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Gift for a student - ideas please

 
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pjmancktelow



Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:13 am    Post subject: Gift for a student - ideas please Reply with quote

Ok, unlike a lot of the students we deal with one of them is very cool. She ended up with 2 spare tickets to Pentaport and knowing I wanted to go gave them to me.

Its not some case where im going with her, she just didnt want to waste them. So, score i got two free tickets to something me and my friend was going to pay 90k each for. I figured big result.

I want to get her a gift, something about 20-30k worth, its small money to me really, like i said between 2 of us we are 180k richer now thanks to my student.

I'd like to get a pass to 63 building, i know she likes that. Is it possible? Im near there tomorrow so I can go and find out, other wise all suggestions are welcome.

(please no sick suggestions this is a genuine act of kindness, i know, its rare out here)
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warren pease



Joined: 12 May 2008

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just give her a hundred bucks and stop being cheap.
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pjmancktelow



Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

thank you, but i should of mentioned that i did offer her cash, she said no (many times, i know they want to be poilte) and 2 she didnt pay for the tickets a friend of her family is an organiser.
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zpeanut



Joined: 12 Mar 2008
Location: Pohang, Korea

PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Accept the gift seeing as she didn't pay for them anyway.
It may make her feel awkward if you force her to accept a gift from you.

Koreans never accept money. If you feel you must repay her in some
way, have it related to her studies. You could buy her a book. eg. a hard cover classic novel, she may not be able to read but it will sure look special. Seeing as its related to study, it's harmless.

Being too thoughtful about a student could create some problems.
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pjmancktelow



Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah thats why i was asking, thanks for the advice. i just got her some cadbury's chocolate when i was in itaewon today, im english, its from my country. cheap, not crossing any gray areas. thanks for the advice though.
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jay-shi



Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zpeanut wrote:
Koreans never accept money.


Are you on drugs?
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moosehead



Joined: 05 May 2007

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jay-shi wrote:
zpeanut wrote:
Koreans never accept money.


Are you on drugs?


yeah, seriously - - what's with this remark?

a good friend of mine was having a baby - I wanted to buy her a stroller so we went shopping but the strollers her husband liked (go figure!) were too expensive for me to buy so I just handed over the 100,000 won I planned to spend and they bought the stroller they wanted, paying the difference.

why on earth would you think Ks won't accept money?

ask any student their favorite gift - bet 100% say it's money Shocked
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Kikomom



Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: them thar hills--Penna, USA--Zippy is my kid, the teacher in ROK. You can call me Kiko

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How about a t-shirt or souvenir from the concert? (Is it too late for that now?)
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rhinocharge64



Joined: 20 Sep 2006

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

why do you need to post on a random board to sek advice, use your brain.
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

rhinocharge64 wrote:
why do you need to post on a random board to sek advice, use your brain.


Nice guy.
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