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| Suit. Got to fit in with the Koreans. |
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| Tie and shirt. Got to look like I am trying to fit in. |
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| Respectable shirt and trousers. Don't want to stand out. |
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| Shirt and neat jeans. Got to be conservative. |
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| Polo and jeans. Still looking neat. |
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| T and jeans with holes. Still think I am a teen. |
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| Anything I damn want to. Who do they think they are? |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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I thought Zed's hair was pin straight anyways? |
let's crimp it then! |
That is such a good idea! I remember...when I was in the 4th graade  my best friend at the time had her hair crimped and I was so jealous!  |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
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| I wouldn't give a guy a makeover unless he really wanted one and then I would absolutely stress that he did not need to listen to me and if he liked his ratty Husker Du T-shirt, he could keep it. |
She is far mroe diplomatic than I would be soryr that ratty husker du t shirt is going up in flames  |
Dammit, if you're going to do anything to that shirt, give it a proper burial! They were a kick-ass band and besides, do you know how hard it is to find a friggin Husker Du T-shirt these days?!  |
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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: Wed May 12, 2004 1:59 am Post subject: |
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| Makeovers are evil- People aren't houses, they shouldn't require renovation. |
Wonderfully put.
And some men have more style than many women, especially the let-it-all-go image of many Western women in Korea. |
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katydid
Joined: 02 Feb 2003
Location: Here kitty kitty kitty...
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| Hey now...don't build us up to tear us down again... |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:23 am Post subject: |
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especially the let-it-all-go image of many Western women in Korea. |
I would normally let the flamebait go... but last time I checked not all western men in Korea are prefectly clothed, shaved or even washed. And there are plenty of man breasts and beer bellies out there too. Quiet frankly you fat guys are letting the team down too.
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| I'd say a majority of westerners here look sloppy when walking around outside. |
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Zed
Joined: 20 Jan 2003
Location: Shakedown Street
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:28 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I'd say a majority of westerners here look sloppy when walking around outside. |
"Majority" might be taking things a little far. They certainly wouldn't be a rarity, myself often included. |
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jurassic5
Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Location: PA
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:32 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| I'd say a majority of westerners here look sloppy when walking around outside. |
sloppy is a person's opinion...i wear baggy clothes...i don't consider it sloppy looking, but some of the older generation say that it is. 
i've noticed quite a few ahjushee's and ahjumma's walking down the street in shorts, white t-shirt, white socks, and black generic sandals...not exactly high class....this is usually at night, but either way.
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:33 am Post subject: |
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| Zed wrote: |
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| I'd say a majority of westerners here look sloppy when walking around outside. |
"Majority" might be taking things a little far. They certainly wouldn't be a rarity, myself often included. |
majority, meaning more than half, yes. I see people in t-shirts and shorts at important cultural events. I see women wearing hardly anything on top on the subway. What is the word we hear on AFN? Practice good OBSECs. something about respecting the customs of the country we are in. |
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FUBAR
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: The Y.C.
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:37 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| VanIslander wrote: |
especially the let-it-all-go image of many Western women in Korea. |
I would normally let the flamebait go... but last time I checked not all western men in Korea are prefectly clothed, shaved or even washed. And there are plenty of man breasts and beer bellies out there too. Quiet frankly you fat guys are letting the team down too. |
Unless you have changed ALOT from the last time your pic was on the net, I will say this, and it goes for alot of you here:
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 2:50 am Post subject: |
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Unless you have changed ALOT from the last time your pic was on the net, I will say this, and it goes for alot of you here:
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. |
That was kind of my point with my tounge in cheek comment. perhaps I should add one of these  or perhaps one of these |
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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: Wed May 12, 2004 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| crazylemongirl wrote: |
| there are plenty of man b - reasts and beer bellies out there too. Quiet frankly you fat guys are letting the team down too. |
Who are you talking to? There may be some fat guys around here but there are also some fit, well-shaven, well-dressed guys, as I stated before: some. It wasn't a flame-bait generalization in a battle of the sexes. There is no team 
I wasn't going to sit quietly while people post about how the women have something to teach the men about fashion and style when I see so many loosy-goosy foreign women on the streets.
That said, I don't mind if you dress casual and let yourself go. Why not? Koreans are like Californians with their hangups. Looks aren't everything. As long as you are comfortable with how you are, and healthy enough by your standards, then "Who cares?" |
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crazylemongirl
Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:05 am Post subject: |
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Who are you talking to? There may be some fat guys around here but there are also some fit, well-shaven, well-dressed guys, as I stated before: some. It wasn't a flame-bait generalization in a battle of the sexes. There is no team
I wasn't going to sit quietly while people post about how the women have something to teach the men about fashion and style when I see so many loosy-goosy foreign women on the streets.
That said, I don't mind if you dress casual and let yourself go. Why not? Koreans are like Californians with their hangups. Looks aren't everything. As long as you are comfortable with how you are, and healthy enough by your standards, then "Who cares?" |
I agree that are stylie men out there, that dress far better than myself or the vast majority of women outside of korea. Personally I think that the western women here dress a lot better than back home, but then again I'm fresh out of varsity and having disposible income makes getting scrubbed up a lot easier. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
And some men have more style than many women, especially the let-it-all-go image of many Western women in Korea. |
Gotta say, little dissapointed. I didn't expect you to buy into the stereotypes. I think people here dress much the same as people of a similar age in their home countries.
There are exceptions of course. Everyone knows someone who's been here forever and is still wearing trends from 1997 ( eek!) |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 3:27 am Post subject: |
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Gotta say, little dissapointed. I didn't expect you to buy into the stereotypes. I think people here dress much the same as people of a similar age in their home countries.
There are exceptions of course. Everyone knows someone who's been here forever and is still wearing trends from 1997 ( eek!) |
Yeah, well. . .
I'm no slave to fashion. |
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