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Juregen
Joined: 30 May 2006
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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
You can tell someone is new to Korea when they say:
I really like Korean food. I could eat it every day. |
I am here for the long haul and i practically eat it every day. |
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flotsam
Joined: 28 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:17 am Post subject: |
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| Milwaukiedave wrote: |
LOL @ Grotto
I've been here 2 1/2 years and I eat very little Korean food. Mostly galbi and bulgogi. |
And look at you!
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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| Damn it! Don't show pictures of all that food... it's making me hungry, and I'm on a diet. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:13 am Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| I've been here for 5 years man... and I still find it occassionally cute. |
well your not exactly a long termer, but with 5 years you're the only person I've heard who still thinks it's cute. |
Yeah, maybe I'm odd because of it. Ah well, some things phase me, others do not. Some guy touching me or puking near me bothers me, kids sounding off in English just makes me chuckle.
BTW, if 5 years and owning an apart. isn't long term, what makes you think you are? Seriously man, if some guy who has been here for 25 years looks in your direction, should he consider you less than a "long-termer"?
where is your cut-off? |
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captain planet
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:19 am Post subject: |
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| Kiwi Tart wrote: |
| Damn it! Don't show pictures of all that food... it's making me hungry, and I'm on a diet. |
diets should be a permanent lifestyle thing, not a temporary thing. therefore, if you're hungry, you're probably doing something that you can't keep up, and you're probably going to gain the weight back when you stop. |
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Kiwi Tart
Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:41 am Post subject: |
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| captain planet wrote: |
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| Damn it! Don't show pictures of all that food... it's making me hungry, and I'm on a diet. |
diets should be a permanent lifestyle thing, not a temporary thing. therefore, if you're hungry, you're probably doing something that you can't keep up, and you're probably going to gain the weight back when you stop. |
#1: Good point
#2: You try being an overweight girl living in Seoul. :p You would be on a diet too. |
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Satori
Joined: 09 Dec 2005
Location: Above it all
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
where is your cut-off? |
I think his cut off is six month less than however long he's spent in Korea at that time...ya gotta love dick measuring sessions... |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| Captain Corea wrote: |
BTW, if 5 years and owning an apart. isn't long term, what makes you think you are? Seriously man, if some guy who has been here for 25 years looks in your direction, should he consider you less than a "long-termer"?
where is your cut-off? |
I was just playing with you. But to answer your question about 5 years is where I start to consider people long term. I've only been here 9.5 and I actually consider myself medium term since I know several people who've been here 20+ years. |
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bluelake
Joined: 01 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| First came here over twenty-two years ago; I've been here for most of that. I still love Korean food and eat it more than anything else. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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Korean food is great! I miss it  |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
BTW, if 5 years and owning an apart. isn't long term, what makes you think you are? Seriously man, if some guy who has been here for 25 years looks in your direction, should he consider you less than a "long-termer"?
where is your cut-off? |
I was just playing with you. But to answer your question about 5 years is where I start to consider people long term. I've only been here 9.5 and I actually consider myself medium term since I know several people who've been here 20+ years. |
Man, 20+ years is hard for me to imagine. I wonder, have they considered citizenship at that point or is it still about being a kind of outsider looking in? |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| I know for a fact I'll miss dwen jang jigae and kimchi when I eventually leave Korea - especially that really good, tangy restaurant kimchi. You've no chance of finding Korean food in my country (apart from an overpriced restaurant in the centre of town), whereas food from almost any other country you can mention is available in abundance. |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:12 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| I know for a fact I'll miss dwen jang jigae and kimchi when I eventually leave Korea - especially that really good, tangy restaurant kimchi. You've no chance of finding Korean food in my country (apart from an overpriced restaurant in the centre of town), whereas food from almost any other country you can mention is available in abundance. |
Yeah. I don't like a lot of foods here, but there are certain restaurants that do their food a certain way that just can't be replicated back in the mother country. I hit up several Korean restaurants on my last tour of duty back home, trying to introduce friends to some of the better offerings, but they just can't get it right. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| Kiwi Tart wrote: |
| captain planet wrote: |
| Kiwi Tart wrote: |
| Damn it! Don't show pictures of all that food... it's making me hungry, and I'm on a diet. |
diets should be a permanent lifestyle thing, not a temporary thing. therefore, if you're hungry, you're probably doing something that you can't keep up, and you're probably going to gain the weight back when you stop. |
#1: Good point
#2: You try being an overweight girl living in Seoul. :p You would be on a diet too. |
You look slim in your picture. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 10:13 am Post subject: Re: You can tell the difference between a newcomer to Korea |
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| SuperHero wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
BTW, if 5 years and owning an apart. isn't long term, what makes you think you are? Seriously man, if some guy who has been here for 25 years looks in your direction, should he consider you less than a "long-termer"?
where is your cut-off? |
I was just playing with you. But to answer your question about 5 years is where I start to consider people long term. I've only been here 9.5 and I actually consider myself medium term since I know several people who've been here 20+ years. |
Dude, you do realize you are actually something like in the 2nd deviation, right??? Try taking a mean of all the foreigners here... especially English teachers.
This is something like my sixth year in Korea, but not consecutively. What does that make me?
A little perspective. |
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