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CapnSamwise



Joined: 11 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:25 pm    Post subject: Finally got my first job! Reply with quote

Hey everyone, CDL made me an offer for their branch in Pohang. I leave in five weeks! Thanks for your help, both you guys and over at the forums proper.

Anyone in the area currently? I tend to get lonely easily and then I get drunk, and then I climb lightposts and shout Chaucer at the top of my lungs.
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Forever



Joined: 12 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CoNgRaTuLaTiOnS! although I have always disliked Pohang (I think its a backwards, city)
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andrewchon



Joined: 16 Nov 2008
Location: Back in Oz. Living in ISIS Aust.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Congrats. Is this your first full time job?
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bassexpander



Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't drive a car in Pohang. I heard the acid rain and factory dust will eat the paint off.
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CapnSamwise



Joined: 11 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

andrewchon wrote:
Congrats. Is this your first full time job?


It's only 24 hours a week, that hardly strikes me as full time.

Aside from that, no. I've worked summer camps before, which aren't so much full time as they are "all of your time".
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ChilgokBlackHole



Joined: 21 Nov 2009

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Pohang is a BLAST on the highest order. Make sure you make friends in the city fast, so you have a place to crash, and carry an extra change of clothes in your man-bag. It's not skeevy like Mokpo, but you can still party all around the clock. It's a real treat to visit. Good luck!
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definitely maybe



Joined: 16 Feb 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CapnSamwise wrote:
andrewchon wrote:
Congrats. Is this your first full time job?


It's only 24 hours a week, that hardly strikes me as full time.

Aside from that, no. I've worked summer camps before, which aren't so much full time as they are "all of your time".


24 hours of teaching a week. Remember that there will be plenty of other things to keep you there at least 30-35 hours a week. Perhaps more depending on how they schedule you. I don't mind Pohang though. Good luck!
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bassexpander wrote:
Don't drive a car in Pohang. I heard the acid rain and factory dust will eat the paint off.


jesus.. forget the car.. don't go outside when its raining without a cap on then....
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CapnSamwise



Joined: 11 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is the air quality that bad? Should I invest in a respirator?
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