I got sick almost immediately upon coming to South Korea for my teaching job. I had no idea what it was at the time. All I know is that I had a one week dizzy spell in my first month that kept me in the hospital. The next day, one of my colleagues, a Korean-English teacher in her mid/late 20's walked into my apartment to drop off a message for me. Upon seeing my apartment, she scolded me for having the fan on at night and blamed that for my sickness. She told me that if I did that any longer that I would "explode".


Yes, I was in SK during the swine flu "crisis" and I heard a couple of people say this. However, your "superhuman" comment is using hyperbole to take another shot at Koreans. If Koreans honestly thought they were superhuman (lol), then they wouldn't have checked every student's temperature who walked into my school and send them to the hospital if their temperature was above normal. After all, they eat kimchi and are thus superhuman.

One of my best Korean friends was a Family Mart clerk. The first time he saw me, he was shy and afraid to say anything. It wasn't hatred, just shyness. Shortly afterward, I saw him studying English and he greeted me in English. I gave him some help while he was learning the language and by the end of my contract, he learned the language well enough to have full conversations with me while almost never stumbling. If I was jaded, I would have pawned him off as a racist and would never have become his friend.

Yes, bash the locals but champion your contributions.

That's what you're showing all of us.

Probably the only complete thought in this post that I agree with.

So this thread finally gets updated and there are no pics of korean girls, degen TRs, room salon TRs, bj bang locations, officetel spot directions, freelance hooker kakaotalk id's.

SRSLY

is it just korean culture though?... basically the entire eastern side of the world is like that

middle easterns ime are the same with regards to marriage/dating

p.s how ez would it be for a black/brown man to bring home a girl in south korea?

I think a lot of Koreans that have never experienced western culture are frightened of black guys. Black guys can do it in Itaewon (foreigner land) because you can assume that girls there are tryna fux wit the big black dick. I think this because I always see black dudes with Korean girls there, nowhere else.

I'm a brown Spaniard/islander and I've been told I look part Asian. I haven't had a problem picking up Korean girls but I still have yet to pick up a girl that speaks absolutely zero English.

My sample size is small doe. I've only been here a little over a month.

^^^ yea no way to know your actual r.o.p

i do wish to go there one day, as long as they are down for the brown im fine....

Koreans appear to assume that all black guys are in the military. My workout partner was black and all of the locals thought he was in the military. He would get questions like, "Are you from Iraq?" and "How is Afghanistan?" pretty regularly.

Then again, we're talking rural SK. Not sure about the big cities since I never lived in one in SK.

You should be out there doing all of that instead of living vicariously through a handful of strangers.

lol@millitary

so are they down for the troops?

Hooker hill in Itaewon is down for the troops.

Ohhh Superbob youso funny

Maybe 10 years ago it was rare to see foreigners in Korea. Jeju Island has 1k or so and local pop is around 500k. Every time I've been to Busan or Seoul it's been pretty well mixed.

@superbob:
You seem to have all the answers so why is this still okay to only test foreigner teachers for Aids and not every teacher?

It's SuperUberBob. It's not hard to get right.

They test for STDs in China as well. I see nothing wrong with the government choosing who to allow into their country. America has a selection process as well. If their standards are unfair to you, then to hell with them. Teach in another country.

I didn't live near any military bases. So, most of the locals in my area were pretty apathetic about it. When locals did express their opinions, it wasn't OMG I <3 AMERICAN MILITARY. Not sure about places where there is a large military presence though.

<3

Very true that any country can set it's own policies but that country then needs to understand how they will be viewed in the international community.
Case in point: Samsung vs Apple. In the Korea court system Samsung was 100% winner but curiously Apple has won the other suits. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has been dealt with Korean court system as a foreigner or foreign company.
*Being 100% correct is very uncommon in Korea. Even car accidents it's usually 80/20 at fault no matter the situation. A friend of mine got rear ended and he was 20% at fault for parking his car in that spot.


If you're going to travel to Korea for a 1 month or so then you'll probably not experience this stuff but if you're going to try and relocate here for longer you'll get first hand knowledge of this. You can Google any number of Expat blogs on this subject.

any pros interested in a coaching/staking deal? i'm a decent player but never built up a sufficient bankroll.

i'm listening

coughcoughcough i suck

this is def the right thread to ask. sorry i can't help you though.

lol @ getting staked based on 1 post

bob, how would you compare the city you work in now in China to Ulsan? You worked in Ulsan right?

I did 2 years as a Soldier in Korea (Yongsan, Seoul specifically) and had almost nothing but positive experiences. Just the normal culture shock that most people endure. I'll say it's good and bad that it gives you a group of people to relate to during your time there but also you can get a little too comfortable living like an American.

As far as shipping girls is concerned, as long as your life doesn't completely revolve around your job it is extremely easy to meet women. Some will balk, naturally, but any woman that is liberal enough to date a foreigner isn't going to draw some huge line on his occupation. She's already made the leap mentally/emotionally, if that makes sense.

I'm headed back to Uijeongbu for a year and then back to Yongsan for 4 more. My goal this time is to be fluent in 2 years. We'll see.

cover losses for what you think is a reasonable amount of buy ins

split winnings 60/40

how about staking me for stars playmoney instead? i'm in US atm and can't play real money games

At the moment, I am now living in China and teaching in a city called Fuzhou. When I taught in ROK, I taught in a city called Masan. Since I left, Masan, Jinhae, and Changwon have been merged into one super city called Changwon.

My former college roommate worked at an English academy in Ulsan. Since I hated Masan, I would often travel to either Busan (45 minutes by bus) or Ulsan (about an hour and a half). Ulsan was way more English friendly and more modern than Masan by a considerable margin. The living conditions were much better, though the city was much more expensive to live in.

Pornhub is now blocked. I also have glass in my thumb from.broken phone

lots of hot girls in Fuzhou?

You and I might know a person who still works in Busan/Jinhae for 5 years now.

Unlikely as I never befriended a person who taught in either place.