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Canadagirl
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Canada
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 Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:03 am Post subject: Anyone in Byeongjeom? |
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| I am new to Byeongjeom and not really sure where to start looking for the other foreigners. Haha. Anyone know where they gather here? Are there others? |
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k-town
Joined: 16 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: |
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hey there canadagirl! i live in suwon, and work in byemjeom!
i haven't met anyone in the area, actually i haven't seen much of anything in the area... but if you wanna meet for coffee or dinner, i'm game! i'm a canadian girl as well, from vancouver. where are you from??! |
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The Chewbacca Defense
Joined: 29 May 2004
Location: The ROK and a hard place
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: .... |
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Hey there!
There are a bunch of us that live in Byeongjeom....all in the same apartment building.
We live about 4 minutes from the station. |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:16 am Post subject: |
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Byeong jeom... that translates into..... 'sick place'
what's it like there? |
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Canadagirl
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Canada
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| Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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| I am very close to the subway station too... maybe a 5 min walk. So what does everyone do for fun here? |
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Jeweltone
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul, S. Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:40 am Post subject: |
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Hello Canadagirl!
There are two other single white females in Byengjeom, and I am one of them...watch out for the drunks! Unfortunately, the answer to "What is there to do?" is "Not much." Aside from Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins, there are no coffeehouses or Western-style food outlets. For those, you have to go two subway stops to Suwon.
It is about 60min-90 min to get to Seoul from here, but it is well worth it on the weekends. Suwon station also has trains.
You may PM me if you want to meet. I have only been here six weeks, but I know Seoul and parts of Suwon quite well from my last stay in Korea. Byeongjeom is a bit boring, but the "natives" are friendly enough. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| Cool quote.Which Melville book is that? |
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Jeweltone
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul, S. Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:47 am Post subject: |
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Moby Dick - When Ishmael is forced to share his bed at the inn with a heavily-tatooed cannibal harpooner named Queequeg, he thinks about this. The scene is very funny, as the cannibal's behavior is very odd, and Ishmael is trying to be open-minded...
I remind myself of this quote everytime I get flustered by Korean culture... |
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Jeweltone
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul, S. Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:48 am Post subject: |
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| I can't believe I got "bleeped" for a book title! Moby Richard then. |
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rothkowitz
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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Ahhhhh.....at the inn,of course  |
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Paji eh Wong
Joined: 03 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeweltone wrote: |
| watch out for the drunks! |
Yes, that would be Chewy and I. We are neither cannibals nor Christians so I I have no idea how we fit in to your dicotomy. And I have no idea what its like to sleep with Chewy, the slippery menace. He likes to make innapropriate eye contact whilst petting his marmoset.
Lovely man, though, with one of the best cellars in Asia.
PM me if you want to hang out. Although after this post, I won't blame you if you don't. Hahaha. |
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Jeweltone
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
Location: Seoul, S. Korea
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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You know me already. We work together! I know "Chewy," but I can't say I have slept with him... See my earlier post, do the math, and you will know who I am...
P.S. I was talking about the "native" drunks...  |
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Hater Depot
Joined: 29 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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There are a couple more bars near Byeongjeom Station I want to try. I liked 소주King맥주Queen when I went there last week.
By the way, I recommend taking a day trip to the arboretum in front of Osan University Station. Well kept secret, and it's just 10 minutes away from you. |
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Eoghan
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| So there are more than the five accounted for westerners here.... Im guessing I know Canadagirl but its heartening to find out there are more!! |
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