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schwa
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 Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:03 am Post subject: pyeongchang olympics |
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Vote in a few hours & Korea's odds look good. Solid promotional effort & they'd be well run.
Olympics honchos are angling for a Nobel prize one day. Heres their chance to push that bid. Mark my words.
Gangwon! |
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Savant
Joined: 25 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:20 am Post subject: Re: pyeongchang olympics |
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| schwa wrote: |
| Vote in a few hours & Korea's odds look good. Solid promotional effort & they'd be well run. |
What was the last big Sporting Event in Korea that wasn't in Seoul?
The F1 Korean Grand Prix? That was really run well! Run well into the ground! |
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Lazio
Joined: 15 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:32 am Post subject: Re: pyeongchang olympics |
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| Savant wrote: |
| schwa wrote: |
| Vote in a few hours & Korea's odds look good. Solid promotional effort & they'd be well run. |
What was the last big Sporting Event in Korea that wasn't in Seoul?
The F1 Korean Grand Prix? That was really run well! Run well into the ground! |
Let's see how the IAAF World Championships goes in less than 2 months down in Daegu. Or the Asian Games in Incheon in 2014. |
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definitely maybe
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:31 am Post subject: |
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| Here's the question: Can Korea, and if so is Korea willing to, recreate Pyeongchang into a place that will appeal to foreigners from all over the globe. Perhaps I'll begin to ski in Korea again if I'm still here in 2018-2019! |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:31 am Post subject: |
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The Olympics are coming back to Korea! 2018!
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
Location: Boo-sahn
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:59 am Post subject: |
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| if i had a vote, i would go for either germany or france because of the sacrilege i saw in the paper today referring to "icehockey golf". shudder! |
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madoka
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| T-J wrote: |
The Olympics are coming back to Korea! 2018!
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URI NARA MAN SEI!  |
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denverdeath
Joined: 21 May 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| madoka wrote: |
| T-J wrote: |
The Olympics are coming back to Korea! 2018!
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URI NARA MAN SEI! |
GOOD LORD?!? Voters must've all been "icehockey" "golfers"?!? whatever. must remember ECONOMIC EXTERNALITIES are good for all in south korea...  |
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bossface
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: pyeongchang olympics |
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Great news! I remember profiling the one vote loss for the Vancouver Olympics and thinking Korean sticktoitness will prevail eventually, and it has. This may define my life in that I was planning to stick around until sometime between 2013 and 2015, and now I'm thinking I might as well teach until late 2017 then rock Pyeongchang first class to cap off my career here (I am a huge hockey fan). What an awesome thing!
This only helps the ESL industry in South Korea too.
When I saw your username had started a thread about the olympics I just KNEW you were going to pimp the province (as opposed to the city or country). Why? Because you're in Sokcho and spin everything daisies about your life there. Just sayin'. |
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nukeday
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: Re: pyeongchang olympics |
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| Louis VI wrote: |
Great news! I remember profiling the one vote loss for the Vancouver Olympics and thinking Korean sticktoitness will prevail eventually, and it has. This may define my life in that I was planning to stick around until sometime between 2013 and 2015, and now I'm thinking I might as well teach until late 2017 then rock Pyeongchang first class to cap off my career here (I am a huge hockey fan). What an awesome thing!
This only helps the ESL industry in South Korea too.
When I saw your username had started a thread about the olympics I just KNEW you were going to pimp the province (as opposed to the city or country). Why? Because you're in Sokcho and spin everything daisies about your life there. Just sayin'. |
Funny. While I agree, this from the guy who constantly pimps Geoje-do (or some other southern locale) and its beautiful weather.
Regionalism runs strong among the old timer expats in Korea, I guess. |
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Louis VI
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: Re: pyeongchang olympics |
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| nukeday wrote: |
| Funny. While I agree, this from the guy who constantly pimps Geoje-do (or some other southern locale) and its beautiful weather. |
That was schwa's move to make! 
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| Regionalism runs strong among the old timer expats in Korea, I guess. |
True. Just look at the diehard Seoul ESLers who say it's the only place to be. |
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Zyzyfer
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Gangwon is cooler than Geoje and Jeju combined. 
Just contributing the requisite "hostility" inherent in all threads here. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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Always helps to cry in front of everybody to get your way-
�We never gave up, and tried again and listened to your advice and improved our plans,� said Kim Jin-sun, the former governor of Gangwon Province, where Pyeongchang is located.
�I believe it is my destiny to stand in front of you for the third time,� he said, his voice choking and eyes welling with tears. �Our people have waited for over 10 years for the Winter Olympics. Today I humbly ask for your support for the chance of hosting the Winter Games for the first time in our country.�
In its presentation, Pyeongchang displayed a world map showing where the 21 Winter Olympics have been held _ 19 in traditional markets in Europe and North America and only two in Asia. It was a page out of Rio�s effective strategy, which used a world map to highlight that the Summer Olympics had never been in South America.
A sense of bitterness was expressed by IOC Vice President Thomas Bach, a senior figure in Munich�s bid. He suggested the Koreans had sought excessive sympathy from their previous failures.
�I think that was obvious in the Pyeongchang presentation,� he said. �They were playing on this sympathy and compassion minute after minute. Rio was different. Rio did not play on previous defeats or sympathy or even compassion.�
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/south-koreas-pyeongchang-awarded-2018-winter-olympics |
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Ruby Thursday
Joined: 29 Jun 2011
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Always helps to cry in front of everybody to get your way-
�We never gave up, and tried again and listened to your advice and improved our plans,� said Kim Jin-sun, the former governor of Gangwon Province, where Pyeongchang is located.
�I believe it is my destiny to stand in front of you for the third time,� he said, his voice choking and eyes welling with tears. �Our people have waited for over 10 years for the Winter Olympics. Today I humbly ask for your support for the chance of hosting the Winter Games for the first time in our country.�
In its presentation, Pyeongchang displayed a world map showing where the 21 Winter Olympics have been held _ 19 in traditional markets in Europe and North America and only two in Asia. It was a page out of Rio�s effective strategy, which used a world map to highlight that the Summer Olympics had never been in South America.
A sense of bitterness was expressed by IOC Vice President Thomas Bach, a senior figure in Munich�s bid. He suggested the Koreans had sought excessive sympathy from their previous failures.
�I think that was obvious in the Pyeongchang presentation,� he said. �They were playing on this sympathy and compassion minute after minute. Rio was different. Rio did not play on previous defeats or sympathy or even compassion.�
http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/south-koreas-pyeongchang-awarded-2018-winter-olympics |
Don't know who he is but I like that Thomas Bach fellow. My kinda guy... |
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