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[FUBAR]

Damn, that's pretty good.

[captain kirk]

Yeah, keep under the radar and never miss an opportunity to keep your mouth shut. Not to be a sheep, but because, though some say working a haggie isn't a stressful job/is a 'lark', it has its bumps. Wayward kids who constantly have to be tamed doesn't do much for one's dispostion. And maybe that's the fuel for the 'Korea bashing' on the other threads.
It's a 'miracle' everybody gets along, the staff, as well as they do.
Keep under the radar and just mind the kids. Shrug off any slights, attitude, snottiness from fellow staff like they do yours. Because kids are making you batty. Everyone feels batty at the freaky hagwon.
Good stories, Grotto.

[TheUrbanMyth]

Just avoid all this nonsense by working at small schools. Where I am presently there is only one other foreign teacher and he and I are pleasant enough to each other should we bump into each other, but we each have our own circle of friends and our interests don't really match.

[inthewild]

I don't have any foreign coworkers.

Nah it's ok, it's just an extra challenge to find some normal English conversation daily at the moment.

[Ihavenolips]

In Korea I don't have any foreign co-workers.
I kind of wish there was more of us to talk to sometimes, since the staffroom tends to be filled with Korean teachers speaking in Hangul.

The trade off is that I have an apartment all to myself. I prefer to not have any roomates. This way I avoid arguments about splitting utility bills, doing dishes, and overnight guests. I can walk around naked all I want.

When I want the company of expatriates, I can simply go to a popular bar or two. It works out for the better in the long run.

[Grotto]

A bit more:

Being an old chef one of the things I really enjoy is seeing people enjoy good food. The looks on their faces are similar to those of people having sex Think about it Lots of ooohhhs and aaahhhs, smacking and sucking noises and flushed complexions(depending on the heat of the food)

So anyways, one day I was shopping around at this little butcher shop I found, they were usually way cheaper than Homeplus and they would also let me behind the counter to do my own butchering. So I went there one day and got two entire porkloins.

Now a Korean friend of mine has this beautiful German oven complete with rotissary. So I took one loin, lanced it with seasonings and stuck it on the rotissary, the other one I seperated from the ribs and rolled it out and stuffed it with fresh herbs, thyme, basil and rosemary, grainy mustard, pepper and a few other things. Tied it up and put it under the rotissary in the oven. Gave the rack of ribs a crushed garlic, ginger, pepper and lime rub and squeezed that in the pan beside the loin.

Anyways I cooked off a ton of spuds(garlic mashed), made a homemade ceasar salad and a greek one and arranged for my friends to meet at one of the local parks for a feast. Well here I am sitting with some of my friends enjoying the feast, three types of pork, potatoes, salads, baguettes, cream cheese, veggies and dip when who should show up? Thats right! Two of the 'clique' who figured that since they treated me like crap at work but knew me they would be allowed to join in the festivities.

Cost of pork, potatoes, other stuff, about 150,000 won.

Look on those 'rooster' suckers faces


PRICELESS

revenge may be a dish best served cold but when it comes with a side dish of tasty bbq porkloin it tastes 10 times sweeter!