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stevekor
Joined: 26 May 2010
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 Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:27 pm Post subject: My Korean Blog for Newcomers -> www.radoja.ca |
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www.radoja.ca
Hey Everyone just thought this might be able to help people who are coming into the country for their first time. It's short and sweet with comic observations of Korea, which i'm experiencing for my first time. I've only been here a month and I mainly have it set up for family and friends just. Maybe this will encourage anyone thinking of making the move to South Korea!  ). Or maybe it'll be completely useless lol...either way check it if u want and leave some feedback. cheers
www.radoja.ca
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tdv01
Joined: 12 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 5:45 pm Post subject: school |
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| Hi Steve, thanks for sharing your blog. Is this your first time teaching english? Would you recommend yr school? I've been trying to find a public school but I'm wondering if I should open my options up to private. |
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0ju
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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interestedinhanguk
Joined: 23 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 2:45 am Post subject: |
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| I find this paradox fascinating since Koreans appear ahead of western culture in terms social and technological advancement. |
In what way? Their acceptance and tolerance of foreigners/minorities? Commitment to sanitation? Letting others go first and moving aside, particularly on subways and elevators? Their aggressive attitude to combat domestic violence? The advancement of women?
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| I find this paradox fascinating since Koreans appear ahead of western culture in terms social and technological advancement. |
In what way? Their amazingly successful space program? That their company developed the most advanced and popular cell phone (the Iphone)? That they invented all the computer parts that they manufacture? |
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0ju
Joined: 30 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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to be fair to the guy, i liked his blog up until i read that one sentence  |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| OP still has the newbie goggles on and has a lot to learn about Korea, but there is nothing wrong with keeping a blog showing your experiences and thoughts. No need to be flaming out his blog! |
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stevekor
Joined: 26 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| uh ya wow...someone's got a lot of anger lol. I'm no expert, i've been in the country for one month it's just my initial take. Meant to be taken with a grain of salt I would say. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:29 am Post subject: |
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The OP has been in Korea all of 5 minutes.
Give him a break.
Making cultural observations when you first arrive is tempting as everything you see and learn seems important. In a way it is as you started from scratch. |
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kardisa
Joined: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Masan
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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The aforementioned sentence aside (oh, how I remember making such sweeping remarks about Taiwan), I quite liked your post. It also made me laugh out loud, since just the other day, my manager commented on the fact that I sleep with the a/c and a fan running all night. She's convinced that this behaviour is going to make me terribly ill.
Anyway, I'll add you to the links section on my blog. |
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stevekor
Joined: 26 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| cheers fellas |
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balzor
Joined: 14 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| kardisa wrote: |
The aforementioned sentence aside (oh, how I remember making such sweeping remarks about Taiwan), I quite liked your post. It also made me laugh out loud, since just the other day, my manager commented on the fact that I sleep with the a/c and a fan running all night. She's convinced that this behaviour is going to make me terribly ill.
Anyway, I'll add you to the links section on my blog. |
My Co-teacher and I debated it at lunch the other day. She was convinced about it since people supposedly died from it. So I simply asked her, "what was the cause of death?" She had no answer. I convinced her to do home and actually google it. She came the next day and apologized  and said I was right and that she had never heard differently.
One down, 50 million to go |
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stevekor
Joined: 26 May 2010
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 11:22 pm Post subject: |
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| i know eh, that's hilarious...so bizarre |
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Sireno
Joined: 19 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed reading through this  Have you had your eye surgery yet? Outcome? I hope it goes/went well. |
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stevekor
Joined: 26 May 2010
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| hey Sireno - I pushed it until January when I can take more than 2 days to rest. I didn't think it was realistic going into work on the Monday....and thanks |
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