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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Tiger Beer wrote: |
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| A silly one about their idea of how things must be done is how you eat or how you drink. Even buy a coffee they say oh too much water... well I like it that way... duh ... inflexible notions about personal tastes |
Yeah that gets me - inflexible notions about personal tastes is right.
Another is when they set the table.. I like to move soup, drinks, silverware, etc. around to where I want them.. but they'll come back almost immediately to change them back to where they think they are suppose to be..  |
thats cuz the soup bowl should be to the right of the rice bowl, just etiquette i suppose |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 10:55 am Post subject: |
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2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese  .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? |
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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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It bothers me that the other foreigners won't fight back. That leaves me to fight the battle alone.
Every foreigner I talk to thinks I'm over-sensitive for resenting Koreans coming up to me and saying "ĵ ���� ���� ��" every time I step out of the house.
If I'm over-sensitive for resenting that, then why isn't the same behavior tolerated back home? Why don't White people go up jiving up to every Black person and say, "Hey, brother, what's happenin'?" Why don't White people go dancing up to every Spanish person and sing "La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha"? Why don't White people walk up to every Asian person and fold their arms and say, "Ah so, Ah so"?
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Qinella, if I remember correctly, I got that picture from the rest room at the Cheongju bus station.
Where did you get your picture of the �ҸӴ�?
It might be worth checking into. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Hogwan wongjongnims and little Korean kids. How my life got better once I didn't have to deal with either! Now all my annoyances are very minor, apart from the odd ajoshi-babo coming up to give a piece of his mind about something, usually pertaining to a K-girl. If I ever have to make a runner from this country it will no doubt be because of losing my temper with one of them. |
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L-train
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Location: Songpa, Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| tomato wrote: |
Every foreigner I talk to thinks I'm over-sensitive for resenting Koreans coming up to me and saying "ĵ ���� ���� ��" every time I step out of the house.
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This is funny to me because all over this board are posters complaing how rude Koreans are to them. How terrible for someone to ask you if you need help. Now do you think they do this just cuz you are foreign or prehaps you might look like someone that might actually need help.
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If I'm over-sensitive for resenting that, then why isn't the same behavior tolerated back home? Why don't White people go up jiving up to every Black person and say, "Hey, brother, what's happenin'?" Why don't White people go dancing up to every Spanish person and sing "La Cucaracha, La Cucaracha"? Why don't White people walk up to every Asian person and fold their arms and say, "Ah so, Ah so"?
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Because that is racist, last time I checked English was spoken by a lot of people with different skin colour. If the person came out to you and took his fingers and opened his eyes wider and asked you if you needed help then I'd have a problem with that.
Maybe not you necessarily but I think a lot of people would be complaining their assess off anywhere they were. But they should be grateful for what they find annoying because clearly they have nothing better going on in their lives and they use this dislike to dill up their days posting on forums. |
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Shooter McGavin
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| please go home. all of you. |
Please do me a favour and never leave Korea. I don't need the likes of you polluting my country. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: |
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| Neil wrote: |
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�� Lack of Mexican food. Taco Bell once tried to move into Korea, but they didn't do very well, so they moved back out.
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I recommend Dos Taco in Kangnam, great restaurant. |
And there's another one called "Taco BILL" on the opposite side, on the road behind the main drag, uphill a bit. Just as good as Dos Tacos I think. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| And there's another one called "Taco BILL" on the opposite side, on the road behind the main drag, uphill a bit. Just as good as Dos Tacos I think. |
That's because they all set the tacometer back to zero when you're not watching. |
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Lemonade
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| peony wrote: |
| Lemonade wrote: |
2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? |
Oh shut UP and stop talking smack. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? |
Oh shut UP and stop talking smack. |
What did it? The eye-roll?  |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese :shock: .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? :roll: |
Oh shut UP and stop talking smack. |
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Lemonade
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| ChimpumCallao wrote: |
| Lemonade wrote: |
| peony wrote: |
| Lemonade wrote: |
2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? |
Oh shut UP and stop talking smack. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:20 am Post subject: |
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The amount of air pollution is the big annoyance for me. You can see layers of clouds in the clear blue sky and the milky way at night in my hometown, but certainly not in Korea. The sky might look pale blue and there will be 5 stars at night on the clearest day of the year. My students claim there is fresh air in the town where I live, but what do they know? Most of them are from Seoul.
Besides that, Korea isn't that bad. I can always manage to stay away from the crowds or the roads. |
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ChimpumCallao
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: your mom
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:00 am Post subject: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
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| Lemonade wrote: |
| peony wrote: |
| Lemonade wrote: |
2. There is such a lack of good ethnic Mexican food. Once went to Itaewon and ate at a Mexican resturant that was totally run by Vietnamese :shock: .
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you'd find that a LOT of the 'authentic' Mexican takeout/delivery joints in NYC are owned by Chinese
what's wrong with who runs what as long as it tastes good? did you really expect to find a significant Mexican population in Korea? :roll: |
Oh shut UP and stop talking smack. |
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boooo on the cat humor
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: |
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This is going to be an interesting year on Dave's. I can tell already.  |
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