Provost in Korea

[Provost Harrison]

Well chaps it would appear that I will be coming over to Seoul on business next month (there is a chance it could slip to March however). So, anyone up for a meet up over there at some point? And also, what does Seoul have to offer in terms of things to see...I wouldn't mind seeing some of the city...

[Dauphin]

So you finally going home then?

[Japher]

what does Seoul have to offer in terms of things to see

really nice gutters

[Seeker]

lol I knew you'd end up there eventually...it's a magnet for apolytoners.

Do's and Don'ts
-Do go see Itaewon
-Don't go see the Sex Museum. It's not as interesting as it sounds.
-Do go see the Royal Palace
-Don't get in a fight with drunken soldiers
-Do go to the **** House with "Bosh" and ___-____ his GF.
-Don't go to the Lotte Tower
-Do go see Lotte World...not for the thing itself, which is just really a mall/theme park, but for the bizzare and psychedelic decore outside.
-Don't get a haircut at a brothel by mistake.
-Do eat 'Super-Kalbi' and spicy Tak Kalbi, and Sam Ge Tang
-Don't Eat live squid
-Do go to 'O'Kim's Irish-Korean Pub' near Lotte World.
-Do say 'HELLOOOOO!!' and tease the girls who try out there english on you.
-Don't ride the 'Bullet Taxi'.
-Do go to a 'jim jil bbang', especially if you can find a korean guide, just for the experience
-Don't go to a 'western-style' restaurant. There are very very very few good ones in the entire country, and they are all much more expensive than Korean ones.
-Do drink soju with a korean guide/friend
-Do go to a 'Hof'.
-DON'T go to a Korean club especially if you like european clubs
-Do go to the 'Korean Folk Village' if it's open
-If there are biological sciences related jerks at what you're going to, DO ask them about Daegu Universities glow-in-the-dark green Cloned Chicken.
-DO go on the official DMZ tour
-DON'T go drunk, unshowered, in shorts with sandals.
-DON'T go skiing
-DO go Noraebangging at your hosts' pick.
-Don't trust koreans over written contracts farther than you can throw them. Racism, whatever, blah blah, I don't care what they say it's still very much a part of their culture that everything is about 'personal relationships' not written pieces of paper or "laws".
-DON'T get angry over what you may percieve as 'rudeness', stupidity, bureaucratic BS, etc etc. Remember: You Are Dealing With a Confucian Culture. It has 'worked' for them for thousands of years. Always keep that in mind when you think someone is being an idiot, they may just be 'saving face', for a superior, family, nation, etc. Getting visibly angry, and especially showing physical signs of it like a reddened face etc, is a great 'loss of face' in many asian cultures so keep cool and roll with it no matter what happens (riots, bribes, medical incompetance, etc, little things like that)

[Provost Harrison]

Sounds...erm....interesting...

[Pekka]

Dauphin, I don't see why that made me laugh so hard. But it did.

[Ecthy]

You really don't know the reason Pekka.

[Pekka]

That's because I'm not sick insanimaniac like you are.

[Ecthy]

Then why is it you laughed so hard despite your ignorance on what Dauphin is on about?

[Pekka]

So you could ask me that.

[Datajack Franit]

-DON'T go drunk, unshowered, in shorts with sandals.

He's from England

[Seeker]

I think the aussies get out of that 'don't' after all it's practically the National Costume.

[Bosh]

Everything that Seeker says is basically spot-on. Any chance that you'll be able to escape Ontario and get over here any time? I might be able to get you a summer only job with my boss (lotta won, nasty schedule) or something...

Anyway, PH you might be able to see an old-style Korean wedding on Feb 25th . This place it a trip, but I like it here.

[Traianvs]

What's wrong with Korean clubs compared to European ones?

[Seeker]

You know I'm always up for more won...

define 'summer'. Test prep/HS age students?? Or what....this isn't some kindy thing that nobody else wants to do is it...

What about plane ticket/accomodations (I can buy my own if remuneration is appropriate)

Still living in the old place? Any bouncing bambinos en route?

But sure I'd love to go back for a summer, kill a few super-sakes. You have my gmail?