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turtlepi1
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
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 Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:02 am Post subject: I miss all of the childish rants... |
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Some of you know I recently moved from Korea to the UAE (Abu Dhabi)
The expats here are much ...(I don't know) I want to use the term older, but that doesn't necessarily tie to physical age...though overall they are likely older that way too - on average. (boring comes to mind) 
They worry about football/rugby, investments, retirement, exchange rates and aren't interested in the day to day gripes of food, crazy happens, observations, etc.
 I just guess I am trying to say...""I miss all of you..." |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:26 am Post subject: |
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awww. . group hug!  |
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kangnamdragon
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| It sounds like you are saying people in Korea are immature and whine a lot. |
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jinglejangle
Joined: 19 Feb 2005
Location: Far far far away.
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:34 am Post subject: |
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Fancy that.  |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 6:59 am Post subject: Re: I miss all of the childish rants... |
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| turtlepi1 wrote: |
Some of you know I recently moved from Korea to the UAE (Abu Dhabi)
The expats here are much ...(I don't know) I want to use the term older, but that doesn't necessarily tie to physical age...though overall they are likely older that way too - on average. (boring comes to mind)
They worry about football/rugby, investments, retirement, exchange rates and aren't interested in the day to day gripes of food, crazy happens, observations, etc.
I just guess I am trying to say...""I miss all of you..." |
Whats your plan there? How do you like your job? Have you gone out much? Can you do some first-hand comparisons and give us the gripes of food, crazy happenings, and observations on that part of the world!! I'd be curious. |
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bosintang
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Location: In the pot with the rest of the mutts
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:38 am Post subject: Re: I miss all of the childish rants... |
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| turtlepi1 wrote: |
Some of you know I recently moved from Korea to the UAE (Abu Dhabi)
The expats here are much ...(I don't know) I want to use the term older, but that doesn't necessarily tie to physical age...though overall they are likely older that way too - on average. (boring comes to mind)
They worry about football/rugby, investments, retirement, exchange rates and aren't interested in the day to day gripes of food, crazy happens, observations, etc.
I just guess I am trying to say...""I miss all of you..." |
Wow..deja-vu! We don't know each other as far as I know, but I was just thinking about you today for some bizarre reason (Seriously, I was!) I remember you posting before that you were moving on to the UAE, and I was wondering how you were making out there...glad you dropped by to give an update!
Expats talking about football, investments, .......retirement?? They sound just like the kind of people that most of us expats on this side of the world ran away from! I guess for every criticism one could lob at the expat (particularly 'English-teacher) community in Korea, they certainly couldn't describe it as boring! |
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 9:33 am Post subject: |
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| kangnamdragon wrote: |
| It sounds like you are saying people in Korea are immature and whine a lot. |
How unrealistic! |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 10:54 am Post subject: |
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How is life over there in the UAE?
Details wanted..... sounds fascinating.....seriously. |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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well remember you can always return here for a quick fix of insanity and gripes.
How's it going in the hot spot |
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Emu Bitter
Joined: 27 May 2004
Location: Bundang
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| Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| While I don't talk about investments, I can't go for five minutes without talking about some football code. Does that mean I should leave Korea? |
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kangnam mafioso
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I couldn't work in the middle east even if they paid me double. |
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Saxiif
Joined: 15 May 2003
Location: Seongnam
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| Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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Not too surprising, my great uncle works there after all  |
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