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Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
August 17 2008 09:52 GMT
#1
there are some things here that as an american i just cannot explain.

today i was at a pizza hut that had a salad bar. in the salad bar there were 2 interesting items. one was whole, unpeeled bannanas (ok not too too weird). the other was nacho cheese. the thing about the nacho cheese is there was nothing at all to put it on.

gas here is 2x as expensive as in usa. its literally about 8$ a gallon. yet the taxi rides are about 1/3rd as expensive as in boston.

peanut butter costs 5$ for a tiny jar. ouch. really all foreigner food is hella expensive. a small pan pizza at pizza hut was 14$, but if i go to a korean restaurant and get a huge amount of food it is very inexpensive.

the stairs are not uniform heights. often times the top or bottom stair just doesn't line up with what the stairs are leading to, so its some vastly different height. i've almost fallen about 9 times. infact, yesterday it was raining and i went to this pc bang. i start walking down the stairs normally (concrete steps) and fall. my ass bumps down about 6 steps before i finally stop. i look back and the concrete steps are slightly SLANTED FORWARD. WHO MAKES STEPS LIKE THAT? rofl thank god it only made me sore.

today i saw a little singing group of maybe 15 people singing The Yellow Submarine on a busy street corner.

fun times!

*****
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
mel_ee
Profile Blog Joined August 2003
2448 Posts
August 17 2008 09:56 GMT
#2
I heard its humid, like crazy humid. That above all sounds fun ^__^
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Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
August 17 2008 09:58 GMT
#3
On August 17 2008 18:52 Artosis wrote:
the stairs are not uniform heights. often times the top or bottom stair just doesn't line up with what the stairs are leading to, so its some vastly different height. i've almost fallen about 9 times. infact, yesterday it was raining and i went to this pc bang. i start walking down the stairs normally (concrete steps) and fall. my ass bumps down about 6 steps before i finally stop. i look back and the concrete steps are slightly SLANTED FORWARD. WHO MAKES STEPS LIKE THAT? rofl thank god it only made me sore.


hahaha. This is so true. Only in Asia. It's really fucking dangerous if you're not careful and most of the time they don't even have bannisters lol.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7474 Posts
August 17 2008 10:09 GMT
#4
Have you been playing bw... you do have wcg comming up and it would be great to see one of our english caster always doing well in tournament play.

And if you have been playing are you getting advice/help from any of the pros your meeting/staying with?

The stairs thing reminds me of being in mexico, I face planted completely sober.
Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
August 17 2008 10:20 GMT
#5
lol yeah the stairs are crazy. i didnt play for about 15 day after getting here, but just started to at pc bangs now. its not the equipment that im used to which makes it a bit annoying, but its better than nothing. ill def be in usa for the wcg finals. i've learned a LOT about the different ways that foreigenrs and koreans look at sc which has made me understand the game itself much more.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
DragoonPK
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
3259 Posts
August 17 2008 10:20 GMT
#6
Pretty interesting stuff xD. Thanx again Artosis!!
Ancestral
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3230 Posts
August 17 2008 10:25 GMT
#7
Can you not bring your own mouse and keyboard?
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Shauni
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
4077 Posts
August 17 2008 10:26 GMT
#8
On August 17 2008 19:20 Artosis wrote:
lol yeah the stairs are crazy. i didnt play for about 15 day after getting here, but just started to at pc bangs now. its not the equipment that im used to which makes it a bit annoying, but its better than nothing. ill def be in usa for the wcg finals. i've learned a LOT about the different ways that foreigenrs and koreans look at sc which has made me understand the game itself much more.


Is it possible to elaborate?
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Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
August 17 2008 10:26 GMT
#9
i dunno about bringing my own equipment. it was always a hassle at usa pc bangs where i speak same language. here all the comps have these programs on them that restrict a buncha stuff as well.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
August 17 2008 10:30 GMT
#10
On August 17 2008 19:26 Shauni wrote:
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On August 17 2008 19:20 Artosis wrote:
lol yeah the stairs are crazy. i didnt play for about 15 day after getting here, but just started to at pc bangs now. its not the equipment that im used to which makes it a bit annoying, but its better than nothing. ill def be in usa for the wcg finals. i've learned a LOT about the different ways that foreigenrs and koreans look at sc which has made me understand the game itself much more.


Is it possible to elaborate?


to sum it up real quick: koreans are absolutely die hard about mechanics.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7474 Posts
August 17 2008 10:35 GMT
#11
For players outside of korea I'm sure there is a big demand for you to explore that topic more if you would like.
Artosis *
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States2140 Posts
August 17 2008 10:39 GMT
#12
eh maybe ill take some time and write up somehting long about it later this week.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/Artosis
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51548 Posts
August 17 2008 10:44 GMT
#13
thanks for the blog about your life in korea, can't wait for more.
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paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
August 17 2008 10:54 GMT
#14
are you sure it was nacho cheese and not some salad dressing? or that the cheese was a dressing :d
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AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7474 Posts
August 17 2008 11:10 GMT
#15
For breadsicks maybe?
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
August 17 2008 11:23 GMT
#16
On August 17 2008 18:56 mel_ee wrote:
I heard its humid, like crazy humid. That above all sounds fun ^__^



not really imo lol

the weather's pretty not that bad here actually..for now xD

And yeah, Pizza Hut is SO expensive. Which one were you at? I was at Myung-Dong (명동) and I think the regular size was 16 bucks and with drinks, the total came out to like 21 dollars.

But clothes and such are really expensive.
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alffla
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Hong Kong20321 Posts
August 17 2008 11:27 GMT
#17
rofl soudns like fun. being in foreing coutry is always awesomee..

woa koreans super obsessed with mechanics?? interesting... O_O
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Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
August 17 2008 11:30 GMT
#18
how about many korean girls won't give blowjobs cuz they think its dirty or gross, but they all will fuck without rubbers cuz they have no sex education

dumb girls
why so 진지해?
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7474 Posts
August 17 2008 11:53 GMT
#19
On August 17 2008 20:30 Rekrul wrote:
how about many korean girls won't give blowjobs cuz they think its dirty or gross, but they all will fuck without rubbers cuz they have no sex education

dumb girls



That sounds like my trips to the midwest lol
Kingsp4de20
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States716 Posts
August 17 2008 13:27 GMT
#20
On August 17 2008 20:30 Rekrul wrote:
how about many korean girls won't give blowjobs cuz they think its dirty or gross, but they all will fuck without rubbers cuz they have no sex education

dumb girls


Lmao sounds like my ex gf.
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