Comments on: English teachers driving Korea’s drug trade

By: Breaktrack

Breaktrack — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:47:06 +0000

A few years ago I had a student aged 67 and he told me that he remembers that it is still grown in the rural areas of Korea. He also said he saw pot plants in the country and even heard of people smoking it when he was younger. By-the-way, I’d much rather be around a stoned person (especially a Korean aggossi)than a drunk one.

By: snow

snow — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 02:06:32 +0000

Sounds like those damn foreign teachers are perpetrating a crime wave here in SK. Almost 50 busts and 5 are english teachers! This is big news!!

By: KrZ

KrZ — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:53:54 +0000

“That’s THE shit” vs. “That’s shit”

By: William G

William G — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:52:02 +0000

“the”

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:08:29 +0000

Hmmm, are there any English words that don’t also have slang meanings?

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:06:46 +0000

…Sorry, “crevice.” Crevice in rock, crevasse in ice, apparently.

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:00:27 +0000

Ah, I forgot about soju. (How could I forget about it!?) Soju works just fine, thank you very much!

And, er, I assume you mean “crack” as in “crevasse”?

By: KrZ

KrZ — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:01:32 +0000

I remember I popped out of this 100m crack I had just worked my way up in Korea once, as I got my head over the edge I was confronted by an elderly Korean man, appeared to be 70-80, perched on the ledge happily drinking a bottle of soju. Of course, he then wanted to challenge me to a climbing competition. Even old Korean dudes like to add a little escapism to their escape.

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:17:34 +0000

Sorry, I agree with what Steve wrote in comment # 11, and Kushibo backed up a few comments later. If you need an escape from the daily Korean rat race, go for a hike in the pine forests and soak in the atmosphere of a quiet Buddhist temple. You’ll fill your lungs with clean air and tranquilitybetter than any artificially induced state of mind.

By: Curious (a.k.a. Sewing)

Curious (a.k.a. Sewing) — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 05:34:43 +0000

Usinkorea wrote:
Or a few males who wanted to go to California or this area of Canada whose name I don?€™t remember, because it had a nudist beach.

That’s the (in)famous Wreck Beach in Vancouver! I think it was once actually named one of the top ten beaches in the world on that ridiculous 80s show Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, or some such thing.

I fully agree with Kushibo. It is astounding that a visiting foreigner would dare invite this kind of trouble. The Lonely Planet travel guideand every other half-decent one, I would imaginehas a stern warning about this kind of thing in its front matter.