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Darl
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Incheon
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 Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 8:08 pm Post subject: Happy Chuseuk! |
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Fellow not-natives of Korea, Happy Chuseok! Although the holiday does indeed not belong to us, let us reflect upon the positive ideals the holiday suggests. Remember those fallen, and celebrate the ones who have not yet.......We often meet eyes in many places, itaewon, kyobo, subways, etc, and yet do not take the trouble of shaking hands and changing names, instead resorting to acts of passive -aggressive trivialities on this board with one another.......Since we are indeed an extreme minority here, (speaking of native English teachers, as for this board was intended), shall i suggest we unite rather than favor discord with one another....let us not imitate our oppressor........let peace rule among us!
Seriously, have a great vacation, and i wish all of you the best. |
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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject: |
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Let's spice it up abit....
Does anyone have any unusual Chusok stories to tell?
I'll tell mine of you tell yours  |
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Darl
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| my boss stripped to his smalls and danced a bit...........no, wait, that would be an embellishment of the story............actually he gave me a little suitcase of spam and tuna and went home.........watched tv with my girlfriend yesterday and she forbade me to imbibe........pretty boring story so far?????? me too....it ends here. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2005 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll tell mine of you tell yours |
I'll take you up on that.
I'm in the middle of my 11th Chusok. It's one of only three that I remember. Usually Chusok is just another day off with extra inconveniences thrown in.
One memorable Chusok was my first one in '94. I was in the middle of getting tossed out on my ear because I changed jobs illegally. I'd gone to Hong Kong 'for 3 or 4 days' to wait for my new E-2 and ended up staying 17 days. All the money was gone. In the end, I was back here to pick up my stuff and get out. Does having W300,000 in the bank qualify as flat broke? Near enough in my book since I couldn't afford to buy a ticket home. To make it worse, I was put up in a new apt for the 2 weeks I had before I had to leave. It was unheated during a cold Chusok. The only place I found open the whole three days was a mom & pop shu-pah. I had to make do with ramyeon. Miserable time.
The next memorable one was in '97 just before the Crash. Judy and I got ourselves invited to Kwang-Bok's family Chusok ceremony if we promised not to make any noise. It was an interesting, but surprisingly short ceremony. Kwang-Bok explained why each food was presented and why it was placed where it is. A nice cultural time. It appears to be the exact same ceremony as New Year's. Have any of you ever attended? It's worth a morning of your time.
The third memorable one was today. I recently moved to a tiny village high school out in the middle of nowhere, 118 students total. I had planned to take my scooter out and explore the area around Eagle's Soul Mountain. The weather cooperated for a couple of hours. Discovered lots of side roads to go back and investigate. Found out I'm living closer to the Naktong Kang than I thought. I found lots of wild flowers along the side of the road. I found that there are lots of old fashioned houses and farm buildings sitting around all over the place. It's time to buy a camera. I found that the road does indeed end somewhere, and I stumbled onto it. If anyone ever asks, the end of the world is in Nay-dong, a little village of about 7 houses. The road just gives up and dies there. Got back to the car just as it started sprinkling. Got home and put my chicken with garlic and rosemary in the brand spanking new oven. Hot food, rainy afternoon and NO WORK. What more does anyone need? |
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Hanson
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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Went to my wife's family's place (before she became my wife) in Cheonan for Chuseok, 3 years ago. I was received very warmly by the family upon reaching the front door, where everyone stood to welcome me.
Upon entering the house, I was greeted by my wife's uncle, who was sitting on the floor, between two of those huge brown bowls (the ones used for hand-washing clothes). In one of the bowls was the meat we were to eat for Chuseok lunch. In the other was the unmistakable carcass of a dog. Uncle was ripping the flesh from the carcass (1st bowl) and putting the Gogi into the 2nd bowl.
Guess what we had for lunch! |
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The evil penguin
Joined: 24 May 2003
Location: Doing something naughty near you.....
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| Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2005 5:42 pm Post subject: |
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A korean friend gave me a small box of socks as a gift. "Am I supposed to eat these?", I asked. "You know, for Chew Sock...."
Friend did not get the joke even after i explained it..... and i spent the next few days company-less. |
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