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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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 Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:01 pm Post subject: Why are you here? |
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Was it the economy back home?
Did you just want to travel?
What was your main motivation? |
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xingyiman
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Why are you here? |
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| asmith wrote: |
Was it the economy back home?
Did you just want to travel?
What was your main motivation? |
I worked back in the west for 15 years. Some good jobs. Others could have been better. Took a look at my bank account balance at $3.50 and asked myself "Is there really more to life than this?" |
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asmith
Joined: 18 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:06 pm Post subject: Re: Why are you here? |
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| xingyiman wrote: |
| asmith wrote: |
Was it the economy back home?
Did you just want to travel?
What was your main motivation? |
I worked back in the west for 15 years. Some good jobs. Others could have been better. Took a look at my bank account balance at $3.50 and asked myself "Is there really more to life than this?" |
Great reply. I love honesty. |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| The Mexican drug cartel is after me. They want to stab me in the heart. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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To blow paycheck after paycheck sitting on beautiful sandy beaches and drinking rum runners while watching the sailboats on the weekends, then teaching little brats during the week to make money for the following weekend.
I figured, with all the college kids saving all this cash over here, what if I came with the intent of spending it? Call it a year-long paid vacation, then I go back home to the humdrum ho-hum.
No beaches.
No sailboats.
No destination resorts.
But going back home with a fat stack of cash, that I can live with. It's not quite paradise, but it's home. |
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afsjesse
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Kickin' it in 'Kato town.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I left home right out of university. I wanted to live in Asia and save up money while thinking of what to do with my life.
I did the first part. Kind of have a general idea of the second. |
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Emeliu
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Location: Korea, i'm OMW
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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I'm a TESOL major, and I love languages/other cultures. I want to go to Korea, live my life, get old, and retire in Scotland. However, I'm probably one of the youngest people on this board, so I'm not 100% sure yet though.
ALSO: My college sweetheart is Korean, so my destination is pretty much set. |
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RufusW
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Save enough money to get to Africa and get involved with development work there. And see a lot of Asia on the way. |
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weebil
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| although i'm not "here" yet, i'm mainly going to korea to travel and indulge my longstanding interest in asian culture generally. my first choice was actually japan, but the ESL market over there is totally flooded. i figured a couple years of experience somewhere else gives me a better chance of getting into japan. it was either this or china, and i didn't really wanna live under a totalitarian government so... korea here i come. |
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Chambertin
Joined: 07 Jun 2009
Location: Gunsan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Forward Observer wrote: |
| The Mexican drug cartel is after me. They want to stab me in the heart. |
I'm part of the Mexican Drug Cartel trying to Stab him in the Heart.
After our official registry with drugcartel.org we are a Proper noun, use capitals F O.
(edited the drugcartel, it tried to post a link)
Last edited by Chambertin on Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:31 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Just graduated in December 2008 and couldn't think of anything better to do. |
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Pwillig
Joined: 26 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Didn't really have the funds to move to start a life after college or even get an internship with my degrees in Finance/German.
Thought about teaching English in Japan as an excuse to just go back there and improve my Japanese, but the market saturation and cost of living dissuaded me.
Figured Korea would be a great opportunity to help me decide what I want to do. Soju's kinda distracted me. |
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Clockout
Joined: 23 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:31 pm Post subject: Re: Why are you here? |
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| xingyiman wrote: |
| asmith wrote: |
Was it the economy back home?
Did you just want to travel?
What was your main motivation? |
I worked back in the west for 15 years. Some good jobs. Others could have been better. Took a look at my bank account balance at $3.50 and asked myself "Is there really more to life than this?" |
My Korean bank account has about this much in it right now.
Thank God tomorrow is payday. |
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Palladium
Joined: 26 Apr 2009
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Because Ohio is boring! |
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Forward Observer
Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Location: FOB Gloria
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| Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Chambertin wrote: |
| Forward Observer wrote: |
| The Mexican drug cartel is after me. They want to stab me in the heart. |
I'm part of the Mexican Drug Cartel trying to Stab him in the Heart.
After our official registry with drugcartel.org we are a Proper noun, use capitals F O.
(edited the drugcartel, it tried to post a link) |
Why should I? What is the worst thing you can do to me? Aside from stabbing me in the heart? |
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