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Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008

WTF should I do?
I spend everyday at Kyobo reading books.
I need some excitement some zeal.

Shopping, I do.
Eating, I do.
Exercising, I do.
PC banging, I do

I've been to the traditional markets. I've been to the Norebangs!

But it's the same old ModEdit. Anyone have some novel experimental ideas for what I can be doing to spice up my life?

I need something novel guys. Something totally out of the blue.

madtownhustl · Joined: 04 Jun 2009

마사지, weekend to busan, hooker hill...

eIn07912 · Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Location: seoul

Running out of stuff to happens to most people after their first year. The "exoticness" of it all wears off.

Try this: Take a gorgeous Korean girl, sit at the plastic chairs outside of 7-11 and get hammered on Soju. You'll be constantly harassed by passing adjushi's all night. Then, once you're beyond loaded, grab the first taxi driver that looks under 50. Pick a spot on the other side of town and tell him "bali-bali" and hold up a first full of man won. He'll be weaving in and out of traffic, blowing through red lights, dipping into on coming traffic, and heading the wrong way down one way streets the whole way. If you haven't puked all over the place by the time he comes to a stretching hoult as you've reached your random destination, you'll be so happy to kiss the outside ground, you'll want to hide in your apartment for the rest of your contract.

redaxe · Joined: 01 Dec 2008

PC Banging? Maybe you need to try some regular banging! Laughing

But yeah basically Korea is all same old same old after about a year.

Have you been to a jjimjilbang with friends? That's kind of fun.

Positive Realist · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Location: Somewhere Damn Azz Cold

Bungge jumping in Bundang

Swimming with sharks in Busan

Buy a car (unlimited possibilities)

Hobbies; martial arts, wall climbing, music, yada yada yada

My favorite - make more money!

VanIslander · Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:54 pm Post subject:

get a girlfriend

Bloopity Bloop · Joined: 26 Apr 2009 Location: Seoul yo

How about "ghosting"? I'd be down to go for a ghosting session Seoul.

EDIT: whoops, forgot to include the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peAtB_dFUh0

fermentation · Joined: 22 Jun 2009

Do martial arts and enter competition if you haven't already. Do some thing that actually involves fighting and not one those styles that make you repeat forms everyday with no actual sparring yet has the audacity to call itself a martial art. Engaging in combat in a ring with another man is one of the most exciting things I've ever done. Try it. Its awesome.

DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP · Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Electron cloud

Try this, it really is fun if you can carry it off. Lord I haven't done this for years actually, I'd forgotten about it and am doing it for sure at the end of the month when I visit Seoul!

Create a new identity. Do some research...

Give yourself a new name, a different, more glamorous job (something no too good to be true though and something you know enough about to be able to carry it off.)

Go to Itaewon in your best clothes and with plenty of cash.

Act ultra confident (but not arrogant.)

Chat up women with your new personality and stories about your glamorous job and splash a bit of cash around.

Get laid.

Worked for me once.

I was 'Luke' an international reporter working for a year at a Koreann newspaper doing both correspondance and arts, muuseum and film reviews...

Don't take her back to your little shoeboox apt though, make an excuse to go to a hotel...

This will be harder today though/ I did it a few years back as a kind of experiement... There were a lot less foriegn guys around as competiton back then... Now it's like 10 guys to every decent looking foreign girl....

Was fun though. Bear in mind also that you can't ever meet the girl again unless you're willing to keep up the lie....

You'll be amazed though at the confidence and wit you can just seemingly pull out of the air without even knowing you had it when you're pretending to be someone else...!

rumdiary · Joined: 05 Jun 2006

go to the bus station with The Lonely Planet Korea and your backpack. Buy a ticket for any random town. Once you're on the bus, read up on the city you're visiting. I had some amazing experiences doing this (and one boring one).

One of the things I miss most now that I'm not in Korea is going on weekend trips. There are so many islands, mountains, hikes, historical sights, lakes etc. to visit. Not to mention places where you can bungee jump, water ski, shoot guns, fish, play paint ball.

Step 1. Become friends with a korean that wants to improve their English. Many old timers will complain about shit like this, but it will really improve your Korea experience.

Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008

DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP · Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Electron cloud

You could also experiment with your sexuality.

Check out the LGB scene in Itaewon at homo hill or hang out in some tranny bars. Could open up a whole new world of experience....

Go to Seoul race track every week with no atm card and only 50,000 on you and bet on each race...

Get into improv or comedy?

take up Martial arts or boxing like another poster said

By a dvd cam and make a documentary about your loca area or something

Learn how to give yourself something special through the use of certain yoga techniques Laughing

(like Prince aledgedly can)

Spy on someone you don;t know and follow them around, document everything they see and do and turn it into a poem or something...

Goku · Joined: 10 Dec 2008

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

economicmayhem · Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Location: Yong In

Sick of Korea? Same old stuff day in and day out? Here's something NEW you can do; go to some k league soccer matches.

I'm from the USA and the last thing you'll catch a white American doing is loving soccer, but hey, it'll grow on you. Try it!!!!

Playoffs start in a week. Next season starts in March. I'm going to get season tickets.