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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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 Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 3:57 am Post subject: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to." |
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IT was a colleague who came out with this over lunch the other day. I told him he hadn't been to many places then prompting 20 minutes of solid debate on why/why not Korea is boring.
I've only been here a short while. Was my colleague right? |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:02 am Post subject: Re: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to.&quo |
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| the saint wrote: |
IT was a colleague who came out with this over lunch the other day. I told him he hadn't been to many places then prompting 20 minutes of solid debate on why/why not Korea is boring.
I've only been here a short while. Was my colleague right? |
Seeing as how you rely on other peoples' opinions to form your own, I think that sauerkraut is better than kimchi. Now you think the same. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:18 am Post subject: |
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When I hear this line, I feel like saying, "I don't blame you. If I didn't put forth any effort to learn to speak, understand, read, or write any Korean, I would be bored here too."
I also feel like saying, "I don't blame you. If I didn't put forth any effort to teach in an inspiring and creative way, I would be bored too." |
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jaebea
Joined: 21 Sep 2003
Location: SYD
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:19 am Post subject: |
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Boring?
Tough, yes. Difficult, yes. Tiring, definitely. Uncomfortable, perhaps.
But out of all that, I'm not sure if boring is an apt description of Korea.. :)
jae. |
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Eazy_E
Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:41 am Post subject: |
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Learning Korean makes it easier to survive... but also more stressful. Especially if you put heaps of pressure on yourself. I think I'm in the same boat as you, Tomato. Not easy to drill a language like Korean into a brain wired for English.
But is Korea boring? It is certainly monocultural, although perhaps less so with every year. It's hard to find foreign restaurants and other aspects of non-Korean cultures.
Koreans also tend to whitewash over the trappings of their traditional culture, whether it's baduk (the black and white checkers game), or the traditional music and dance. Younger people find stuff like this utterly boring, but that's what a foreigner would want to see in an Asian country. |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:49 am Post subject: Re: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to.& |
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| buddy bradley wrote: |
| Seeing as how you rely on other peoples' opinions to form your own, I think that sauerkraut is better than kimchi. Now you think the same. |
Dude- Sauerkraut is so much better! Thank god for http://www.yoricome.com/index.html |
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tokki
Joined: 26 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| I guess you've never been to Canada.Now THATS a boring country. I know,I lived there. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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if worst comes to worst... play video game for a while.. they cost about 17c a hit aud.. beats the shit out of 4 bucks a shot.
there is heaps to do here |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 5:26 am Post subject: |
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| Bored people are boring, anywhere you go. Buy into their lack of curiosity at your own risk. |
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inexhile
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:07 am Post subject: |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Bored people are boring, anywhere you go. Buy into their lack of curiosity at your own risk. |
Word
If your friend is bored hes obviously a pretty nimble minded fellow. Korea never ceases to fry my box whether its just going for a long walk somewhere unexplored or trying a new meal that you can't pronounce or sucking the cultural secrets (there are many) out of your Korean friends, firing a dart at a map and jumping on a bus. I guess its dream of everyone to go and live on an alien planet for a few years...well we're living it.
And... soju is cheaper than water...assar |
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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:16 am Post subject: Re: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to.& |
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| buddy bradley wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
IT was a colleague who came out with this over lunch the other day. I told him he hadn't been to many places then prompting 20 minutes of solid debate on why/why not Korea is boring.
I've only been here a short while. Was my colleague right? |
Seeing as how you rely on other peoples' opinions to form your own, I think that sauerkraut is better than kimchi. Now you think the same. |
You are one bitter alcoholic, man. I like you, but I'm getting tired of seeing your stupid posts actually. Get a grip on yourself. If you're going to drink, don't post. Everything you say sounds hopelessly moronic, desperate, dry. If you want to cheer up it's easy - take the patch, quit smoking, exercise, drink less often, quit your miserable job and start over. You can do it of you try. I've done it myself. It was hard but worth it. I felt 100% better and happier when I did. While I still drink, I don't blame everybody else for my own problems. What's wrong with you, man? |
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Korea Newfie
Joined: 27 Mar 2003
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
When I hear this line, I feel like saying, "I don't blame you. If I didn't put forth any effort to learn to speak, understand, read, or write any Korean, I would be bored here too."
I also feel like saying, "I don't blame you. If I didn't put forth any effort to teach in an inspiring and creative way, I would be bored too." |
You know what bores me? Assumptions about a person with little or no basis.
Yawn. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Korea boring??? Try crossing a street or "street shopping!"  |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:16 am Post subject: Re: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to.& |
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| shawner88 wrote: |
| buddy bradley wrote: |
| the saint wrote: |
IT was a colleague who came out with this over lunch the other day. I told him he hadn't been to many places then prompting 20 minutes of solid debate on why/why not Korea is boring.
I've only been here a short while. Was my colleague right? |
Seeing as how you rely on other peoples' opinions to form your own, I think that sauerkraut is better than kimchi. Now you think the same. |
You are one bitter alcoholic, man. I like you, but I'm getting tired of seeing your stupid posts actually. Get a grip on yourself. If you're going to drink, don't post. Everything you say sounds hopelessly moronic, desperate, dry. If you want to cheer up it's easy - take the patch, quit smoking, exercise, drink less often, quit your miserable job and start over. You can do it of you try. I've done it myself. It was hard but worth it. I felt 100% better and happier when I did. While I still drink, I don't blame everybody else for my own problems. What's wrong with you, man? |
lol. I like you too ^^~__ill be Sam and you can be Legolas ^^ lol romfloa fu fu^^_~. |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:11 am Post subject: |
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| shawner88 wrote: |
| You are one bitter alcoholic, man. |
I was better bitter on smack. Get it? No, you don't lol^^~.
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| I like you, but I'm getting tired of seeing your stupid posts actually. |
I'm not going away. Stop reading this forum.
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I use my right hand. You?
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| If you're going to drink, don't post. |
No.
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| Everything you say sounds hopelessly moronic, desperate, dry. |
I was inspired by your blog.
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I love you. |
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