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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Good one Swiss James. Seaweed, almost forgot. To think before that someday I would enjoy, seaweed soup, plain seaweed, seaweed chips even...in fact I must eat seaweed in some form or other 4 -5 times a week now. Kimchi every day though. |
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ryleeys
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: Columbia, MD
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:13 am Post subject: |
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Seaweed,
Public transportation,
Small drinks,
Other foreigners. |
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Eazy_E
Joined: 30 Oct 2003
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:28 am Post subject: |
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Gone OFF my coffee addiction... have to settle for the sweet instant coffees. But damn they're good.
Used to hate straight soju... now I wonder how people drink it with sweet stuff added to it.
Bowing when meeting someone. It just seems natural now. Don't think I'll be able to stop when I get back to Canada. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| Pocari Sweat. Used to hate it...now I LOVE IT. |
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merryprankster
Joined: 05 Nov 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:34 am Post subject: |
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| Clasping hands with my drunken Korean male friends while walking down the street. |
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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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Spam? How does one develop a likely for that in Korea, Indytrucks? As a cheap complement to ramyeon?
Like many, I got to really like seaweed after a while.
And, I used to eat den-zang chigae (shellfish bean soup) with a bit of a grimace inside (my director likes to order it as lunch sometimes), but it's now one of the dishes I request from time to time.
I never wanted "Hite" beer but always chose it over the American water that many of my Korean friends like. Now I find Hite to be alright, and even reminiscent of "Kokanee" from my home Canadian province of B.C.
Green tea. I usually prefer herbal teas but I now savour this particular cafeinated variety. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:08 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Spam? How does one develop a likely for that in Korea, Indytrucks? As a cheap complement to ramyeon?
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I dunno how I came to like it. All I know is, my budaechigae ain't the same without out it. And I likes me budaechigae.
I also didn't use to like soondae, but I love it now. Reminds me of black pudding. |
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buddy bradley
Joined: 24 Aug 2003
Location: The Beyond
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:12 am Post subject: |
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| merryprankster wrote: |
| Clasping hands with my drunken Korean male friends while walking down the street. |
Cool! |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| Pushing, I suppose. I was walking down the street today when an old man came from the other end and we both went to the right, both went to the left...I hate when that happened so I just stopped walking, and instead of going around he got really irritated and made a weird whining sound while pushing me so I have him a little shove back and walked off. I just watched a good movie so maybe that's why I didn't mind. |
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shawner88
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:35 am Post subject: |
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| Pushing, I suppose. I was walking down the street today when an old man came from the other end and we both went to the right, both went to the left...I hate when that happened so I just stopped walking, and instead of going around he got really irritated and made a weird whining sound while pushing me so I have him a little shove back and walked off. I just watched a good movie so maybe that's why I didn't mind. |
Heh, funny. I used to be so polite in America - sometimes still am. However, there's been a few times here I've pushed people out of my way. Neither they nor me thought twice on it. Not sure if I'd adopt this as a way of life, but understand it a little more than I used to. |
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cacheSurfer
Joined: 07 Dec 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:48 am Post subject: Re: Things you disliked in Korea but have now grown on you |
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| ...Taking off my shoes everywhere - now I totally can't remember how I could have worn my shoes inside everywhere and why. |
i wish we would do this more back home. it's amazing how much more clean my room stays just because i take off my shoes. i love it.
-sharing.
-giving. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| I know, I have a fear that I'll go back home one day and shove the wrong person, quite unintentionally, and get into a big fight. I wonder if this ever happened to someone before. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:46 am Post subject: |
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| I wonder if this ever happened to someone before. |
Pretty close, pretty damned close!
I know that I've brought my Korean-learned 'crowd control' tactics back home with me, judging by the offended looks I sometimes get when I barge through a crowd, but I don't care, I just keep on humming my favorite Dennis Leary tune to myself, and it's not like I bowl over old ladies or anything, just people who stand with their thumbs up their butts blocking the flow of movement.
It used to be my biggest pet peeve about Korea- people stopped in the middle of doorways, at either ends of escalators, in the middle of stairs, walking three or four abreast down sidewalks, planted right in front of elevator doors with no intention of getting on or off at particular floor etc.- you know, obvious places where people have to ask you to move or wait for you to finish jump-starting your brain or whatever!
Well, I don't know why I never noticed it before coming to Korea, but it happens back home too.
There used to be an old joke about Cdn over-politeness- "How do you know you've bumped into a Canadian? You step on his toe and he says 'Sorry'."
Well, screw that. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| At first I drank the Korean beer without qualms. Then after a while swore off it and simply would not drink it. Now I don't care much anymore even though I still think it is basically crap. And canned tuna isn't all bad. Kimchi is OK. Overrated I think. Always liked these cheap PC rooms though. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah I'm definitely getting used to pushing my way through busy streets, bumping into people and not saying sorry- crowd tactics, much less hassle than having to be so careful about nudging anyone back home. |
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