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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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 Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:04 am Post subject: What do you ask your Parents to send you from back home? |
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like the title says, my parents asked me if I needed anything from the US.
and to be honest I can't think of anything other than a few books, deoderant, pepcid ac, and some american crew hair wax...
so lets hear some suggestions!
(nothing food related please) |
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curiousaboutkorea
Joined: 21 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: Re: What do you ask your Parents to send you from back home? |
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| optik404 wrote: |
like the title says, my parents asked me if I needed anything from the US.
and to be honest I can't think of anything other than a few books, deoderant, pepcid ac, and some american crew hair wax...
so lets hear some suggestions!
(nothing food related please) |
Big bottles of Purell (or other gel hand sanitizer), I haven't been able to find it anywhere other than the black market in Itaewon. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:11 am Post subject: |
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bed sheets
cotton socks |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:13 am Post subject: |
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bed sheets thats a good one  |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: What do you ask your Parents to send you from back home? |
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| optik404 wrote: |
like the title says, my parents asked me if I needed anything from the US.
and to be honest I can't think of anything other than a few books, deoderant, pepcid ac, and some american crew hair wax...
so lets hear some suggestions!
(nothing food related please) |
Last package I got had:
American crew (5) hair gel
Nyquil cherry flavor (4)
Sweet tarts (2 x-large bags)
Jim Beam whiskey (2 x-large bottles)
Ralph Lauren sweaters (it was getting cold)
Antacid tablets & pepto bismol
Yankee candles
Axe shampoo and deoderant (5 each)
Magazines
Strawberry pop tarts (plain without frosting - costco doesn't carry)
One pair of jeans
New Balance running shoes |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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Second the Yankee Candles and a few current magazines.
Real Q-Tips with paper sticks.
It's time for Easter candy! (Sorry if you consider that food...) |
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losing_touch
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Location: Ulsan - I think!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Let's see. The last box was something like this:
Resees Peanut Butter Cups
Resees Easter Eggs
Chocolate Bunny
Cadberry Mini-Eggs
Cadberry Eggs
Beef Jerky
Pete's Coffee
Trail Mix
Granola Bars
M&Ms
Hersheys Kisses
Ranch Pretzel Bites
Medication
...some other stuff I can't think of at the moment .... |
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prideofidaho
Joined: 19 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dill Pickle chips
Orange Pekoe tea
Honey
Spices, Tapenade.
...and cadbury bunny chocolates. The ones with caramel inside. |
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nosmallplans
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: noksapyeong
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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Actually... just food.
Last package:
2x Tapatio - Family Sized
2x Sriacha - Family Sized
5x Clif Bars - Retail Box, Mixed Flavors
1x Gummy Bears - 5LB Costco Bag |
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Nierlisse
Joined: 11 Oct 2008
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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| losing_touch wrote: |
Let's see. The last box was something like this:
Resees Peanut Butter Cups
Resees Easter Eggs
Chocolate Bunny
Cadberry Mini-Eggs
Cadberry Eggs
Beef Jerky
Pete's Coffee
Trail Mix
Granola Bars
M&Ms
Hersheys Kisses
Ranch Pretzel Bites
Medication
...some other stuff I can't think of at the moment .... |
Um...can we be friends??!? |
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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
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Here's the latest package I'm getting together for Wario:
Skool, long cut citrus
Taco Bell Fire sauce packets
Taco seasoning packets
Guacamole seasoning packets
Chili seasoning packets
Kool-Aid packs
Tums, chocolate cream flavor |
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pixykat222
Joined: 30 Jan 2009
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| I was under the apparently naive impression that you aren't allowed to send foodstuffs across the border. Looking at these lists, I was very wrong. What restrictions are there? And what kind of money did you all spend shipping those delicious Easter basket-makers? |
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Robot_Teacher
Joined: 18 Feb 2009
Location: Robotting Around the World
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I was under the apparently naive impression that you aren't allowed to send foodstuffs across the border. Looking at these lists, I was very wrong. What restrictions are there? And what kind of money did you all spend shipping those delicious Easter basket-makers? |
Non perishables such as jars of peanut butter, canned goods, bags of rice, coffee, and beans can be carried or mailed across borders, but the weight racks up quickly. You can't bring fresh fruit, fresh meats, and live plants nor any liquids in carry on larger than 100ml, but I carried coffee, rice, navy beans, and corn meal in my carry on to sneak that extra weight on as packing for a one year airplane trip to the other side gets tricky with luggage allowances. You can bring fresh fruit and fresh meat by cutting it up, putting into food containers, freezing it, and packing it in your check on luggage as well as jerkey and summer sausage. People transport frozen cheeses and meats all the time like this even though laws say you're not suppose to transport animal parts. This applies more to things like antlers, bones, and ivory.
Next time I go home, I'm going to cut up and freeze catfish and deer meat to pack over. It could be mailed in dry ice if you have someone to do it for you. Dry ice is commonly used by specialty food distributors to mail lobsters and many other specialty meats.
As for asking mom to do it, no, she can't as she's not physically capable of doing much, but maybe someone else I know can send things. I want more pants, shirts, and Fruit of the loom. Food and other items are prohibitively expensive to mail from the US as they dropped international surface mail service. Air runs like $30 a pound or two. It's faster and cheaper to mail from Asia to America than it is from America to Asia I've learned. |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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My parents have just been on a visit from the UK. Mum brought 3 chocolate Easter eggs.
Last year the ones she posted, were opened and resealed by customs. They took 50 days to arrive! When visiting, she had some space in her luggage and she took 3 eggs. |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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-cadbury creme eggs, candy
-stuffing mix
-coffee
-nyquil liquid caps
-tampons
-some make-up
-kraft cheese topping (so i can make mac and cheese myself) |
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