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VC
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
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 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 10:44 pm Post subject: Interesting article about the nightlife in Itaewon |
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On any given weekend, from dusk to dawn and beyond, you will see parading US GI's, Russian pimps, drunk Arabs, wasted Koreans and zombie-like English teachers swarming the main thoroughfare, all in the pursuit of pleasure.....
And if you are coming to Korea next week and are wondering where to meet Korean women amenable to westerners "charms..." well that takes us full circle. Yes, Itaewon is the place to go. And for the English teachers that live in Seoul, Itaewon means only one place...Hollywoods.
Unlike the majority of other bars in the area, Hollywoods features a female clientele that aren't working, in the strictest sense anyway. And this is the main reason that Hollywoods attracts as many women as it does men. Yes, every weekend hordes of goggle eyed expats stand around Hollywoods' dance floor ogling the nymph-like Korean waifs that dance on seductively. The number of ageing Western men that have beautiful young Koreans draped all over them is staggering, and a real indicator of why so many English teachers stay in Korea for years at a time.
If you can't get a girl in your local town, don't worry! Come to Korea and find a beautiful Korean girl who will be with you simply because you are western, loaded, or both. While this might seem like an overly cynical attitude, one trip to Hollywoods on a Saturday night will turn you into a believer..... |
http://theseoultimes.com/ST/?url=/ST/db/read.php?idx=1203 |
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AbbeFaria
Joined: 17 May 2005
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 1:45 am Post subject: |
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So is this a bad thing or a good thing?
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 2:06 am Post subject: |
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Does this mean the latest fashion statement by waygookin dudes in Seoul is goggles? I thought it was ratty stocking caps pulled down below the ears. At least it was 3 weeks ago. My, you guys are slaves of fashion. I can't keep up. |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Another classic from our friend Conor Purcell.
If anyone can explain to me (including the author) the focus of this piece of "journalism", I'll by you a kettle at Polly's. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
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| goggle eyed expats |
Does this mean the latest fashion statement by waygookin dudes in Seoul is goggles? I thought it was ratty stocking caps pulled down below the ears. At least it was 3 weeks ago. My, you guys are slaves of fashion. I can't keep up. |
What I thought:
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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 Nov 20, 2005 3:26 am Post subject: |
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This guy must've written about 50 articles about English teachers, Korean xenophobia, and Itaewon by now. All of them have the same bland I-have-an-axe-to-grind cliche shock-journalism aspect about them. Apparently creativity or diversity are not among Purcell's finer points as a "journalist".
Really, why am I even bothering to respond to this? It doesn't deserve one. |
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chiaa
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| bosintang wrote: |
This guy must've written about 50 articles about English teachers, Korean xenophobia, and Itaewon by now. All of them have the same bland I-have-an-axe-to-grind cliche shock-journalism aspect about them. Apparently creativity or diversity are not among Purcell's finer points as a "journalist".
Really, why am I even bothering to respond to this? It doesn't deserve one. |
As soon as I read the first sentence in your post I knew exactly who you were talking about. |
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I_Am_Wrong
Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Location: whatever
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:32 am Post subject: |
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| please do tell...what is a "stocking cap"?? |
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Mashimaro
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: location, location
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:57 am Post subject: |
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| yeah I really want to go to a bar where old pervs go to ogle korean bartenders younger than their daughters |
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DougieG
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:36 am Post subject: Conor Purcell is a Plagiarist |
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| This article is not only old but it's a pile of slop that has zero connection with reality. Conor Purcell is a plagiarist who left the land of the morning calm in disgrace with the arse hanging out of his pants. He owed numerous people cash and was basically on skid row until his old ma wired over some money to fly him back to Ireland. Goodbye and good riddance! |
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seoulkitchen
Joined: 28 Dec 2004
Location: Hub of Asia, my ass!
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Conor Purcell is a Plagiarist |
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| DougieG wrote: |
| This article is not only old but it's a pile of slop that has zero connection with reality. Conor Purcell is a plagiarist who left the land of the morning calm in disgrace with the arse hanging out of his pants. He owed numerous people cash and was basically on skid row until his old ma wired over some money to fly him back to Ireland. Goodbye and good riddance! |
Exactly!
This article is actually a couple of years old. Why is the seoul times publishing it again? Trying to rile people up again to get more hits on their site I guess.
Did this clown actually get paid for writing this childish crap? |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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a beautiful korean woman??? hahahhhaha
97% of the korean woman with the foreigners in itaewan are average!!
jesus.. what does this guy think every korean girl is pretty or something!?
yeah this article was written years ago!!
jesus.. I think people need to open their eyes in Itaewon..
lime lite is like NANA plaza.. they look alright under those lights get them outside and its - who played the game of switch a roo? !!!! |
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DougieG
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Why did this stupid article reappear? That's easy. Because VC is probably Conor Purcell posting in desperate need of an ego boost. How's life on the dole in Ireland Conor? Or is it Taiwan? And for everyone's information, Purcell was never paid for his scribblings. The Seoul Times, which was managed on a free and strictly part-time basis by an Irishman named Mark Basquille, published Purcell's jibber despite almost daily protests from the expatriate community in Korea. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Comical stuff in my opinion. |
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blunder1983
Joined: 12 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Check out his website! He's obviously come along way since then. |
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