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| What do you wear to work? |
| Suit. Got to fit in with the Koreans. |
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| Tie and shirt. Got to look like I am trying to fit in. |
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| Respectable shirt and trousers. Don't want to stand out. |
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| Shirt and neat jeans. Got to be conservative. |
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| Polo and jeans. Still looking neat. |
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| T and jeans with holes. Still think I am a teen. |
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| Anything I damn want to. Who do they think they are? |
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just because
Joined: 01 Aug 2003
Location: Changwon - 4964
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
It is possible your boss sees you as dressed up compared to other teachers.
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I don't think so, there is only 1 other foreigner and she dresses well(though the closer it gets to summer the more of a glamour she is becoming  ) and the K-teachers dress as they normally do, in their wallpaper fashion that screams conformity. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:31 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| However, one button undone and the sleaves rolled up is the busy businessman look quite acceptable in most offices back home. |
ah that would be me. i always roll my sleeves up because they are never long enough! this however reveals my hairy arms - a source of constant fascination for children and adults alike. i have had unknown ajummas on the subway stroke my arms and smile at me  |
better ajummas than ajoshis...  |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
better ajummas than ajoshis... |
well - i wasn't going to mention it but... |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe some of the ladies should give some of the guys makeovers. |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Maybe some of the ladies should give some of the guys makeovers. |
now there's an idea for the next get together  |
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Toby
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Wedded Bliss
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| hojucandy wrote: |
i teach both adults and children. have had no complaints about my appearance, only compliments about my teaching. |
You should know, if you have been in Korea long enough and teaching for long enough, compliments don't really mean anything here. Very often it is small talk and they are just trying to flatter you in the same way they like to be flattered.
And I don't really believe that children compliment you on your teaching or appearance. |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Toby wrote: |
And I don't really believe that children compliment you on your teaching or appearance. |
they don't. they just hug me.
their parents compliment me. and my boss. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Maybe some of the ladies should give some of the guys makeovers. |
Makeovers are evil- People aren't houses, they shouldn't require renovation. Besides, can you imagine what Zed would do if we cut his hair?!  |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| can you imagine what Zed would do if we cut his hair?! |
perhaps we could just magic-straight it? |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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| peppermint wrote: |
| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| Maybe some of the ladies should give some of the guys makeovers. |
Makeovers are evil- People aren't houses, they shouldn't require renovation. Besides, can you imagine what Zed would do if we cut his hair?! |
If someone could look better, then he or she should accept the help. Clothes are like houses, we have to live in them. |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Aiiiish...but what is better? There is a stopping point to giving someone a makeover and that is when the person starts to feel uncomfy. Clothes and makeup are there to enhance a person's good points and maybe downplay flaws, but you shouldn't try to be another person in them.
I wouldn't give a guy a makeover unless he really wanted one and then I would absolutely stress that he did not need to listen to me and if he liked his ratty Husker Du T-shirt, he could keep it. |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe that's why it is better for the qeer guys to makeover the straight guy, so he does not have to blame the woman.. |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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| hojucandy wrote: |
| peppermint wrote: |
| can you imagine what Zed would do if we cut his hair?! |
perhaps we could just magic-straight it? |
Ha ha...only the strong should use Magic Straight. You can't wash your hair for three days after it's done.
I thought Zed's hair was pin straight anyways? |
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hojucandy
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Location: In a better place
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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| katydid wrote: |
I thought Zed's hair was pin straight anyways? |
let's crimp it then! |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| katydid wrote: |
Aiiiish...but what is better? There is a stopping point to giving someone a makeover and that is when the person starts to feel uncomfy. Clothes and makeup are there to enhance a person's good points and maybe downplay flaws, but you shouldn't try to be another person in them.
I wouldn't give a guy a makeover unless he really wanted one and then I would absolutely stress that he did not need to listen to me and if he liked his ratty Husker Du T-shirt, he could keep it. |
She is far mroe diplomatic than I would be soryr that ratty husker du t shirt is going up in flames 
As for makeovers, sometimes people just need a gentle prod to send them in the right direction. Before I left for korea I was a poster child for sloveny university ways, bad clothes, bad hair cut and I never wore make up. Now I can barely leave the house without any on and am spending way more on clothes than I should be. At the moment my hair isn't looking great though. Personally I blame blue flower, for the princess transformation. She has created a monster! |
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