye in the sky Dave will make sure.

The King of Kwangju · Joined: 10 Feb 2003 Location: New York City

gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

mithridates · Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject:

Oh no, somebody put this in the FAQ. Now it'll never get found again. Confused

brento1138 · Joined: 17 Nov 2004

I can see how people can get "addicted" to being here. Personally, I've now been here for 11 months, and for this whole time, I haven't really decided what I want to do in life. I am only 24 years old, but time is starting to go by quickly. What if I don't decide soon? I'll be 30 in like 6 years! Yikes.

But that said, in a way, I really like it here. I can travel to lots of countries, make good money, live well, not worry about all the payments liek rent, etc. The other foreigners here are great fun too... and interesting, and have lots in common with me. And many are staying longer... so... in comparison to the prospects back home, this place is continually looking better.

After 11 months, this is what I gotta say.

1) Job-wise: I got this Korea-gig soon after graduating university, so I don't know much about the job scene in Vancouver. However, for the 3 months that I searched for a job in Van, and worked customer service, my memories of the job scene there are this: there's nothing much good. Just boring kinda jobs. And I hate hate hate cust service, which seems to be EVERYTHING....

2) Girls: Foreigner girls here rock. And so do the Korean ones. Back home, girls were just... less interesting. IMO.

3) Friends: I like my friends and all, but too many smoke so much weed now, they're going nowhere, and my suggestion they go to university for a 'broader knowledge in life' just keeps whooshing over their heads. I have some close friends who are going somewhere in life, but looking back on our social lives, we all couldn't go out much cause we never had any money. And if we ever did, all we did was complain about how expensive stuff was.

4) Family: Don't mind the distance. I miss em a little.

5) Lifestyle: I can save lots more money here than I ever could in Canada, and probably ever will, for the next 5 years or so. I mean, I could put a hefty down payment on a condo when I get back to Canada... so....

6) Adventure: Sure, life here isn't Indiana Jones. However, back home in Canada, I'd be looking at maps for hours wishing I could travel to certain places... cursing myself for being in Canada, far away from all the places I'd like to travel (which happen to be in Asia).

So, at 11 months in, I can see myself doing a few years here.... maybe 3 in total. Maybe more?

new horizons · Joined: 25 Jul 2004

One thing to watch out for with culture shock, reverse or otherwise, is getting all nostalgic about the place you have left behind.