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Paji eh Wong · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

I'm leaving Korea in a few days for China.

I've been here six years. I'm leaving behind some amazing people. But a wise man once told me that there are two important questions in life. #1 Where are you going? #2 Who are you going with? If you get the order mixed up, you are fucked. Korea is no longer the place for me. I may be back some day, but not for now.

I've seen a lot of people leave Korea, and it always seemed like that is when the poorest behaviour surfaced. People always seemed to need to emotionally distance themselves from the place and each other. A long time ago, I promised myself I wasn't going to do that.

It's been emotional.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Sorry you're leaving. Drop in here at Dave's and tell us how your life in China goes.

Good luck.

the ireland · Joined: 11 May 2008 Location: korea

enjoy china

The evil penguin · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject:

Ha ha ha... you think you can just RUN AWAY??? just like that???

ahhh my poor grasshopper, much you still need to learn in the way of the koreans.

Their shadow will continue to haunt you for the rest of your days. Like a korean cold that just keeps coming back; like a well thrown booomerang, so too is the unshakable presence of koreans.

Oh yes, you can run... you can hide. But this i promise... maybe in a few days, maybe a few weeks or months... maybe in a year... but one day without fail... a bus will cross your path, narrowly miss running over your foot.... and from the bus will emerge, jostling and shoving to get out the door first (identically clad in glarey north face jackets and black star-trek uniforms)... the very people you are pointlessly trying to flee: KOREANS!!!

Heed my words my son, to run from koreans is like trying to eat a picnic on the beach without getting sand in your teeth.... it's like trying to teach a hagwon without getting a finger up the rectum... like trying to teach logic anywhere in korea OR china....

Pointless.. pointless ..... pointless..... wherever you go, there they will be. This i can promise you, one day you will be in china... just innocently strolling along.... and out from nowhere a group of brightly dressed aliens will materialise behind you and stampede in your direction leaving you trampled bruised and bloody. You will then know my son, the very people you are trying to flee from have found you once more.

Koreans: you can run, you can hide.... but you can NEVER escape.

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

Pengy's correct.
At any international airport you end up at, just outside, near the smoking area, on the ground will be a fresh hork of phlegm struggling to crawl its way to safety.

And you will know, they are near, and watching.

The evil penguin · Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject:

Panda · Joined: 25 Oct 2008

My two cents

1, Getting used to bad situation is worse than sitting in a hot seat.

2, Repeatedly making wrong desicions ruins one's credit.

May China treat you good. Wink

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

Ha.

Why would you spell ajumma with a "d"?

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

See you later.

Korea never gets out of your blood. I still miss it and it has been nearly three years.

Good luck.

GO POHANG!

Blockhead confidence · Joined: 02 Apr 2008

China will be massively different

maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

mole wrote :

Pengy's correct.
At any international airport you end up at, just outside, near the smoking area, on the ground will be a fresh hork of phlegm struggling to..

idiotic comment
Mad

The evil penguin · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:38 am Post subject: Re: ,,

maingman · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Location: left Korea

yess

mole · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Act III

Quack Addict · Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: Seoul

I'm out as well....off to the Philippines at the end of the school year. I went down there last week to check stuff out. On my way back I witnessed some great ajumma behaivor.

I'm 6'6" so I get to sit next to the emergency exit. The bathroom is right there as well. Old Korean doesn't understand the latch turns red when someone is inside. So she was hammerin' on the door. "why won't it open" she probably thought. Another ajumma was inside probably taking a huge kimchee dump. Alot of speculation I know.

The banging ajumma tried to pull that I will go in before you come out move (mostly seen on elevators and subways) So we had two fat old Korean ladies battling at the bathroom door. It was freakin' hilarious.

I will miss you Korea....not!