And Rek is right.

Gangnam is fun, things are hoppin' and 99% of all the English teachers here are maladjusted douchebags, who wouldn't even have the balls to be true douchebags back in their home countries.

Gangnam is Madison Avenue, it's Soho, it's Roppongi Hills,

Gangnam is Friends, Sex in the City, the Devil Wears Prada.

Gangbuk is East Village, St. Mark's, Alphabet City, it's Harajuku,

Gangbuk is Rent and 8 Mile.

In New York, I hate Central Park. But I love Washington Square Park.

I like the grime, I like the gully, the indie, the street and the skate, the dive bars and guitars.

I love the thrift stores and condom shops and the graffiti blocks and the book cafes.

I mean, me and my friends used to only hang out at Gangnam or Apku... and don't get me wrong, I have fun at nightclubs and gangnam bars... and if I had better means I'd go to booking and sexy bars and whatnot... I clearly see the appeal of those places and I have fun at them too. But honest to god every week I feel like I need to get out of here. I work in Gangnam, and I get so sick of the plastic girls, the douchebags with money, all the GQ wannabes with empty brains. I love the weekends when I can go to Hongdae or Jongro or Daehakro or Itaewon or Samchungdong.

This is going to sound totally pretentious, and you can kill me for it, but shit is just more real up north.

My favorite way to get drunk is on a street-side tent, sitting on a plastic stool with good friends, washing down soju with clam broth and stir-fried gizzards.

... that being said, let's go booking!

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

December 24 2007 08:17 GMT

#83

Shit that looks good.

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

December 24 2007 08:21 GMT

#84

Chinese food in Korea fucking rocks, Dan. Don't listen to him, ppl... order some of that hahaha. And there is so much more to meat in Korea than just galbi, too. And the simplicity of sangyupsal is what makes it so beautiful as well, in addition to how it is prepared in comparison to what normal Americans think of how asian meat is prepared.

And HonestTea, you nailed it buddy. Sometimes change like that is good. Hahaha. Let's do one of those street side tents next time I'm around in Korea. ;D

iloveHieu

United States1919 Posts

December 24 2007 08:25 GMT

#85

On December 24 2007 03:20 dronebabo wrote:

Show nested quote +

what are you basing this on? LOL dumb post

It's based on real life experience and being told by Koreans themselves. If my post's dumb, yours isn't any better.

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

December 24 2007 08:31 GMT

#86

Korea is one of the most homogeneous countries in the world... if not the most homogeneous one of any relatively large economy in the world. Any country that has no contact with any other race tends to be more racist than a country that has much blessed diversity. But most racist? Strong word. Maybe most nationalistic due to what I might call a "small penis" syndrome being surrounded by gigantic powers (China, Japan, and the heavy US presence) so they thrive on their unity and identity and history as being distinct, thus deriving much pride from what they have accomplished so far.

haduken

Australia8267 Posts

December 24 2007 09:05 GMT

#87

Klogon aren't you korean? that's some pretty hash words.

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

December 24 2007 09:15 GMT

#88

Yeah I'm Korean. And actually very proud of my heritage. Was born there but now a naturalized American, which I'm also proud of. But a little bit of critical analysis of a cultural fault isn't always bad, ya know? It's better to admit your deficits than to never acknowledge them at all.

My words may have sounded pretty harsh especially written the way they were on the internet, but if you knew me, you'd know I don't mean it in a very harsh way at all. Heck, I even said I don't think "racist" is exactly the best term, just overly nationalistic. Korea's obsession with any prestigious event that a Korean is doing well in is evidence of this - seriously ask any Korean if they've ever watched random events and cheered hardcore for Korea even though they hardly care for the sport. Why? I say its to show the world that the Korean "penis" is growing. Yeah... Stuff like this happens everywhere, I guess, but it is fact that is is pretty severe in Korea.

Bah, I'm going off again. Basically, it's not a HUGE problem as nobody is openly really that racist but these feelings just tend to grow in extremely homogeneous environments as Korea is just no exception.

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

December 24 2007 09:51 GMT

#89

Klogon is 0% Korean and it's very obvious when you listen to him say "Ye / 예"

Quesadilla

United States1814 Posts

December 24 2007 09:54 GMT

#90

Yo HonestTea, Hongdae Jan 5th / 6th

Twisted

Netherlands13554 Posts

December 24 2007 17:08 GMT

#91

ATeddyBear

Canada2843 Posts

December 24 2007 17:11 GMT

#92

On December 25 2007 02:08 Twisted wrote:

lmao, marriage at 18 goog

o shit that looks sooo good

Klogon

MURICA15980 Posts

December 24 2007 18:00 GMT

#93

On December 24 2007 18:51 Rekrul wrote:
Klogon is 0% Korean and it's very obvious when you listen to him say "Ye / 예"

Nah, that's just how it should be said, yeh? ;D

It's probably hard for you to catch, but I unintentionally use a gyungsangdo accent. That gives me some major Korean points. ;D

Elsi

United Kingdom8173 Posts

December 25 2007 02:24 GMT

#94

sick sick sick thread!

Mora

Canada5235 Posts

December 25 2007 07:48 GMT

#95

On December 24 2007 14:03 Instigata wrote:
I didn't know Korean women were such whores. Sounds like prostitutes with no cost. At least American girls you have to date.

uhm.

no you don't.

get out of your hole.

edit - nice story rek.

pum

Sweden306 Posts

December 25 2007 08:46 GMT

#96

rekrul do you speak good korean? and how long have you been living in korea now?

btw nice read,, and it still makes impressed that you live on playing poker~~

catbert1

Korea (South)111 Posts

December 25 2007 11:56 GMT

#97

not sure you guys are aware how well you can live off of poker, but check this out

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8893242&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1

Rekrul

Korea (South)17174 Posts

December 25 2007 12:14 GMT

#98

On December 25 2007 17:46 pum wrote:
rekrul do you speak good korean? and how long have you been living in korea now?

btw nice read,, and it still makes impressed that you live on playing poker~~

yes i speak well pretty perfect conversationally and 3.5 yrs

tomatriedes

New Zealand5356 Posts

December 25 2007 16:48 GMT

#99

On December 24 2007 17:14 HonestTea wrote:
And Rek is right.

Gangnam is fun, things are hoppin' and 99% of all the English teachers here are maladjusted douchebags, who wouldn't even have the balls to be true douchebags back in their home countries.

Think you might be generalising just a bit much there buddy. And I'm curious are you including 교포 English teachers or have you just got a hard-on about too many white people being in your country? In my home country there's a lot more Koreans than there are NZers in Korea and I don't have any problem with that at all. In fact I had many Korean friends back in Auckland before I came here and I did my best to help them out. Like I said before there definitely are a lot of dicks teaching English here who act like idiots but there are others who learn Korean and treat Korean culture with respect. You should think before you post garbage like this. I still have a very favorable image of Korea but when I see ignorance like this it does bother me about how xenophobic some koreans are getting. I know the media is to blame for a lot of it- shows like 판도라의 상자 did a real hatchet job on English teachers by taking a few bad apples and generalising it out to say that all English teachers have aids and are only here to sleep with Korean women.
Edit- Anyway maybe you're just jumping on the rekrul bandwagon. Its easier than having to think for yourself isn't it?