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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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Theres also the fact that when I'm in virtually any other country, I spend far less time online. Too much interesting things to be doing...
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Cthulhu
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 10:15 am Post subject: |
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Indeed. That was one of the major shortcomings of Korea for me.
But I do like to check here and find out whether things have changed much, not that I expect them to do so I suppose. |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 11:12 am Post subject: Re: ESL Cafe Fascination for Repatriated Teachers |
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| i spent two years in seoul and have been back in the states now for 3 months. |
Then why did you start this thread less than one month ago?
"What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!"
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=14173&highlight=spit |
nice work, dutchman. i didn't realize people were reading my posts so carefully. i wrote that in first person (present) to make it more accessible to the reader. it's a true story ... promise. i was a little drunk one night here in the states reminesing (sp?) about my korean tour when i remembered that experience and just wrote it out like it had happened. sorry if it's caused you any distress or made you disillusioned with this board.
i finished my contract in august and have since returned to the states. i'm not sure why i still use this board. maybe i need to get a life! lol. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 2:31 pm Post subject: Re: ESL Cafe Fascination for Repatriated Teachers |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
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| kangnam mafioso wrote: |
| i spent two years in seoul and have been back in the states now for 3 months. |
Then why did you start this thread less than one month ago?
"What the bloody hell is going on around here?! I left my apartment today and was walking through a crowded market when this ajoshi accidentally spit on me. He just hocked a loogey and turned around and spit it on my jacket. He was mortified and tried to wipe it off, but I couldn't believe it. I had to use ever bit of strength not to punch him. Then I almost got run over by a motorcycle. This place sucks!"
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=14173&highlight=spit |
nice work, dutchman. i didn't realize people were reading my posts so carefully. i wrote that in first person (present) to make it more accessible to the reader. it's a true story ... promise. i was a little drunk one night here in the states reminesing (sp?) about my korean tour when i remembered that experience and just wrote it out like it had happened. sorry if it's caused you any distress or made you disillusioned with this board.
i finished my contract in august and have since returned to the states. i'm not sure why i still use this board. maybe i need to get a life! lol. |
It also might be that you're in the wrong area for work. The job market overall in the US sucks, but some places are worse than others, particularly the West Coast and smaller cities. I'm in Southern California and as I said, one good thing to come out of my move is that I'll have in-state status within a few months and thus I'll be able to go to grad school with lower tuition. Case in point, Cal State-Fullerton for an instater is like $2000 per year whereas an out-of-stater would pay over $12,000. |
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Circus Monkey
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: In my coconut tree
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 12:20 am Post subject: |
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Isn't moving from Korea back to Korea town in the States the 5th Circle of Hell? Egad.
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waggo
Joined: 18 May 2003
Location: pusan baby!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| I dont why teachers who go to a different country still post....Like Moktpo...He's in Japan I think and he's usually on here everyday...saying about how much better Japan is. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| Perhaps it's due to the fact that this is a community and he is a part of it. |
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matko
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: in a world of hurt!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 2:35 am Post subject: |
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| I dont why teachers who go to a different country still post....Like Moktpo...He's in Japan I think and he's usually on here everyday...saying about how much better Japan is. |
Why do you care?
I don't post about Japan everyday, in fact I rarely do at all. And when I do I say I prefer it, not that it's better. There's a difference.
As to the OP, I vist Daves alot and read and post on the other forums as well. I think I get sucked into posting a lot here because there are a wide variety of subjects and a high post turnover. Lot's of interesting stuff being talked about and a lot is not about Korea. I actually usually post in the off topic forum.
Btw, go and visit the Japan forum. Man is it dry!! ALL BUSINESS! |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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From what I've seen, this korean forum is the best for esler's of any country. "forumosa" was too big- so many contributors on there, and so many different forums, that you were unlikely to get to know any online characters well...no community feel like this one has.
I looked on the Cambodian forum when I was there- man , the teachers there are quite a different species to the nice people on here. A few good posters, but also a lot of real lowlife scumsuckers as well...I feel sorry for cambodia that it attracts such jerks... |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:04 am Post subject: |
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I looked on the Cambodian forum when I was there- man , the teachers there are quite a different species to the nice people on here. A few good posters, but also a lot of real lowlife scumsuckers as well...I feel sorry for cambodia that it attracts such jerks...
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But according to a lot of the kyopo's and hard core apologists and pious lifers here it's Korea that attracts all the scum and we should just go home because we're giving a bad name to all the 'serious' teachers here! |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 3:15 am Post subject: |
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| rapier wrote: |
From what I've seen, this korean forum is the best for esler's of any country. "forumosa" was too big- so many contributors on there, and so many different forums, that you were unlikely to get to know any online characters well...no community feel like this one has.
I looked on the Cambodian forum when I was there- man , the teachers there are quite a different species to the nice people on here. A few good posters, but also a lot of real lowlife scumsuckers as well...I feel sorry for cambodia that it attracts such jerks... |
Did you read Off the Rails in Phnom Penh? I know it was about ESL teachers (predominantly) about 7 years ago and Cambodia has changed significantly since then but those teachers there were a bunch of sex and drug crazed nuts. They don't necessarily reflect the entire community there. I don't know. I didn't meet any of them when I was there. |
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rapier
Joined: 16 Feb 2003
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Zed: I read it- and yep, i still think esl teachers and the entire expat community there are a bunch of crazy nuts.
I feel so sorry for cambodia, its a place that really touched me emotionally. Its full of warm, friendly and great people yet exploited utterly to the max by the scummiest selection of westerners you could hope never to meet. I guess its in the same position Thailand was in a few decades ago- wild west twilight zone. |
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Circus Monkey
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: In my coconut tree
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I looked on the Cambodian forum when I was there- man , the teachers there are quite a different species to the nice people on here. A few good posters, but also a lot of real lowlife scumsuckers as well...I feel sorry for cambodia that it attracts such jerks...
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But according to a lot of the kyopo's and hard core apologists and pious lifers here it's Korea that attracts all the scum and we should just go home because we're giving a bad name to all the 'serious' teachers here! |
Quiet! Do not upset the delicate balance! Do not make those people actually reflect and research upon the true state of affairs!
CM |
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The Man known as The Man
Joined: 29 Mar 2003
Location: 3 cheers for Ted Haggard oh yeah!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| princess, I like Matko's posts because he's concise, he's a canucks fan, and without a whole lot of lewdness and foul language talks about how the face is unimportant and he talks about gals bending over and stuff |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
Joined: 05 Jul 2003
Location: ...Enlightenment...
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| Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2004 11:10 am Post subject: |
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TMKATM, you're the only one that can help me now, and I demand a full, definitive, and complete answer immediately.
What is freedom? |
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