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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: You know you're back in Korea when ... |
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... on a warm, early September morning, you see two of your high-school boys strolling casually to their next lesson without a care in the world, hand in hand.
Ahh, bless. |
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Rae

Joined: 10 Oct 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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(for me at least, it's when) .... random old ladies start patting chalk off of me for minutes at a time. |
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ciccone_youth

Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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you smell dried squid in public transportation. |
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cruisemonkey

Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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... you walk out the door and the first person you see is urinating in the street. |
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BS.Dos.

Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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...your co-teacher, Mr. Lee, insists that you take a look at his corns so you can tell him what you think. |
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Yu_Bum_suk

Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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Bringing a DVD player into a classroom gets you the most gigantic smiles from the world's most depressed teenagers. |
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sojourner1

Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 1:40 am Post subject: |
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you see everything in Hangul as you ride an airport limo bus to your home away from home and that powerful gimchee garlic breath of your fellow passengers hits you in the face like a ton of bricks. That familiar strong garlic breath smell screams, "your in KOREA!" |
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flakfizer

Joined: 12 Nov 2004 Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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Your plane lands and you are the only one who waits till the seat belt light goes off before getting up in a mad dash to retrieve your luggage from the overhead compartments. |
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ciccone_youth

Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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At the baggage claim, you are the only young female wearing flats.
(real experience). |
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tomwaits

Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Location: PC Bong
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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When you find youself asking where the good "hangover soup" restaurants are. |
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stevie rotten

Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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....when you find wads of spit in the hallways and elevator/stairway of your apartment building. |
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ciccone_youth

Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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Everyone around you is wearing pastel colors and baseball caps. |
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sjrm
Joined: 27 Jul 2005
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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instead of getting a beer and a hot dog at a ballgame, you get dried squid and a beer at a ball game |
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Zutronius

Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Location: Suncheon
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:02 am Post subject: |
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When you walk into the Officetel elevator and wonder which adjoshi decided to pee in the elevator. |
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crsandus

Joined: 05 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:41 am Post subject: |
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When you are walking in a subway station and get nearly knocked down by a 4 1/2 foot, curly haired, flower patterned blur. |
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