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Panic · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Location: Busan

Korea's equivalent to Red Bull is Bacchus D (or the sad ripoff Sang Sang Ton) found in every corner store. It is a small brown bottle with a blue and white label that retails for 500 won. Once you become addicted you will discover you can buy them in boxes of 10 for around 4,000 won. However beware not to consume too many of these in front of your korean coworkers as for some reason they will all think it is unhealthy.

For more infomation here's a nice link for you.
http://www.donga-pharm.com/Company/company03_01.jsp

May the force be with you

Panic

I_Am_Wrong · Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Location: whatever

They think it's unhealthy because bacchus is the hangover "cure" drink. Adjosshi's drink it the morning after a heavy night on the booze. Your co-workers probably think you spend all your time sloshed....

Panic · Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Location: Busan

Well that works as there is always one or two classes each day (in all the schools I have taught) that give me the symptons of a hangover.

Bacchus D is my pac man power pill cure ..... I will have the energy to chase the next level of snot monsters round the ESL maze.

Panic

The Man known as The Man · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject:

REgular exercise, bananas and ice cold water-usually a pint of ice water wehn taking a shower.

ilovebdt

Boodleheimer · Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject:

drink the ice water or shower in it? cuz i'm not going to do the latter.

Junior · Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Location: the eye

i've known two foreign teachers develop stomach ulcers while in Korea, through stress.

The first signs are a serious lack of energy... and bad breath. the first teacher did a runner back to Australia to get it sorted, the other took medication which sorted it out. sounds ridiculous but its robably fairly common here among esl teachers.

jajdude · Joined: 18 Jan 2003

Boodleheimer · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:10 pm Post subject:

i had an ulcer in the czech republic. the vast majority of ulcers are caused by bacteria, not stress. they put me on some antibiotics and i was fine.

ilovebdt · Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Location: Nr Seoul

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

FWIW, my doctor told me that instant coffee will kill you and to not drink it. I haven't had it for a couple of years now. I like perked, esspresso, bodum, bunson burner coffee. I guess it's somewhat healthier for ya.