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For those that order food on G Market to save money and eat like a westerner, do you have usual items that you grab?
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Mar 20, 2013 10:19
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The area we were in in that photo is north of Seoul.
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Mar 20, 2013 11:20
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Has anyone ever received a tax refund from the Korean government? I got one last year for about 700k, but that was with the help of the people who aren't the manager at my first hagwon. I can't communicate with the old public school and they are decidedly less knowledgeable/helpful. Coming to the conclusion that sometimes you just lose out on 2 million one because people are incompetent/lazy/cheats. Cost of doing business in this part of the world I guess.
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Mar 20, 2013 15:55
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DontAskKant posted:Has anyone ever received a tax refund from the Korean government? I got one last year for about 700k, but that was with the help of the people who aren't the manager at my first hagwon. I can't communicate with the old public school and they are decidedly less knowledgeable/helpful. Coming to the conclusion that sometimes you just lose out on 2 million one because people are incompetent/lazy/cheats. Cost of doing business in this part of the world I guess. Yes, but the filing date is like January 3 so you're hosed for this year.
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ladron posted:Yes, but the filing date is like January 3 so you're hosed for this year. Well, I've always always been hosed. I asked about personal filing and the KTS guy on the phone thought I was loving nuts. Your guardian (employer) does it for you I guess, like everything else. Thanks a lot Confucious 
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DontAskKant posted:Well, I've always always been hosed. I asked about personal filing and the KTS guy on the phone thought I was loving nuts. Your guardian (employer) does it for you I guess, like everything else. Nah, man, you can do it yourself. You just gotta get your bank statements yourself. This is easiest if you just pay for everything with a credit card. If you have car/motorcycle insurance, they'll mail you a statement. There's a form you fill out and send in. Then you're done.
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An abstract visual summary of the thread up to the part about the wasps and taxes.
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Need some advice from people studying here. I have been studying at Yonsei KLI and enjoying it. I am currently repeating a level and, while I have done very well on the exams, was careless about the amount of days I missed. A recent emergency put me just over the allowed amount. That means I automatically fail and two fails means I get kicked out of the school. My next choice for schools was Sogang and I have started the application process but yesterday got an e-mail saying that, because of my attendance record this quarter at Yonsei, they will not be able to admit me. Ouch. Is there any way around this? If I just avoided mentioning that I studied at Yonsei would they eventually end up finding out? Will I have the same issue at all major schools I apply to? My student visa is expiring soon so I really want to get something together. The next idea is Ehwa but I am really hoping I can still make Sogang work. guri fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Mar 20, 2013 |
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I can't help you, but why are you studying Korean? I'm just curious. Is it a love of the country or what?
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Also, did any of you that took Korean classes at a University in Seoul take advantage of a scholarship of any kind? If so, how easy was it to get and how much did it cover? And which scholarship?
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guri posted:Need some advice from people studying here. Wow, currently going into level 5 at yonsei myself and I can't say I've ever heard of the two-strikes rule thing. You could try to reason with them, preferably in Korean to demonstrate your ability, explaining the recent emergency. Remember that no matter what you do, you will have to take the placement exam at your new school. This means your previous record at yonsei doesn't matter anyway, so there really is no need to bring it up.
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TreFitty posted:I can't help you, but why are you studying Korean? I'm just curious. Is it a love of the country or what? Eldjarn posted:Wow, currently going into level 5 at yonsei myself and I can't say I've ever heard of the two-strikes rule thing. You could try to reason with them, preferably in Korean to demonstrate your ability, explaining the recent emergency. Remember that no matter what you do, you will have to take the placement exam at your new school. This means your previous record at yonsei doesn't matter anyway, so there really is no need to bring it up. For now I sent Sogang a sugary e-mail asking if we can work something out. If that fails I'm thinking it won't hurt to go directly to apply and hoping I have someone different from the person I have been e-mailing with.
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Mar 21, 2013 03:48
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I need two things! Help! when I moved into this new apartment, there was a vacuum here that was somewhat dismantled, but otherwise in working condition. I've reassembled it, but it still needs a bag (or carriage? I believe it to be a bagless model). I'm clearly not searching properly on gmarket for this, as I'm only getting American-made $30 bags. If this really is the case and Korea just doesn't do bags anymore and they're nowhere to be found on gmarket, what about an LG service center? Would they handle something like this? I'm totes willing to spend $30 for a new bag/bagless bag if it means I can have a decent working vacuum. Has anyone had success with this in the past? Also, does anyone know of reliable service that would make posters of images I send them? I guess online printing shops?
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Mar 21, 2013 04:25
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 Good news everyone. KakaoTalk coming to PC?
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Mar 21, 2013 09:24
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The cancer spreads.
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Mar 21, 2013 09:27
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 I'm apparently ruining the lives of fifth graders over here.
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Mar 21, 2013 13:17
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erobadapazzi posted:
Make your lessons more fun then motherfucker.
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erobadapazzi posted:
Do you teach public? Because that kid would be my top student at my high school. (Except for genius girl who has moved from reading LOTR to Game of Thrones in English)
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Mar 21, 2013 15:46
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You can't please every kid. Some kids don't get that this would be fun if they'd let it. I only have one class like that and I'm sure it sucks for them but its pretty lovely for me too. Then theres unavoidable circumstances. Like, today this girl brought her very young sister to class who started bawling 5 minutes in. I found out later she was afraid of my eyes and hairy arms.
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Mar 21, 2013 17:43
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BrainDance posted:I found out later she was afraid of my eyes and hairy arms. You don't shave your arms for school?
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Mar 21, 2013 17:54
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BrainDance posted:You can't please every kid. Some kids don't get that this would be fun if they'd let it. I only have one class like that and I'm sure it sucks for them but its pretty lovely for me too. Shouldn't have left those sunglasses in your old place. You could have avoided this whole situation.
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Mar 21, 2013 18:32
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It is public, but there are a lot of rich kids at this school. They surveyed last year, and something like 80 percent of the kids go to an English-specific hagwon. She's definitely one of the better ones, though. This is not typical of this school (and definitely not of my other school in a poorer part of town). I didn't actually feel bad about that journal. It was written after the first two class sessions of the year (during which we necessarily had to get a lot of housekeeping and procedural stuff out of the way), and she's a freak. I gave them 6 full days to write 5 sentences (and told them they were welcome to get help from whomever). It mostly just made me laugh. If she still feels that way in another few weeks, then I would take it more seriously.
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AmbientParadox posted:Shouldn't have left those sunglasses in your old place. You could have avoided this whole situation. Oh lawd. Not this again. Good news guys, we won the fake war again, pretty good record!
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THE LUMMOX posted:EPIK app is out now jesus gently caress KKKarl get on it. I'm jumping on dat app. You better lock up that slowcooker and keep a close eye on it.
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DontAskKant posted:You don't shave your arms for school? I like the attention. These kids are just lucky my current hagwon doesn't allow shorts, that made some kids scream in Pohang. AmbientParadox posted:Shouldn't have left those sunglasses in your old place. You could have avoided this whole situation. Oh God, I hadn't thought about that in months. Has is seemed like there hasn't been a clear day around Seoul in a while to anyone else? What's up with that, is it smog, just overcast? The weathers getting warmer, that's nice and I just switched to short sleeves and cardigans (for the walk home at night when it's still chilly) but it just looks kinda lovely out all the time.
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I got bitten by a stray cat that found its way into my room. Do I need to worry about rabies or kittypox or whatever? I was only trying to help the little fucker out 
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Mar 22, 2013 04:30
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BrainDance posted:
Tis the season. Spring is always the most polluted time of year thanks to China. I recall March 10 being extremely clear, and also abnormally cold. I'll take my warm blanket of smog, thank you very much.
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joedevola posted:I got bitten by a stray cat that found its way into my room. Do I need to worry about rabies or kittypox or whatever? Oh god yes, cat bites are almost guaranteed to get infected. http://gizmodo.com/5931500/why-cat-bites-are-pretty-much-the-worst-thing-ever http://voices.yahoo.com/cat-puncture-bites-humans-highly-infectious-447579.html?cat=70
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They're not called Japanese Giant Hornets. They're Asian Giant Hornets and those fuckers are HUGE and legit deadly if you get stung. It's just about instant anaphylactic shock if you're even mildly allergic, and the husband of one of the teachers at the high school in my little town was killed by one last year. From sting to dead, 15 minutes. Good news though, they're VERY noticeable when flying because they make a very loud, distinct buzzing. If you keep your loving distance you're fine. I've seen one while running and immediately turned around and hauled rear end the other way. So did the hiking adjummas that were making fun of me hauling rear end.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:Oh god yes, cat bites are almost guaranteed to get infected. Man, I look like I've been kneading dough made out of razors most of the time due to Pablo's playtime fiestas and my hands haven't fallen off yet. The irony of trying to cut his nails so he doesn't scratch me is that he scratches the gently caress out of me while I do it.
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Yeah I got bit by my cats all the time without any trouble. But they were healthy housecats and wasn't like they were savaging my hands. I'd definitely go to the doctor for a stray cat bite.
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Yeah I'm going after 2. Since I have no medical insurance yet I assume this is gonna take up most of my loving settlement money. That I will also get at 2. And I can scratch off a sick day. gently caress cats.
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Have fun with the rabies treatment. When I got bit, the doctor wanted to wait and see if I developed any symptoms before treating me (rabies being a disease which can't be treated once symptoms develop). Also, the vaccine is not covered by our insurance for some dumb reason. Additionally, due to the very few annual instances of rabies, hospitals do not keep their own stores of the vaccine locally Instead the entire county's supply is kept in a single location in Gangnam and other hospitals have to order from there. It took about a week to get to my town's hospital for some reason. It's also kind of costly. Sucks, eh?
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Huge news to report to everyone, I met a Korean celebrity last night at the casino. The Korean bitcoin model girl. Yes, that one. Apparently her and her boyfriend/pedobear broke up or aren't working together anymore and she's going to college in the USA soon. She seemed kind of angry about the whole thing. No poo poo. 
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Mar 22, 2013 05:43
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She probably got too old.
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Cameron posted:Huge news to report to everyone, I met a Korean celebrity last night at the casino. How did you recognize her and how did this conversation start? I hope this is a good story  Did she say where he is now?
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Actually it was my friend that recognized her at first, I didn't know what he was talking about until he mentioned the bitcoin thing, then it clicked. From the way she was talking about it, it seemed (as you probably guessed) that the guy was constantly talking about bitcoins and when he kept posting on the bitcoin forums about how "she" made a website and "she" was coming out with new photo shoots, it was all just her sorta-boyfriend pedoguy the whole time. She kind of seemed like she knew she coerced or brainwashed or something. She speaks English really well, though.
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Sheeeet. So what was she doing in casino? I am really into drama. Both celebrity and bitcoin related.
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