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Matt_22
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:04 am Post subject: koreans are hilarious |
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so after hunting down some good cheap mexican food in gangnam (dos tacos - a big thank you to everyone who posted directions to get there) i about wet myself laughing in gangnam station on the way home.
mind you, this is like my fourth day in seoul, so all of this is new to me.
well, i was following this middle aged korean dude through the crowded station, until we eventually found ourselves in a gridlock. all of a sudden i saw him lower his body a bit, and ram himself HARD into the back of an unsuspecting ajumma. her arms flailed out to balance herself as she stumbled probably 6-8 feet away, and the ajoshi walked through like it was perfectly normal. the ajumma never even looked back to recognize what happened. i couldn't help myself, i was in hysterics as i continued following the korean bulldozer in front of me. |
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Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Welcome to Seoul, glad you like it as much as I do! I always had to suppress the need to push and shove back home... not anymore!  |
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charlieDD
Joined: 16 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| Zolt wrote: |
| Welcome to Seoul, glad you like it as much as I do! I always had to suppress the need to push and shove back home... not anymore! |
I've had the urge to "do as the Romans" here with the shoving, pushing, cutting off, and a whole host of other what we would consider ill social manners exhibited here in Korea (but which are not seen as such apparently by the locals; and it is their turf, so . .). However, I resist the urge because I fear that if I start doing it here, I may not be able to turn the behavior off when I am back home and get myself beaten to a pulp !
I am serious about this. I really think like this. And I would recommend my "compatriots" ask themselves "Will I be able to put these bad habits on the shelf when I get home?"
I take this attitude in my driving as well, though I am not a fool about it: being courteous in Korean traffic can get you in an accident. It's so unexpected that it causes miscalculations among other drivers, who are assuming you are going to be as aggressive as they are and react or preempt accordingly.
That said, once, recently in fact, I did accidently bowl a young lady over. She made a dead stop right in the middle of the sidewalk and I was just not watching closely enough. I apologized, but she didn't even acknowledge it, so I moved on and forgot about it, though with a little bit of a smirk on my face. Surprising to myself, I kinda felt . . good? uh, compensated? Shame, shame! |
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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:42 am Post subject: Re: koreans are hilarious |
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| Matt_22 wrote: |
mind you, this is like my fourth day in seoul, so all of this is new to me. |
Are you the same guy or not ???
Under topic title of "Why are they teaching here ? "
You wrote....
>>i've been teaching in asia for about 30 years now, but before that i was an american labor leader- president of the international brotherhood of
teamester. one day i just up and decided to leave it all behind, and now
here i am, married to a lovely korean woman and the owner of a successful hagwon in Guri <<
I also remember that you are the guy who was talking of mid-night run to Japan after 6 months in korea.
Are you just left mental hospital ?? |
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weninlome
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: Chick-chin
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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| yeh! and are you eat my kim chi? |
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MissSeoul
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Somewhere in America
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:26 am Post subject: |
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| weninlome wrote: |
| yeh! and are you eat my kim chi? |
Go to check his posts, you will understand what I am saying.
This guy also on Thai forum and Japan forum, he really makes me confusing me  |
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weninlome
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: Chick-chin
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:51 am Post subject: |
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| the infamous Mr Asia, perhaps? |
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Matt_22
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Sorry you didn't pick up on my Jimmy Hoffa sarcasm. Also, I did consider just a six month contract for awhile, but decided that a full year (and maybe more) would suit me better. I'd been in Thailand the last three months, which would explain my posts there. It's really not that big of a mystery. Why do you care anyway?
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| This guy also on Thai forum and Japan forum, he really makes me confusing me |
This sentence is dripping with irony. |
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