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Newbie
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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I'm gonna have to say that living here is definitely not boring ... but I would never reccomend this as a a hot tourist place. I've had numerous people from back home say they want to come visit me and wonder how much time they should set aside to do "touristy" stuff. Sadly, I tell them you can do anything important in Korea within 3 or 4 days (at most). I'm sorry, but so many of the temples/palaces here are so reconstructed that after seeing one, they all look the same. Sure, there are a few cool things to say , but after a while it gets a bit repetitive.
Seriously, Korea, a blast to live in ... but not an exciting vacation spot |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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When I first started coming here I couldn't work out what to do with my free time and would spend weekends doing very little.
Now though, there just aren't enough hours in the day- so I agree it's not much of a tourist spot but if you've got the right situation it can be a great place to live. |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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I'll be the first one to admit that I don't speak Korean. I'll be the first one to admit that the culture doesn't grab me. I'll be the first one to admit that I'm staying here for one year and then going.
And I'll be the first one to admit that Korea IS boring.
This country is like a zoo with one animal. Everywhere you look - Korean, Korean, Korean. And not only do they look the same, but they tend to think the same. I'm sorry, but that's not interesting at all. And I don't care how much Korean I learn, or how many Korean friends I make, that's not going to change.
Say it with me... a zoo with one animal. "Mom, can we go home now?"
And as for the person who was dissing Canada, go to Montreal, pal. You don't have to travel the world when you live there, the world travels to you. Maybe my thought is too coloured because I come from there. It's what I'm used to. A multi-cultural, bilingual, do-anything-you-want party town.
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll be the first one to admit that I don't speak Korean |
imagine going to a zoo where you could speak to the animals? Wouldn't that be a lot better? |
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Badmojo
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Location: I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll be the first one to admit that I don't speak Korean |
imagine going to a zoo where you could speak to the animals? Wouldn't that be a lot better? |
The point is that the country is 95% one nationality and one culture. That's why I don't think it's interesting. Language is irrelevant. |
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lush72
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: I am Penalty Kick!
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Badmojo- thank you for my new sig! Priceless! |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| lush72 wrote: |
| Badmojo- thank you for my new sig! Priceless! |
The thing is, we're the one animal. |
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Toby
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: "Korea is the most boring country I've been to.&quo |
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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? |
Is your colleague on smack? |
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aussie col
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe the problem is that your friend is still listening to Koreans about how to spend his free time.
If I accepted every offer to spend a day at Korea��s most beautiful ______ (fill in with your choice of mind numbing places) I would think Korea was boring as well. You usually end up sitting in traffic for four hours and then walking around some over crowded disappointment of a destination. Only to end up sitting around for hours drinking soju or singing in a darkened, smelly little room.
Koreans have a different idea about fun and excitement. It��s not that hard to find it for yourself, just get out and do something.
Maybe you also have to remind your friend that he��s not going to find excitement by sitting in a bar every weekend b*tching about Korea. Too many fall into this trap. I��m not saying that drinking in a bar is bad, quite the opposite. You��re just not going find any country exciting if you just watch it pass by the bar window. |
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FierceInvalid
Joined: 16 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Everywhere you look - Korean, Korean, Korean. |
I always love reading this complaint. Say it with me....THIS IS KOREA
What else were you expecting to find here? And for the record I'll put in for Seoul being at least as good a party town as Montreal, having lived in both.
Where is this week's "I'm back home now it's boring as hell" thread? There's usually one around... |
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Psy
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
Location: Hongdae
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| And not only do they look the same, but they tend to think the same. I'm sorry, but that's not interesting at all. And I don't care how much Korean I learn, or how many Korean friends I make, that's not going to change. |
And not only are you an idiot, you are racist as well. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject: |
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| And not only do they look the same, but they tend to think the same. I'm sorry, but that's not interesting at all. And I don't care how much Korean I learn, or how many Korean friends I make, that's not going to change. |
And not only are you an idiot, you are racist as well. |
me too then... he speaks the truth..
they are the same..
i can pull 20 female students out to the front of the class, give them some difficult stuff to do and they all react the same.. hand over mouth, start dancing then start fanning their face.. it is like a rehearsed routine..
should i say a trained money?
these people are all the same, its like they study as young children how to be a korean robot.
is saying that racist? they might be proud if i told them they behave the same as other koreans.. they would probably think.... 'wow! cool! i look like my favorite tv star' |
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sparkx
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| these people are all the same, its like they study as young children how to be a korean robot |
Its funny you used this term. Just last week I had to escort a group of overseas managers around seoul who were from various different countries (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Brazil, Switzerland, Jamaica, etc.). It was their first time in Korea.
Not a word of a lie - at some point each and every one of these men made some comment about Koreans acting like robots. The guy from Saudi turned to me at one point while we were walking through the Co-Ex Mall and said "I'm pretty freaked out here. How can you live in a country full of robots?" |
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Psy
Joined: 11 Sep 2003
Location: Hongdae
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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me too then... he speaks the truth..
they are the same..
i can pull 20 female students out to the front of the class, give them some difficult stuff to do and they all react the same.. hand over mouth, start dancing then start fanning their face.. it is like a rehearsed routine..
should i say a trained money?
these people are all the same, its like they study as young children how to be a korean robot.
is saying that racist? they might be proud if i told them they behave the same as other koreans.. they would probably think.... 'wow! cool! i look like my favorite tv star' |
badmojo characterized the whole country as a zoo with one animal. (the korean race), not female students from your hagwon.
If this is not racist in your opinion, please give me an example of what you think is racist.
Empathizing with him shows you have some disdain for this country and although I have no right to judge you on your own views and opinions, I believe that agreeing with such a bitter statement that has no other purpose but to create hate and division is not what you really meant. |
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wylde
Joined: 14 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| sparkx wrote: |
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| these people are all the same, its like they study as young children how to be a korean robot |
The guy from Saudi turned to me at one point while we were walking through the Co-Ex Mall and said "I'm pretty freaked out here. How can you live in a country full of robots?" |
its like they install a program and push enter..
sorry if what i say sounds piggish but it seems to be the best way to describe the behavoural pattern here..
the fanning of the face drives me nuts... when i ask them why they do it.. they say because they are hot... albeit the middle of summer or winter, on the beach or in the snow..
too funny |
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