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AmbientParadox posted:I'm going to round some numbers here to be lazy. Wow. I was expecting everything to be like New York expensive. Sounds like it won't be nearly as bad as I thought.
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I'm flying out to Seoul for a little over a week tomorrow, and am really looking forward to exploring the city. I have a mild allergy to crustacean shellfish (i.e. shrimp, crab, lobsters) and will have my Epipen on me, but is there anything in particular I should look out for? I know to stick to meat-based dishes and avoid broths. I was hoping to print a little note that explains my allergy in Hangul, but haven't had any luck finding the right text. edit: Also, what are some good Android apps to help me navigate public transport? So far I've been thinking of using Citymapper. Subway Korea is incomprehensible. Montalvo fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Oct 27, 2016 |
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Oct 27, 2016 20:54
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Montalvo posted:I'm flying out to Seoul for a little over a week tomorrow, and am really looking forward to exploring the city. I have a mild allergy to crustacean shellfish (i.e. shrimp, crab, lobsters) and will have my Epipen on me, but is there anything in particular I should look out for? I know to stick to meat-based dishes and avoid broths. I was hoping to print a little note that explains my allergy in Hangul, but haven't had any luck finding the right text. kimchi can be made with little shrimp juice in it, so.... also, no one give a poo poo about your allergies or your note, except maybe at a 6 star hotel or something. I guess avoid the shrimp flavored chips that are sometimes offered as a snack in bars, too
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Oct 28, 2016 00:45
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Montalvo posted:I have a mild allergy to crustacean shellfish (i.e. shrimp, crab, lobsters) and will have my Epipen on me, but is there anything in particular I should look out for? I know to stick to meat-based dishes and avoid broths. Oh boy that's a hard one in Korea. I am not sure I'd risk eating anything other than Korean bbq, the little dried or preserved shrimp are in everything. Don't eat any soups or kimchi for sure.
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Oct 28, 2016 01:53
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Montalvo posted:I'm flying out to Seoul for a little over a week tomorrow, and am really looking forward to exploring the city. I have a mild allergy to crustacean shellfish Cancel your trip.
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Oct 28, 2016 05:37
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Montalvo posted:edit: Also, what are some good Android apps to help me navigate public transport? So far I've been thinking of using Citymapper. Subway Korea is incomprehensible. I use Subway Korea just fine since it's in English, not sure how you find it incomprehensible. You first find your station you're at and click the "play arrow" symbol to set that as your starting point, then find the station you need to get to and click the "stop square" symbol and the app does the rest. For buses I've been using Kakao Bus and work out the korean spelling for where I'm going or something nearby. Admittedly I've only used it to head to Technomart/Gangbyeon Station but still. Mekchu fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Oct 28, 2016 |
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Oct 28, 2016 05:59
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Grand Fromage posted:Oh boy that's a hard one in Korea. I am not sure I'd risk eating anything other than Korean bbq, the little dried or preserved shrimp are in everything. Don't eat any soups or kimchi for sure. Bulgogi Burgers all day every day
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Oct 28, 2016 08:59
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Unfunny Poster posted:I use Subway Korea just fine since it's in English, not sure how you find it incomprehensible. You first find your station you're at and click the "play arrow" symbol to set that as your starting point, then find the station you need to get to and click the "stop square" symbol and the app does the rest. For buses I've been using Kakao Bus and work out the korean spelling for where I'm going or something nearby. Admittedly I've only used it to head to Technomart/Gangbyeon Station but still. Thanks. Not sure how I missed the departure button. It's a work trip, so at least if my thrust seizes and I choke to death on some shrimpy kimchi it will have been for the advancement of science.
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Oct 28, 2016 10:38
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Maxsmart posted:Only go to Taco bell They replaced beans with kimchi so that'll kill him too.
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pee out my butt posted:They replaced beans with kimchi so that'll kill him too. I remember when they took the dirty rice out of popeyes...dark days...
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pee out my butt posted:They replaced beans with kimchi so that'll kill him too. I think you mean Exciting Menu Items
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Maxsmart posted:Only go to Taco bell Post Trip Report: Last night the missus and I went to Taco Bell. I got the quesarito and she got the grilled stuffed chicken burrito. Both didn't have beans, but both also didn't have kimchi. The chicken tasted bland as gently caress. The quesarito was good.
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Oct 29, 2016 02:01
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it should be against the law for a residential building in this loving cesspool of a country to be built without mosquito netting on the windows. it's a quarter past two. i am so. loving. tired.
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Oct 30, 2016 18:18
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It doesn't matter man, no u bends in the drains, those little weeping holes in the windows even when you have screens. I had to kill 2 last night and I still didn't sleep till around 3. gently caress mosquitoes.
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Oct 31, 2016 00:10
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http://item2.gmarket.co.kr/English/detailview/item.aspx?goodscode=866769057 Get these things and plug them into every available outlet. Will they give you boneitis, hot dog fingers, and knee cancer? Probably.
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Oct 31, 2016 02:10
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Death to all mosquito!!!! Burn them all!!!!!!! I developed mosquito allergy now. I am fine with Korean mosquitos but the ones where I am at???? I start to have panic attacks when I hear buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz because of severe allergic reaction.
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Oct 31, 2016 02:18
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I spent time before work with my electric fly swatter chasing the bastards around my apartment. It's my new workout routine.
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Oct 31, 2016 06:08
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I am getting a 35th floor apt and I amso psyched to no longer deal with mosquitoes.
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Oct 31, 2016 08:43
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E_P posted:I am getting a 35th floor apt and I amso psyched to no longer deal with mosquitoes. Ours have learned how to use elevators
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Oct 31, 2016 10:51
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Allergy trip update: not dead yet. Living off of tteokbokki and pretty happy about it.
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Oct 31, 2016 11:02
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I've resorted to one of those spiral incense things they have at outdoor food stalls. Burning one of those things inside has the same carcinogen load as a fire in a mattress factory but I'm at my loving wits end. gently caress mosquitoes.
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Oct 31, 2016 14:53
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We loved our mosquito net, except our dog kept making holes in it that I had to sew up.
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Oct 31, 2016 19:35
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For real. The flyswatter/bugzapper combo is so god drat satisfying to kill those fuckers with.
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Nov 1, 2016 06:37
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I miss living on the 11th floor, we'd get like maybe 2 mosquitoes. Living closer to ground level is hell. The Internet says that they'll hibernate below 10c but either there's a warm pocket somewhere or these assholes don't care.
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Nov 1, 2016 12:22
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I'm so happy to never have a problem with mosquitoes. Not only is my blood really horrible-tasting to them, apparently, but my girlfriend/now wife was a super attractor. I bet I got like 3 bites in 6 years in Korea. And apparently they just don't exist here in western WA state, which is weird. All the cities are carved out of a huge forest, water everywhere, temperatures that would absolutely allow mosquitoes, yet no mosquitoes. I guess my point is: haha
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Unfunny Poster posted:I spent time before work with my electric fly swatter chasing the bastards around my apartment. It's my new workout routine. Move above the treeline or they will never give you peace. Mosquitoes can live in your drains. In my building the only way they get in is through the drains, so in summer I just close t he bathroom door when I sleep and it stops like 80% of the bastards.
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Nov 2, 2016 02:50
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The mosquitos in Korea don't like me either. I could count the bites I've had on my fingers, and they always fade in twenty to thirty minutes. Apparently for other people the bites last days? They also don't come into my apartment that often, despite only being the fourth floor. I'm pretty high up on a mountain slope though, so maybe that's why?
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I ended up making a screen from poster board. My flat is technically in the basement so I'm gonna have these fuckers after me til Christmas.
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I genuinely believe the mosquito species in Asia are stronger than the ones in the US. They seem entirely immune to cold and can climb much higher. Fortunately they don't bite me much and I don't have a reaction if they do, so.
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Grand Fromage posted:I genuinely believe the mosquito species in Asia are stronger than the ones in the US. They seem entirely immune to cold and can climb much higher. They seem incredibly slow and timid compared to Florida brand mosquitos. It was easy blocking and dealing with them in Korea. Could easily catch them with my hand. They're pussies compared to the savage monsters I grew up with.
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Nov 2, 2016 14:29
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Bites swell like a balloon and I get uncontrollably itchy and also mosquitos loving love me so they can rot in hell for all I care I will kill them all mercilessly
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Grand Fromage posted:I genuinely believe the mosquito species in Asia are stronger than the ones in the US. They seem entirely immune to cold and can climb much higher. No. The ones in Australia are far more evil. I met lots of East Asians in Melbourne and we all complain about horrible allergic skin reactions. I miss Korean mosquitos.
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Gilgamesh_Novem posted:No. The ones in Australia are far more evil. Started watching this documentary on NK refugees. Spoilers: dead bodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSC6elDUQNw edit: Here's the new PBS doc: Battle of Chosin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7--jhk3IFU4 AmbientParadox fucked around with this message at 15:41 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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ACT toughens test rules for Korea against cheatingquote:The single test site principle will apply starting with the Dec. 10 test. The new testing site will be the Grand Hilton Seoul. Previously ACT tests were held at international schools and foreign language high schools across the country. This is going to be a shitshow.
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Nov 9, 2016 03:19
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AmbientParadox posted:ACT toughens test rules for Korea against cheating back after the TOEFLiBT came out, they specifically banned taking it in korea, and I think china too, and if you lived in one of those countries then you had to fly to evil Japan to take it
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Nov 9, 2016 03:43
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Cafe Expo in COEX right now Not sure if you all saw this, but today and tomorrow in COEX is the cafe expo. From what I understand, $15 entrance to have unlimited samples of great coffee. Also coffee art and barista competitions if thats your jam.
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Nov 11, 2016 02:14
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Drink lots of coffee and get heart attack, my fellow goons!
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Aesis posted:Drink lots of coffee and get heart attack, my fellow goons! The expo was wonderful. I stopped around 12 free mini espressos. 1F was kinda not to my liking. It was just mostly cakes, smoothies, and ice creams. The back section was teas which was okay. But I'm not much of a tea goon. 3F was coffee heaven. There were tons of booths offering free samples of various drip coffees and espressos. The latte and latte art booths had massive lines though, so be careful about that.
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