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jjun212
Profile Joined December 2004
Canada2208 Posts
July 10 2010 17:04 GMT
#41
How is the racism over there?

I'm Asian but not Korean and I know from a lot of different Asian groups here in Toronto, sometimes they like to make fun of each other, maybe light hearted but I'm not sure how it is in Korea.
Myrkskog
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada481 Posts
July 10 2010 17:27 GMT
#42
Why does Justin Bieber hate Koreans?
Spiffeh
Profile Joined May 2010
United States830 Posts
July 10 2010 18:01 GMT
#43
How excited is North Korea to finally get to witness Justin Beiber live, in-concert??
serenidite
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Korea (South)505 Posts
July 10 2010 18:04 GMT
#44
how much is your rent?
" Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway."
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-10 23:34:10
July 10 2010 23:33 GMT
#45
On July 11 2010 03:04 serenidite wrote:
how much is your rent?


My rent isn't actually all that bad. When I first arrived, I was paying something like €100 a month. I spoke to a few friends and they told me that, even though my place was very nice, I was being kind of ripped off. Moreover, I had kind of gotten into a bit of a situation with my landlord's wife, so I wanted to get away.

When I told my landlord I was leaving, he was very insulted and asked that I explain. He said that even though he had seen the way I looked at his wife, he had charged me a reasonable rate.

We came to an arrangement whereby, if I cup his wife's breast once or twice a week, or kiss her a little, then my place is free. I'm not sure if it's like... prostitution or anything, but it's super cheap. She looks a bit like Ellie Saddler from Jurassic Park.



On July 11 2010 03:01 Spiffeh wrote:
How excited is North Korea to finally get to witness Justin Beiber live, in-concert??



On July 11 2010 02:27 Myrkskog wrote:
Why does Justin Bieber hate Koreans?


I'll answer both of these at once. First, I guess it's important to note that Bieber himself doesn't hate Koreans, it's just that his publicist doesn't feel that North Korea is what they could consider an "important growth region" for his particular brand of teen-pop stardom.

Apparently, North Korea's ongoing internet issues mean that he is unlikely to gain any more Twitter followers out of the whole business, so he's keeping away for now.

As soon as they deal with their famine issues I have a feeling they'll be getting a call from Bieber's agent though.


On July 11 2010 02:04 jjun212 wrote:
How is the racism over there?

I'm Asian but not Korean and I know from a lot of different Asian groups here in Toronto, sometimes they like to make fun of each other, maybe light hearted but I'm not sure how it is in Korea.



This is actually a really good question. As I said before, most Koreans have been friendly to me, but they do treat me like I'm a fat, stupid and ignorant man. I'm not sure if this is something they'll do to any westerners or if it's just me.

Being honest, I am a bit fat, stupid and ignorant, but it seems like it would just be good manners not to treat me like that
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kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
July 11 2010 00:31 GMT
#46
The cost of living in korea, compared to Taiwan/Japan/Singapore?

Other than Kimchis and seaweeds, what else do they eat?
대지따라 돌린게 시간이다.. 흘러가고 돌아오지도 않고..
wanderer
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States641 Posts
July 11 2010 00:40 GMT
#47
What are the bathrooms like there?
Fuck you, I have a degree in mathematics and I speak 12 languages. (I called the World Cup final in 2008 btw)
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
July 11 2010 01:01 GMT
#48
On July 11 2010 09:31 kaleidoscope wrote:
The cost of living in korea, compared to Taiwan/Japan/Singapore?

Other than Kimchis and seaweeds, what else do they eat?


I find that the biggest problem with living is that it always tends to have a cost, and there's no real way to skip out on the bill. I know your question is a little complicated, but I think I'm well situated to answer your question, having spent an almost equal amount of time in Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Korea.

Singapore and China can both expensive, because of their reputations as being "where the iPods come from." Fortunately, this means you can run a healthy side business shipping cheap iPods back home while you're working there. It's not ideal, but every little helps.

Japan, as well we all know, has a cost of living almost as high as its skyline.

Korea is a bit cheaper. In my experience, as long as you're willing to get a little too intimate with your landlord's wife, you can get away without paying rent. If you're willing to eat nothing but kimchi, you'll be fine on industry average.

For this reason, many Koreans eat nothing but kimchi. It's strange, a lot of the time, they just refer to kimchi as "supply." The number of employees a company can take is usually measured in terms of its access to kimchi.


On July 11 2010 09:40 wanderer wrote:
What are the bathrooms like there?


This is one that I hadn't expected anyone to ask. I'd known that Turkish bathrooms are often a source of consternation, but Korean bathrooms are something I hadn't been prepared for at all.

While the toilet looks like a normal European toilet, the bowl tends to be anywhere up to twice as wide around. Moreover, the water reaches almost up to the top of the bowl. Judging whether or not displacement will lead to an overflowing bowl is a delicate situation, fraught with social consequences.

One of the teachers who arrived at the same time as us, Dave, managed to block the toilet in his apartment. When he called a plumber, the man agreed reluctantly to come and fix it. When he saw what had happened, he gave Dave a really nasty look and said he'd come back later to, "address the problem."

We never heard from Dave again.
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Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
July 11 2010 03:09 GMT
#49
can you live there in Seoul without knowing any South Korean for two months? Alone?
ooni
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Australia1498 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-11 08:52:39
July 11 2010 08:49 GMT
#50
On July 10 2010 20:41 SirJolt wrote:
Before I go, did you know the Korean flag itself was based on Starcraft? Two eternally struggling zerglings, locked in combat. It's almost tragic in its beauty.

[image loading]

Damn. I did not know this. I always thought it was based on taeguk, 'ying-yang'. Two colours making a metaphor, a sun rising over the ocean; Koreans will rise. And somehow I thought the surrounding stripes were 검리감곤, representing Earth, Metal, Fire and Water. How wrong I was... It makes a lot of sense now, Koreans predicted the rise of Starcraft more than 120 years ago.
Hi!
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
July 11 2010 11:38 GMT
#51
On July 11 2010 12:09 Hidden_MotiveS wrote:
can you live there in Seoul without knowing any South Korean for two months? Alone?


Yeah, you should be fine. In truth, it's not that everyone speaks English, or even that everyone speaks enough high school level English that you'll be able to get by. Instead, make heavy use of the general human fear of anyone who is clearly speaking very slowly and enunciating every syllable carefully, gradually escalating in volume.

Then, when they're at their most afraid of you, point at what you want, whether you're shopping or out trying to pick up chicks, and they'll usually be too scared to say no.


On July 11 2010 17:49 ooni wrote:
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On July 10 2010 20:41 SirJolt wrote:
Before I go, did you know the Korean flag itself was based on Starcraft? Two eternally struggling zerglings, locked in combat. It's almost tragic in its beauty.

[image loading]

Damn. I did not know this. I always thought it was based on taeguk, 'ying-yang'. Two colours making a metaphor, a sun rising over the ocean; Koreans will rise. And somehow I thought the surrounding stripes were 검리감곤, representing Earth, Metal, Fire and Water. How wrong I was... It makes a lot of sense now, Koreans predicted the rise of Starcraft more than 120 years ago.


It's okay ooni, it's the kind of mistake that just about anyone could make. Don't be ashamed though, if anyone asks, you can still claim you're right, because the 'taeguk' could always just be a metaphor for the two zerglings, locked in eternal conflict.

Between us though, you're wrong.
Moderator@SirJolt
Terranlisk
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Singapore1404 Posts
July 11 2010 12:32 GMT
#52
what are the chances of getting mugged on the street at night?
aka myheronoob
SirJolt
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
the Dagon Knight4003 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-11 16:27:41
July 11 2010 16:22 GMT
#53
On July 11 2010 21:32 MyHeroNoob wrote:
what are the chances of getting mugged on the street at night?


They're not so bad. For the most part people tend to be at home at night, working on their APM, or out at the club, also working on their APM.

Of course, this means that if anyone mugs you, they're probably not too familiar with StarCraft, and the chances of you being able to talk them out of it with your BW lingo probably aren't great. You should still try to "ziziyo" your way out of it, but if that doesn't work you could be in trouble.

Personally I favour the 5-pool approach to social interaction at night in Korea:

If you see someone outdoors at night, it's a reasonably safe assumption that they are going to mug you. If they haven't decided on it yet, then it's only a matter of time before they see you, realise you're foreign, and then decide to try to mug you. The best defense against this is to mug them first, preferably before they've scouted you.

The odds are that they're off their heads on stimpacks already.
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