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cert43
Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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Umm.Chinese? Ok,I'll take it, but if we're going do to "Chinese"
any-thing, let's at least do the better of the two and go with Cantonese.
Connection to Korea? None anymore ( Thank-God).. I just like to come
on here and mess with you ingorant people from time to time.
What is YOUR connection?
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crescent
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: yes.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:05 pm Post subject: |
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| cert43 wrote: |
Umm.Chinese? Ok,I'll take it, but if we're going do to "Chinese"
any-thing, let's at least do the better of the two and go with Cantonese.
Connection to Korea? None anymore ( Thank-God).. I just like to come
on here and mess with you ingorant people from time to time.
What is YOUR connection? |
Aren't you the woman who invented her own definitions for 'gold-digger'? That thread was classic.
Therein lies the reason you were fired. |
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cert43
Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I did ( it was that lovely "canton" gene workin' it's gold-diggier
overtime). : and what did YOU invent? 
What lies in what reason?
I am American and YOOUUUU aren't!!  |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:55 am Post subject: Re: I miss Korea badly |
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Sorry to derail the post for a minute, but if you're only interested in coming back for a couple weeks at a time, why bother renting an apartment all year? You can rent beautiful luxury serviced apartments in Seoul for days or weeks at a time, without worrying about anything. Just wondering! |
1. I'm HORRIBLE with my money. I spend it as fast as I earn it.
2. I bought it when the exchange rate was awesome, it was in an incredibly convenient location, fit all my needs, and seemed like a good "investment." In fact, if I were to sell now, I imagine I would make a small profit.
3. I like the fact that I could at any moment go there and have a place to stay where all my stuff is at. Plus it lets me keep all my stuff somewhere in Korea.
4. I really, really thought I would go there more frequently - perhaps annually. I was wrong. I saw what sort of hit my income took when I would leave for Korea. Last time I was in Korea in 09, I could have bought a Porsche with the money I otherwise could have earned. This year, I skipped the trip and bought the car. |
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asylum seeker
Joined: 22 Jul 2007
Location: On your computer screen.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:12 am Post subject: Re: I miss Korea badly |
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| madoka wrote: |
| oldtactics wrote: |
Sorry to derail the post for a minute, but if you're only interested in coming back for a couple weeks at a time, why bother renting an apartment all year? You can rent beautiful luxury serviced apartments in Seoul for days or weeks at a time, without worrying about anything. Just wondering! |
1. I'm HORRIBLE with my money. I spend it as fast as I earn it.
2. I bought it when the exchange rate was awesome, it was in an incredibly convenient location, fit all my needs, and seemed like a good "investment." In fact, if I were to sell now, I imagine I would make a small profit.
3. I like the fact that I could at any moment go there and have a place to stay where all my stuff is at. Plus it lets me keep all my stuff somewhere in Korea.
4. I really, really thought I would go there more frequently - perhaps annually. I was wrong. I saw what sort of hit my income took when I would leave for Korea. Last time I was in Korea in 09, I could have bought a Porsche with the money I otherwise could have earned. This year, I skipped the trip and bought the car. |
Hey Madoka, can I rent your apartment for a weekend? I'll take good care of it. Seriously. |
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Wishmaster
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject: |
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And I'll bet you got the Porsche on E-bay motors  . Oh, and you left out the fact that you are 10 feet tall, 1,000 pounds of muscle and are adored by everyone. This is Dave's, after all. |
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mayorgc
Joined: 19 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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You miss the lifestyle.
You'd probably love life back home too could you afford to work just 6 hrs a day, have your apt to yourself pay all utilities and have a grand-plus disposable income every month.... |
That's one of the greatest aspects of life in Korea, but it's definitely not what I miss.
I miss the feelings, emotions and sensations of being new to Korea. The nostalgia is killing me now. Lots of good memories, not many bad.
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Oh, remember the bad in moments like this ( there is so much)
1. Nothing fun-BORING!!!!
2. Ajumes
3. Less then steller apts with no adequate plumbing or
basic things ( such as a table, or ref.).
-How you supposed to live like that?
4. Bratty kids ( and bosses) who make comments about
your "funny big" eyes
5, mean bosses who rip you off and hold your visa.
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Absolutely none of that list applied to me.
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| Come back or don't come back. Life is short...live for yourself. Are you one of those guys that now has a mortgage, married with a couple of screaming kids and working at a job that you'll probably be at for the next 40 years? Got trapped in that reality, eh? Well, just remember the good times in Korea. But also remember the middle age Korean dudes and their evil eye glares on the subway. Remember the illogic of the place. If you can remember the bad things and still want to come back...then come back. |
No dead end job, no astronomical bills, no screaming kids. Just lots of memories. I never got the evil K-glares, I blended in too well. I didn't agree with the way Koreans did many things, but I have almost no bad memories.
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| OP, why not plan a trip to Korea to visit? I think the 'home'sickness might be cured by an extended visit, instead of committing to a whole contract that you might not be ready to complete. |
A short trip back to Korea probably won't help me. What I'd need is a time machine to go back to the first month(s) I was there. That period of my life was too much fun.
but the cold reality is that my potential and earning power is greater in my home country. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
Location: In my Kingdom
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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| mayorgc wrote: |
| I never got the evil K-glares, I blended in too well. |
You're Asian American, aren't you? |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Wishmaster wrote: |
| And I'll bet you got the Porsche on E-bay motors . Oh, and you left out the fact that you are 10 feet tall, 1,000 pounds of muscle | | | |
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