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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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Since January 2001. 6 years!       |
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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: Mon Jan 08, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| I'm jealous of folks like VanIslander who've not stepped foot out of Korea for 7 seven years - you must absolutely stink of money. |
Wa? Not me. I too am trying to fathom how someone could do it. I just returned from a week in Canada, took a month in New Zealand two winters ago and another month in Canada the winter before that.
I agree about the money thing, but the trips have been so energizing that I can't imagine not having took them.
| Return Jones wrote: |
| Since January 2001. 6 years! |
Without a single trip abroad for at least a week break? How does it feel to be you? And why do you have "return" in your username? |
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periwinkle
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Seventh year and only 3 days out of the country. We plan to retire here. |
Stuff like this amazes me. Don't you ever take holidays outside the Republic? Like just to Japan or Guam for a few days? |
Holidays are absolute crap. I've discovered this the most expensive, hard way. The amount of extra green, the extra xeros on my bank balance, I'd have if I didn't waste my time on planes, ending up tired and grouchy in some bloody foreign city, makes me actually bitter. Independently as an adult (childhood hols are awesome of course), I've seen some mildy interesting stuff, but I'd trade it all for the money saved. Travel is the most overrated thing I've observed. I'm jealous of folks like VanIslander who've not stepped foot out of Korea for 7 seven years - you must absolutely stink of money. |
I thought I'd heard everything 'til now.
Well, actually, I think you share the same attitude as my mother, so nevermind. Just not something I'd expect from an expat! |
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GuinnessGuru
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:18 am Post subject: longest in Korea |
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Father O'Brien,
an Irish Missioner , has been here since 1957, that should take a bit of beating. |
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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: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:26 pm Post subject: Re: longest in Korea |
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| GuinnessGuru wrote: |
Father O'Brien,
an Irish Missioner , has been here since 1957, that should take a bit of beating. |
Actually, he went back to Ireland for a couple of months at least once I recall. |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, but how much were the hookers back then? |
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Dean Harris
Joined: 24 Jan 2006
Location: Denver, Colorado / Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I started my career in Korea in 1978 however, intermittent breaks throughout the years were needed to attend schools, training, the occasional funeral of a family member, etc. |
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rednblack
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Location: In a quiet place
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander. That's the one. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: Re: Who's been in Korea the Longest? |
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| boatofcar wrote: |
| Why did you decide to stay/come back year after year? |
Because there's no job that I could do back home that would be remotely as satisfying as my job here. |
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