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looking for my place · Joined: 21 Oct 2005

WHo wants to start?

trigger123 · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:32 am Post subject:

5 waegookins moan moan moan moan moaning

joe_doufu · Joined: 09 May 2005 Location: Elsewhere

1. the difficulty of getting one's bones jumped
2. the staring
3. the snickering
4. Korean people in general
5. the cold, i'm not a fan of winter

Homer · Guest

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

uberscheisse · Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Location: japan is better than korea.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

Homer · Guest

RR...please participate in the thread instead of just posting crap. Very Happy

But..to be clear:

Do Koreans whine? -> Not relevant to my list is it?

Do westerners whine more than Koreans? -> See above with the added comment that I was not comparing anything.

Do westerners whine louder than Koreans? -> See above with the added comment you are repeating your self now.

Is it bad and unacceptable for westerners to whine? -> See above with the added comment that this was not the topic of the thread and is a completely silly question.

Is it good and acceptable for Koreans to whine? -> See above again and this is getting redundant.

Thank you.

Have a nice evening.

kangnam mafioso · Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Location: Teheranno

1. silk worm larvae smell
2. puke/spit on streets
3. staring/ weird attitude towards waegooks
4. winter cold/ summer rainy season
5. public holiday madness

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

Difficulty in finding foriegn foods(although it is getting much better)

The isolation(few foreigners outside of major population centers)

The frustration of dealing with Koreans academically(they just dont want to consider student based learning and the fact that reading and writing is necessary to learning a language)

Being gawked at like a circus freak by a bunch of slack jawed yokels.(usually reserved for rural areas)

The horrible horrible Jean Claude Van-damn movies they play incessantly on TV Shocked

Privateer · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Location: Easy Street.

I love that phrase, 'slack-jawed local'.

hypnotist · Joined: 04 Dec 2004 Location: I wish I were a sock

Hollywoodaction · Joined: 02 Jul 2004

1 to 5. Environmental destruction and pollution.

I've long come to accept the fact I am powerless to change what annoys me most about Korea and Koreans. I try to concentrate on more positive thoughts. For example, it's a very liberating feeling to come to expect, and accept, that you will be within an inch of death everytime you get on the road because someone else acts like a moron behind the wheel... but I'll never be able accept the fact that environmental destruction is being excused under the guise development. Last time I checked, Korean wasn't a developping country.

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

some waygug-in · Joined: 25 Jan 2003

1.The idea that foreigners must accept things like lying, cheating, non-payment and other problems as part of "korean culture".

2. Those overbearing, garlic-breathed, adjosshis who insist on making conversation with you on the subway.....even though all they can say is.."where you from?" How old? Why you here? etc.

3. Korean bosses who insist on intruding into your private life as if it were their God-given right.

4. Foreign teachers who can find nothing better to do with their time but get drunk.

5. Foreign teachers "just off the boat" who think they are going to single-handedly fix all the problems in Korea and they start by trying to tell people that have been here for years how to teach. Rolling Eyes