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WendyRose
Joined: 10 Dec 2008
Location: hanam-si, seoul
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 Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:47 am Post subject: For those going home... |
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When are you leaving and what are you looking forward to most?  I'm pretty excited about the prospect of Taco Bell, myself...and perhaps a hair salon that doesn't threaten bangs! |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: Re: For those going home... |
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| WendyRose wrote: |
| When are you leaving and what are you looking forward to most? I'm pretty excited about the prospect of Taco Bell, myself...and perhaps a hair salon that doesn't threaten bangs! |
For me, it was seeing lots of green grass, being able to breathe the air better, more Tex/Cal-Mex food as you mentioned, health food stores, more of a variety of women, being able to speak English almost all the time etc..... I would also shopping. Even though I am not a big shopper, it's hard for a Westerner to shop in Korea with the way Koreans are built differently, and I am not even a big guy. |
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typo
Joined: 16 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| Lasagna. i'm talking good lasagna. that and good pizza. knowing what people around me aer talking abotu will be nice, as well. |
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fromtheuk
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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I'm back in England. I am extremely happy. Why? No co-teacher.  |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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Before leaving, I was looking forward to clean, fresh air. Variety of foods to choose from, and seeing family and friends.
Then I got home, and realized I spent way too much time missing things like food and such and not enough time enjoying myself in Seoul. Lesson learned!
Hence why I'm leaving again, and this time I'll do it right! |
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Ruthdes
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 1:37 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not even leaving Korea for good yet, but I'm about to go on holiday to the US for the first time and I'm looking forward to trying all the things that my American friends keep talking about: good Tex Mex (not Taco Bell, sorry), cheap clothes and shoes (people complain about the price of Levis here, but they're the same price in Australia!), being a tourist but being able to ask anyone for help and have them understand me. I'm not looking forward to tipping, but hey, I'll take the bad with the good. USA here I come  |
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English Matt
Joined: 12 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| ciccone_youth wrote: |
Before leaving, I was looking forward to clean, fresh air. Variety of foods to choose from, and seeing family and friends.
Then I got home, and realized I spent way too much time missing things like food and such and not enough time enjoying myself in Seoul. Lesson learned!
Hence why I'm leaving again, and this time I'll do it right! |
Where to this time? Back to Korea?
I miss the greater variety of entertainment and food options from back home. Also not feeling like a Martian whilst walking down the road was good. Rolling tobacco and proper chocolate....nice cafes....The Guardian.....riding my bike on proper bicycle lanes and roads again....running outside without putting myself on the road to developing emphysema from all the car fumes and air pollution.....swimming pools that don't feel like your swimming in a giant vat of pickled Koreans. Finally it'll be nice to be able to study German and French in a classroom setting (and in country) rather than through expensive online courses. |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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I'm looking forward to driving down the street; not parking every 10 yards like in Seoul.
I'm looking forward to not wasting time in traffic or in transit. I look forward to privacy and people who feel responsibility for having at least a little bit of respect for strangers. I'm excited to be with my friends and family again.
I miss the interaction with strangers, the polite banter than reminds us that we exist together for the same purposes of living a decent life. Like when I was home last time at the super market, and this old Polish guy in a wheel chair is shopping for bread like I was. He says: "All I want is bread and these days, they have 30 kinds of bread!!" and starts laughing.
I also miss the chit chat at say, the Walmart checkout. "Hi how are you. Wow, these are great. I just bought one myself...."
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Not going home but I'm looking forward to U.S. National Parks.
America is awesome in that regard. |
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oldfatfarang
Joined: 19 May 2005
Location: On the road to somewhere.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Soon, very soon, I'm going to my second home: Thailand. Oh, wonderful Thailand. Where I can eat Thai food (made with real Thai ingredients) - all day - everyday.
And I'll buy Tim Tams. That delicious Aussie chocolate biscuit that is only available in civilised countries. And I'll also eat German bread, Italian pizza, Belgiun pastry, German sausages, European salami - in fact, all kinds of food from Europe and all over the world. And yes, I'll also eat Magnums - a decent sized (and tasting) ice-cream.
And running on the beach at dawn - with the cool breeze coming off the ocean - and snoozing (or fishing) during the heat of the day. Wahoo! Thailand.
Oh, I forgot the most important thing I'll do in Thailand. I'll start smiling again - and people will smile back at me - and get this - THEY'LL EVEN TALK TO ME - as a fellow human.
Choke dee. |
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ciccone_youth
Joined: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| English Matt wrote: |
| ciccone_youth wrote: |
Before leaving, I was looking forward to clean, fresh air. Variety of foods to choose from, and seeing family and friends.
Then I got home, and realized I spent way too much time missing things like food and such and not enough time enjoying myself in Seoul. Lesson learned!
Hence why I'm leaving again, and this time I'll do it right! |
Where to this time? Back to Korea? |
Nope. Japan  |
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Ruthdes
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject: |
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| oldfatfarang wrote: |
| And I'll buy Tim Tams. That delicious Aussie chocolate biscuit that is only available in civilised countries. And I'll also eat German bread, Italian pizza, Belgiun pastry, German sausages, European salami - in fact, all kinds of food from Europe and all over the world. And yes, I'll also eat Magnums - a decent sized (and tasting) ice-cream. |
You can get Tim Tams in Olive Young! Some people say they're not the same, but I think they're pretty damn close. I agree with you about Magnums though (The ice cream, not the condom). They rock! |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Our emart has Tim tams. I am off to another asian country where as the guy said people will actually talk to me. Also the food will be good and the ladies more friendly. |
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