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MightyAtom
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zatic
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EtherealDeath
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
@ Zatic, its good for the first week, ONLY... =( | ||
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Zona
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I don't think I'd ever be a point person for a business deal, though... | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Every other week the principle comes out drinking with us and gets the foreign teachers trashed. I don't like to generalise and make stereotypes but I can't believe how much Koreans can drink its ridiculous. I'm a bit of a light weight but happily get unnecessarily trashed all the time. I'm glad getting unnecessarily trashed all the time seems to be a good thing here. unrelated soju story. My friend from America downed a bottle very impressively without much fuss and seemed pretty fine for about 30 minutes or so then just literally face palmed the table and was gone for the night, hilarious as fuck. | ||
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Tazza
Korea (South)1678 Posts
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YoonHo
Canada1043 Posts
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Nyovne
Netherlands19141 Posts
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blankspace
United States292 Posts
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
On August 25 2010 22:53 zatic wrote: Fuck why are there no jobs as professional drinking consultants over here. I'd be gosu. GANGNAM eh? GANGNAM aw? GANGNAM ... komayo eh? hahaha | ||
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cyberspace
Canada955 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
i could close any deal so easily | ||
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TommyGG
United States142 Posts
I have spent a few summers in China as a university student and have experienced this on a much smaller scale. These last few months I have had many dinners and nights out with contacts from various companies that I will use to pursue internships in the future. Of course there are no deals being made over the course of the night, but it is great exposure in developing and maintaining professional relationships. I had the honor of being taken out to a Japanese "special" message at some super nice spa after a night of drinking at some nice nightclubs and it was a great bonding experience with these guys. | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
Add me to your facebook if you have it and visit any time in Korea, we'll go out for drinks LOL. You can ask the kiddies at the last TL Seoul meet up if we had enough to drink that night. kaka.! And Rek, you can drink for me anytime, ANYTIME! | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On August 26 2010 01:18 Greg_J wrote: When I first got here I was taken on a 'teachers trip' and we visited a more western style karaoke room with a crowd and other people than the traditional norabang. I was amazed at how drunk the korean male teachers got and then secondly that they where up so early the next day for breakfast and unbelievably (to me) drinking again at like 8.00 (they where recked like 4 hours earlier i was sure of it). I had a horrible hang over all day and felt like crap and I know I drunk less than them. Every other week the principle comes out drinking with us and gets the foreign teachers trashed. I don't like to generalise and make stereotypes but I can't believe how much Koreans can drink its ridiculous. I'm a bit of a light weight but happily get unnecessarily trashed all the time. I'm glad getting unnecessarily trashed all the time seems to be a good thing here. unrelated soju story. My friend from America downed a bottle very impressively without much fuss and seemed pretty fine for about 30 minutes or so then just literally face palmed the table and was gone for the night, hilarious as fuck. That soju story is very familiar because it seems so weak, but what people don't realize is that you drink so quickly at times, but also, in Korea you start drinking so early. keke Drink the dawn 888 before you go out drinking, it will give you at least 4 more shots of soju capacity keke. | ||
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mel_ee
2450 Posts
btw what is this magic dawn 888?? | ||
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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Quesadilla
United States1814 Posts
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On August 26 2010 08:29 Rekrul wrote: lol that dawn 888 is such bs Dawn 888 is a herbal anti-hang over drink that you drink BEFORE YOU DRINK and is mildly effective the next day, but in Rekrul's case, I'm pretty sure he has only drunk it when he was already in the middle of drinking, so of course it won't work for him! | ||
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
On August 26 2010 12:33 Quesadilla wrote: I can only imagine what M&A is like here... probably this on steroids. On the deal making side, exactly right. But they just need to do it intensely over a period of a two weeks then they free for the next 3-4 months. But for my role it was at least 3weeks of the month. But judging from the response from TL, Im sure people would rather just drink continuously for the year. kaka. | ||
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