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n3ptne · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Location: Poh*A*ng City

Ok so its more like fourteen, but it doesn�t have the same flow....

But nonetheless yes, I shall be boarding a plane here rather soon and flying out. I've bought everything I'm gonna, read everything I can, and now just waiting. In the meantime I figured it was time to finally start an account here, though I'm not entirely certain why. I really hope I don�t end up like most of the people I read on here... bitching about life in Korea, but we'll see.

All I know is that in two weeks I'll be getting drunk an ocean away from home, first time out of the country. Can't wait, even if life there is worse than the worst depiction I've possibly read, if the kids are horrible (I plan on instituting a massive candy/trinket bribery system to pacify them), if it stinks, the food sucks, and my hagwon screws me over, even then it isn�t gonna matter. Really how hard and stressful can the job really be? Not to demean anyone, but, well... nothing is gonna phase me, it might take some getting used to, but I'm a native speaker and a writing major to boot. Might take some time to adjust, to learn how, and to do well, but all things do, and I'm not even worried about it. Too much adventure, and when it runs out, well I suppose I�ll just have to jet off to another country in another year or so and see what life�s like there. Au revoir America!

Save the, "you don�t know what you�re getting yourself into", "Pohong sucks", et al responses, I'm not really interested in them: Who's buying the first round? Can I get bourbon over there?

PS: I hate spell check, and type fast, thusly I feel compelled to exonerate myself henceforth from any and all grammatical errors on this board, and will at will refer to this exoneration upon castigation of my internet illiteracy.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Pohong? Where the hell is that?

peemil · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Location: Koowoompa

Just a vowel away from Pohang I imagine.

n3ptne · Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Location: Poh*A*ng City

I believe I exonerated myself from such trivialities in my previous post, but nonetheless as a humorous aside, I actually originally spelled it Pohang.

Its been awhile since I last wikipedia'd the city, and upon final reflection the omission of one, and inclusion of another (vowel), just seemed more logical for whatever reason given my current state.

Not that I�m a drunk, but it is a Friday Shocked

sheba · Joined: 16 May 2005 Location: Here there and everywhere!

Good on ya!

Thats the attitude thats gunna see you through the year. Besides, Pohang is awesome!

But if you do run into troubles, a bit of culture shock or whaever then dont be afraid to ask for help!

buenisimo · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:35 am Post subject:

I will be moving to Pohang in October! What school are you working at? Maybe we can help eachother out when we are there!

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

My question was an honest one, I'd never heard of Pohong before.
Not knowing the name of the city you're going to doesn't strike me as a triviality, but whatever.
For those soon to be new to Korea, you'll probably discover the importance of vowels, and what a difference a vowel can make.
Or not.
It doesn't much matter to me whether you do or not.

spidey112233 · Joined: 21 Jul 2005