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curlygirl
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Location: Pundang, Seohyeon dong
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 Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:12 pm Post subject: What would you have done differently? |
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So you've been in Korea for sometime and have settled in - maybe you've been here a few weeks or are a 10 year veteran.
If you knew before what you know now about living and working in Korea what would you have done differently?
For me some simple things come to mind:
1: I would have stocked up on Western brand medications.
2: I would have started studying Korean online before I even arrived.
3: I would have brought photo albums from home or at least have put photos online so I could walk down memory lane whenever the urge took me.
4: I wouldn't have brought across a Western hair dryer as appliances are cheap here.
5: I wouldn't have brought books as they're easy to get online or at Kyobo.
How about you all? What do you wish you'd known before so that you could have made your Korean life more comfortable, or saved yourself some hassle. |
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Starbucks
Joined: 12 Aug 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:15 pm Post subject: Re: What would you have done differently? |
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| curlygirl wrote: |
3: I would have brought photo albums from home or at least have put photos online so I could walk down memory lane whenever the urge took me.
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What about facebook....I got enough photos of all my friends and family on there, figured most other would too. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Re: What would you have done differently? |
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| curlygirl wrote: |
So you've been in Korea for sometime and have settled in - maybe you've been here a few weeks or are a 10 year veteran.
If you knew before what you know now about living and working in Korea what would you have done differently?
For me some simple things come to mind:
1: I would have stocked up on Western brand medications.
2: I would have started studying Korean online before I even arrived.
3: I would have brought photo albums from home or at least have put photos online so I could walk down memory lane whenever the urge took me.
4: I wouldn't have brought across a Western hair dryer as appliances are cheap here.
5: I wouldn't have brought books as they're easy to get online or at Kyobo.
How about you all? What do you wish you'd known before so that you could have made your Korean life more comfortable, or saved yourself some hassle. |
#1 it's all the same everywhere
#2 good idea
#3 it's called facebook
#4 you must not have lived/traveled abroad before
#5 read something less generic, nothing I read can be had unless I mail order it |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Break up with girlfriend before leaving would have been easier than doing it here over the phone. |
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oldtactics
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree about the photos from home - I don't have any photos of my family or my hometown on my facebook because.. why would I? I think I'd really like a video of someone driving through downtown, or walking around my neighbourhood. Seems silly but I think it would help a lot with the homesickness. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Break up with girlfriend before leaving would have been easier than doing it here over the phone. |
Why not bang chicks over here, then bang her when you get back without telling her?
Sounds like a win-win to me
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waynehead
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
Location: Jongno
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| I wouldn't have wasted so much time and money traveling between contracts. I'm in my third year and I took about 3 months off after each contract. I had a blast both times, but looking back it was defn. too much. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I would've saved half my salary instead of caning it all. |
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redaxe
Joined: 01 Dec 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| I would have gone to China instead. |
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benji
Joined: 21 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I would have stayed far away from Korean women. |
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halfmanhalfbiscuit
Joined: 13 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Gone to Japan.....but you roll the dice and take your chances. |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| kinerry wrote: |
| Clockout wrote: |
| Break up with girlfriend before leaving would have been easier than doing it here over the phone. |
Why not bang chicks over here, then bang her when you get back without telling her?
Sounds like a win-win to me |
Unfortunately it's not that easy. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Clockout wrote: |
| kinerry wrote: |
| Clockout wrote: |
| Break up with girlfriend before leaving would have been easier than doing it here over the phone. |
Why not bang chicks over here, then bang her when you get back without telling her?
Sounds like a win-win to me |
Unfortunately it's not that easy. |
Really? I do it all the time |
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Pwillig
Joined: 26 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Replaced the clothes in one of my suitcases with boxes of All-Bran. |
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Fox
Joined: 04 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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| I would have brought a lot more candy with me, to be honest. |
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