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EFL Teacher · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Chief bottle washer and master boot licker. Also, corporate minion.

Harpeau · Joined: 01 Feb 2003 Location: Coquitlam, BC

Pyongshin Sangja · Joined: 20 Apr 2003 Location: I love baby!

Yeah.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

The Bobster · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

More I think about it, gord probably really is pentacular ... could start a thread where we all post nonexistent words to describe regular posters here. Hey, why not?

Before I came to Korea to teach English ... I taught English, ESL in fact, at a private school catering to handing out E-2s to long-term tourists in San Francisco.

We really did teach them English, though, and lot of them even learned it. It was a kick, great job for someone entranced by the idea of travel without having to do the work of actually traveling. Me, when I travel, it's not just beaches and palaces and the like, I want to meet the people there, and so much more practical it is to just have them come see me, don't have to muck about with plane tickets and visas and such - and SF really IS such an international city (51% from various parts of Asia at the last census) that it's hardly even part of the US at all, not so much a city as a bunch of neighborhoods from various parts of the planet ...

And my classroom was like that, too, folks from Germany China Italy Brazil Japan Argentina Switzerland Chile and yes, even those dastardly French, don't get me started - and even one or two Koreans, too. Made some friends, and I even kept a few ...

Dan · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Sunny Glendale, CA

here's a question. if i were serious about being a sex offender, would it get edited?

mokpochica · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Location: Ann Arbor, MI

HS Spanish Teacher

AmusedIndeed · Guest

I'm starting to see a trend here.
Anyone else want to add their two won?

Velvet Sea · Joined: 09 Jun 2003

I was working for one of Canada's "great" provincial gov'ts. Graduated with a BSc in Environmental Science, and ended up working for Early Childhood Development Services Dept. Licensing Day Cares ...go figure. Only as a temp (for a year) because the cheap a** government was to tight to pay me a real wage for the same work as the perm staff. I got tired of waiting and had worked in Gambia, West Africa teaching (not English) during University, so decided to quit, travel and teach some more. SOOOO HERE I AM...

HardyandTiny · Joined: 03 Jun 2003

video editor BEFORE korea
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The Man known as The Man · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 10:08 am Post subject:

I lived off the avails and drove around in a pink caddy!

Pimpin' ain't easy!

gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

i worked 3 hour shifts. for the first hour i would arrange the books on the shelving trolleys. the second hour i would shelve the books. the third hour i would take the best book i found during the first two hours and read it in the men's bathrooms on the 8th floor.

then i graduated and was in Korea a month later.

PatrickSiheung · Joined: 21 May 2003

During university I taught martial arts... sooooo 4 years. Best Job I have ever had. Ummm then worked at a book store for about 8 months. Lots of fun, but boring tedious work. Always had the travel bug so moved to Korea. Great experience and I will do it again! How many other places can your work, save good money and not worry about huge income taxes etc? I've already decided that I will never work for someone else again in Canada. It's going to be my own business, or I will teach in Korea.
Maybe I'll try and win the lottery so I won't have to work at all... hehe.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Lets see, in 1996 I was living in Portland Oregon working at a bank.. temp job.. accounting outages and stuff.. was actively involved with a red-haired american girl and wondering what it would be like to live abroad..

One Year Busan - One Year South America - Two Years New York City.

In 2000, I came back to Seoul, immediately before I was working at an investment bank in New York City creating graphic presentations - powerpoint, excel spreadsheets, etc.. dating a filipina girl right before I came back over.. and living in a small apartment with one window, four makeshift bedrooms, and four people.. sharing the same subway stop as the World Trade Center. (Literally a block or two away - Tribeca/City Hall area).. I was tired of being back in the USA and wanted to get back to the travel lifestyle and I had way too many korean connections by this time.

One year in Seoul - One year in San Francisco

In 2003 I came back again.. I was working off and on jobs in the not so good California economy.. dating a different Filipina girl with a big story behind that one.. not being very successful in the post 9-11 economy.. and wishing to hangout with the buddies in Korea once again.. plus missing the traveling/teaching lifestyle as always.. plus this last time, the idea of a steady income, a free apartment, and actually saving money was looking good after all of the instability of those things in the post 9-11 California economy..