Korean Job Discussion Forums

[littlelisa]

I got out of the habit of wearing a watch because of swing dancing. I stopped carrying one back when I was still in Montreal and before I had a cellphone. So I used to check the time on the payphones I passed if I needed it. Time was also displayed in the metros. If I couldn't find the time around me anywhere (actually quite rare), I'd just ask someone. I only put one on when I taught. Now I don't even do that, cause I have my cellphone, ipod, and when I'm teaching, I have my classroom computer that has the time, and there is a clock on the wall.

Also when it's hot I don't want anything on my wrist.

[Globutron]

I had no clue what the time was for 4 whole days in Thailand, I generally worked it out the old fashioned way - via the position of the sun.

[fortysixyou]

I used to love wearing watches. I have a lovely brown leather/metal banded Fossil with a wooden (really, wooden) face. It's beautiful.

Then I got eczema all over my wrist, so now I can't wear it. Sucks.

[schwa]

I happily abandoned mine over vacation but find it an indispensable tool in the classroom.

The students dont know it but the various activities throughout my lessons are pretty much "by the clock" & every class is hitting a nice note of closure just as the bell rings.

I alternate classrooms, cant trust the wallclocks, & find it awkward to check my cellphone frequently.

[redaxe]

I wear a watch, partly because I have to wear a suit to work. Wearing a suit with no watch just doesn't look right. The watch is part of the outfit.

[Mr. Pink]

[Englishee]

i love watches so much, sometimes i go to sleep with them.

i collect watches, so its not necessarily for fashion or practical reasons, i just wear them as a hobby. i like to collect REAL watches, not those 100$ pos fossil watches or those Calvin Klein pieces of crap that koreans think are high fashion...

a nice, expensive watch, with technical merit says a lot about a person. its classy. the type of watch u have on can tell people more than u think about urself.

[warmachinenkorea]

[Son Deureo!]

Whenever I'm teaching in an environment without clocks on the walls, like I do now, I need a watch to keep track of time. I guess I could use my cell phone instead, but I don't really like the message that sends to students. My watch is a nice one too, so that's a bonus.

[Draz]

They are uncomfortable and I hate them. When we were kids, my mom always tried to make us wear watches. If a watch broke or was lost, we knew that the next birthday or Christmas, we'd be getting another god damn watch.

[NYC_Gal]

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

I wear a nice titanium Boccia watch I bought in Vegas last month.

[Englishee]

[Pa Jan Jo A Hamnida]

It serves it's purpose

[crosbystillsstash]

TAG..and it never comes off