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thegadfly · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

You are absolutely right about posting for the newbies, but a bit wrong about me not posting...haven't done so in a while, true, but I DO post...usually answers to questions, occasionally I try to stir up an argument by explaining how great a job teaching English in Korea is compared to teaching high school English in US public schools...but no one who HAS taught in the US public school system has disagreed enough to even call it a heated debate -- hell, they are more aptly called polite discussions...guess I dun have the flameworthy views of some of the folks of yesteryear....

'tweren't meant to be a full-on gloat, neither...just a hint of a gloat, the merest glimmer....a smidgen of a sliver of a preening glance....so a gloamer smilivereenlance?

Pfft! Eat yer Wheaties, and my old advice about making use of the Traveler's Cheque loophole seems to be obsolete -- since January, the tactic dun't work the way it used ta.....

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Hiya! I posted a few weeks ago about expat bars... or something...? Anyway, someone told me to look for this thread... took me a while but I found it!

Speaking of which... when is the best time to go to an expat bar? Fri/sat night? Ive been here 4 weeks now and havent met a single foreigner! I live in Heung-hae and the teachers have been keeping me busy every weekend with movies, sightseeing, etc Im not complaining, Im having a great time but I know im gunna want to meet someone from a similar culture to my own soon...

So, if anyone sees a lost looking foreigner walking around it'll probably be me!

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

hahahahaha fair enough!

Well, if you see a lost looking newbie walk into one of the bars... come and talk to me!

DirtySanchez · Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Location: Neither here nor there

For the newbies who may have gotten some outdated info:
The Giant Step bar has closed down and relocated to Dei-dong. It is not the glorious cheers-esque palace of debauchery it once was.
The old Hess has also closed.
Mindy, the former head bartender at the new Hess bar, quit or was fired (depends who's story you wanna believe). She has since opened Mindy's bar, which is a stones throw-up away from Marlboro bar. From the post office, head toward Marlboro. When you reach the cross street where you would turn left to reach the Marlboro, hang a right instead and look up. The sign is clear and it's on the second floor. Usually a little busy on the weekends. Beware U.S. servecemen with no class who enjoy play-boxing and dry-humping the ladies.
I believe Leeway's, accross from the Megaline cinema, is still pretty popular with the teachers.
The newest addition is a bonafide hip-hop club called M1 or M2, not sure. Don't exactly know where it is either, maybe near the Kiss club. Supposedly it's the real shiznitz, not korean style.
Have a good one, and remember to visit the chicken man before, after, or during your drinking festivities. He deserves it.

leon_d · Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 2:21 am Post subject:

Leeway is pretty popular, although it doesn't seem to build up until 11 or so. Mr Lee is top notch, record collection gets bigger by the week. We'll be there tonight. (Like most Friday nights). Poker nights are there Thursdays, although I haven't been for a month. Most of the participants have afternoon/evening classes meaning they can lose money till the early hours of Friday morning, lucky buggers. Not comfortable enough with my bosses to try the red-eyed, soju stinky teacher stunt yet.

Haven't been to many of the others in the downtown area, although I have experienced this new 'hip-hop' joint mentioned above. Can't remember where it is, courtesy of too many predrinks at Mr Lee's, PhD. There's a 10,000 won door charge, but apparently the beers are cheap once in. As stated before I can't recall, but I always had a fresh coldie in the hand. Despite all that it was average... It's not really my bag though, so you might love it. Pretty chockers with locals.

Went to the Busan area for the long weekend just past, with seemingly a zillion other pasty hogwan slaves. Good times. Deffo going back there in Sept/Oct for the film festival. Checked out Bulguksa on "Buddha's b'day". Bloody amazing as is Gyeongju itself. Did a trip up to Seoul to see what all the fuss is about, and took out half of Bandi and Luni's in the process.

Cracker night tomorrow here at Bukbu . Although the rain might put it off till next weekend

Also, what's this chicken man dealie? Heard so much, but he's yet to pop up on my radar. Should I be seeking him out?

whatthefunk · Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Dont have a clue

wow, its great to see the pohang thread back up and running again!

leon-d, how can you call yourself a pohangster with having visited The Chicken Man (whatthefunk gets down on one knee, crosses himself and says 18 hail marys)?? he is the greatest man in pohang, if not in the south of korea. he sells chicken in front of the bank, just down from the main post office on that major corner. hes usually there only at night, but alas, he takes a month or two long summer vacation about now, so you may have to wait a bit.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Just another snooty Seoulite here asking impertinent questions. For the record, though, what's your opinion on the whole Pohang vs. Ulsan debate anyway? (Okay, there isn't any debate ... just made that up) But seriously, how do you rate yourselves and your city vis-a-vis the Big U, the Big Smoggy, The Shipyard, whatever you Pohonkers call Ulsan, hmm?

Is it a case of "who needs it!"? Or does it boil down to "big good, small bad"? Do you pine for those free weekends when you can cast cares and inhibitions to the wind and head down to the "big-city hustle" of Ulsan, South Korea, where one can score such decadent delights as .... bed sheets, hot-water bottles, long underwear, fresh eggs, salted pork, coffee by the bean, and what other victuals, dry goods and provisions you require for the long winter months? Which of those two is it, then?

I'm asking because for all its doubtless charms, I can't think of another major city (with the possible exception of Incheon) that gets as much bad press from foreign teachers on Daves as does Ulsan. Or was I drunk when I read all those threads and posts, and they were actually ripping on Pohang, whereas Ulsan's the "Pearl of the Southeast"?

Tell me true, Which do you like best?

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

just got back from"the Hang"
Awesome. It's lookin good down there and the spirit is still alive.

But the real reason I am posting is I decided my last post was invalid of any real philiosphy or wit. So.

Grab em by the beak! deliver a karate chop to the neck!, when the geese invade we'll know how to beat them.

There

leon_d · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:30 am Post subject:

did you frequent the Leeway? That place was packed on Friday night.

Was at Mindy's bar tonight for the first time, and it was pretty relaxed, with some good music... but I've been informed that it's fairly shit when the Marines rock up.

leon_d · Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:33 am Post subject:

Beep? Beep?!? I can't remember writing that shit.

Also.... cracker night was fucking awesome, especially the "I love POSCO" display at the end, churning thick smoke into the air. High comedy.

inexhile · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

I did strut into leeway on friday. It was about 1am I had a backpack on and 2 fine women with me. Its a smokin little joint, great tunes, cheap booze and cool people.