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Qinella might be a drooling moron and a total faggot, but he's our drooling moron and total faggot. So you sir can back the fuck off.

Quote: Originally Posted by Rael I really hope they don't make those who are married to Koreans to go through this. Been in Korea for two years and I want professional development, not a course on how foreigners can't use chopsticks and kimchi is too spicy. I am beginning to think that the people in the education office are incapable of providing any useful input or advice. If I'm gonna get paid for my time, I really don't...

Quote: Originally Posted by kermo How about "bruschetta" with soggy, sweet bread, topped with traces of tomato and cheese, but mostly chopped kiwi and apple , drizzled with something resembling balsamic that turned out to be honey... or something. Thanks Sorrento's! That sounds nasty, did you take any pictures of the crime scene?

Quote: Originally Posted by keithinkorea Well some of us are trying! This is my take on their nonsense KoreanFoodCrime How about "bruschetta" with soggy, sweet bread, topped with traces of tomato and cheese, but mostly chopped kiwi and apple , drizzled with something resembling balsamic that turned out to be honey... or something. Thanks Sorrento's!

Quote: Originally Posted by Cackling Hyena They didn't like us then Sure, they did. As I said, the boogeyman was the US military, and as YBS said, we were occasionally seen as an oddity. The negativity wasn't actually directed our way until "recently" (after the World cup).

Quote: Originally Posted by Smee Wrote it up in the Herald this evening. http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSI...0912020021.asp I don't like word limits, but it got the point across I think. I'll add to it a little probably tomorrow on my site. It's a fine piece, but unfortunately, it's published in a second-rate English rag read primarily by native English speakers and (I suspect) very few Koreans. Unfortunately, I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by dogshed The story is that before the web browsers had good security the Koreans made up their own system. You get a certificate from either some central organization for a fee or you get one from a bank for free. I got the free one. It's some kind of code that sits in a directory on your hard drive or in a USB drive. When you log in it pops up this certificate reading utility and then your computer verifies...

Korea's clearly going through an insecure phase whereby issues that need to be faced about the inadequacies of its culture are being projected on outsiders. I don't agree with people who draw comparisons with countries which have immigration intakes. That's being too easy on Korea. Since when has Korea had to adjust to having foreigners as actual long term residents in anything remotely approaching more than small numbers? All...

Quote: Originally Posted by Cackling Hyena Doesn't matter. They've always held the same opinions of foreigners. You could speak fluent Korean, wear hanbok every single day and eat your kimchi like a good little Park, Lee and Kim and you would still be regarded in the same way as a dope smoking, alcoholic, beer banging whore English teacher. The point is...their opinions were formed a long, long time ago and they don't change....

Found this little gem on the Seoul Police snitch board, some poor bugger pleading with the police to take action against foreign sex criminals after stumbling across this site: http://www.safeschools.co.kr/Eng/ Some of the highlights: Quote: C urrently, within South Korea, there are NO measures in place to prevent determined paedophiles from working with children, despite the efforts by the authorities. Thus the country remains a target for...