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Just because Seoul has a high population density doesn't mean we're always shoulder-to-shoulder. Some mountains have a lot of people hiking on them, but others do not. I live at the foot of a hill where I can go on short hikes and more often than not see nobody, except possibly the gunners at the civil defence base at the top. There are places all over the city that are quiet. As long as you avoid Sinchon and Gangnam it doesn't seem all that crowded.
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Even then it's not horribly overcrowded, not much more than any other major city. I've been just as crammed in Chicago as I have in Gangnam. It's a little easier to get out of in Chicago but still. Although the really rural and mountainous parts of Korea are something else, it's like a whole different country. Like going in a time machine or something. My first month in Korea I went on a trip with my boss and some students to a little swimming hole in a valley. The drive took us through the mountains and some incredibly rural places. The kids slept through it but it was like a peak experience or something for me at the time. Now I make a point of getting away from anything resembling a city every once and a while. I don't think I could handle Korea if I didnt.
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DontAskKant posted:Who was it that said they were using Adventure Time as a class show and were you serious?
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Mar 30, 2013 06:43
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Mar 30, 2013 07:27
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What'd you do this time?
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Agreed to go to that wedding. Sent that during a bathroom break. Was secretly hoping NK followed through for once. There was another foreigner guy, we gave each other the "I can't believe we're doing this" look during the pictures. And I couldn't get a beer, had to stand around and say hello to people who laughed a lot at me, then the traffic in Seoul made the drive back more than twice as long. The place hosed up too and scheduled some guys 70th birthday thing at the same time one room over, so our music today was "old guy noraebang trot hits." And my ride home was the last group to leave. BrainDance fucked around with this message at 11:04 on Mar 30, 2013 |
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Mar 30, 2013 11:00
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And now you know why you should never do anything nice for anyone ever.
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Cameron posted:And now you know why you should never do anything nice for anyone ever. More like "Welcome to Korea, bitch"
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BrainDance posted:The place hosed up too and scheduled some guys 70th birthday thing at the same time one room over, so our music today was "old guy noraebang trot hits." They probably had better booze as well, should've crashed that party.
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I can just see Braindance, standing on stage with an empty bottle of soju in one hand and mic in the other, belting out "I did it my Way." A bunch of ajjoshis cheering at his feet.
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Okay, I just had a bizarre article cross my desk. Apparently the city government is thinking of changing its name because Seoul means "capital city" but the capital's moving south to Sejong City. The clear frontrunner: Gangnam City. Yes, all of Seoul, both sides of the river, may soon be known as Gangnam. I'll post a link when it goes online.
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Apr 1, 2013 01:35
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Sejong City is never going to actually happen.
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Sitting at work on my day off fighting what is either a head cold or the first symptoms of rabies. This is bullshit.
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Whizbang posted:Sejong City is never going to actually happen. It really should though, having your capital within shelling distance of an adversary is just asking for trouble.
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Apr 1, 2013 03:51
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Make the capital Dokdo.
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Toussaint Louverture posted:Make the capital Dokdo. Dokdo is already the heart and spirit of Korea
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Sejong is happening for sure, although I'm not sure what government buildings and whatnot are actually there yet. Two years ago going through that area you would see one set of old rear end apartments, and that's it. Now there's all sorts of fun stuff over there.
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Brimmy posted:It really should though, having your capital within shelling distance of an adversary is just asking for trouble. It is not within shelling distance, save for the northern most suburbs.
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If I was going to itaewon tomorrow morning to hiyvsome AMERICAN size clothes, where should I be looking? Near the Skechers store on the main road? Back alley locales?
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I'm surprised that the capital moving to Sejong was the most contentious thing in my last post. The moving process has already begun, and my organisation is set to move there in October or so. Anyway, here's the article I mentioned. Seoul to get name change Just when you thought Psy’s hit song “Gangnam Style” had run out of ways to surprise you, the City of Seoul reports that it’s going Gangnam Style. That is, the metropolis is set to rebrand itself with a name change…to Gangnam City. The announcement was made on the morning of Monday at the Seoul City Hall press room before a crowd of expectant reporters. “Now we will have the greatest anthem on the planet!” announced Deputy Mayor of Seoul Metropolitan Government Hong Kildong. The name change is set to capitalize on not only Psy’s viral rise to fame, but also the moving of the Korean capital to Sejong City outside Daejeon, according to Deputy Mayor Hong. “This is a tremendous chance for the city to rebrand itself,” he explained to gathered reporters. “No longer a city of government, now a city of Gangnam!” The name Seoul is derived from Seorabeol, which means “capital city,” but with the government capital being moved south to Sejong City, it no longer has relevance. “It has always been hard for foreigners to pronounce the name ‘Seoul,’ but this new name will be much easier to say, and has the star power of K-pop!” exclaimed Deputy Mayor Hong. Read more: http://bit.ly/13KjNIs
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I hope it's an April Fool's joke.
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Tao Jones posted:I hope it's an April Fool's joke. That would require more self awareness than these people have.
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Satire is dead.
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I'm assuming this is tirinal's April Fool's joke.
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terivinix posted:I'm surprised that the capital moving to Sejong was the most contentious thing in my last post. The moving process has already begun, and my organisation is set to move there in October or so. Have you ever written an article that doesn't involve Psy somehow?
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Whizbang posted:Have you ever written an article that doesn't involve Psy somehow? Yes, most. I've only ever written two articles that mentioned him that I can think of. But I edit articles about Psy from other writers every week, previously every day, that go slightly out of their way to work him in.
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Apr 1, 2013 08:28
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It'll be like Brasilia except with less cool city design.
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What's the name of the proposed futuristic coastal city that looks like a cock?
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Seoul is hard to pronounce so let's change it to something that like no person has pronounced right. I always hear Gaeng nam"
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I'd like them to do it just to force every dumb gringo to change the name of their blog. SEOUL SEARCHING LOL GEDDIT
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But think of all the new opportunities, Cheech and Sejong Sejong's Dongs Sejong Gong Show Also, all of the idiots that have to live in the "big city" will have no clue where to go and will eventually starve as they are unable to escape the infinite loop.
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Arctic Baldwin posted:Seoul is hard to pronounce so let's change it to something that like no person has pronounced right. I always hear Gaeng nam" I don't even understand that, everyone knows it (outside of Korea) from the song so how do you gently caress it up? Just say it like the song.
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joedevola posted:I'd like them to do it just to force every dumb gringo to change the name of their blog. For this reason and this reason alone I will forever support Gangnam City
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What are they gonna do with all the Gyeong- lines?
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Onion Knight posted:For this reason and this reason alone I will forever support Gangnam City Gangnamasde, for your grand narrative Gangnomnomnom, a foodie blog Genghis Gangnam, whatever Gangnamber1,sports maybe And this is during my morning poop. Imagine if I had desk warming hours.
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backonthechaingangnam.blogspot.fuckoff
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My hagwon's internet service provider showed up one day and decided to change out our router and modem for the exact same models. In the process of doing so, they blocked more than one computer from accessing the Internet at a time. Except when they say "only one computer", they apparently mean only one copy of Internet Explorer, because Chrome and Firefox worked just fine when a second copy of Internet Explorer redirects to some page from the ISP. Of course, my director called out her semi-competent tech guy the next day, who proceeded to do some lengthy fixing/circumvention. My half-hearted attempts to point out that Chrome worked perfectly were met with confused incomprehension, including from the IT guy. All my coworkers use IE6, of course. Sigh. I've got four months left as of April 1st. While there's certainly a number of things I'll miss (microwave curry, speedy Internet, kimchi), there's plenty I won't.
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Cugel the Clever posted:My hagwon's internet service provider showed up one day and decided to change out our router and modem for the exact same models. In the process of doing so, they blocked more than one computer from accessing the Internet at a time. Except when they say "only one computer", they apparently mean only one copy of Internet Explorer, because Chrome and Firefox worked just fine when a second copy of Internet Explorer redirects to some page from the ISP. D'uh...what's Chrome?
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terivinix posted:D'uh...what's Chrome? It's that poo poo that's hidden under the white plastic on every office/apartment/kitchen in Korea. DON'T TAKE THAT OFF THE CHROME WILL GET DIRTY.
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nullscan posted:It's that poo poo that's hidden under the white plastic on every office/apartment/kitchen in Korea. Man, even Korean CARS have that poo poo. Every goddamn surface has it. You find it weeks after the car has been in use. It's so silly.
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