John Sheehy posted:

Jeez, came home earlier and walked up a flight of stairs in the stairwell to my apartment and was confronted by an Ajjoshi wazzing all over the stairs. He gave me a smug unrepentant look, I rolled my eyes and said 'for fucks sake' and we parted, hopefully to never see him pissing in my stairwell again. It does solve the case of the 'mystery stains' though.

John Sheehy posted:

Jeez, came home earlier and walked up a flight of stairs in the stairwell to my apartment and was confronted by an Ajjoshi wazzing all over the stairs. He gave me a smug unrepentant look, I rolled my eyes and said 'for fucks sake' and we parted, hopefully to never see him pissing in my stairwell again. It does solve the case of the 'mystery stains' though.

Toussaint Louverture posted:

Ah the mystical orient... I've never been anywhere where the outside world's stereotype is less accurate. My Aunt who's a housewife with an Ed degree told me last month that she envied me teaching all those well behaved Asian children. If it's possible to laugh in someones face over skype that's what I did.

cryptoclastic posted:

Where can I get a cast iron pan here?

Toussaint Louverture posted:

My Aunt who's a housewife with an Ed degree told me last month that she envied me teaching all those well behaved Asian children.

GZA Genius posted:

Had a great dinner at Wang Thai thanks for the recommendation Fromo. Pad Thai was great, gf got some beef dish that was tasty too! Waiter refilled my water glass before it was even empty which is unbelievable in this country. I'm not the biggest connoisseur when it comes to Thai food, but the taste was amazing. Reminded me of some western Chinese chow mein.

Andro posted:

Just finished lunch and today we got a slice of pizza in one of those single serving plastic bags that airplane food comes in. All of the teachers looked like they were unsure how to proceed with the bag pizza so I played along with them so I didn't upset the natural lunchroom balance. Finally, the principal went for it and opened his pizza bag, took the slice out with his chopsticks, dumped it onto his bokkeumbap, and chopped it up with his spoon into little tiny pieces. I poo poo you not, every teacher at the entire table watched him do this (our table looked like the Korean Last Supper) and then followed suit. I wish I had a hidden camera going because I have never seen such such an awesome display of groupthink.

For kicks, I decided to eat mine with my freshly washed hands. After I finished, my oldest co-teacher told me that Koreans don't eat the crust because it's dirty. I can't believe he let me poison myself. Can I call in sick tomorrow and blame the pizza crust?

Andro posted:

After I finished, my oldest co-teacher told me that Koreans don't eat the crust because it's dirty.

John Sheehy posted:

Is 'dirty' just a catchall phrase for anything people don't like?

Andro posted:

For kicks, I decided to eat mine with my freshly washed hands. After I finished, my oldest co-teacher told me that Koreans don't eat the crust because it's dirty. I can't believe he let me poison myself. Can I call in sick tomorrow and blame the pizza crust?

The Bible posted:

That's bullshit, I know plenty of Koreans who eat the crust. In general "Koreans don't <whatever activity>" usually translates into "I don't do <whatever activity>".

Hadron Ellison posted:

So, I'm still in the states, but one of my friends asked me to buy him a cheap samurai sword and ship it through Korea. Am I right in telling him that he's a crazy person who should just buy one on the Internet or will customs not allow that? I found a few sellers on Alibaba that look sketchy enough to try slipping it through anyway, and sent him that.

LimburgLimbo posted:

all the other manchildren

Grand Fromage posted:

True enough. Plus making up some bullshit reason instead of just saying "I don't like it".

Grand Fromage posted:

You do use utensils in Italy though, for a proper unsliced margherita in Napoli. But that's a knife and fork, managing to eat pizza with chopsticks is actually impressive to me.

Toussaint Louverture posted:

That would be relevant if anything Koreans ate even remotely resembled Italian pizza. It's all variants of American New york style.

Grand Fromage posted:

Hadron Ellison posted:

So, I'm still in the states, but one of my friends asked me to buy him a cheap samurai sword and ship it through Korea. Am I right in telling him that he's a crazy person who should just buy one on the Internet or will customs not allow that? I found a few sellers on Alibaba that look sketchy enough to try slipping it through anyway, and sent him that.

MonkeyBrains posted:

I trained in Kumdo for a year back in 2004 in Ulsan and it was fun as hell, and I learned a lot of cool stuff. I am far from being an expert but I can at least properly handle a sword.

tirinal posted:

Nobody likes giving head.

MonkeyBrains posted:

Yeah don't do this. You have to be licensed to own a sword in Korea. Tell him that if he wants one he should do it the legit way and start training in Kumdo. Once he is a black belt he can legally get one. Then at that point his Kumdo instructor can get him fitted for a legit one that is forged and balanced specifically for him. It will run him a minimum of around 2.5 to 3 million won, but at least he will be legit, know how to handle a sword, have an authentic sword, and not be a weird pussy manchild.

I trained in Kumdo for a year back in 2004 in Ulsan and it was fun as hell, and I learned a lot of cool stuff. I am far from being an expert but I can at least properly handle a sword.