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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.5starkorea.com/688.jpg) I was just hired through the ESL program to teach English to preschool and elementary kids in a hagwon (privately run English teaching school) in the city of Daegu. I look forward to teaching, getting into the music scene, and, of course, finally seeing live Starcraft. If anyone has directions to the SSL studios and the GOM studios I would greatly appreciate it.  | ||
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TelecoM
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Wintex
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FO-nTTaX
Johto4967 Posts
Proleague is at 1303-37, Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea GOM eXP studio is at 997-4 Daechi 2(i)-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea | ||
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parkufarku
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Elvis!
Germany396 Posts
Also Daegu is conviniently central, and you can go to Pohang's amazing beach in like one hour *.* | ||
Chill
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On May 04 2015 10:51 Chill wrote: Do you know which hagwon? My wife is from Daegu and we got married there. It's the YBM ECC hagwon. It's one of the older schools so I should be more secure than other hagwons. On May 04 2015 08:11 Elvis! wrote: Daegu is lovely, you have to eat Ddang Ddang chicken, Daegu's most famous food! It's delicious! Also Daegu is conviniently central, and you can go to Pohang's amazing beach in like one hour *.* Would Pohang be better than Busan for the beach? | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
Please try to be as open minded as possible and except you're not in your country anymore so things will be different (I don't understand people who come over here and start complaining things aren't the same as back home. Of course they are not). I'm sure you will manage to have a good time and enjoy your time in Korea. | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On May 04 2015 11:55 Greg_J wrote: Congratulations and good luck. Please try to be as open minded as possible and except you're not in your country anymore so things will be different (I don't understand people who come over here and start complaining things aren't the same as back home. Of course they are not). I'm sure you will manage to have a good time and enjoy your time in Korea. Thanks Greg! I've actually been wanting to live in Korea for several years now. Plus, I am a very open-minded and easy-going person, so I shouldn't have too much trouble settling in. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
On May 04 2015 14:16 slytown wrote: Thanks Greg! I've actually been wanting to live in Korea for several years now. Plus, I am a very open-minded and easy-going person, so I shouldn't have too much trouble settling in. Hagwon bosses that insist on unpaid overtime/advertising and pay you a week late before trying to fire you a month prior to your severance/plane ticket will certainly test you. YBM ECC was my first and worst job in Korea, hopefully yours is run by the company and isn't just paying for the franchise name. | ||
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TriO
United States421 Posts
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Elvis!
Germany396 Posts
On May 04 2015 11:32 slytown wrote: It's the YBM ECC hagwon. It's one of the older schools so I should be more secure than other hagwons. Would Pohang be better than Busan for the beach? Busan as a city is just a lot bigger than Pohang, so there are several gigantic beaches. One cool thing about the beach in Pohang is you can see this at night: ![[image loading]](http://res.cloudinary.com/pashadelic/image/upload/cs_srgb,c_limit,h_1550,w_1550/xz86ybhxkhtypiikozfc.jpg) And there is a scene of foreigners playing Ultimate Frisbee there quite often. | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
Everyone in Daegu is so friendly and the food is legit. I may never leave Korea. Here's just one example why... I found a coffee shop that roasts in-house in my neighborhood. I was used to going to roastaries back home, so I was excited to find a good roaster among the hundreds of coffee shops in my district. Literally, hundreds. Korea is coffee crazy. I go to this particular coffee shop pretty regularly and the owner has gotten to know me. We try to talk to each other in Hangeul and English when I go in. She's even given me complimentary drinks. I was pretty sure she liked me coming in the past couple of weeks. Then yesterday I went in to sip espresso and listen to music on my phone, as I usually do. Her daughter introduced herself when she took my order. Then about an hour later (at about 8PM) she walked over to me and asked if I had had lunch yet. I said no. Her and her mom invited me to have lunch with the her son and a co-worker on the deck in the back. We had homemade ssamjang, pork belly, sanchu, and other side dishes. She lives upstairs and had a garden in the back where she pulled the lettuce from, fresh. Her daughter had actually studied for a year in Minnesota, so we could talk a little more than me and her mother. I went to Korea dreaming of getting to know a local shop owner and being invited to eat with their family. I was on such a high having done so in my first month here. | ||
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MirGStarlight
Korea (South)10 Posts
im studying at Keimyung university, and my home is near at Yeungnam university. my english skill is such poor but i think i can help u a little try answer my best Kakaotalk - coaudtls5 Starcraft on kr server - name:Starlight, code:132 | ||
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