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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:10 am Post subject: Why is everything so opposite here? |
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Anyone who has an ounce of observational skills would know what im talking about. I can give you a some random examples, like:
my girlfriend eats the inside of the grape and spits out the skin BUT eats the seed, i eat the skin but spit out the seed.
Guys hold purses, when guys back in America dont
Girls have no hair on their body naturally, but a forest yo know where. In America the girls have hair on arms and legs naturally, but clean you know where
the way they make X's...i start from top left and go down to bottom right....they do it from top right and go to bottom left...
ok, i could go on....but some other observations:
Everyone has a GPS in their car. EVERYONE.
Korean women like to squat down and mix food in a bowl on the floor, when the counter is right there.
And this one makes me laugh everytime:
When i pay for a movie ticket, or food, the cashier ALWAYS gives MY change to my girlfriend....lol whats up with that?! Feel free to add any of your observations related to the above...
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Welcome to a culture other than your own. Your list hardly qualifies as everything. That and ease up on the porn, western girls are not naturally "clean" "down there". |
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sheriffadam
Joined: 10 May 2010
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:00 am Post subject: Re: Why is everything so opposite here? |
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| Radius wrote: |
Everyone has a GPS in their car. EVERYONE.
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apparently 50% of UK motorists own a GPS, but yes, the koreans love the massive 7-10" monsters there on the dash, and I guess crime must be low because they never make an effort to hide them? |
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:06 am Post subject: Re: Why is everything so opposite here? |
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| Radius wrote: |
Anyone who has an ounce of observational skills would know what im talking about. I can give you a bunch of random examples, like:
my girlfriend eats the inside of the grape and spits out the skin BUT eats the seed, i eat the skin but spit out the seed.
Guys hold purses, when guys back in America dont
Girls have no hair on their body naturally, but a forest yo know where. In America the girls have hair on arms and legs naturally, but clean you know where
the way they make X's...i start from top left and go down to bottom right....they do it from top right and go to bottom left...
ok, i could go on....but some other observations:
Everyone has a GPS in their car. EVERYONE.
Korean women like to squat down and mix food in a bowl on the floor, when the counter is right there.
And this one makes me laugh everytime:
When i pay for a movie ticket, or food, the cashier ALWAYS gives MY change to my girlfriend....lol whats up with that?! Feel free to add any of your observations related to the above... |
I'll bite.
Local grapes are actually hard-climate vinifera suitable for wine making. The skins are tougher and more bitter. Also, grape skins are loaded with pesticides, but grape seeds are full of essential oils. Your bad.
Guys hold purses back home. They're just older and married.
Korean women are not ALL full down there, and American girls have to wax to look they way they do. Have you dated much?
Your other observations, i have never experienced in almost 10 years here. |
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sulperman
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:19 am Post subject: |
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And what is the deal with airplane food?
And the black box....why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box? |
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joeteacher
Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:28 am Post subject: |
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| sulperman wrote: |
And what is the deal with airplane food?
And the black box....why don't they make the whole plane out of the black box? |
Ha.
Why do they say strikes then balls, instead of balls then stikes in baseball (ex. 2 strikes, 3 balls)? Everything else is the same but that.
Also, what's with the backward nines? |
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NYC_Gal
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 4:50 am Post subject: |
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Actually, more and more American girls get laser down there.
He knows that western girls aren't naturally bare. Western girls just groom down there more than the girls here (for the most part). I've yet to see one Korean "white tiger" at a jimjilbang.
Also, nay means yes here. |
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8 years down
Joined: 16 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:21 am Post subject: |
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| Ever put check-marks on a student's work and watch them freak out? |
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Radius
Joined: 20 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| 8 years down wrote: |
| Ever put check-marks on a student's work and watch them freak out? |
lol yea thats another one i forgot about. again, opposite. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:04 am Post subject: Re: Why is everything so opposite here? |
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| Radius wrote: |
Anyone who has an ounce of observational skills would know what im talking about. I can give you a some random examples, like:
Guys hold purses, when guys back in America dont
I saw guys holding purses frequently back in the UK
Girls have no hair on their body naturally, but a forest yo know where.
All mammals have natural hair over their body. All humans have hair all over their body, except like.. their palms. Some hair is not visible due to size, but it's there.
the way they make X's...i start from top left and go down to bottom right....they do it from top right and go to bottom left...
My ex's start from the top right when in capitals, when none capitals it's top left, simply because the native way is to join from the previous letter, the left side.
Everyone has a GPS in their car. EVERYONE.
So far I've only seen it in taxi's... which makes sense, I don't see how this makes it 'opposite' though, unless Not one person has GPS in America.
And this one makes me laugh everytime:
When i pay for a movie ticket, or food, the cashier ALWAYS gives MY change to my girlfriend....lol whats up with that?! Feel free to add any of your observations related to the above...
What's worse is in Malta, when you try to give the money, and they won't take it. They want you to put it on the counter, they don't want to risk touching you. When they give you change and you put your hand out, they'll dodge it, give you a dry look and put it on the counter. VERY annoying.
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| !yhw s'tahT .erutluc naeroK |
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Seoulio
Joined: 02 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:46 am Post subject: |
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you could also add in
Westerners work ethic when compared to back home
A westerners ability to be racist against another race or country when they wouldn't be bac home
a westereners desire to come to a new country to expereince a new culture, and then said teacher hangs around in Itaewon, and eats Macdonalds and Pizza HUt for most meals.
A westerners opinion that they know how to make educational decisions better than a Korean admin with over 20 years experience.
A westerners inability to realise that unsrupulous people are a universal constant and working for some of these people doesnt make the whole country one of racist idots trying to scre the foreigner.
A westerner whining that being paid to come into work and do whatever you want to (including watch Television) is somehow "unfair"
I could go on, but I think my point is clear.
That ignorant comment about womens hair was classic though |
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charliebrown84
Joined: 29 Jul 2009
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Why is everything so opposite here? |
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| Radius wrote: |
Guys hold purses, when guys back in America dont
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I'll take guys holding purses over guys being macho pigs and making sure all of us f*gs know not to touch them any day of the week. 
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Girls have no hair on their body naturally, but a forest yo know where. In America the girls have hair on arms and legs naturally, but clean you know where
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Its not backwards, its just a conservative social decision. The younger women don't want their mothers to think they're paid prostitutes.  |
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Mariella713
Joined: 22 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:52 am Post subject: |
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A westerners ability to be racist against another race or country when they wouldn't be bac home
WTF, dude? Racist people are racist, whether they're at home or not.
a westereners desire to come to a new country to expereince a new culture, and then said teacher hangs around in Itaewon, and eats Macdonalds and Pizza HUt for most meals.
Um...a lot of Koreans who go abroad still eat Korean food whilst they're away. Besides - some people get sick of eating the same old **** day in and day out. What's wrong with wanting to eat what your tastebuds desire? Or is there some unwritten obligation to only eat the national food the country you're in serves?
A westerners opinion that they know how to make educational decisions better than a Korean admin with over 20 years experience.
You are really bitter, ain't ya? 
A westerners inability to realise that unsrupulous people are a universal constant and working for some of these people doesnt make the whole country one of racist idots trying to scre the foreigner.
*Yawn*
A westerner whining that being paid to come into work and do whatever you want to (including watch Television) is somehow "unfair"
...just take that stick out of your ass, would you? |
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TECO
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:10 am Post subject: |
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| I always recommend reading Alice in Wonderland for new teachers. |
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