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SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Apparently the mocking Hellos we get here are not restricted to Korea or even Asia. Looks like it happens in France as well. Fortunately the French teachers have enough sense to eventually chastise the kids for this.

htrain · Joined: 24 May 2007

Sometimes I wear headphones everywhere I go, even if I'm not listening to music.

rationality · Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Location: Some where in S. Korea

shaunew · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Calgary

I have my ipod whenever I go outside. If I'm not with my wife I get lost in music or podcasts like econ talk can't hear the cat calls, cant hear the chewing of gum, can't here when they suck on their teeth, or spit.

shifter2009 · Joined: 03 Sep 2006 Location: wisconsin

Yes, an MP3 player is a Korean must. Mine was on the fritz friday and had to listen to a kid scream across the the street, "YOU HAVE A VERY BIG HEAD!!!!" about 15 times. I could have killed Steve Jobs for selling me a product that failed me in my hour of need. Luckly the Ipod is back in working order and I can just turn up the volume next time.,

oldfatfarang · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: On the road to somewhere.

I've had kids give me the "Hello Mista" in just about every Asian country I've visited. Kids hanging out of trees - yelling "Hi Mista" - kids following me calling "Hi" etc.

Not a problem. Certainly not rascist. The locals say that the kids just want to be friendly - and are using the only English they know. Fine.

But I do have a problem with Korean kids pointing at me (and laughing out loud) on the subway. And I do have a problem with Korean adults just looking on - and not saying anything to these kids.

And I have an even bigger problem with the hateful, resentful stares the 40 + adjoshis give me on the subway. Thanks boys - you do ruin my day - and you do make me feel like an outsider - and unwelcome.

Personally, I prefer the Hi's to the stares.

cj1976 · Joined: 26 Oct 2005

billybrobby · Joined: 09 Dec 2004

If there is one question people ought to ask themselves more often it is this: What are the chances the person that I am talking has heard what I'm about say a million f*cking times? I think anybody who is really tall will agree with me.

I was in a grocery store and there was a bunch of adjosshis loitering around the counter. And one of them was selling strawberries, so he starts making his pitch at me in broken english. And they start talking about the best thing to say, and wondering aloud where I'm from and so on. And boy, are they laughing it up. And I can't really get mad at them because for them, it's this new, fun thing that still has its novelty value. And if I had just gotten here a week ago, I'd probably think it was fun too. I might have even taught them the best thing to say it and done a lot of laughing and handshaking and bowing and speaking broken Korean. But having been here a while, the thought of doing that is incredibly tiresome. I have no f*cking desire to do a bunch of gladhanding with a group of chuckling adjosshis. So I just stood there in silence, hoping maybe they I was Russian or something. And then I left. But again, I can't realy get mad at them. All that laughing is not a form of mockery, although they do regard you as a novelty, which is not as good as being regarded as (gasp) a normal person.

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Intrepid · Joined: 13 May 2004 Location: Yongin

rD.NaTas · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Location: changwon

now if only we could find a way to block out seeing sum guy wip his dong out and pee on the sidewalk in front of you

shaunew · Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Location: Calgary

blondebecky · Joined: 22 Jul 2006

rD.NaTas · Joined: 06 Nov 2007 Location: changwon

who said the korean guy or gal was small ..and i stared cause i damn , penises rool

blondebecky · Joined: 22 Jul 2006