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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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 Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 3:01 am Post subject: Newbey's first impressions of Korea |
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Alright, I actually haven't been outside of the airport yet (i'll add on to this in the upcomming days) but here are some of the things that caught my eye at Incheon International Airport:
1) Korean women are better than advertised! O.k., I have a girl back home, but oh my lord!
2) The Korean military personal walking around the airport are scary! I have read a lot of posts on this message board making fun of Korean men for being too feminem, but these guys are down right intimidating. I'm 6'3" 185 and I know for damn sure that several of these guys could kick the $hit out of me.
3) Why are there so many different kinds of telephones? And why does't the phone card I purchased at the convience store work for any of them?
4) The Korean's that I have talked to have been really friendly. The one's that I haven't all stare at me.
5) I exchanged $1000 Canadian into won and I feel like I robed a bank.
6) Did I mention the women  (sorry neetu) |
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casey's moon
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| #3 was a problem for me for quite some time too, and then one day I bought one that worked and then another one... is it maybe because you don't take the card out? I think you have to do that... i can't remember how I solved the problem -- sure was frustrating though. Eventually you'll probably buy a cell phone -- of course it took me 2.5 years before I did. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Not a very popular thread but I will continue on anyways...
7) The Churches! On my drive from the airport to Ansan I saw an incredible amount of red crosses penitrating the night sky. It freaked me out.
 Smoking in the PC Bangs.....cough, cough, cough.
9) The Korean sample ladies at the supermarket swarmed me today. They fed me well, but I felt guilty not buying anything from them.
10) It's gonna take me a while to get used to this crazy money. I'm still not sure what's a deal and what's a ripoff.
11) Everybody's been nice, but I get the feeling sometimes that some Koreans are thinking "another damn foreigner" when I walk by them.
Korea is one crazy place but I like it so far. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 2:14 am Post subject: |
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Next week you'll be going "Wow, look at the dancing girls outside shops, in skimpy clothes, dancing and talking on a mic, selling a product, and doing thier damnedest to not look tired or bored" ...  |
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rNS
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Macheon Dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:13 am Post subject: |
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| #7 - the churches, see it freaks this guy out too, the thread 'I see God people....' my good man and cast your 'frankly scary' vote, they are goddamn everyhwere though arent they? (be going to hell for that blashpemy).......... |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 5:38 am Post subject: |
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I find it very impressive that someone goes to all the trouble to post here from the airport. You just got off the plane and ran to a PC room?
Be careful with all that money. Open a bank account soon. |
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Mankind
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 6:14 am Post subject: |
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| The Korean military personal walking around the airport are scary! |
This one really got me back when I first got here too. It was the machine guns. You don't see it much now, but back then, they all walked around with loaded machine guns. My first sight was 5 guys walking by with automatic rifles in fatiges. My first thought, when I got through customs was 'what the *beep* was I thinking?'
Ansan is nice starter town, you'll like it I think once you meet some people.
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Bunnymonster
Joined: 16 Mar 2004
Location: Tokyo
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:18 am Post subject: |
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where are you in our crazy town, if you wanna grab some dinner sometime let me know. I'm up near jungang station FYI.
Paul |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:22 am Post subject: Re: Newbey's first impressions of Korea |
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| Yeah, the phones are ridiculous here. Just get a cell phone as soon as possible and you'll be set. You're gonna need it. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 2:05 am Post subject: Re: Newbey's first impressions of Korea |
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| J.B. Clamence wrote: |
| Yeah, the phones are ridiculous here. Just get a cell phone as soon as possible and you'll be set. You're gonna need it. |
That's the truth, Ruth.
My first piece of advice to any newcomer (God, I hate the term newbie!) is to get a cellphone. Many who didn't have one in their home country come here thinking they'll just carry on doing without one. Wrong. It's a social pre-requisite here. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 4:53 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
I find it very impressive that someone goes to all the trouble to post here from the airport. You just got off the plane and ran to a PC room?
Be careful with all that money. Open a bank account soon. |
Ha ha, actually I was kinda loosing it at one point soon after arriving, so I found the first computer I could so I could settle down. |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 4:55 am Post subject: |
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| Bunnymonster wrote: |
where are you in our crazy town, if you wanna grab some dinner sometime let me know. I'm up near jungang station FYI.
Paul |
Yo, I appreciate the offer, but i'm only in Ansan for a couple of days (staying at my cousins) before heading to Mokdong. Thanks for the look out.
Anyways, I'm headed out to Seoul (Itaewon, Mokdong and a couple other places) on Tuesday, so i'm sure to add to this list. Can't wait! |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:15 am Post subject: |
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You seem to know more about Korea than I did when I first arrived. At least you know different parts of Seoul and have contacts here.
Kinda scary the first time. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:23 am Post subject: |
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That's the truth, Ruth.
My first piece of advice to any newcomer (God, I hate the term newbie!) is to get a cellphone. Many who didn't have one in their home country come here thinking they'll just carry on doing without one. Wrong. It's a social pre-requisite here.
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Yeah, how else are you gonna film that indie movie you're working on? |
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the saint
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
Location: not there yet...
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:40 am Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
Kinda scary the first time. |
Yeah... must be the Christians...  |
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