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xproud2bapnayx Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Total posts: 20 |
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Néa VanilleJoined: 26 Mar 2005 Total posts: 56 Location: Seoul, South Korea (whooooza!) Gender: Female |
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kobe23Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Total posts: 729 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 29 Gender: Male |
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SonaaJoined: 22 Jul 2007 Total posts: 22 Gender: Unknown |
 Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| kobe23 wrote: | | Néa Vanille wrote: | So if you don't know any Korean, asking young women has the highest success rate. At least, it has had for me (kobe will like this  ). |
Wow, that's fantastic news! At least now I know I won't have to resort to cheesy pickup lines to start a conversation with these lovely young Korean women 
Anyway...yeah, on a serious note, I personally feel the Westernization (or Americanization) of Korea is a good thing. In fact, this is the very reason why I started to get into Korean entertainment in the first place. Even though I am Asian myself I had never previously been interested in any form of Asian entertainment simply because it's not westernized enough for me (read: too fob-ish). It is also the reason why I don't like movies or dramas in a period setting. I don't choose to feel this way, but perhaps living much of my life in Australia has something to do with it. And then.....I discovered K-pop, K-movies and K-dramas. I haven't looked back since.
I'm all for Westernization, just as long as Korea maintains its own identity and style in their entertainment and I believe they have done that well. |
That's kind of a shame! I love period drama. I guess it's like young people hating westerns or judy garland movies. Some people don't like old stuff more than the whole fob-ish thing. I will always love old/period shows whatever the culture I especially find it neat in Korean drama because it brings history back to the young people who are caught up in only becoming westernized. In a way it makes it stylish so they can enjoy it and learn something too!
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YaGaMi82Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Total posts: 47 Location: U.K Age: 25 Gender: Male |
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Jung-wonJoined: 20 Jul 2007 Total posts: 28 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Gender: Male |
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dokidoki.00021Joined: 20 Aug 2007 Total posts: 15 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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We`ll I wasn`t born in Korea, but I spent 19 years of my life there and yes I am Korean. My parents are Zainichi Koreans (born in Japan) and so was I but I moved to Korea at age 3. Everything is pretty normal there...I don`t really know what people would expect, unless you are addicted to the life of Korean drama heros and heroines, to be honest, it`s not like that. School was the biggest priority for students at my school so there was no time for the "prince" of the school to sweep me of my feet...but then again, there was no prince, I went to an international school and then a regular Korean school. Foreginers in Korea werent anything special, yes we would look but I didn't stare much because there were so many foreigners at my school....who needed to? Because my parents still have Japanese mentality and their parents too, we usually do things different from "born and bred in Korea" Koreans so we got stared alot or wrongly judged but no one ever said anything to our face so...I didn't care.
I just say go to Korea if you really want to find out, it`s not a bad place, and it`s not extremely amazing...I guess you get that feeling when you are in the same place for so many years and it still doesn`t feel like home, but it is my home and I love Korea.
Maybe because even though I was born in Japan I don't speak the language and in Korea, I speak the language it's closer to me but yet far away. Get it? Probably not.
Please don`t hesitate, book your tickets now.^^
I`m in America right now, so I`m feeling a little homesick myself and I can`t find a place for pulkogi. TT.TT
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bodychariotJoined: 02 Feb 2006 Total posts: 16 Location: USA - California Age: 22 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 10:17 am Post subject: life in korea Post Rating: 0 |
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I just came back after studying 6 months in Korea. The country has many pro's and cons and depending on your personality it may or may not be the country for you. I had a blast while I was there and I plan to go back and work there for an extended period of time starting next year however others I knew didn't have as great of a time. I would say Korea is the most superficial society I have seen, I mean America is bad in many ways but I have seen Koreans make comments that I have never heard in America. For example my ex-girlfriends mother made her get surgery and said she couldn;t get a decent job in seoul unless she fixed her nose, which in my opinion was fine before the surgery! In addition Koreans can be quite exclusive and hard to understand in the workplace but I suppose that is the case for any international work. Overall I love Korea, its very alive at night and everything is very accessible unlike America. The service is excellent and presentation is great (although it has to do with superficiality). I agree that some Koreans can be quite dull but so are many americans who are only open to america...I think the same is for any country. I recommend travel to Korea and luckily its not totally overrun with foreigners yet like Thailand or Japan!
BTW I have recently made a blog bodychariot.blogspot.com for those interested!
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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hi. anyong..
i just wanted to know HOW DO YOU SAY 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY' in korean language..
thanks!
i'll appreciate your help. _________________ 
ProudPACTerPresident( P.inoy A.ddicts C.ommunity T.oh) |
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Néa VanilleJoined: 26 Mar 2005 Total posts: 56 Location: Seoul, South Korea (whooooza!) Gender: Female |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| 생일 축하합니다 (sangil jukahamnida), but this isn't really the place to ask this. We are open to translation requests in the Korean D-Addicts thread in the International section.
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ayshaella |
| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:08 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| Néa Vanille wrote: | | 생일 축하합니다 (sangil jukahamnida), but this isn't really the place to ask this. We are open to translation requests in the Korean D-Addicts thread in the International section. |
thank u nea. and sorry if i asked on the wrong thread._________________
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namilussahJoined: 31 Jan 2007 Total posts: 34 Location: UAE Age: 25 Gender: Female |
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Néa VanilleJoined: 26 Mar 2005 Total posts: 56 Location: Seoul, South Korea (whooooza!) Gender: Female |
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AngyeJoined: 07 Oct 2007 Total posts: 4 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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yupppp its true, they are really really very friendly, and very kind, thats why im inlove hehehehe , i really wanna go back there
you dont need a car, seoul its a really safe city, im a girl, and i couldnt believe that i was walking on the streets over night wow by myself, and nothing happened thats awesome, even when you a lot of people drinking soju hehehehe , but is nice and the food, oh my gosh i really miss noodles, ramen, kimchi,bugogi...wow ....korean are always ready for helping specially if you dont speak korean heheheh the always have a smile for you........
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wujou_maoJoined: 28 Feb 2004 Total posts: 428 Location: Peterborough UK Age: 36 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0 |
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| AznAvenger wrote: |
1) First, the service over there is light years ahead of what we have here in the States. As a side note, you don't have to tip over there because apparently, it's taboo. Now someone please explain that one to me.
who tips? i certainly dont, and if i went to your country, [which is unlikely] i certainly won't tip. i'm all for giving small change out in the collection box's for 'save the children', but tipping a taxi driver? . maybe just round up the fare to the nearest total fare.
6) Young women there are always traveling in pairs. Can anyone from over there please provide some insight as to why? I'm curious.
you have to be pretty boring to walk around on your todd right? besides, women always walk around in paris anywhere in asia. for instance, if you're in a remote moutain village in somewhere like Laos or Thailand, the people would asume you need looking after and follow you as walking aroud on your own isn't part of their culture. or going to Malaysia and walking around a strict Muslim town on your own will just get you stares if you're a woman.
 The air quality there is brutal. Also, in some places, you can actually smell the sewage from below. |
are you sure you're not getting mixed up with stinky tofu and raw sewage? i have been to korea and i found it clean. if you want smelly toliets, go to china in the summer males take a leak outside in an oil drum. the stench will make you gags, as well as the stench of stinky tofu
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could you post a link for it Plz ?? Thanks in advance