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Arctic Baldwin posted:I picked up my visa today. Looks like everything is go for me arriving in 3 weeks. Then, rain destruction upon Gyeonggido Are you in Suwon again?
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Fromage, how long does your chicken juk last in the fridge? I bought the ingredients but now I won't have time to eat it all weekend
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 03:00 |
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cryptoclastic posted:Fromage, how long does your chicken juk last in the fridge? I bought the ingredients but now I won't have time to eat it all weekend I've never had any more than eight or nine days so I don't know an upper limit, but it lasts at least that long. The batch I have in the fridge is about a week old and it's fine.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 03:03 |
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politicorific posted:Also, the pay is not that great. 43/13 = 3.3/month. That's comparable to 2.9 + housing and 40 hours a week. I don't get people who live in the same building as their work, since there's no chance of sick days. No weekend. No alcohol. I can imagine all sorts of vacation shenanigans (camps, cult trips). I live in my schools building and as these threads have attested, you best believe I've used my sick days. The schools are usually locked on Saturday/Sunday. I throw parties/pregames in my apartment every few months, and drink regularly. How is it any different from living in the same building as the Paris Baguette that you would work in or a bookstore? It's convenient, and as long as you have the balls, a separate entity from your workplace.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 03:26 |
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I'd probably take the job just because I'm all about new experiences with strange cultures and this place sounds terrifyingly interesting. This is coming from someone who has spent a winter sleeping in an unheated room in the Caucuses for 250$ a month though so...
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:16 |
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MonkeyBrains posted:
Ah, I see. Yeah, you're right. quote:Regardless, I have no delusions that training in this is making me some super badass fighter dude. I could care less about fighting someone, or how effective the things I learned are against any other style. I do it for the exercise since it's a lot more fun than going to a gym, stress relief, and the fact that it's fun to learn how to do some of the stuff I grew up watching in kung fu movies as a kid. If I can walk away from Korea with a black belt in Kuk Sool Hapkido, that's a drat cool souvenir. Yeah, I did several flavors of Kung Fu, Taekwon Do, and Thai kickboxing before coming here. That poo poo is cool, I'll admit. Now that I'm actually in the east, for some reason I've taken up western boxing. Sporting a bruised and possibly cracked rib from sparring last night against a guy 20kg heavier than me. Feels good, man.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:32 |
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THE LUMMOX posted:~It's dorm housing~ Its amazing that America's job market has gotten so bad that people seriously consider a job with a possible cult not that bad. I don't blame you, either. Take that job.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:36 |
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I would just make sure to save an airplane ticket's worth of money from the first paycheck and go for it (not factoring in the girlfriend question). It might turn out to be fine and an awesome job. If it's not, use that saved money and leave. It's not like you're a prisoner. I am admittedly salary-dazzled... I have a crushing student debt and that's more money than anyone in my family has ever made, so I would have a very hard time saying no to it. Grand Fromage fucked around with this message at Feb 10, 2012 around 04:45 |
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Well I am surrounded by pushy evangelicals and it's not a big deal. But I feel like people would "check up" on you in the dorms.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:44 |
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THE LUMMOX posted:But I feel like people would "check up" on you in the dorms. That's why I'd say if the dorm is required, no loving way. Cultists here are bad enough just in everyday life, I can't imagine being forced to live in their dormitory.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:46 |
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Is anyone actually certain that this school is a cult? As I said, I have no direct contact with the school, but I know students who now attend. Some of them come back to visit once or twice a year and I haven't seen any changes / evidence of indoctrination. One student in particular comes to our academy during the summer vacation for help with her homework sometimes and from what I saw, she was studying things very similar to what I did back in the UK.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:46 |
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 Uh, if there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 04:52 |
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Gildiss posted:
This. I spent two years at a private Christian school. It got annoying at times, but it really was a great job overall. Its not exactly Unification Church crazy, but hey, that sounds like a great job. At least give it a shot.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 05:17 |
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The housing really is key imo, if they want you on site at all times then I wouldn't do it. Course, that means your going to be tied into a year long housing.contract.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 05:33 |
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Momonari kun posted:Are you in Suwon again? Yup, I will be working at 명인중학교 near 화서역. I am anxious to get out of this hellhole that is the San Francisco Bay Area.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 08:03 |
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Grand Fromage posted:I've never had any more than eight or nine days so I don't know an upper limit, but it lasts at least that long. The batch I have in the fridge is about a week old and it's fine. I vastly underestimated this recipe. So much juk! Gonna need to get some more tupperware!
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 08:04 |
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Arctic Baldwin posted:this hellhole that is the San Francisco Bay Area. Take that back or I will cut you.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 08:39 |
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I'm kidding. I grew up here; say "hella" and everything. Went to the World Series and the NFC Divisional game. But I wanna talk to Korean girls and stay out til 7 am.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 08:41 |
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Arctic Baldwin posted:Yup, I will be working at 명인중학교 near 화서역. I am anxious to get out of this hellhole that is the San Francisco Bay Area. Wow, that's about five minutes from my place. I'm right by 종합운동장.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 08:48 |
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Suwon goonmeet! I'm mostly kidding! Kinda.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 09:05 |
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cryptoclastic posted:I vastly underestimated this recipe. So much juk! Gonna need to get some more tupperware! It's a big one for a big pot. I love it, tastes good and it's a week of dinner for under 
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 09:23 |
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I got snt home today, which was a big surprise. I have a nasty flu but figured I'd tough it out, but after a few classes the other teachers told me th would cover my classes while I went to the doctor th home. I didn't think that kind of thing happened. So much for me being diligent :P
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tubatano posted:Thanks for this! Looks like the main acts includes Tower of Power and Poncho Sanchez. Jazz hipsters might scoff, but I doubt they exist over there. If I'm around I'm totally going. I forgot to point out that the Mingus Big Band is coming in September. Not sure if I will still be here, but I got really excited for a bit, then I saw the price.  @Fromage can you relink that juk recipe?
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 13:25 |
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No but I can post it! I messed with the original a bit to add flavor. You need: One chicken (I usually use a 1 kg bird), onions, garlic, ~12 cups water, salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, 2 cups rice. Put the chicken in the pot, add everything but the rice. Simmer for an hour. At the 30 minute mark, wash and soak your rice in cold water. After an hour, add the rice. Check the chicken at 1:15, it will probably be done. Take it out when it's done, let the pot continue simmering while you strip all the meat off the bird. Put the meat back in, simmer until the rice is cooked and you have the consistency you want. This gives you a very thick dakjuk, if you like it more soupy reduce the amount of rice. I wouldn't increase the water by more than another cup or two, wouldn't want to dilute the chickenyness. It's the kind of thing you can adjust however you like. I usually use about 20 cloves of garlic and two medium onions, sometimes I give it a generous squirt of sriracha or add a few peppers. If you want the authentic recipe I started with, remove the onions, salt, pepper, thyme, and parsley. But I don't know why you'd want that, poo poo's boring.
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 13:39 |
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This is the best kind of rice to use. I don't have a Korean keyboard so I can't type it but you're looking for "chab ssal" (right below where it says "Sweet Rice"). The soaking/cooking instructions are pretty similar to normal rice. I would also add a ridiculous amount of green onions or leeks at the end. It definitely tastes better the next day and I've found with a 1kg bird you can reserve half the meat and use it for something else. If you have a slow cooker you can use the remaining carcass and make a gigantic pot of home made chicken broth as well. Then you can use that chicken broth with your remaining chab ssal to make a fairly passable risotto 
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| # ? Feb 10, 2012 17:55 |
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The Bible posted:consider a job with a possible cult not that bad. So says "The Bible"
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 04:02 |
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THE LUMMOX posted:If you have a slow cooker you can use the remaining carcass and make a gigantic pot of home made chicken broth as well. Then you can use that chicken broth with your remaining chab ssal to make a fairly passable risotto Chicken stock rules. I need to make some more, I used all mine for CHOWDAH. You don't need a crock pot, I use my bigass stock pot with the heat as low as I can set it without the fire going out. Keep bones in the freezer, toss them in once there's enough in the bone bag. I have about 1.5 L of really thick beef stock too, I can't figure out what to do with it.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 04:31 |
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My latest two T-money cards won't register on my automatic door lock.. it looks like they must have moved away from RFID? Anyway, is there a place where I can specifically buy an old-style one so I don't have to cram an RFID tag into my wallet?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 05:42 |
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The Gay Bean posted:My latest two T-money cards won't register on my automatic door lock.. it looks like they must have moved away from RFID? Anyway, is there a place where I can specifically buy an old-style one so I don't have to cram an RFID tag into my wallet? You open your door with a T-money card?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 05:53 |
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Yeah, it's awesome. Carrying keys around is so 20th century.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 07:33 |
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So theoretically, anyone could open your door with any T-Money card? That seems really.. not awesome.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 07:43 |
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Speaking of T-Money cards, would I be able to refill mine with money at a convenience store outside of Seoul? Also, my LG Microwave is missing the turntable rotating piece that looks something like this:  If I go to a HiMart or something, will I be able to get a replacement part of it relatively cheap?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 07:50 |
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Advice! I can now take my five days holidays in whatever manner I see fit, so long as they don't coincide with the beginnings and ends of semester. I'm debating whether to take them as two short breaks timed around weekends so as to break up the working year, or to just take them in all in April and go on a real holiday to somewhere exotic for a decent period of time (but then have a long period of working with no breaks). Whatcha think?
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 08:48 |
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Use them at once, in conjunction with a red day if you can. Korea's a great opportunity to travel Asia and you can't do that on long weekends.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 08:51 |
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Grand Fromage posted:Use them at once, in conjunction with a red day if you can. Korea's a great opportunity to travel Asia and you can't do that on long weekends. Yeah, the only viable options for weekends are cities in Japan, China and Taiwan based on how long it takes to get to places further afield. And city breaks will inevitably turn into a three day bender while visiting some token tourist attractions. That's my logic anyway.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 08:59 |
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:L posted:So theoretically, anyone could open your door with any T-Money card? That seems really.. not awesome. A T-money card is unique so only my T-money card opens it.
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The Gay Bean posted:Yeah, it's awesome. Carrying keys around is so 20th century. I have had those keypad electronic deadbolt locks on the doors of my last two apartments in Korea. I love not having to carry around keys.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 14:24 |
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Grand Fromage posted:Chicken stock rules. I need to make some more, I used all mine for CHOWDAH. You don't need a crock pot, I use my bigass stock pot with the heat as low as I can set it without the fire going out. Keep bones in the freezer, toss them in once there's enough in the bone bag.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2012 15:17 |
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MonkeyBrains posted:I have had those keypad electronic deadbolt locks on the doors of my last two apartments in Korea. I love not having to carry around keys. I felt like I was in the future the first time I saw this. However, I'm an idiot and sometimes I'll forget to deadbolt it after I've come into the apartment and only hearing somebody rustle around the hallway will remind me that my door is still open a crack.
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kimcicle posted:I felt like I was in the future the first time I saw this. However, I'm an idiot and sometimes I'll forget to deadbolt it after I've come into the apartment and only hearing somebody rustle around the hallway will remind me that my door is still open a crack. Mine automatically locks again once the door is shut. And if the door doesn't shut all the way to engage the lock or doesn't fully shut so the dead bolt can't extend all the way into place, a little alarm will sound to remind you to shut the door. Mine is idiot proof. I am going to hate going back to key locks once I move.
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