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CoolTeach
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 Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:57 am Post subject: Cultural Dilemma |
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byr
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Homer
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| Well, I am in Korea now. Should I mostly eat Western food? Should I refuse to eat Korean food, like Koreans refuse to eat food of their host countries???? |
Why? |
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CoolTeach
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byr
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| Because I don't want to eat the %$^&* they serve here in the cafeteria. And I am expected to. |
Just bring your own bag lunch. I do. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: |
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| I wish I had a free lunch every day. Man, I wish I just had a lunch break. That would be awesome. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| I wish I had a free lunch every day. Man, I wish I just had a lunch break. |
"Man, I wish I had a neck blanket."
"Nah, you don't."
Steak and lobster dinner on me if anyone gets the cultural reference and source. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Because I don't want to eat the %$^&* they serve here in the cafeteria. And I am expected to. |
Jesus dude...bring your own lunch...
or go crazy and eat in a restaurant during your lunch break. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| I wish I had a free lunch every day. Man, I wish I just had a lunch break. |
"Man, I wish I had a neck blanket."
"Nah, you don't."
Steak and lobster dinner on me if anyone gets the cultural reference and source. |
Talking about a mullet, and it is from CBC radio. |
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happeningthang
Joined: 26 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Well you were eating foreign versions of the original food in Thailand and Indo right?? You're getting the real thing here... what's the problem?
I was inducted into Korean dormitory life complete with canteen cuisine.
One day of rice and kimchee for breakfast was all it took to resolve that cultural dilemma. |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Refuse to eat the CRAP that Ks believe is the best food in the world.  |
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Carole Anne
Joined: 04 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Damn, I was going to post first!! I listened to the final game on CHED, the Edmonton talk radio station and " the official voice of the Edmonton Oilers"!! Too bad they didn't make it.
Sorry to hi-jack the thread. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: |
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| happeningthang wrote: |
Well you were eating foreign versions of the original food in Thailand and Indo right?? You're getting the real thing here... what's the problem?
I was inducted into Korean dormitory life complete with canteen cuisine.
One day of rice and kimchee for breakfast was all it took to resolve that cultural dilemma. |
This is perhaps the most reprehensible breakfast combination on the face of the earth. I'd rather start the day with a douse of stomach acid sloshing around, eating its way up to my throat than to start off with rice and kimchee. When my students tell me that's what they had for breakfast, I'm like... hasn't anyone ever heard of fruit? |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I also bring my own lunch to school. I just made it clear that I enjoy some Korean food but not all. (Focus on the 'enjoy'.) I've never had a problem with them not understanding and accepting that. |
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4 months left
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
| Qinella wrote: |
| I wish I had a free lunch every day. Man, I wish I just had a lunch break. |
"Man, I wish I had a neck blanket."
"Nah, you don't."
Steak and lobster dinner on me if anyone gets the cultural reference and source. |
Talking about a mullet, and it is from CBC radio. |
Mullet yes but it is from a cell phone commercial with Norm Macdonald - Bell Mobility I believe. |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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I can't understand the reasoning for sticking only to Korean food when travelling. Maybe it's the, "We're Korean, so we should eat Korean food" thing? Maybe they really want to patronize Korean businesses overseas? I'd really like to know the root of this phenomenon.
Damn, can you imagine if Americans did that? I'm American, so I should only eat American food, particularly McD's, et all...  |
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