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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 10:48 am    Post subject: How do you fit in? Reply with quote

"Basically, you don't."

This is a paraphrase of what I read on the website from the CDN embassy here. It was nice and plain. Don't remember the exact words, but that was the message for us in Korea.

I know we all know this now anyway, but it was interesting to read it that way on the official website of an embassy. They didn't sugarcoat it and say nonsense like "Oh you will feel right at home among the warm-hearted and foreigner-loving people in Korea."
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thorin



Joined: 14 Apr 2003

PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

These guys seem to fit right in:

http://blog.marmot.cc/archives/2005/03/18/unqualified-english-teacher-busted-for-assault/
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Could not get through to your link.
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Blind Willie



Joined: 05 May 2004

PostPosted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 9:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Marmot seems to have eaten his bandwidth again....
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guangho



Joined: 19 Jan 2005
Location: a spot full of deception, stupidity, and public micturation and thus unfit for longterm residency

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 1:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Of course I don't fit in here- but that's OK. I'm not expected to fit in and if I ever actually did (learned perfect Korean, married a K-girl, started walking around in a hangbok) I may become downright unemployable.

The thing is, I never fit in anyplace I lived in the States and there I was expected to.
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