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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:38 am Post subject: What else do foreigners need here? |
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I've got my internet TV and my decent cable package. I download movies & programs and watch live TV with ease.
Transportation is easy to get around.
Korean hospitals are cheap for regular illness barring insurance and suffice.
I get 2 large 18 liter bottles of water delivered to me each month, 5,000 won a pop. Cheaper than 1.5 litre bottles you lug from the supermarket.
Western and Korean food to be found. FTA is giving us a larger variety of western goods to choose from. Costco is a plus.
I make my own Mexican food here. Not authentic, but will do.
Also, my gym membership.
Most electronics and appliances are decent quality and user-friendly, well, minus the Chinese ones.
Those are a few. Heck, what more tangible items do we need? |
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Join Me
Joined: 14 Jan 2008
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| Happen to have a hand gun laying around? Got a director that needs a proper introduction to the Western style conflict resolution. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:18 am Post subject: |
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Korea needs:
Sound and open business practices/laws.
Foreigner/tourist friendly websites, especially transportation websites.
Macintosh friendly websites.
Police that follow law and order, especially non-discrimination law.
A monorail. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| Cheaper wine and cheese and a greater choice of herbs and spices. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| cheeseface wrote: |
| a greater choice of herb |
Go home druggie Canadian! |
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The Hammer
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Ullungdo 37.5 N, 130.9 E, altitude : 223 m
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| We need helpful and fair Korean immigration officials. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| We need to support each other (in a sensual and loving way....ok maybe not in that way). |
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Kimchieluver
Joined: 02 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:10 pm Post subject: Re: What else do foreigners need here? |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
I've got my internet TV and my decent cable package. I download movies & programs and watch live TV with ease.
Transportation is easy to get around.
Korean hospitals are cheap for regular illness barring insurance and suffice.
I get 2 large 18 liter bottles of water delivered to me each month, 5,000 won a pop. Cheaper than 1.5 litre bottles you lug from the supermarket.
Western and Korean food to be found. FTA is giving us a larger variety of western goods to choose from. Costco is a plus.
I make my own Mexican food here. Not authentic, but will do.
Also, my gym membership.
Most electronics and appliances are decent quality and user-friendly, well, minus the Chinese ones.
Those are a few. Heck, what more tangible items do we need? |
I take it you live in a bigger city. Not all Korean cities towns and villages have some/all of the above. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| cheeseface wrote: |
| Cheaper wine and cheese and a greater choice of herbs and spices. |
Cheaper wine? My local Nonghyup store sells a decent, red, French table wine (Cuvee Alex Lechine) for W4,900.  |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| cruisemonkey wrote: |
| cheeseface wrote: |
| Cheaper wine and cheese and a greater choice of herbs and spices. |
Cheaper wine? My local Nonghyup store sells a decent, red, French table wine (Cuvee Alex Lechine) for W4,900. |
pffff.. not a scratch near to the Spanish rioja a was paying 2 euros for in Germany...
How about cheese...... 
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
| cheeseface wrote: |
| a greater choice of herb |
Go home druggie Canadian! |
I'm not a a plastic American thank you  |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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I found cheddar and many other varieties one of the local Home Plus the other day. I'm now, however, in one of the large metropoli.
FTA is certainly opening things up. |
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Tobias
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: You need this for sure |
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| English version of Windows XP. And a working knowledge of formating a hard drive. |
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aarontendo
Joined: 08 Feb 2006
Location: Daegu-ish
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not really sure about what the OP's point is. Those are all things we have back home (well except for the cheap hospital hah).
Ok I got one: Job stability. |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:50 pm Post subject: Re: What else do foreigners need here? |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
I get 2 large 18 liter bottles of water delivered to me each month, 5,000 won a pop. Cheaper than 1.5 litre bottles you lug from the supermarket.
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That would make my life here so much better. Got a number there that I can call? |
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