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Bee Positive
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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BUSAN!
Yeah, Busan!
I'm off work all this week. Resisted the obvious temptation to hop on a plane for Southeast Asia and instead decided to "hang out" a bit in my new home. (I was in Seoul and Kimpo City for the better part of four years, and have been in Busan since this summer.)
Slept in late.
Enjoyed a nice leisurely breakfast at home.
Coffee. Internet. Music.
Took a cab out to Haeundae for lunch at Ganga.
Walked around the neighborhood a bit.
Ended up down on the beach. Sat there for the better part of two hours, listening to the crash of the waves, soaking up the sun, watching the seagulls wheel and turn, relaxing, unwinding, enjoying. IT FELT GREAT!
Walked 15 minutes up the road to Carrefour. Did some nice unhurried shopping. I've now got lots of little goodies imported from France. A nice bottle of vodka.
Cab back home.
People are friendlier here. The pace is slower. You've got almost all the amenities of Seoul, but with cleaner air, higher temperatures in winter, less anti-Americanism, a happier set-up generally.
I'm not sure if this is one of the world's top ten cities. But it's definitely number one in Korea.
BUSAN ROCKS!
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 1:12 pm Post subject: |
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| endo wrote: |
| Where's Winnipeg? |
Winnipeg is the arsehole of Canada. Regina is the armpit. Or is it the other way around? |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| jacl wrote: |
| endo wrote: |
| Where's Winnipeg? |
Winnipeg is the arsehole of Canada. Regina is the armpit. Or is it the other way around? |
Winnipeg's the Hidden Jewel of the Praries 
Seriously, its a pretty nice city. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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can we just make one of these controversial "Top 10 cities" list threads a sticky and be done with it?
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| What about <my home town>?! It's got an ice cream parlour and a two fucking shoe stores! |
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:51 am Post subject: |
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| Swiss James wrote: |
can we just make one of these controversial "Top 10 cities" list threads a sticky and be done with it?
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| What about <my home town>?! It's got an ice cream parlour and a two *beep* shoe stores! |
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Youre just bitter coz the Canadians have the best cities in the world.
Fact. |
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Pligganease
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: The deep south...
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| waggo wrote: |
| Swiss James wrote: |
can we just make one of these controversial "Top 10 cities" list threads a sticky and be done with it?
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| What about <my home town>?! It's got an ice cream parlour and a two *beep* shoe stores! |
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Youre just bitter coz the Canadians have the best cities in the world.
Fact. |
There you go... Beating them all to the punch again... |
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stumptown
Joined: 11 Apr 2005
Location: Paju: Wife beating capital of Korea
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| Nobody has a better city than Portland, Oregon. |
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inspector gadget
Joined: 11 Apr 2003
Location: jeollanam-do in the boonies
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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As a Canadian I admire all the banter of the great white north however not to many of my top 10 are from my homeland.
1) Copenhagen, Denmark
2) Barcelona, Spain
3) Amsterdam, Netherlands
4) Any small town in the interior of BC Canada (fernie, rosland, etc)
5) Marsielle, France
6) Oslo, Norway
7) Tallin, Estonia
Sydney, Australia
9) St. Petersburgh, Russia
10) Ottawa, Canada
Thats what my list would look like, of course I have only been to a few large asian cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, Bangkok and they wouldn't crack my top 10. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm amazed by how many people have actually lived in such a vast number of cities that they can pick their top 10.
Kudos people, kudos. |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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| joe_doufu wrote: |
| New York shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near that list. In the USA the only choices that make sense are New Orleans or somewhere on the West Coast. All in all I approve of the list. You guys who slam Montreal are missing the point that it's full of people who speak French. Who wouldn't want to live in a city with women who speak French? Ooh la la. I'm also pleased that Hong Kong, my personal #1, is represented. |
new orleans? french canadians?
you are a weird dude, joe doufu. |
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Paddycakes
Joined: 05 May 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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You got some'ting against da Quebecois, Mssr?
You want to get da bomb in da mail, eh? |
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jacl
Joined: 31 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I lived and worked in St-Hyachinthe, QC. They have a St-Louis, MI type arc structure there. My Quebecois co-worker told me that it was a symbol that meant it was such a hole that it is only half a hole. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| endo wrote: |
| jacl wrote: |
| endo wrote: |
| Where's Winnipeg? |
Winnipeg is the arsehole of Canada. Regina is the armpit. Or is it the other way around? |
Winnipeg's the Hidden Jewel of the Praries
Seriously, its a pretty nice city. |
I'll be there on Sunday. I rate it slightly better than Bucheon... |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| waggo wrote: |
| Swiss James wrote: |
can we just make one of these controversial "Top 10 cities" list threads a sticky and be done with it?
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| What about <my home town>?! It's got an ice cream parlour and a two *beep* shoe stores! |
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Youre just bitter coz the Canadians have the best cities in the world.
Fact. |
We can sell you Winnipeg or "Saint Hee ah Saint" cheap.
Hell, if it were up to me we'd give them away
(but we'd have to take down the Golden Boy and the half-hole thingy first). |
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endo
Joined: 14 Mar 2004
Location: Seoul...my home
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| Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Bulsajo wrote: |
| endo wrote: |
| jacl wrote: |
| endo wrote: |
| Where's Winnipeg? |
Winnipeg is the arsehole of Canada. Regina is the armpit. Or is it the other way around? |
Winnipeg's the Hidden Jewel of the Praries
Seriously, its a pretty nice city. |
I'll be there on Sunday. I rate it slightly better than Bucheon... |
That's cool, but you should be there in the summer. Totally different place. Have fun. |
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