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livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

Since I've been here I can't stop bowing every time somebody bows to me!!!

And that's also the same for the "hellos" that get sent in my direction from kids and adults. It's just a habit for me to reply back to them.

Have I been here too long!! Shocked

osangrl · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Location: osan

smoking. drinking diet coke by the 2L bottles... a day!!!

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

ya i can see why as they are sooooo cheap here!!

It's like 2000W for a packet of cigs!!!

Jackpot every time for you!! Very Happy

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 6:56 am Post subject:

Posting regularly to the message board of an anonymous online group. That's something I thought I'd never do.

BTW, livinginkorea, incessant bowing is a sign that you haven't been here long enough! It took me over a year to give up the automatic habit and now I'm able to follow the custom of avoiding the practice when making eye contact with children.

and, osangirl, don't you mean drinking 1.25 litre size bottles?

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

for me it's like every time somebody does it, it's just a reaction for me. I haven't been here that long to be honest so it hasn't worn off me yet!!

theatrelily · Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Location: Haeundae-gu, Busan

I add a touch of hot water to my cup every time so that my water is slightly warm. Or I'll just drink it hot.

I also make packing tape handles for anything heavy or awkward I have to carry.... Rolling Eyes

Homer · Guest

Habits..lets see..

Daily trip to the Public Bath (missing that right now!)

Eating a lot more fish.

Drinking more Tea.

Hiking.

Jangi.

Doing grocery shopping on a daily basis instead of one big load once per week. (That is almost my favorite part of the day in Korea, me and my wife going to the open air market near our place and getting our fruits and veggies, shooting the shit with the old harabogi that sells bananas)

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

lol interesting. i drink about 2 litres of water these days due to the heat!!

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

went to my first public bath about 4 weeks ago and i'm itching to go again!! it was strange going in and i got a couple of looks but the bath and sauna was great. really relaxing.

just exactly what we need after elementary!!

osangrl · Joined: 04 Nov 2003 Location: osan

oh ya... the korean size big bottles... ooops. Embarassed

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

aren't the big pitcher bottles of drink brillant??

now why we dont have that back home?

the internet is great over here as well

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

I spend much more time on the internet than before, and find it very useful...

I view most koreans with immediate suspicion..don't trust their smile at all

Take what Korean women say with a large pinch of salt, instinctively

livinginkorea · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Location: Korea, South of the border

so you view most of society or most people with great suspision cas of your experiences in korea?

shortskirt_longjacket · Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2004 7:27 am Post subject:

i do the whole give-and-receive-something-with-both-hands thing. it's so unconscious for me to hold my hand out to someone with my other hand lamely clutching my forearm, like my hand is broken or something! every time i do it with my western friends i feel a bit silly and they sort of look at me like, 'what?! i'm not korean!'

but i can't help it. i'll probably do it back home, too. it's pretty ingrained at this point. i even do it when i'm at the bar, totally obliterated.

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003