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| How has the tanking of the won affected your plans? |
| Not at all. Teaching English is its own reward. I feel lucky just to breathe the air in Korea. |
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| I'll wait until the end of my contract and see if the won recovers much, then decide whether to stay. |
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| I was going to do another year in Korea, but now I'm set against it. |
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| I'm so disgusted that I'm going to do a midnight run. |
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| I haven't come to Korea yet and now I'm definitely not coming. |
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wayfarer
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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 Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:05 am Post subject: How has the tanking of the won affected your plans? |
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| As for me, I'll just say that Japan is looking pretty good right now. I probably would have gone there next year in any event. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Yawn...........
How many more B.S. threads?
This has to be poorest site I've ever seen when it comes to mod's........................ |
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wayfarer
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:18 am Post subject: |
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| Get some sleep, it's late. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Location: ... location, location!
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:21 am Post subject: |
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| I can't find my keys. |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:30 am Post subject: |
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The tanking won has made me very happy!! 
My money is very happy now  |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The tanking won doesn't hold a candle to the tanking US job market. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I probably would have gone there next year in any event. |
So your answer is 'Not at all'.
Me either really. Except for being more cautious about spending money. We got a 20% raise last week, so I feel more optimistic. When the crisis passes, I think I'll be doing OK. |
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alex83
Joined: 03 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| All these threads should be imalgumated into one, all-purpose "The Won is Falling, Oh What Do I Do?" thread. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| alex83 wrote: |
| All these threads should be imalgumated into one, all-purpose "The Won is Falling, Oh What Do I Do?" thread. |
I agree.
On topic, the falling won has reduced me to making the minimum payments on my student loans; before I was making several times that amount trying to pay them off faster.
I'm still going to Thailand this winter. Hopefully I won't feel the exchange rate too bad. |
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Trevor
Joined: 16 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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The won is trading favorably to the Baht, and because of the political unrest right now in Bangkok, flights are cheap.
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| alex83 wrote: |
| All these threads should be imalgumated into one, all-purpose "The Won is Falling, Oh What Do I Do?" thread. |
I agree.
On topic, the falling won has reduced me to making the minimum payments on my student loans; before I was making several times that amount trying to pay them off faster.
I'm still going to Thailand this winter. Hopefully I won't feel the exchange rate too bad. |
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TexasPete
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Koreatown
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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I think i'll start selling drugs....or a kidney to make up the difference. |
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