Korean Job Discussion Forums

[austinmc86]

By the way, Espanol es muy importante....

[PatrickGHBusan]

[marsreloaded]

Welcome to Korea.

The only country I've been to where you can make a great salary yet have life absolutely sucked out of you feeling like you haven't done anything worth talking about.

Don't believe me? Read the forums or re-read your OP.

[shifty]

[austinmc86]

[Tigerstyleone]

Do you think you could be more productive if you worked at a Uni or 2 year college teaching 2 classes a day with 4 months of paid vacation time?

Or is it just the lack of motivation ?

[DejaVu]

Guitar can easily be learned online. You don't need to read music- just learn like everyone else and use tabs.

Realize that work is a joke and that your priorities should always be elsewhere. Take some sick days and focus on your hobbies. If I was a woman, I would get pregnant just to have that time off of work.

[Redcap]

1) Martial Arts: Even the smaller towns will likely have either a Tae Kwon-do or Hapkido school. Willingness to teach foreigners varies from instructor to instructor, but it shouldn't be too hard to find a school that will welcome you and your money. Language barriers may be present, but can be overcome.

2) Spanish: If you're located in a city, there may be a local Spanish club that you can join. Perhaps a Korean friend or coworker can help track one down. Alternatively, you can always do a language swap via Skype with a native Spanish speaker who is keen to learn English.

3) Guitar: There's a plethora of free or reasonably priced guitar lessons available on the internet- some good, some bad. One of the more impressive ones for beginner players is www.justinguitar.com. It's free, but welcomes donations.

[erasmus]

Here's a good site for learning guitar:

http://dirk.meineke.free.fr/classical.html

For all the rest, of course, it's all about discipline and creativity. It's up to you and posting here, asking for ideas, is a good start. Unfortunately, I'm a hermit and can't help you with the stuff that involves other people. I'm learning renaissance guitar music on the ukulele right now, reading about evolutionary theory, and hiking the steepest mountains I can find (they're everywhere around here). Find stuff to do and you'll be happy (or to quote JL Godard, I think, "Be interested in things and find them beautiful").

[austinmc86]

Does anyone know where I could order a guitar online and have it shipped to Korea?
And I would like to stay away from Gmarket.

[shifty]

[shifty]

[Redcap]

It's best to buy a guitar in person. That way, you can inspect it for factory defects or wounds caused by careless handling. Also, it's important to actually play the guitar so that you can get an idea of the tone quality, as well as the playing action- things you are unable to do if you buy online. Being a beginner, it is advisable to bring along a friend who is an experienced player to help guide you through the process.

If you're in Seoul or travel there on a regular basis, you should check out the Nakwon Music Arcade in Insadong. Again, you should bring a friend who knows something about guitars to help pick out a decent guitar for your needs.

Alternatively, you can go the used route. There's always people moving back to their home countries who can't be bothered shipping their Korean bought guitar home, and are looking to unload their guitars at a reasonable price. Check out the buy and sell forum here on Dave's or search Seoul Craigslist.

[Jotun_Symph]

[Squire]

^ Nutshell is a good guitar song to learn

At school I study Korean, read and do whatever preparation I need so I'm not working at home. From February I'll start working on a CELTA or TEFL or something, although I've got no idea what that entails or whether I can even do that at school.