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Would someone be able to gift me a Melon subscription on a month to month basis if I were to pay them at cost plus a slight premium? Can this be done within Melon or is it limited to buying giftcards?
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Jul 2, 2015 21:33
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TEHJOE posted:Would someone be able to gift me a Melon subscription on a month to month basis if I were to pay them at cost plus a slight premium? Can this be done within Melon or is it limited to buying giftcards? ....why?
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Jul 2, 2015 21:40
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I've dug myself deep enough into idol culture and general k music that I'd like a cheap and easy way to enjoy the product that doesn't necessitate illegally downloading countless albums.
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Jul 2, 2015 21:51
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TEHJOE posted:I've dug myself deep enough into idol culture and general k music that I'd like a cheap and easy way to enjoy the product that doesn't necessitate illegally downloading countless albums. I've given a cursory look, and it seems like you have to register as a member then buy points yourself, and that's just too much work Random Internet Stranger with Questionable Musical Taste. Kakao doesn't even offer gift cards. Just download it illegally. Korea won't mind. It'll balance out some of the American shows I've been pirating.
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Jul 2, 2015 22:19
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Just don't download in Korea, or use vpn.
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Jul 2, 2015 23:02
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You have to have a Korean phone number or an i-pin to purchase a subscription. The only known workaround is to pay with itunes credit on an iphone or ipad but I only use android phones.
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Jul 2, 2015 23:18
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The "artist" isn't making any money anyway. You should feel no compunction about not giving money to the corporations that create that crap, they are awful and exploitative in every conceivable way.
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Jul 3, 2015 01:10
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also consider: pornography
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Jul 3, 2015 01:12
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TEHJOE posted:Would someone be able to gift me a Melon subscription on a month to month basis if I were to pay them at cost plus a slight premium? Can this be done within Melon or is it limited to buying giftcards? You're in the wrong thread, the terrible Koreaboo thread is here.
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Jul 3, 2015 03:20
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Onion Knight posted:also consider: pornography 
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Jul 3, 2015 08:17
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Aesis posted:Illegal in Korea! Tell that to korean instagram.
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Jul 3, 2015 09:35
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Bugblatter posted:Tell that to korean instagram.
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Jul 3, 2015 09:42
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Heh. I'm just making a joke about the results if you so much as search for #서울 on Instagram.
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Jul 3, 2015 09:47
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or just look up most korean sex words on tumblr. mungdori is p popular I hear.
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Jul 3, 2015 15:27
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Aesis posted:Illegal in Korea! I thought that it was just the untaxable stuff (e.g. non-Korean sites, non-Korean produced stuff) edit-- also, that mungdori thing is blocked
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Jul 4, 2015 09:43
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Can someone give me some tips on Korean semi-formal work attire? I'll be working in Daegu come mid-August which is supposedly super humid, will short-sleeve work shirts/polos and slacks be fine? Am I thinking too much about this?
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Jul 4, 2015 15:34
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It depends entirely on your job? I wear linen shirts with rolled sleeves for most of summer. Polos would also be acceptable at my school, but the linen is cooler. Uniqlo, a big asian chain that you may or may not have in your country, also makes some undershirts called "Airism" shirts which will absorb sweat and keep you cool too. They're magical/might give you cancer? Who knows how they work, but I love them.
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Jul 5, 2015 00:16
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Douche Wolf 89 posted:Am I thinking too much about this? Yes. Some of your coworkers will be in three piece suits, some of them will be in tracksuits. Neither cares what the foreigner is wearing.
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Jul 5, 2015 00:59
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Whizbang posted:Yes. Some of your coworkers will be in three piece suits, some of them will be in tracksuits. Neither cares what the foreigner is wearing. That really depends on where he's working. But if you're with Epik, yeah odds are it won't be very important.
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Jul 5, 2015 02:24
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Douche Wolf 89 posted:Can someone give me some tips on Korean semi-formal work attire? I'll be working in Daegu come mid-August which is supposedly super humid, will short-sleeve work shirts/polos and slacks be fine? Am I thinking too much about this? Most offices these days just have men wearing Yshirts and slacks, with blazers optional.
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Jul 5, 2015 03:32
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So when the OP says that there is less demand for EFL now, is it still fairly easy to get a job doing that or is there a waiting list or what?
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Jul 8, 2015 17:53
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Still plenty of jobs, but there are way more applicants than jobs so the benefits and pay have been dropping while working conditions get worse, hours rise, and the cost of living goes up. If you're white then getting a job is not difficult but finding a job that isn't awful has become even harder than it used to be.
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Jul 9, 2015 00:31
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What is awful? I'm looking to get out of the country for a year or two before starting in my career, which is social work so I won't get paid poo poo even when I do start. Would you suggest any other region rather than Korea because of the conditions? I can ask this in the EFL megathread, I guess. SSJ_naruto_2003 fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Jul 9, 2015 |
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Jul 9, 2015 00:46
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EFL wages are higher than they were two years ago. Training centers used to advertise lots of 5k or 6k jobs, but 8k seems to be the floor now, which is still lovely. Who know what's going to happen, lovely economies create more demand as people train for new jobs, but over the long term they make wages stagnate a la Japan.
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Jul 9, 2015 02:45
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Let us English posted:EFL wages are higher than they were two years ago. Training centers used to advertise lots of 5k or 6k jobs, but 8k seems to be the floor now, which is still lovely. And where exactly are you finding these magical 8k a month jobs? Because that sounds like bullshit imo unless it's some lovely Gangnam job with horrendous work schedules and no vacation.
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Jul 9, 2015 03:04
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I think he thought he was in a China thread. Hagwons now are doing dumb poo poo like 50 classes a week for 1.9k. And they can get Koreaboos to do it so everybody else is hosed.
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GreyPowerVan posted:So when the OP says that there is less demand for EFL now, is it still fairly easy to get a job doing that or is there a waiting list or what? Don't. just...don't. The whole appeal of Korea was that you could make a lot of money for easy work. Well, it's very far from easy and I am here to tell you that even if you DO get a public school job, they'll still do sketchy poo poo to you. Go to Japan. Go to China. Go to Taiwan. poo poo, get a lousy job at a Berlitz in NYC and live in a horrible part of Queens and commute every day. ANYWHERE ELSE IS BETTER. Love Stole the Day posted:And where exactly are you finding these magical 8k a month jobs? Because that sounds like bullshit imo unless it's some lovely Gangnam job with horrendous work schedules and no vacation. Calm the gently caress down. A simple, "Where did you see this? That sounds really weird" would have sufficed, you incomprehensibly hostile poopmonster.
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Love Stole the Day posted:And where exactly are you finding these magical 8k a month jobs? Because that sounds like bullshit imo unless it's some lovely Gangnam job with horrendous work schedules and no vacation. Got this mixed up with the China thread. To correct myself: gently caress EFL in Korea. Cost of living is too high, if it wasn't for the comped rent Japan would be cheaper with the same wages. China has higher savings potential and Taiwan's isn't far behind.
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Yeah, Korea is over.
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Jul 9, 2015 13:16
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Yeah. So get out of my country you white devils.
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Jul 9, 2015 13:26
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I heard they make you eat your own farts over there. Especially those guys in the kakao chat room.
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If nothing else, cost of living alone is the killer. The pay has been stagnant for over a decade and in a lot of cases has actually gone down, while cost of living has gone up... I don't even know how many times. It doubled just in the time I was there. If you are debt free you can manage but if you have student loans that are large enough to matter you're hosed.
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nullscan posted:Yeah. So get out of my country you white devils. I'll be gone is less than six weeks, I promise!
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Jul 9, 2015 13:38
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So what is the new ESL holy land. China?
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Jul 9, 2015 14:07
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It was fun while it lasted! Now I get to run down the clock until I can go back home and try to get a real people job.
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GreyPowerVan posted:So what is the new ESL holy land. China? Probably. The starting salaries here are around the typical max salary in Korea, and the cost of living is quite a bit lower. China also doesn't have the issue where you immediately hit the glass ceiling, you can climb up pretty high if you want to make a living out of it. Japan's coming back strong too I hear, and my friends in Vietnam also get paid more than Korea.
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Grand Fromage posted:Probably. The starting salaries here are around the typical max salary in Korea, and the cost of living is quite a bit lower. China also doesn't have the issue where you immediately hit the glass ceiling, you can climb up pretty high if you want to make a living out of it. Japan's coming back strong too I hear, and my friends in Vietnam also get paid more than Korea. Thanks for the advice.
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Korea's a nice place to live, working for Korean schools sucks. Mostly; there are good ones but those don't tend to have job openings very often for obvious reasons. China has its problems but if you're looking for the classic have an adventure and save up some money for a year or two experience, I'd say it's your best bet right now. Taiwan is also supposed to be a nice place to live, though it doesn't have a great reputation for job quality either. The balance in China still favors the job seeker if you are careful about it. The market in Korea is saturated and shrinking, here it's growing rapidly.
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