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ghostrider
Joined: 27 Jun 2011
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 Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 5:39 pm Post subject: Latest Locked Up Abroad Adventure in Korea |
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"When David tz found himself divorced from his Korean wife and jobless, he decided he was done with Seoul and South Korea. However, his downward spiral into booze left him in debt and owing $10,000 in fines to the Korean Government. When he tried to leave the country, he had to pay his fines or else..."
http://www.amazon.com/Available-Thursday-Paper-Tuesday-ebook/dp/B00DTFNX3E/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378603497&sr=1-1&keywords=pens+available+on+Tuesday
I read part of the book. He was a teacher who tried to leave Korea but was stopped at the airport. He spent several months in a tiny cell for 23 hours a day because he couldn't pay the money he owed. Finally, the Korean government decided it didn't make sense to continue to keep him locked up at taxpayers' expense. |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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David has a true story to tell about the inner working of an otherwise successful Canadian individual who faced unknown challenges
surviving in a foreign country. We may live in a globalized world but the guts and resolve it takes to actually leave your country and start a new life is not always so easy and in most cases impossible. This is a chilling reminder of the challenges any immigrant to any country may face. This book is a testament to the psychological toughness that individualism develops within the western world. David took the leap of faith into the unknown and made it back. |
Yeah it takes real guts to turn to booze and 'drink your problems away'  |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Cliffs:
Western guy comes Korea to teach ESL. Marries a Korean woman. Woman leaves him because he drinks too much. Woman goes to New York with her new boyfriend. Because of this, man (author) loses F-visa. This makes him sad so he drinks even more. Does stupid things while drunk, which causes him to rack up fines. Goes to jail for unpaid fines. |
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:17 pm Post subject: Re: Latest Locked Up Abroad Adventure in Korea |
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| ghostrider wrote: |
| I read part of the book. |
Is it a good read? Do you recommend it? |
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IPayInCash
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: Away from all my board stalkers :)
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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| What a loser. Lock him up, throw away the key. Lost his wife because he's too much of a beta. One less beta in this world, good riddance. |
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optik404
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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| It doesn't take any guts to move to a modernized country. If he moved to Africa, that would be a story. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| why pay amazon $5 for this, it was all on his blog over the summer |
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Skippy
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon
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| Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: Latest Locked Up Abroad Adventure in Korea |
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| cdninkorea wrote: |
| ghostrider wrote: |
| I read part of the book. |
Is it a good read? Do you recommend it? |
It was an OK read. I found a little bit better then Brother One Cell. Action wise that is. There are some minor quibbles about it. As mentioned it is a direct blog to book cut. Cause of that, some aspect of the story are confusing. Like who people he mention are? Or some event in the past, that we do not know about. He needs more of a introduction. He needs to understand that his Journal needs to be explained for a wider audience.
If you looking for a read that is not a look at me "I am special for teaching in Korea" Plus the author is a bit jaded and does not always pull punches, which I like.
It is an OK price. I think I got it a touch cheaper from LuLu. |
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chellovek
Joined: 29 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| IPayInCash wrote: |
| What a loser. Lock him up, throw away the key. Lost his wife because he's too much of a beta. One less beta in this world, good riddance. |
It's a damn injustice, he has a published book now and generating talk on the internet. Damn betas, or 'lol'tas as they are otherwise known |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:27 am Post subject: |
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| I cant see it generating a lot of talk. I read the first few pages from the link in the OP. The guy pretty much deserved his unremarkable punishment & his writing is pedestrian. |
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Nolos
Joined: 23 Oct 2011
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| I believe Dodge7 was the first to use the word "Beta" as I recall, now IPayInCash and others are jocking his style. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Good grief! What a hack that guy is. That's some horrendous writing. |
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thisisausername
Joined: 28 May 2011
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Is it this guy? http://dtz247.blogspot.kr
He got fined 7000 us for passing out outside drunk couldn't pay the fine end up in prison for One and a half years. He blogged about the whole thing. They kept telling the poor bastard that he could leave at any time if you could just give them the 7000. |
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IPayInCash
Joined: 27 Jul 2013
Location: Away from all my board stalkers :)
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| Nolos wrote: |
| I believe Dodge7 was the first to use the word "Beta" as I recall, now IPayInCash and others are jocking his style. |
Sup Dodge7.
How was your weekly conversation with Obama? He gonna go ahead with Syria? Loser.  |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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"When my marriage broke down, so did my mental well-being and life. It’s hard to pinpoint when it all started to fall apart. Was it before or after that prostitute that one drunken night?"
A sad read.
"The radio has no volume control since it's piped into my cell from a speaker mounted in the ceiling, and plays k-pop constantly."
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