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ZIFA
Joined: 23 Feb 2011
Location: Dici che il fiume..Trova la via al mare
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 Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject: Personal qualities needed for an expat in Korea. |
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Patience 90%
Korean language ability 9%
A temper 1% |
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gem
Joined: 06 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're fake and lie alot you'll fit right in. |
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nukeday
Joined: 13 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| gem wrote: |
| If you're fake and lie alot you'll fit right in. |
Agreed! And it can be learned. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| gem wrote: |
| If you're fake and lie alot you'll fit right in. |
bingo. |
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Carbon
Joined: 28 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| They aren't talking about you. Get over yourself. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:15 am Post subject: |
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You need to stay away from the CRIMINAL "Justice" system. Other than that, Korea is a really nice, developed country.
It really is a starter ex-pat country, at least as far as the urban areas go. ZIFA is right that patience is needed, but it would be the same for any Westerner in another non-Western foreign country.
9% language ability. Who could say that about any other Asian country? Outside of Singapore and Hong Kong, in all other Asian countries it really helps to know the local language, and in some cases is necessary. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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lol.
i love the fact that the OP took it upon him/herself to point out exactly what is needed to survive in korea.
and did it all with a grammatically dubious title for the thread.
where do you people come from? i mean, seriously? |
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marsavalanche
Joined: 27 Aug 2010
Location: where pretty lies perish
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| sing81 sums up most weigooks ive met in this country |
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Gorf
Joined: 25 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| marsavalanche wrote: |
| sing81 sums up most weigooks ive met in this country |
You mean, like, idiots? |
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methdxman
Joined: 14 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I don't know what traits you NEED necessarily, but 95% of expats in Korea exhibit the following traits:
1) Whine and bitch about everything.
2) Blame everyone and everything else for their own shortcomings.
3) Failure to gain working knowledge of local language.
4) Inflated sense of intelligence, experience and wisdom.
5) Chronic lack of critical thinking skills (Asking WHY? all the time without bothering to do the proper analysis)
6) Claim that everything is better back home.
7) Massive amounts of insecurity masked by incessant indirect/direct bragging of mundane or unremarkable attributes/accomplishments. |
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gem
Joined: 06 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
You need to stay away from the CRIMINAL "Justice" system. Other than that, Korea is a really nice, developed country.
It really is a starter ex-pat country, at least as far as the urban areas go. ZIFA is right that patience is needed, but it would be the same for any Westerner in another non-Western foreign country.
9% language ability. Who could say that about any other Asian country? Outside of Singapore and Hong Kong, in all other Asian countries it really helps to know the local language, and in some cases is necessary. |
The Indians, Malaysians, and the Filipinos speak more English than the Koreans.
Learning Korean beyond a survival level is a waste of time.
As for Korea being nice and developed, where outside of Seoul? Even with all of the technology it's still a second rate, wannabe modern country. |
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pucciniphile
Joined: 23 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:45 am Post subject: |
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| isisaredead wrote: |
| and did it all with a grammatically dubious title for the thread. |
Where's the grammatical mistake?
I don't see it. |
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pucciniphile
Joined: 23 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:47 am Post subject: |
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| gem wrote: |
| The Indians, Malaysians, and the Filipinos speak more English than the Koreans. |
So you think learning a second language is important.
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| Learning Korean beyond a survival level is a waste of time. |
So you DON'T think learning a second language is important.
I'm confused. |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 6:05 am Post subject: |
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| pucciniphile wrote: |
| gem wrote: |
| The Indians, Malaysians, and the Filipinos speak more English than the Koreans. |
So you think learning a second language is important.
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| Learning Korean beyond a survival level is a waste of time. |
So you DON'T think learning a second language is important.
I'm confused. |
are you high?
"gem" obviously pointed out that learning a useful language like english is indeed useful. korean is not.
my korean is pretty good, but once i leave this country i'll never use it again. unless i want a great deal on dry-cleaning.
honestly, i really thought that was obvious. |
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