Thread: Nickyboy: Tell us about Korea

Nickyboy,

Please use this thread at your convenience (when you want) to tell us about your total Korea experience.

P.S. or hogwan?

How the night life? Food? Job? Seoul?




Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks.

^,

So, your writing on this board in the Hot Seat? Writer's Section.

Please tell me when it's up.

Thanks, Arnie.

Life in Korea is wonderful.....I'm absolutely loving it.

Well my good friend IA loves it here as well....and so do lots of our friends....

I've got nothing but good things to report. (but as mentioned before, I found happiness in Saudi too... ) It's like anywhere. It's what you make of it,IMO.

Do I like Thai more (- the money) ?? .....in a word: YES.

Originally Posted by My_Kow_Lope

Well my good friend IA loves it here as well....and so do lots of our friends....

OK,

So, My Kow Lope:

May I have your permission to start a "Tell us about Korea" directed to you?


Please respond in the affirmative.

Originally Posted by Arnold!

OK,

So, My Kow Lope:

May I have your permission to start a "Tell us about Korea" directed to you?


Please respond in the affirmative.

I'll be leaving in September and heading back home....as planned since last year.

I will write a balanced thread after I'm done.

^^ Sad to see you are leaving. You are one of the few, that seemed to have had a good experience here from what I read, from others on this board. Good luck with your PGCE.


Arnold

Nickyboy,

Please use this thread at your convenience (when you want) to tell us about your total Korea experience.

P.S. or hogwan?

How the night life? Food? Job? Seoul?




Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks.

Are you MMM by chance? I received a PM inquiring about the same thing recently. I am no nickyboy, but I could give you a somewhat objective view of Seoul. I've been here for eighteen months.

If you could be more specific in your questions, I could answer them. Either on here, or through PM.

Cheers

Phuket...some 'positive' Korean stories would be intersting.

I know Mai Kow Lope really likes it there

Well I was having this conversation with friends earlier this evening enjoying a few Cass beers. A lot of how you like Korea, depends on your experience here. Some people get into a bad hakwon, with crappy hours, and corrupt boss. Not all hogwans and public schools are the same. If you do your homework before you come, then you have a better chance of liking what school you are at. Sometimes, it is a crap shoot, in that it is a gamble.

Also, it depends a lot of what type of person you are. Some people are more open-minded in accepting cultures, and more flexible, and adaptable to change. It can take some time to adjust, no doubt, since it is a totally different culture than the west.

Another thing that could influence your love or hate of the country is your friends. If you make friends easily, and find a good group to hang with, then that will help. A lot of people feel very isolated here, but there is hope. As I've met some great people here.

The culture takes some getting used to. Koreans are not the friendliest bunch if you don't know them. Yes, people push here, but if you don't go with the flow, and push right back, then you'll get trampled on. It is not seen as rude to push your way into the subway. Unlike in some places in Japan, where they actually queue to get on.

I seem to have a love/hate relationship with Korea, but I've learned to accept the way things are, and not try to change them. I think that is key.