Site Search:
 
Speak Korean Now!
Teach English Abroad and Get Paid to see the World!
Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index Korean Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!"
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Where do you think this family was from?
Goto page Previous  1, 2
 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
greedy_bones



Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: not quite sure anymore

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't really see any difference between the Korean home that was being trashed on this show and any apartment I've moved into which was previously occupied by Koreans.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
aboxofchocolates



Joined: 21 Mar 2008
Location: on your mind

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

....nothing about that is funny.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

nice house!

guess they decided to come back to korea, everything else in the house they didnt need!
it was pretty much junk!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
T-J



Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:16 am    Post subject: Re: Where do you think this family was from? Reply with quote

michaelambling wrote:
Crockpot2001 wrote:
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/02/kcet-trashout-squad.html

Watch this video on house foreclosures. Pay attention at 1:30-1:50.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

MADE
MY
DAY

Thank you!


Really? How so? No, I really want to hear how this particular video "made your day."

You've been in Korea for what a month? During that time you've developed such a loathing for Koreans that seeing a families possessions abandoned due to financial difficulties actually makes you happy?

Wow. You are sad. Good luck.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Rusty Shackleford



Joined: 08 May 2008

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, all you people getting your jollies from this, just because they are Korean ,are sick fucks.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
ED209



Joined: 17 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, it is sad. But the OP's Through The Keyhole "Who would live in a place like this?" does add an element of humour to the video. I had a guilty chuckle, but hope the family will be ok.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
greedy_bones



Joined: 01 Jul 2007
Location: not quite sure anymore

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, it's sad. I don't wish foreclosure on a family just because they're Korean.

I did, however find the shots of the kitchen pretty funny just because I've never moved into an apartment in Korea without leftover kimchi, ramyeon, rotting produce, and a pair of used shower sandals.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
mekku



Joined: 22 Jul 2006
Location: daegu, korea

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

what a sad video.....the little girl's dresses and kids toys. so many personal belongings left behind. even though the people make the choice to leave all that stuff behind, i have to wonder why. why would you leave behind clothes, computers, and other useful or even necessary things- especially if you are low on money? looks like a nice house too.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Panda



Joined: 25 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why is it sad?

Its a Korean family left their house and discarded something they thought valueless which they dont even bother donating or carrying with them.

People who have computers to dump are not pathetic...

We are pathetic to worry about a little girls toys and skirts, I bet she has way more clothes than I do... Embarassed
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
mole



Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm the poster boy for the subprime lending crisis.
Every time I've ever moved, I've left behind loads of useful stuff.
Or discarded it myself if I might have a deposit returning my way.
Somehow I doubt they were forced to abandon their hopes and dreams and prized worldly possessions.

But yeah, in the order I became aware they're "Kimberleys:" [what ingrate came up with that one? I still like gook]

Shin ramyeon (my fav)
Giant jug of kimchi
soju bottle (thanks to JC I even noticed it Smile )
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the girls dresses might not have fit her anymore! so the mum thought don't worry we will buy new ones in dongdaemun! all the other stuff wasn't wroth the hassle of trying to sell to used dealers, korean style is don't clean the house when you are done with it! just leave!
Its a foreclosure, they know it will all be cleaned up.. doesn't belong to them anymore, so skip out.. they probably had credit card debts too who knows... did they leave the states?? or did they just leave the state?

anyway seems like from the video they left back to korea..

good on them... I would have left all that stuff behind too..I mean if you know trashmen are coming in to empty the house, why pay a coupe thousand dollars to have to emptied yourself..

but leaving the kimchi out??? ummmm maybe the grandmother was trying to pack it, and the mother kept saying NO NO and a fight broke out ,mean while the father finished off the soju with some cup rameon while the grandmother and mother inlaw faught over the kimchi, finally the grandmother lost so they just left it on the table and left! Laughing
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Crockpot2001



Joined: 01 Jul 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ED209 wrote:
Yeah, it is sad. But the OP's Through The Keyhole "Who would live in a place like this?" does add an element of humour to the video. I had a guilty chuckle, but hope the family will be ok.


Just to be clear on my own part, I wrote "Where do you think this family was from?". No humor was meant other than that it's funny to see something that is now so easily identified. A year ago I would not have blinked. Today I see something would not have been there, to my eyes. Funny how I changed.

I am not sad at all for the family that left as I have no idea what happened. Maybe they won the Lottery and left the place. Maybe they are criminals and are on the run. Maybe they miss Korea so bad they skated with big smiles on. I don't know.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.

Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group

TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe
TEFL Courses, TESOL Course, English Teaching Jobs - TEFL International