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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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 Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: Why Korea isn't any different from other countries |
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Here's a little excerpt from a blog of a woman that lives in Greece. It's always good to get some perspective and realize that Korea isn't so bad after all.
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There�s been roadwork every day for the past month starting at 7:00 that they said would last one week (Maria has it on her street too). It�s wearing on everyone�s nerves.
I came home early and had the joy of listening to workers having a contest of disgusting bodily noises.
Then �paliatzi, paliatzi, paliatzi�oh, paliatzi.� How much crap can a neighborhood have that justifies three or four of these guys coming around day after day? And is there anyone who enjoys hearing these swarmy voices on a loudspeaker?
The old couple on the ground floor are arguing; the woman inside and the man outside, so we can hear their dirty laundry.
Kids just below us are yelling, �mama, mama, mama, mama, mama�� for a good 5 minutes. Then they�re on the balcony screaming �eeek� over and over again, as if in pain, but they�re not. We are.
A neighbor comes out of her house to complain to their mother.
While this is going on, an accordion player roams the block, giving us a taste of his skills and singing voice.
This causes the dog next door to start barking, which then starts the whole neighborhood barking.
Owners yell at their dogs to shush.
A car drives by with Greek music blasting so loud, I could hear it well after it left the area, but can�t hear my own stereo sitting right next to me.
The guy next door gets a call and talks on the balcony for 10 minutes at the top of his lungs.
His father is in the bathroom with the window open, coughing up furballs.
Our neighbor�s friend gets a call and talks above the motorcycle noise, revving the motor instead of turning it off.
Then the male person in this house comes home and asks about dinner, so I sweat in the kitchen for an hour, and he massacres the food in less than 5 minutes.
Finally I sit down to check mail and the blog, the Internet connection goes down.
I try to find something on TV, it�s all soap operas and movies that were shown 3 months ago, as if there are no other movies in the world. Why are we all forced to pay for this cr@p in our electric bills?
Someone is trying to start his car, with a screeching whirring noise and backfire following his success.
Let�s not forget the watermelon truck in summer! �Karpouzia, ela paidia, karpouzia, peponia, karpouzia, ola fresca,� which I can still hear over my air conditioner.
A car alarm goes off, then stops, then starts again and is still going�
I know there�s no Greek word for privacy, but isn�t there one for silence? |
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bejarano-korea
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like Spain except they shout at you rather than speak to you and the bastards have put everything up since the Euro replaced the peseta!
Still, some of the finest looking women on the planet live on 'La tierra de Dios' |
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doggyji
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto - Hamilton - Vineland - St. Catherines
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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| There are about 200 countries in the world. We sometimes forget the world is actually big. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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We sometimes forget the world is actually big.
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And that people are pretty much the same everywhere. [/quote] |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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The older I get the more noise pollution annoys me. I don't think it bothered me as a young man.
I took a trip around Italy this Summer and noticed that Italian cities are choked by noisy traffic but the shops don't blare music out onto the sidewalk and the streetsellers don't use megaphones. Seoul has the noisy traffic as well as all the rest. |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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There are a few countries that are as racist as Korea (and maybe Greece is one for sure), but most are not. Therefore, I'd have to say, at the very least, Korea is different from alot of countries.
But, yeah, if you removed that unique racism and nationalism, it almost does seem like a meditarranean country at times, eh? |
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browneyedgirl
Joined: 17 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Why Korea isn't any different from other countries |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
Here's a little excerpt from a blog of a woman that lives in Greece. It's always good to get some perspective and realize that Korea isn't so bad after all.
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There�s been roadwork every day for the past month starting at 7:00 that they said would last one week (Maria has it on her street too). It�s wearing on everyone�s nerves.
I came home early and had the joy of listening to workers having a contest of disgusting bodily noises.
Then �paliatzi, paliatzi, paliatzi�oh, paliatzi.� How much crap can a neighborhood have that justifies three or four of these guys coming around day after day? And is there anyone who enjoys hearing these swarmy voices on a loudspeaker?
The old couple on the ground floor are arguing; the woman inside and the man outside, so we can hear their dirty laundry.
Kids just below us are yelling, �mama, mama, mama, mama, mama�� for a good 5 minutes. Then they�re on the balcony screaming �eeek� over and over again, as if in pain, but they�re not. We are.
A neighbor comes out of her house to complain to their mother.
While this is going on, an accordion player roams the block, giving us a taste of his skills and singing voice.
This causes the dog next door to start barking, which then starts the whole neighborhood barking.
Owners yell at their dogs to shush.
A car drives by with Greek music blasting so loud, I could hear it well after it left the area, but can�t hear my own stereo sitting right next to me.
The guy next door gets a call and talks on the balcony for 10 minutes at the top of his lungs.
His father is in the bathroom with the window open, coughing up furballs.
Our neighbor�s friend gets a call and talks above the motorcycle noise, revving the motor instead of turning it off.
Then the male person in this house comes home and asks about dinner, so I sweat in the kitchen for an hour, and he massacres the food in less than 5 minutes.
Finally I sit down to check mail and the blog, the Internet connection goes down.
I try to find something on TV, it�s all soap operas and movies that were shown 3 months ago, as if there are no other movies in the world. Why are we all forced to pay for this cr@p in our electric bills?
Someone is trying to start his car, with a screeching whirring noise and backfire following his success.
Let�s not forget the watermelon truck in summer! �Karpouzia, ela paidia, karpouzia, peponia, karpouzia, ola fresca,� which I can still hear over my air conditioner.
A car alarm goes off, then stops, then starts again and is still going�
I know there�s no Greek word for privacy, but isn�t there one for silence? |
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With half of Greece on fire right now I'd be happy just having a home that isn't a pile of ashes. |
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newton kabiddles
Joined: 31 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 1:32 am Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
| The older I get the more noise pollution annoys me. I don't think it bothered me as a young man. |
Yeah, same here, but that doesn't seem the case with my neighbors in Korea. |
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Damulgun
Joined: 11 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Go Greeks. I salute you.  |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Damulgun wrote: |
| Go Greeks. I salute you. |
I don't understand this comment. Why do you say that? Are you honestly a fan of noise and noise pollution? Or are you just another troll trying to rile things up, riding on the coattails of another imbecile who will not be named? |
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