Hey Rek.

You make fun of English teachers there...
But actually.. I wanted to teach English in Korea or Japan after I graduate..

Will it really be that bad for me? The way you described the other faggot ass teachers?

I actually just wanted to teach to make money to support myself while I try to become a musician... well guitarist/singer kinda thing..

Bond(i2)

Canada926 Posts

December 22 2007 19:31 GMT

#26

Great read, oh and do you make your poker money off the internet or from the casino?

lilsusie

3861 Posts

December 22 2007 19:44 GMT

#27

Ahaha, Dan! I teach English in Korea! - Don't go to a small hakwon (academy) but rather, work for the government or for a place that is known, like CDI or the Princeton Review. Unless you can speak Korean, sometimes smaller places will rip you off and not fulfill their contracts.

They aren't all jerks as Dan mentioned, but my God there are some terrrrrible English teaching white guys who think they are Gods. So annoying. Hanging out in the Hongdae area is fun, if you keep it light and are with your friends without spending as much as Dan does. Maybe it's different for girls, but .. yeah.

Dan, stop hating on the English teachers and Gyopos

QuanticHawk

United States32157 Posts

December 22 2007 20:13 GMT

#28

lol @ your hatred towards english teachers. Sounds fun man

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

December 22 2007 20:35 GMT

#29

interesting read, but it's a life I'll never have

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

December 22 2007 20:53 GMT

#30

i stayed in seoul for 3 weeks during spring break when I was a high school senior. I lived in the south mostly and went to i think kangnam to drink/eat noraebang with my fellow korean friends. After like the third night of drinking I went out to walk for a little bit cuz during the gatherings everyone is speaking korean and im just sitting there looking at the girls in the restaurants and getting really bored. I didn't have a phone and got lost in those alleyways (might've been apgu) whichever place that has a lot of alleys, like wide alleys. so i was like fuck and bought some soju at a store and got really drunk and felt really really lonely cuz i didn't understand anything around me. It was the first time I realized how much that sucks not being able to communicate at all. Only other place I remembered was this restaurant called the milk bar in the middle of kangnam I think that was pretty nice and had a wall with random people painting on it. Then I went to the north side and everything did become shittier kinda like china with run down roads and dirty schoolboys walking around, but I think I saw the prettiest girls there during nights near the big streets with clubs, etc. Overall it was an okay experience it just really sucked cuz I couldn't understand korean and hadn't gotten addicted to sc back then so didn't play much and it seemed like for a student all there was to do was eat drink noraebang drink, and i also can't sing either. Next time I go i'll remember to go to a progaming game and eat better food though I thought the food there was all good even at the really cheap restaurants with the red sauce dipped rice cake things and those lunched with nothing but little dishes of vegetables and rice. Also I really liked the fried chicken there and sometimes the pizzas.

lake

Canada150 Posts

December 22 2007 21:49 GMT

#31

if you're an anime fan and your dream is to teach English in asia you might be one of those english teacher fags

Tien

Russian Federation4447 Posts

December 22 2007 21:59 GMT

#32

I didn't even include any of the dirty stuff you can do haha

Is this when you tell yourself fuck it you won't spend hundreds of dollars on alcohol and clubs and just go straight to the whore houses?

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

December 22 2007 22:02 GMT

#33

On December 23 2007 04:12 jjun212 wrote:
Hey Rek.

You make fun of English teachers there...
But actually.. I wanted to teach English in Korea or Japan after I graduate..

Will it really be that bad for me? The way you described the other faggot ass teachers?

I actually just wanted to teach to make money to support myself while I try to become a musician... well guitarist/singer kinda thing..

LOL theres nothing wrong with it and i really have nothing against people for teaching english i just had some funny experiences with them and posted like that to be humorous it wont be that bad

and lol yeah i know the guy on the right in that pic

CaucasianAsian

Korea (South)11601 Posts

December 22 2007 22:22 GMT

#34

share some of those experiences!

Woyn

United Kingdom1628 Posts

December 22 2007 22:25 GMT

#35

I was wondering where i should spend a few weeks this summer, Korea sure sounds like a blast so that is totally on the table atm

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

December 22 2007 22:36 GMT

#36

I love the guide. You should write a travel book.

mrmin123

Korea (South)2971 Posts

December 22 2007 22:42 GMT

#37

Hey man I actually like hiking up those mountains. :[

KissBlade

United States5718 Posts

December 22 2007 22:46 GMT

#38

Finally, an interesting general forum post. =) + Rep points for this one. Makes one hell of a nice editorial.

Mynock

4492 Posts

December 22 2007 23:54 GMT

#39

On December 23 2007 01:08 DukE wrote:
featured thread, right now.

isnt ~~hot_bid~~someone important @ TL an english teacher? does he score all the fatties

Hummm, dunno about important, but I think some Menyfe... or Manypesomething or other teaches English in some backwater Asian country? Dunno.

And Hot Bid is in law school.

Stegosaur

Netherlands1231 Posts

December 23 2007 00:37 GMT

#40

Great stuff there Rekrul =) Really enjoyed reading this, even though I'm not interested in going to Korea in particular. Just another heads-up I guess, Seoul sounds like a great place.

On December 23 2007 00:37 Rekrul wrote:

If you're a loser with no life at the age of twenty-five with no job and girls don't pay attention to you and would like to teach a little bit of english then I just gave you a clear path to happiness, just don't ever fucking cross my path.

Thank you for reading,
Rekrul

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