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roll_eks
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul from Nevada
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| Julius wrote: |
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| You won't even survive a day if you go to southern china, if you think korea is scary. |
I've always toyed with the idea of doing a stint in Fujian. But if its very xenephobic I think I'll give it a miss. |
yeah, a coworker said that traveling in china is nearly impossible because there are too many chinese who have now money to travel around in their own country. so at every tourist spot its full of chinese, its like rush hour in new-york subway. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:31 am Post subject: |
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When I first came here in '97 caucasians greeted each other etc in Jongno.
Nowadays I guess there are many independent people. They have jobs lined up and ready to go - even getting airfares prepaid for them. So, they have a package and can afford to be independent.
When I was first here people seemed more in need of contacts and word of mouth for jobs. There was also that internet cafe frequented by westerners near Kyobo that had job postings - is that still there?
There was also a western foreign church service so guys would be canvassing for that near there ... |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| OP - GO HOME! |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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| xingyiman wrote: |
| OP - GO HOME! |
He _is_ home. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with the thread author. It is scary.
I have just bashed into my neighbour�s new car. Again. I am in for a life of hell. They will take my pocket money away and ground me forever. I will never be allowed out by myself. I feel all scared and I�m shaking... |
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roll_eks
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul from Nevada
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| Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| xingyiman wrote: |
| OP - GO HOME! |
He _is_ home. |
yeah, that's exactly the problem. that's why imtrying to make some friends here. walking alone in seoul streets is no fun, cause there arent many benches to sit on outside, meaning i can rest only by entering a coffee shop and order a cup of sugar-filled crap for 10,000 korean wons, and to sit in a crowded place remembering of my uni cafeteria, where i just get stared and pitied by the koreans. drinking or eating alone in public is something koreans dont seem to do. so its best for me to sit in my cell of an apartment and watch pron. |
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Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
Location: Not Korea
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| The last time I was in Daegu, I crossed paths with a teacher. But I could tell he was tired and unhappy so I just carried on. The difference was that I was on holiday while he probably just finished or was about to start. Either way, I recognized he was in his own headspace and wanted to be left alone. Engaging in a conversation was probably the last thing he wanted. |
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Cheonmunka
Joined: 04 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| I have just bashed into my neighbour�s new car. Again. I am in for a life of hell. They will take my pocket money away and ground me forever. I will never be allowed out by myself. I feel all scared and I�m shaking... |
Shh. Just blame it someone else. Usually they don't think to ask the foreigner anyway.
I once whispered to a man '개세끼' because he was jostling me in line. I spoke it in his ear, but his back was turned. When he turned around in a sort of slowish state I had already leaned back and he glanced at me but then he looked at the (Korean) guy to the side of me (and a bit away though) and let fly abuse at that guy.
He didn't even stop when we were on the bus. He's like "너 개세끼래. 야, 너 십팔세끼놈, 너 ... "
It was macabre. But, I learned my lesson. You can cause a bit of naughtiness and still be held blameless.
So, just deny, Mate. |
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roll_eks
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul from Nevada
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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upate: after a week here, korea doesnt really feel so scary anymore. must have grown up a lot... lol.
what still scares me, though, is rather how a prolonged stay in this land can affects the psyche of some. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| roll_eks wrote: |
upate: after a week here, korea doesnt really feel so scary anymore. must have grown up a lot... lol.
what still scares me, though, is rather how a prolonged stay in this land can affects the psyche of some. |
I don't know if you're trying to fool us or yourself into believing you're a native speaker. |
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kg2095
Joined: 23 May 2009
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| roll_eks wrote: |
| ...what still scares me, though, is rather how a prolonged stay in this land can affects the psyche of some. |
I think the a-holes were probably always like that. Korea didn't do it to them. |
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roll_eks
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul from Nevada
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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| crossmr wrote: |
| roll_eks wrote: |
upate: after a week here, korea doesnt really feel so scary anymore. must have grown up a lot... lol.
what still scares me, though, is rather how a prolonged stay in this land can affects the psyche of some. |
I don't know if you're trying to fool us or yourself into believing you're a native speaker. |
i'm not into "trying" anything.
unlike those cristians in the subway, i'm not in the business of making peple believe in santa clause or other stuff.
sometimes, i'm intrigued by the stauch faith of those "true believers", but most of the time, i just simply dont care.
thanks for contextualizing my previous post, though  |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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| roll_eks wrote: |
| so its best for me to sit in my cell of an apartment and watch pron. |
That is illegal in Korea, just an FYI. |
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roll_eks
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
Location: Seoul from Nevada
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:06 am Post subject: |
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| Triban wrote: |
| roll_eks wrote: |
| so its best for me to sit in my cell of an apartment and watch pron. |
That is illegal in Korea, just an FYI. |
"illegal" presupposes the existence of a law, which in turn can be broken by ... ilegal actions. and normally a law is "enforced" somehow.
now: my contract states that im to work mondays to friday for a fixed number of hours. my boss now wants me to work on saturday m,orning as well. but its against my contract... so its illegal, i told him. he told me something like: written law is not as important as what is "orally" convened between peple facetoface...
i was told repeatedly that i'll have a 2 furnished bedroom... when i came here, it was 1 bedroom and h@ll there was no bed in it. so somehow "oral" reassurements are not legally binding either. |
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crossmr
Joined: 22 Nov 2008
Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:18 am Post subject: |
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| i was told repeatedly that i'll have a 2 furnished bedroom |
You've told us repeatedly that you're a native speaker and we know that isn't true. Whatever medication you've come off of, go back on it. |
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