Comments on: ‘Here is Korea.’ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:13:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: usinkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-42149 usinkorea Tue, 04 Jul 2006 02:20:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-42149 "I found myself talking to she and the girls" Sounds pretentious to the ear and I'm pretty sure its grammatically incorrect as well and should be "to her and the girls". “I found myself talking to she and the girls”

Sounds pretentious to the ear and I’m pretty sure its grammatically incorrect as well and should be “to her and the girls”.

]]> By: Joey http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-42124 Joey Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:32:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-42124 You failed to mention the bitter expat that actually enjoys Korea, speaks the language and embraces the culture; the bitter expat that can't stand the "kooks" or the silly guy in the maple leaf shirt, with the maple leaf wallet, wearing the backpack with the maple leaf patch on it. Did I mention the maple leaf coffee mug or lapel pendant? However, far worse than eh-boy is the expat that has lived in the country for over five years and still has to call ex-girlfriends to order a pizza. The same one that likes to point out all the differences in Korea during the World Cup and after. The expat that collects pictures of incoherent drink labels and neon signs in Englishi. The same boring expat that "teaches" away in "institutions" to bounce from check to check saving only for deboucherous excursions to Pukhet for a little <strike>red-eyed whoring</strike> experiencing of exotic cultures. The bitterness will take anyone with enough time. Most just hide it well with like-minds in local watering holes or over 5겹살 and 백세주. PS: Shelton, we have and abundance or soju, singing rooms and kimchi back here in the States. Things are usually easier to notice when you are looking for them -- in the right places, mind you. You failed to mention the bitter expat that actually enjoys Korea, speaks the language and embraces the culture; the bitter expat that can’t stand the “kooks” or the silly guy in the maple leaf shirt, with the maple leaf wallet, wearing the backpack with the maple leaf patch on it. Did I mention the maple leaf coffee mug or lapel pendant? However, far worse than eh-boy is the expat that has lived in the country for over five years and still has to call ex-girlfriends to order a pizza. The same one that likes to point out all the differences in Korea during the World Cup and after. The expat that collects pictures of incoherent drink labels and neon signs in Englishi. The same boring expat that “teaches” away in “institutions” to bounce from check to check saving only for deboucherous excursions to Pukhet for a little red-eyed whoring experiencing of exotic cultures.

The bitterness will take anyone with enough time. Most just hide it well with like-minds in local watering holes or over 5겹살 and 백세주.

PS: Shelton, we have and abundance or soju, singing rooms and kimchi back here in the States. Things are usually easier to notice when you are looking for them — in the right places, mind you.

]]> By: The_William_G http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41991 The_William_G Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:50:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41991 I feel for you Shelton. In the real world you meet expats with personalities like a kimchi fart. Then they slither out to comment whenever you blog. I feel for you Shelton. In the real world you meet expats with personalities like a kimchi fart. Then they slither out to comment whenever you blog.

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41990 dda Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:37:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41990 <blockquote>I found myself talking to *she* [sic] and the girls.</blockquote> to <b>her</b>...

I found myself talking to *she* [sic] and the girls.

to her…

]]> By: G. M. Jeonuchi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41988 G. M. Jeonuchi Sun, 02 Jul 2006 14:58:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41988 <blockquote>I was taken aback that someone could stay somewhere so long and yet hate it.</blockquote> This is a phenomenon that I'm wondering about, but put the other way around, i.e., "how could someone hate this place so much yet be still living here." I can certainly understand people hating the place they live (not just Korea but anywhere else), but the fact that they continue to live there (especially if they come from such a great, superior country like the U.S. which they like to compare their host country with when going on their bitter rants) is the part that is strange. Well, maybe not so strange if you consider that many of these bitter expats are, in fact, losers back home. Well life is a biatch ain't it? SUCK IT UP!

I was taken aback that someone could stay somewhere so long and yet hate it.

This is a phenomenon that I’m wondering about, but put the other way around, i.e., “how could someone hate this place so much yet be still living here.” I can certainly understand people hating the place they live (not just Korea but anywhere else), but the fact that they continue to live there (especially if they come from such a great, superior country like the U.S. which they like to compare their host country with when going on their bitter rants) is the part that is strange. Well, maybe not so strange if you consider that many of these bitter expats are, in fact, losers back home. Well life is a biatch ain’t it? SUCK IT UP!

]]> By: cm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41973 cm Sun, 02 Jul 2006 11:41:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41973 I think this explains quite well, the 'bitter expat'. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/02/weekinreview/02fountain.html?hp&ex=1151899200&en=99631f24527e5dc4&ei=5094&partner=homepage "There is a new installment in the annals of loneliness. Americans are not only lacking in bowling partners, now they're lacking in people to tell their deepest, darkest secrets. They've hunkered down even more, their inner circle often contracting until it includes only family, only a spouse or, at worst, no one. And that is something the Internet may help ease, but is unlikely to cure. " I think this explains quite well, the ‘bitter expat’.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07.....r=homepage

“There is a new installment in the annals of loneliness. Americans are not only lacking in bowling partners, now they’re lacking in people to tell their deepest, darkest secrets. They’ve hunkered down even more, their inner circle often contracting until it includes only family, only a spouse or, at worst, no one.

And that is something the Internet may help ease, but is unlikely to cure. “

]]> By: seungyup http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41966 seungyup Sun, 02 Jul 2006 09:12:51 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41966 Make sure you keep away from the Koreatowns. Make sure you keep away from the Koreatowns.

]]> By: NathanB http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41958 NathanB Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:19:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41958 I enjoyed this post, Shelton. I think you sum up "the bitter expat" quite nicely. Meanwhile, a number of expats have been saying good things about our experiences in this country for the last several weeks: I did, on Election Day. Wyatt of Kimchi and Me has just related something similar, as has Sumiyoshi Pilgrim. Meanwhile, Expatriate Games seems pretty happy with her Korean husband and their new baby. Meanwhile, Bukhan Mountain Breakdown has just posted a hilarious incident with one such bitter expat. It would be nice if this were a trend. I enjoyed this post, Shelton. I think you sum up “the bitter expat” quite nicely. Meanwhile, a number of expats have been saying good things about our experiences in this country for the last several weeks: I did, on Election Day. Wyatt of Kimchi and Me has just related something similar, as has Sumiyoshi Pilgrim. Meanwhile, Expatriate Games seems pretty happy with her Korean husband and their new baby. Meanwhile, Bukhan Mountain Breakdown has just posted a hilarious incident with one such bitter expat. It would be nice if this were a trend.

]]> By: railwaycharm http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41957 railwaycharm Sun, 02 Jul 2006 07:18:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41957 All too often you run into THAT guy. This is well put. I was channel surfing when I happened upon Jerry Springer. I thought oh $hit, there goes the Korean perspective of Yanks! All too often you run into THAT guy. This is well put. I was channel surfing when I happened upon Jerry Springer. I thought oh $hit, there goes the Korean perspective of Yanks!

]]> By: judge judy http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41950 judge judy Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:33:14 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/07/02/here-is-korea/#comment-41950 "All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things." -Bobby Knight (1940 - ) “All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things.”

-Bobby Knight (1940 - )

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