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Things I have yet to see while living in Korea
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mayorgc



Joined: 19 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:56 pm    Post subject: Things I have yet to see while living in Korea Reply with quote

I haven't seen yet:

Koreans telling english speakers to shut up
White guys get harrased while with their K-GF
Koreans trying to score free english lessons from white strangers.

Thing that I have seen:
Kids pissing into water bottles/drink cups
guys pissing and puking all over the place
ajumma's blatantly cutting in line.
women getting beat up in public
Women getting beat up at home
People walking into you *edit*
the Costco onion, mustard and ketchup salad. *edit*
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:12 pm    Post subject: Re: Things I have yet to see while living in Korea Reply with quote

mayorgc wrote:
I haven't seen yet:

Koreans telling english speakers to shut up

kepp your eyes open when speaking english in public and the scowls will be evident, though outright 'shut up' type comments i've yet to experience myself

mayorgc wrote:
I haven't seen yet:

White guys get harrased while with their K-GF

harassed (sp) in terms of scowls and barked comments I've seen numerous times, you will too if around waygook-KGF situations much

mayorgc wrote:
I haven't seen yet:

Koreans trying to score free english lessons from white strangers.

happened all the time my first three years here, not much at my last place nor where i am now - it can be of mutual worth if they're friendly and you get something out of it (eg., weekend drives, translation help, shopping or sales negotiation assistance, etc)
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andrewchon



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

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

OP: my list is same as your and

I haven't seen a cockroach yet!

I've seen wild dogs, wild cats, rats, snakes but no roaches!
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Senior



Joined: 31 Jan 2010

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

andrewchon wrote:
OP: my list is same as your and

I haven't seen a cockroach yet!

I've seen wild dogs, wild cats, rats, snakes but no roaches!


Wow! You saw a snake? Where? The coolest animals I have seen were squirrels and this ferret type creature that was pure white.

My first one room apartment was infested with roaches. I went on a killing spree after I woke one night with a roach crawling on my face (puckn sick!) and killed about 20 in a week. More importantly I found where they were coming in and stopped it up. Didn't see another one for 18 months after that.

Good story, I know. Laughing

My list is also identical to the OPs.

I haven't been harassed whilst out with my K-GF, either. She gets "Are you Japanese?" every now and again, though.
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mayorgc



Joined: 19 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm guessing the reason I haven't been told to shut up or why I don't get grief when I'm with my gf is because people think I'm gyopo.


But yah, now that I think of it, I haven't seen any funky insects/bugs while in Korea. Indoors, I've seen flies/mosquitoes and ants. But no roaches.
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tzechuk



Joined: 20 Dec 2004

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You haven't been here long enough, son. Give it time. You will.
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Moldy Rutabaga



Joined: 01 Jul 2003
Location: Ansan, Korea

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[edit]

Last edited by Moldy Rutabaga on Wed Jan 01, 2014 5:48 pm; edited 1 time in total
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TheUrbanMyth



Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: Retired

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 9:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tzechuk wrote:
You haven't been here long enough, son. Give it time. You will.


Does nearly 10 years count?

'Cause I've been here that long and never been told to shut up when speaking English or been bothered for walking with a K-girl. And yes, I speak some Korean and understand a good deal more.
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oskinny1



Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!

PostPosted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

TheUrbanMyth wrote:
tzechuk wrote:
You haven't been here long enough, son. Give it time. You will.


Does nearly 10 years count?

'Cause I've been here that long and never been told to shut up when speaking English or been bothered for walking with a K-girl. And yes, I speak some Korean and understand a good deal more.


I had all of those things done to me in my first year. It's amazing that people can have different experiences living in the same country.
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monkeyteacher



Joined: 05 Jan 2008
Location: near the magic mountain

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:27 am    Post subject: Wow! Reply with quote

Moldy Rutabaga, you rock! Spot on! Sums up my four and a half years in K-land well.
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flakfizer



Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oskinny1 wrote:
TheUrbanMyth wrote:
tzechuk wrote:
You haven't been here long enough, son. Give it time. You will.


Does nearly 10 years count?

'Cause I've been here that long and never been told to shut up when speaking English or been bothered for walking with a K-girl. And yes, I speak some Korean and understand a good deal more.


I had all of those things done to me in my first year. It's amazing that people can have different experiences living in the same country.

I've always wondered about that too. The people who seem to lean toward the "apologist" side of things tend to say that the negative things that happen to others here, haven't happened to them. It's sort of a chicken/egg thing. Are they staunch defenders of Korea because they have not experienced anything that bad or do they not see the bad because they are staunch defenders? The same, of course, can be asked of the "whiners." Do they see negative stuff everywhere because they are whiners or did they become whiners after seeing the negative stuff?

As for this particular point, I have been told to keep quiet when speaking English in public but have never been confronted about being with a Korean woman. However, the Korean woman has been scolded or yelled at about being with a foreign man and I would not have known this had the woman not told me.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Moldy Rutabaga wrote:
13. No, stay there, my darling wife. I�ll get it.
20. I�m sick of going out for samgyupsal! Let�s try something we�ve never had before!
24. I�m sorry, the bus is full. There�s no room for more people.
26. I think that playing four hours of Starcraft a day is for losers.
30. Hey! Let�s go play in the park!

Laughing the funniest!
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flakfizer



Joined: 12 Nov 2004
Location: scaling the Cliffs of Insanity with a frayed rope.

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

VanIslander wrote:
Moldy Rutabaga wrote:
13. No, stay there, my darling wife. I�ll get it.
20. I�m sick of going out for samgyupsal! Let�s try something we�ve never had before!
24. I�m sorry, the bus is full. There�s no room for more people.
26. I think that playing four hours of Starcraft a day is for losers.
30. Hey! Let�s go play in the park!

Laughing the funniest!

Remember this old thread: http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=132082&start=0?
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andrewchon



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

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

senior:
I saw snake twice, once at the back of the school (rural, near Suwon).
It was about half inch thick, foot and a half long, brown coloured.
It slithered slowly by me, about a metre away.
Other time was a dead one on a mountain pass, on the way to Peace Dam, I think.
I was surprised to see masses of red dragonflies up in the altitude of 1000m.
There are few chipmunks in my area, I see them crossing road occasionally.
However, only road-kills I see are cats.
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reactionary



Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've yet to see the beautiful nature I hear about. I guess it's my fault for visiting mountains near Seoul or the beaches of Gangwon-do, each nice but not spectacular, and very unfortunately ridden with trash.
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