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Son Deureo!
Joined: 30 Apr 2003
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| camel96 wrote: |
Interestingly the Korean grocery stores in the Philippines stock Korean salt. What's wrong with Filippino salt?
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I've never tried salt from the Philippines, but a lot of the time Korean salt is roasted, which gives it a different flavor from the salt I'm used to from the U.S. It's not a big deal to me, but I prefer Korean salt. I'm not sure if it has iodine or not, but since I've seen a surprising number of Koreans with goiters I suspect not. If so, the lack of iodine may also change the taste a bit.
Since I get disappointed whenever I eat any Western food here that's not as good as what I had back home, I guess I can relate. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| Korean salt is weird. I hate it. I do, however, like most of the other things about this place. Go all night? And then some! I hope I make 30. This place is gonna kill me. |
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gomurr
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2003 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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There's an article on the Korea times website about kids who go overseas to study in highschools. The writer uses Vancouver as an example and I'd have to say it's dead on. I remember my last year at Universoty in Ottawa (Carleton), i lived in res and we this guy from Korea on our floor. Nice guy, always had a smile on his face but didn't speak not even to his own roommate. We would only see him (Smiley) now and then. He wouldn't hang out with the guys no matter how hard they tried. Didn't even watch Tv in the lounge. According to his roommate, he'd just come home to sleep. I always saw him with a bunch of other Korean guys talking.
Now I know we tend to do the same thing over here but most of us does or has had at one time or another had Korean friends of one kind or another, that we would go out with. Me, I spent my first year hanging out with my Korean roomates. It's all about adaptability. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Yeah, I'm thinking about it as well now. When I lived in New York City, one of my roommates was from Vietnam. Actually he was a doctor!! He looked really young though.
Anyhow, he spent almost all of his free time in his room and would barely come out. I admit it was really difficult to understand him, and I found myself not making much effort either, couldn't really hangout with him like I would other people.
However he was a great guy, and we talked about Vietnam currently, as he knew I'd been in Asia and Korea and all of that. I did learn from him at times, but for the most part, the language barrier was to difficult. I didn't spend much time at home myself either, and when I did, I just wanted to relax in my room myself.
Anyhow.. |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 4:08 am Post subject: yes |
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I don't agree that english teachers seclude themselves. Most of the ones I know may prefer the company of fellow foreigners, but they don't avoid Koreans or korean things.
I attend 2 korean classes weekly, and I am a pretty decent speaker. I can generally communicate what I want, though nothing complex. At my classes, I find more people who are better than me. Sometimes, a lot better. If you know of the Sookmyung Women's University 'Gongbubang' class on saturdays, and how crowded it gets, there is a genuine interest from many foreigners to learn Korean. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2004 5:39 am Post subject: |
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Hey!
Omaha's a pretty happenin' kind of place along about 9 pm. I think the previous posters were just dumping on a great city.  |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| mokpochica wrote: |
| Actually, most of the Koreans that I've met really enjoyed living away from Korea (in the U.S., Canada, and New Zealand). . . All . . . worked quite hard to learn English. |
Naturally!
You get out of a foreign experience what you put into it! |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Hey!
Omaha's a pretty happenin' kind of place along about 9 pm. I think the previous posters were just dumping on a great city. |
What happens at 9pm? |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210
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| Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
Hey!
Omaha's a pretty happenin' kind of place along about 9 pm. I think the previous posters were just dumping on a great city. |
What happens at 9pm? |
The cows come home. |
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Seoultrader
Joined: 18 Jun 2003
Location: Ali's Insurgent Inn, Fallujah
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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