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Invite to kakao please, same name. (Couldn't use it outside Korea cuz my phone is poo poo and will crash if there are too many lines of chat  )
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Eh, I know lots of people who still enjoy their public jobs, and while pay might be better in other countries, I can still make big travel plans every year and entertain myself on weekends while still saving most of the paycheck. Plus I just like living here. There's probably smarter options for people who just need to pay off loans or whatever, but Korea is hardly "over."
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Jul 10, 2015 00:18
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Bugblatter posted:Eh, I know lots of people who still enjoy their public jobs, and while pay might be better in other countries, I can still make big travel plans every year and entertain myself on weekends while still saving most of the paycheck. Plus I just like living here. Not to mention hangeul making getting around and having at least a foothold on what poo poo says super easy. Korea rules. But stop coming. Please leave. It's full.
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Jul 10, 2015 00:32
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One could say they still enjoy their public jobs because they still have them. Doesn't really help someone coming in fresh. These people who already got theirs are happy, I'm sure you with nothing will be happy too.
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Jul 10, 2015 00:51
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I like living in Korea and find it pretty affordable. If you're doing a blowoff year (like what the poster said they were doing...), working for a hagwon isn't too bad
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Jul 10, 2015 00:58
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Go see the new Mad Max movie. That's Korea now.
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AmbientParadox posted:Go see the new Mad Max movie. That's Korea now. Thats like 2 months ago. Is antman or minions out yet But you guys get the newest K drama
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Jul 10, 2015 01:44
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Gildiss posted:Not to mention hangeul making getting around and having at least a foothold on what poo poo says super easy. Korea rules. But stop coming. Please leave. It's full. Learning Korean is easy, but the only people you can talk to with it are Koreans and they're awful.
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Jul 10, 2015 01:45
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I don't like my job, my coworkers, or my city, but I have no beef with Korea itself. It's okay not to like things, as long as you're not a jerk about it, as the meme goes.
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Whizbang posted:Learning Korean is easy, but the only people you can talk to with it are Koreans and they're awful. Uh
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Jul 10, 2015 03:41
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Whizbang posted:Learning Korean is easy, but the only people you can talk to with it are Koreans and they're awful. You can totally talk to Russians and Chinese too.
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Jul 10, 2015 03:43
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Or me. I'm awfully nice. E: a celebrity got out of jail and has to wear leg brace (gps tracking) cuz he is sex offender. Apparently you can look up where sex offenders are real time so people are tracking him. Creeps 
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Jul 10, 2015 03:48
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caberham posted:Thats like 2 months ago. Is ... minions out yet Aren't these the same thing? 
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Jul 10, 2015 13:19
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I remember the last time I heard the word 양키 irl. It was a few years ago when I was at the ice skating rink in the sports complex at 화정 in 고양시. Little middle school-looking kids whispered it to eachother as I walked by to get on the ice. Turned back to look at them and they immediately stfu'd and looked scared, like "oh poo poo i think he heard us".
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Jul 11, 2015 03:17
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Staying in Yongsan for a week with some friends. Anyone able to tell me where the best 치맥 place is within a reasonable distance?
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Jul 14, 2015 10:41
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dsh posted:Staying in Yongsan for a week with some friends. Anyone able to tell me where the best 치맥 place is within a reasonable distance? Didn't know what 치맥 was so I looked it up and turns out you're looking for basically a chicken hof. They're literally everywhere. If you insist on that particular restaurant chain, though... here's the list of their locations: http://www.chimc.co.kr/store/?k=%EC%9A%A9%EC%82%B0 here's the map of their locations: http://map.naver.com/?menu=location...9&tab=1&enc=b64
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I'm just securing an EPIK position (destination as yet unknown), but the bit about "buy your electronics in North America" kind of has me alarmed. How big of a markup is this? Right now my main computer is a desktop, and I was planning to buy a lower-end gaming desktop when I got there. Is this A Bad Plan? Also, I haven't been able to find anything about internet quality in rural areas, as I suspect that EPIK wants to send me to one of those far-flung locations. Is rural internet poo poo, or will I be able to continue my online gaming and shitposting lifestyle from (worst case scenario) some island in the Lastly, if I don't drink, will the soju-swilling masses think that I'm strange?
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Jul 14, 2015 17:45
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CommonShore posted:I'm just securing an EPIK position (destination as yet unknown), but the bit about "buy your electronics in North America" kind of has me alarmed. How big of a markup is this? Right now my main computer is a desktop, and I was planning to buy a lower-end gaming desktop when I got there. Is this A Bad Plan? It'll likely be a couple hundred bucks cheaper to grab your computer before you come over. Deals can be found, but the ease and range of options will be a lot better outside Korea. I was looking at monitors a while ago and found that, at the listed prices, I'd pay $200 more for an older model than the current equivalent ran for in the US. Internet speeds will be fine wherever you go. The smallest farming towns will still have connection speeds that put the service in most western cities to shame, at a fraction of the cost, and LTE service exists even on the rural mountaintops. It is weird not to drink and your attempts to decline might be ignored. Best choice is to just tell them you're a christian. If you do get stuck somewhere rural, I recommend getting a cheap bike and making the most of the beautiful countryside.
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Building your own pc runs maybe 10 to 20 percent more. GPUs have the biggest markup, from what I've seen. To build one you'll need to go to one of the electronics markets, usually they will even build it for you at no charge. If they haven't told you where your going yet, are you in general EPIK, or one of the province level ones, like Chungnam province?
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Maxsmart posted:Building your own pc runs maybe 10 to 20 percent more. GPUs have the biggest markup, from what I've seen. To build one you'll need to go to one of the electronics markets, usually they will even build it for you at no charge. He said he wanted to grab a laptop, so probably not building a computer? And yeah, is Epik really not letting people choose their province anymore? They've never really told people the specific school prior to arrival, but you used to at least request a general location.
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I'm in National EPIK. Put Daejeon as my first choice, on a friend's recommendation from what was available, but I also told them that I'm willing to go anywhere. In the 2am skype interview, the interviewer mentioned some island, the name of which I didn't quite catch because it was late, I was tired, and the interviewer was speaking quickly and rapidly moved on to some other topic. I now suspect that they want to send me to the mystery island because I expressed a willingness to be flexible. Oh I hate laptops. I'd much prefer to build a PC. Maybe what I'll do is take my GPU and hard drive from my current desktop, and then just get the rest out there.
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Jul 15, 2015 00:06
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Daejeon is the most boring city in Korea. It's Daejeon!
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If they put you on Ulleongdo I'm going to laugh really hard and then request frequent posts because that must be bizarre. There are a number of places that are technically islands but right on the coast, like Geoje, so it's not as isolated as it could be.
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Anyone know of any university gigs that are opening up next summer or would I be better off taking a hagwon (again) or public job and searching for one in-country? I'm graduating with a Masters in TESOL in a few quarters and am eyeing East Asia again but not for anything less than a university gig.
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CommonShore posted:I'm in National EPIK. Put Daejeon as my first choice, on a friend's recommendation from what was available, but I also told them that I'm willing to go anywhere. In the 2am skype interview, the interviewer mentioned some island, the name of which I didn't quite catch because it was late, I was tired, and the interviewer was speaking quickly and rapidly moved on to some other topic. I now suspect that they want to send me to the mystery island because I expressed a willingness to be flexible. There are two islands with schools. One is Jeju and it's a vacation destination with really cheap flights to Seoul. The other is Ulleungdo, which is probably what he meant, just to test how serious you were about "anywhere." It's beautiful, but tiny. The high school has less than a dozen students, they only hire one foreign teacher for the entire island, there is no one between the age of 17 and... like 70. No one speaks English and public transport doesn't really exist. You don't have to worry about it though because I know the guy who is getting the placement (He actually wanted it. He was into the quiet island idea, speaks Korean and likes hanging out with old people). Edit: Yeah, I guess it could technically be Geoje or an island off of Mokpo... But those places are nice, connected to the mainland, and I doubt he'd have to double check if you were willing to go there. Bugblatter fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Jul 15, 2015 |
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bobthedinosaur posted:Anyone know of any university gigs that are opening up next summer or would I be better off taking a hagwon (again) or public job and searching for one in-country? If you have a masters have you thought about getting teaching certified so you can do international schools?
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Grand Fromage posted:If you have a masters have you thought about getting teaching certified so you can do international schools? I seriously considered that, but the credits I would need to be certified in my state would mean I'd have to take another two years or so of undergraduate level courses to qualify for K-12 certification. My undergraduate is not related to education.
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Grand Fromage posted:If you have a masters have you thought about getting teaching certified so you can do international schools? Just be a bit careful with what "international" school you are getting into to. There are many that are actually just private Korean schools.
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Bugblatter posted:You don't have to worry about it though because I know the guy who is getting the placement (He actually wanted it. He was into the quiet island idea, speaks Korean and likes hanging out with old people). Does he write about it? That sounds like it would make for an actually interesting blog.
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CommonShore posted:I'm just securing an EPIK position (destination as yet unknown), but the bit about "buy your electronics in North America" kind of has me alarmed. How big of a markup is this? Right now my main computer is a desktop, and I was planning to buy a lower-end gaming desktop when I got there. Is this A Bad Plan? Not nearly as much as people make it out to be. Especially if you buy off gmarket. It's only laptops and tablets you've really got to worry about. Desktop parts are just a little more expensive.
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bobthedinosaur posted:I seriously considered that, but the credits I would need to be certified in my state would mean I'd have to take another two years or so of undergraduate level courses to qualify for K-12 certification. My undergraduate is not related to education. As someone who is not a teacher or based in Korea I would recommend you to be certified k12. Yes it takes more time but you can get a lot more"real international school" level jobs. The pay scale is pretty much standardized globally and is North of 65k a year living in developing countries with subsidized rent. A few goons I know either finished paying off their debt quickly or buying off Thai condo or mortgage payments back home. One opening portal to this job I know is Bangkok career fair or some professional international body where you register as part of that list. Forgot the name
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Grand Fromage posted:Does he write about it? That sounds like it would make for an actually interesting blog. He moves there in a month. Grand Fromage posted:Does he write about it? That sounds like it would make for an actually interesting blog. Well he's not there yet, though he is an entertaining storyteller in conversation and would probably write well too. He's been alternating between living in rural Asia and touring with his metal band for about a decade now. Unfortunately, he pretty much never uses the internet for anything, so I wouldn't expect a blog.
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Grand Fromage posted:If you have a masters have you thought about getting teaching certified so you can do international schools? I actually have a doctorate in English, but I'm so sick of universities right now that the thought of getting a B.Ed makes me contemplate suicide. I'm in desperate need of change. This EPIK gig seems to me like the fastest-accessible not-a-scam route to a radically different life than the one I've lived for the last 7 years.
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CommonShore posted:I actually have a doctorate in English, but I'm so sick of universities right now that the thought of getting a B.Ed makes me contemplate suicide. I'm in desperate need of change. This EPIK gig seems to me like the fastest-accessible not-a-scam route to a radically different life than the one I've lived for the last 7 years. It is, but your masters gives you access to much better jobs on the TEFL ladder.
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CommonShore posted:I actually have a doctorate in English  You can do much better than EPIK duder, it's the McDonalds of teaching jobs.
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Whizbang posted:
all you want, but the academic job market is complete poo poo right now, especially in the humanities, and I refuse to sit around unemployed. I'm going to have to move out of the city I'm in anyway, and so if I'm going to make $20,000 next year, I'd rather get a fresh start out of it and jump on a chance to travel. I'll spend a or two year doing the EPIK thing, apply for post docs and other positions, and see if I secure work at an Asian university.In fact, I know for a fact that I'll make more money doing EPIK than I would staying where I am and fighting for part-time positions.
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He's not saying you should go into academia in the US. That doctorate could get you $50,000 abroad outside of Korea.
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