|
what an introducton! This makes me excited about korea all over again....SEMF was unreal. BrainDance it was good to meet you. Next plan when is the next goon meet?
|
| # ¿ Jan 15, 2012 06:37 |
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 22, 2013 06:45 |
|
|
THE LUMMOX posted:How do you feel about hiking? I've never been hiking but I'm planning on going to a snow festival in a few weeks so it will be my first hike. I need cleats though. Do I have go out and buy fancy hiking shoes or can I buy something to put on my own boots or shoes? Where can I buy them? Is this an emart or gmarket job?
|
| # ¿ Jan 15, 2012 11:47 |
|
|
Toussaint Louverture posted:Edit: I made Curry: gently caress any leftovers? That looks delicious. Xarb posted:Whenever I drop by the Korea thread there seems to be a lot of bitterness. Are people really that unhappy living in Korea or is it just the trendy thing to do in this thread? I'm as happy as a pig in poo poo over here. People like to complain when they have nothing else to do! MA-Horus posted:BTW if anyone needs a good deskwarming TV show, Sherlock (done by the BBC) is really, really well done. BBC's version of Bleak House is also worth a look. Very well done. Downton Abbey is quite good also!
|
| # ¿ Jan 16, 2012 04:10 |
|
|
Xarb posted:Do soju hangovers get any easier with frequent drinking? For me? No. Aika! How was the transsiberian? I want to hear all about it! 
|
| # ¿ Jan 17, 2012 01:34 |
|
|
Camp is over and done with thank god. I thought the New Zealand teacher was gonna hit a smack on one of the kids while they were practising for their performance. He got right in his face and screamed shut up at him and then dragged him out of the class by his jumper,the kid was lying on the ground at one stage.I lost the head when I got downstairs to the teachers room. I was told this kind of stuff happens in public schools. Am I being naive in thinking that it doesn't? I'll be so mad if this guy doesn't get at least a warning for this. The class was full of little brats, but last night they were my little brats doing the haka! 
|
| # ¿ Jan 18, 2012 04:03 |
|
|
frozenpeas posted:Korean teachers might do that but foreign teachers definitely do not. I did, I was so angry and shocked that I was nearly crying, then halfway through telling my coordinator I started loosing the head. I hope he looses his job here because he's an utter dick, I've given him several chances to redeem himself but he's just a wanker. Grand Fromage posted:Maybe I don't understand exactly what NZ guy was doing. I've grabbed a kid's arm and taken him out to stand in the hallway, put him back in his seat, or held it still so I could take the phone out of his hand after refusing to hand it over and me being tired of it holding up the class. I've also grabbed them and held them still to stop them from beating each other, since I was told it was my responsibility to make sure they don't hurt each other. And the fistfights in the middle of class are disruptive. Should I not be doing this? I stop them fighting, sometimes I grab their hands to lift them off the floor and they resist. But, I would never scream at a child in such a way as he did. If I get annoyed I usually start clapping or rap a marker on the table or raise my voice, I would never scream at the children. Here's what happened exactly. I was sitting at the top of the class, another teacher that we had especially for camp was sitting behind me. The kids each had a little line to say to introduce their performance which was on New Zealand. They were chattering away, they were all excited and every so often someone wouldn't recognise a word. (a few times when the bad readers made a mistake this guy made them do 10 push ups as punishment?  ) I would tell them the word and have them repeat the sentence? I don't see punishment as a way of learning at all. Brian was the kid that got in trouble. He shouted above the others and I asked them all to be quiet for practise. NZ teacher puts his face in front of his and screams SHUT UPPPPP! at the top of his lungs. Que horrible scared silence. I say the teachers name in a pissed off tone, about to loose the head but I just kept quiet because I don't want to argue in front of the kids. Brian laughs I think it was nervous and the teacher grabs the child by his jumper at the chest and drags him to the door (during this he trips and all but the teacher still drags him out and gives him a time out outside the door) Then after about 5 minutes he goes out and drags the kid in by the jumper and pushes him into the seat. After class he came over to me and said "I really have to stop doing that" I looked at him and said "yeah you really have to" and I stormed down to the principals office. I asked the other teacher, do you think that's right? Her reply was that in public schools they would have to deal with alot worse... If someone did that to one of my nephews or my niece there would be absolute ructions, no person not even a parent should treat a child like that. The coordinator said that "it is a very stressful time for all teachers I will speak to the kids and speak to NZ teacher seperately but I will have to have a meeting with you and NZ teacher after camp" In other news I just watched a documentary "Inside North Korea" I really really really want to go North now. Absolutely fantastic piece of work. The other teachers think I am bat poo poo crazy for wanting to go.
|
| # ¿ Jan 18, 2012 09:53 |
|
|
AmbientParadox posted:"KAK KAK KAK" Korean ducks. D'awwwww! Do duck ponds exist in Korea? I'd love to go and feed some Korean ducks.
|
| # ¿ Jan 18, 2012 12:47 |
|
|
John, I'm flying to Narita on Saturday and back on Wednesday. Heading to Hong Kong in March. I'll do a forum report when I get back from both! My brother used to live in Shanghai for a while and he said it wasn't bad expense wise. I'm a bit worried about how my money will survive in Tokyo, but I'm confident my money will go far in Hong Kong.
|
| # ¿ Jan 19, 2012 13:18 |
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:Def. interested in your Tokyo report squeaky, I'm hoping I can go for five or six days next month. The way I travel I think 100K a day should be plenty even in Japan but I'm not sure. I've been asking what I should try and do over there. This is what I have so far. Harajuku Shinjuku Shibuya Asakusa Akihabara
|
| # ¿ Jan 19, 2012 13:33 |
|
|
LimburgLimbo posted:You should post in the Japan thread and ask for specifics, if you want to make the most of your time. The Tokyo people know the city pretty well. I asked about airports I think...I ended up noticing a goon posting in there that I met at a goon meet in Belfast. I can get some details off him. Thank you Japan thread! 
|
| # ¿ Jan 19, 2012 14:45 |
|
|
politicorific posted:Ha, vacation time! I'm in Tokyo now too visiting friends for another week. Meet you at the bar!! "are you the boy from the internet?"
|
| # ¿ Jan 21, 2012 02:06 |
|
|
wow look what I missed. Even though all that korean- foreigner relationship chat is over I'm back to make the thread happy again. Tokyo was amazing. I spent the majority of the trip drunk/hungover and had an absoulute blast. I also spent 1 million won in the space of four and a half days.
|
| # ¿ Jan 26, 2012 01:42 |
|
|
Hello Osanite! PorkFat posted:How likely is it that I will get horribly lost trying to use Korail? Just beware of what train you are getting back to Osan. Look for the Cheonan train if you can, sometimes there are trains going to Seodongtan or Byeongeom (change at Byeongeom to Osan with this train)
|
| # ¿ Jan 26, 2012 10:42 |
|
|
The Gay Bean posted:I have a feeling that it's not just my phone. Every Korean I know complains how their Android phone has like 6 hour battery life and they're going through 2 full batteries per day. It would be pretty funny if this was because they all had Kakaotalk installed. k talk is fine on my gs2. I'm not having any problems with it sucking battery. Do you use viber by any chance? I used to use it on my nexus s before i came over and holy christ to say it used battery was an understatement. It would leave my phone dead in a matter of hours and i had no spare battery. My gs2 battery lasts about 12 hours I use my task killer alot and also use the Power saving mode.
|
| # ¿ Jan 26, 2012 14:31 |
|
|
I bought a laptop before I came out here 6 loving months ago and the screen decided to go on it today. I'm next to loving tears looking at a blank screen. I brought it down to a computer shop and all i could understand was service center yongsan. This happened to my last one too...Im gonna see if my principal can make the screen work on another screen.....
|
| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 13:04 |
|
|
Momonari kun posted:What's the brand? There's possibly a service center in Suwon as well. Asus.....
|
| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 13:10 |
|
|
Momonari kun posted:Ah, well, yeah, probably Yongsan. thanks anyway momonari. Suwon would have been great as it's close to home. I'm praying one of the lads in school can work some magic. I'll be on an absolute warpath if i have to send it home.
|
| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 13:25 |
|
|
John Sheehy posted:Any option to hook it up to a TV or monitor? I have a horrible old lg telly at the bottom of my bed but its too old to be hdmi enabled. With my last laptop something went in behind the screen. I got it fixed but i just decided to get a new one as the last one was like 4 years old. And now the same thing happens to this....I think I'm cursed or something
|
| # ¿ Jan 30, 2012 14:06 |
|
|
So I brought my laptop in to school today. The principal looked at it, rang asus who told him that the motherboard is gone. 270,000 to repair, as the warranty of the laptop is gone over one year. BULLSHIT I bought this 6 months ago, before I came to Korea. I have a receipt to prove it. I didn't register it on the internet. (which is something that the lads said I should have done- my fault there.) Any one know anything about consumer law in Korea. When you buy a device you get one year warranty from the date you buy in Ireland. Is this different in Korea?
|
| # ¿ Jan 31, 2012 01:55 |
|
|
John Sheehy posted:Is it just me or is that quite a diagnosis to make over the phone? Maybe you should ring the crowd back home and give them a story? I'm gonna get my dad to scan over a copy of the receipt, I'll give him a ring when it's a decent hour at home. I'll give the crowd in Ireland a ring later too. The principal has taken my laptop to a computer center in Osan to get someone to have a look at it, so fingers crossed.
|
| # ¿ Jan 31, 2012 02:07 |
|
|
Principal has sent the computer to Yongsan. I've woken up daddyduck to find the receipt. I hope it's where I remember leaving it 
|
| # ¿ Jan 31, 2012 08:56 |
|
|
John Sheehy posted:The little birds tell me tickets are on sale on February 14th (<3), I'll find out where and post. I'm so going to this. Loads of shares for this on facebook. I've been wanting to see Radiohead for years. I'm excited to see the rest of the lineup! T'will be a good summer!
SqueakyDuck fucked around with this message at Feb 1, 2012 around 02:26 |
| # ¿ Feb 1, 2012 02:21 |
|
|
PorkFat posted:Asiana, As for Ryanair, you get what you pay for. 20e return to London from Dublin? Yes please! Michael O' Leary is a man Ireland should be proud of.
|
| # ¿ Feb 1, 2012 03:30 |
|
|
Grand Fromage posted:Also the only time I've been in a plane that landed on one wheel and then rocked over to the other wheel before dropping on both and settling down. http://wn.com/ryanair_landing_on_time_celebrations Why does the announcement have a Glasgow accent?
|
| # ¿ Feb 1, 2012 04:28 |
|
|
GZA Genius posted:Good luck to everyone going to work this morning. Try not to freeze to death. I nearly lost fingers trying to pay my gas bill at the atm this morning.
|
| # ¿ Feb 2, 2012 02:38 |
|
|
LyonsLions posted:Public transportation outside of Tokyo sucks for the most part. Japan metro was an absolute mess. Other people seemed to get the hang of it but I just stared at the map so confused. I was so glad to get on the Seoul metro when I got home! On another note. I was sorely disappointed that Japan wasn't as high tech as I imagined it to be. No wifi on the metro or train stations. I had a little image in my head of stepping off the metro into the future in Japan. Korea seems to be leagues ahead in technology.
|
| # ¿ Feb 3, 2012 05:58 |
|
|
aeglus posted:i've got no problem offering any of you guys free entry to my parties and it's fun, believe me on that! drunk squeakyduck plus 10....club phantom Saturday night.....holy gently caress! The most western club i've been to since i got here. Awesome! Thanks aeglus!
|
| # ¿ Feb 5, 2012 23:27 |
|
|
AmbientParadox posted:I seriously need to go to Costco soon to make some Oatmeal & Raisin cookies! Also, I'm looking forward to St Patricks Day next month to make some Soda Bread.  I'd love soda bread with mammys home made mushroom soup or veg soup....smothered in real creamery butter....drat....can I put in a request for soda bread?
|
| # ¿ Feb 6, 2012 04:57 |
|
|
AmbientParadox posted:I don't see why not, although if it's not directly on or around St. Pats day it feels a bit weird making it. The foods that I want over here is stuff that I didn't care for when I was at home. But man, my mam makes awesome soda bread!
|
| # ¿ Feb 6, 2012 10:29 |
|
|
Anyone know any good fancy dress stores in Seoul?
|
| # ¿ Feb 13, 2012 06:27 |
|
|
Cell phone question. I got a bill today for my handset for 40k. I had my coteacher translate it. Usually my bill is about the 70k mark that includes my minutes-texts-data and my handset. Why did I get just a bill for my handset? I usually have my bills sent to me via text. Also, does anyone know of english speaking SK telecom rep in the Osan/Suwon/Pyeontaek area that I can talk to about my contract? The guy that did my contract has closed his shop to go travelling. 
|
| # ¿ Feb 14, 2012 04:47 |
|
|
Inevitablelongshot posted:
Brimmy posted:The Gardai in Ireland are brilliant for this. Will take about 2 weeks to get sorted and if you ever need copies again you can just call them up and they'll have it posted out to you within 5 days. One of the few things Ireland does right. Gardai in Ireland are a bunch of idiots who don't know how to do anything right. It took me over a month to get mine and they didn't bother their arse to call me and rectify it.
|
| # ¿ Feb 16, 2012 01:19 |
|
|
Arctic Baldwin posted:e: Again, I feel I should point out again that I am NOT Irish. Your avatar always confuses me...
|
| # ¿ Feb 16, 2012 04:31 |
|
|
AmbientParadox posted:Well, I made a mess of myself last night and proceeded to lose my kindle last night. Oh dear. poo poo one man. I made a mess of myself last night. Once i walk into the wokfhound its like an oblivion of tequila, dancing on seats and general tomfoolery. gently caress am i paying for it now. Soju you cruel bitch I have you to thank for this.
|
| # ¿ Feb 19, 2012 06:01 |
|
|
THE LUMMOX posted:Seoul Racecourse. I'd definitely be up for going the next time. I'd love to see how Korean bookies work! God I love gambling!
|
| # ¿ Feb 20, 2012 04:41 |
|
|
BrainDance posted:We know how to do Korea  6 months over the weekend BrainDance. I honestly don't think I'll be able to leave in the next 6 months, I'll probably stick around another year. I hope you all had pancakes for dinner, beacause I did and it was loving awesome. It also took me 6 months to find nutella in lotte! Pancake Tuesday is where dreams come true!
|
| # ¿ Feb 21, 2012 14:14 |
|
|
BrainDance posted:going back. A friend of mine offered to place me in a programme teaching disadvantaged kids in South Africa which sounds right up my alley, but I need to get rid of this travel bug first. If only I had ridiculous amounts of holiday days. I had a kid piss himself in class today because he forgot the word bathroom. (later he told one of the Korea teachers he was too embarrassed to ask in case the girls would laugh at him.) Had to run to the next room to get the Korean teacher as he was upset and when I got back (20 seconds later) I found that one of the little girls had CUT and sprayed the fire extinguisher around the room...I've never seen a child run out of the class so fast when the bell rang. SqueakyDuck fucked around with this message at Feb 21, 2012 around 14:33 |
| # ¿ Feb 21, 2012 14:31 |
|
|
MonkeyBrains posted:PUPPY!  If puppy wants a babysitter I will travel for walkies and cuddles!
|
| # ¿ Feb 23, 2012 09:48 |
|
|
So we have TV cameras at school today. The Suwon city TV station are recording some of the classes in school, they are making some sort of documentary/show about foreign teachers in the area. One of my classes could be on the TV....
|
| # ¿ Feb 24, 2012 06:16 |
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 22, 2013 06:45 |
|
|
kimcicle posted:Can I find a way to sneak into this?
|
| # ¿ Feb 27, 2012 13:54 |
|
