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[stevenisi]

The Seoul Friendship Club is hosting its its October friendship dinner!

Location: Shinchon
Time:6:30pm
Date: Saturday, October 18

Why should you come?

1. Make friends not just in your circle, but also native Koreans as well as people of all cultures.

2. Help support a group that is committed to growing a community of nice, fun people! Its hard living in a different country without a network of great friends to be there for you!

3. You need to eat. If youre planning dinner for that night, why not bring your friends as well? ~~



EVERYONE IS INVITED !
CLICK THE LINK FOR MORE INFO
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VISIT ONE OF THESE LINKS AND CONFIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=29261493809&ref=mf

OR

http://iluvkorea.ning.com/events/event/show?id=2343652:Event:1101
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LOCATION
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TESS Jazz Italian Restaurant in Shinchon (nice atmosphere, great food, nice prices! with terrace)

This is a great restaurant that serves spaghetti and steak dinners.
Weve reserved a row of tables to accommodate ~25 people.

Its gotten great reviews 8.1/10

For pics and location:

http://local.naver.com/siteview/index?code=12755451

COST
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Based on what you order

Spaghetti Course 9,800 won
Steak Course 17,800 won

About 10,000 won for 3 beers and whole pizza!

You dont have to eat.. in which case, you should grab dinner beforehand.
So..

8,000 won for beer (4 glasses 500 cc)

or you may split dishes however you like ~~


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There will be a good mix of native Korean and native English speakers.. so its a great opportunity to meet people you might never otherwise..

This is just the start of regular meetings so I hope everyone can attend!

Remember, we also have the film club opening up in November!
Some ideas as well to discuss

- language exchange (for those who want a Korean/English language partner)

- book / dvd exchange (Were thinking of monthly book/dvd exchange in our Shinchon cafe - we can discuss this at the dinner)

- weekly film screenings (movie choices!)

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Afterwards, well be heading over to Hongdae to hang out with anyone who is interested in staying out



If you have any questions, you can contact Joshua
[email protected]

[mee]

Thanks for the info. I would like to attend.

[Starla]

Which train do you take to get there and what stop is it?

[aka Dave]

Someone do something like this in Cheong-Ju! Yeah, I live in the sticks.

Seriously, I'm looking to practice my Korean on weekends when I have time and will exchange for English. Any Korean lurkers want an exchange partner lemme know. I don't feel comfortable using my uni students cause I have to grade them and all.

[Ginormousaurus]

[Starla]

[mee]

This feeling of isolation happened to me in america to some degree, it has to do with the language barrier and also not being in touch with or out of sync with the pulse of the culture. Or it just may not suit you. So when I met korean-americans, we were very nostalgic and they carry the seed of their culture and identity with them and can identify with eachother.

But now that i'm in korea, I feel exactly the same way again. I don't like koreans now either. It's almost like, it's not the fact they are korean, it's the fact I'm more worldly, open or broad-minded in general and most koreans are not going to be open that way, same as the common or ignorant people you meet in any country or most americans.

Same shit, different location.

[Hamlet]

No thanks....already been suckered into one of these groups. I was invited to "hang out and meet other foreigners and fun local Korean people"...they were even nice enough to buy me a free beer on my first night out with the group. Later I found out that the Korean "friends" in the group had to pay 10,000 Won to attend the nights out. Basically, it was a business, as this group seems to be.

This is the headline on the Korean language Facebook site.

"join our cafe for english conversation classes and parties with foreigners in Shinchon" - Practicing Korean with Koreans is possible!!

Nothing like giving free Englishee conversation classes!!! Yippeeeeee!!!!

Here's the link...

http://iluvkorea.ning.com/group/lefriends/forum/topic/show?id=2343652%3ATopic%3A1286

[Oreovictim]

[Hamlet]

"I feel like the hot chick who's worried that every guy wants to have sex with her, so she keeps her guard up."

Ha Ha... What a great analogy!!! Who would of thought that being so desired that people will pay money just to hang out with you could be so annoying!!! It could be worse....we could be the big girl who is really nice but whom nobody wants to talk to. [/quote]

[billybrobby]

[Starla]

Yeah, I did some investigating and it's a language exchange thing. Now if I wasn't an English teacher already and earnestly wanted to learn Korean, then okay. Now I find myself worrying also about young Koreans using me for language exchange. I already know a few people who won't say it outright but I have a sneaking suspicion that's what their intention is. I think using advanced words and grammar they wouldn't understand is the way to discourage people like that.

[Drew345]

Is there anyone there who is over, say, 35 or 40? Or is this basically a college student thing. I would like to meet a couple of decent language exchange partners, but I'm not really into hanging out with college kids.
My language exchange pet peeve is when, during "Korean speaking time", I speak Korean and they answer in English. I speak Korean again and they answer in English. I've left after 2 sentences when this happens.

[wylies99]

[wylies99]