Author Topic: You know you're in Korea when... (Read 56541 times)

ADB123 · « **Reply #480 on:** April 06, 2011, 08:54:34 PM »

......you brush your teeth after lunch.....
.......when you find yourself gasping through your teeth.......

Candyfloss · « **Reply #481 on:** April 06, 2011, 09:06:52 PM »

Your wallet is full of point cards from different chain stores.

Eat cake with chopsticks seems normal.

Your English deteriorates while your Konglish improves significantly.

You are bombarded with super personal questions such as "what is your blood type" when you first meet someone.

BusanSam · « **Reply #482 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:35:43 AM »

Haha, agreed about the "portable bathrooms" (water bottles)

I've seen this too many times to count, but it still shocks me every.time. I see it!

YanGudanets · « **Reply #483 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:38:15 AM »

Your co-teacher calls you at 7:59 to meet him at 8:00 when he knows you live in a 20 minute walk away from where he picks you up.

chaubabes · « **Reply #484 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:40:33 AM »

When eating hamburgers for breakfast is the norm. yeah... my co-teacher thought I was weird for not wanting to partake in the hamburger eating in the morning.

cruisemonkey · « **Reply #485 on:** April 07, 2011, 10:42:55 AM »

When your co-teacher phones you (at your home phone) and says "Where are you?"

Molo · « **Reply #486 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:05:49 AM »

When school is cancelled because of a radioactive rain drizzle and open during a typhoon.

KTeacher · « **Reply #487 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:11:08 AM »

when you use an umbrella when it snows.

lburlew · « **Reply #488 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:11:43 AM »

When loud, sparkly ties are more expensive than non-sparkly ones with more subdued colours.

Actually, when the older people get in this country, the more sparkly they become. Then they seem to hit a point where they are considered "too old to care about fashion" and quit the sparkles entirely.

pinklemonade · « **Reply #489 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:12:48 AM »

When there is a smoking room in the gym, lol

the oak llama · « **Reply #490 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:25:36 AM »

men's pants options are:

small

medium

shiny

extra shiny

wayfarer · « **Reply #491 on:** April 07, 2011, 11:43:35 AM »

Every kid you see says "Hi".

Yu_9 · « **Reply #492 on:** April 10, 2011, 05:53:39 PM »

Everything is spicy for some reason. I mean... should spaghetti and pizza be spicy also? What's next? Spicy milk? :o

rh8987 · « **Reply #493 on:** April 10, 2011, 05:59:08 PM »

You go to run a race and there is a special check-in booth with a large sign that says: FOREIGNERS.

lyou4299 · « **Reply #494 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:02:57 PM »

You take a sick student to the nurse's office and find said student's homeroom teacher laying in one of the beds nursing her hangover.

bornlikethis88 · « **Reply #495 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:05:48 PM »

When the teachers at your school are impressed that you can use the chopstick even if you're a Chinese and they are so happy when you like their food

sajia · « **Reply #496 on:** April 10, 2011, 06:12:05 PM »

I am indian... but i grow up in Canada....I know i am in Korean when i hear Indo Indo?

ha_neul · « **Reply #497 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:04:46 PM »

... you bow at the end of mobile phone conversations.

foreverJ · « **Reply #498 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:26:26 PM »

you've suddenly become a pro at PowerPoint.

jmjburton · « **Reply #499 on:** April 10, 2011, 07:35:35 PM »

...you try to bow to the principal while riding a bike or standing at the urinal in the teacher-only bathroom.

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