28-09-2003 19:17									#31
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quote: Yeah, you're smarter than me like that.

After, re-reading the first couple posts, I really can't figure out why I assumed the guy was Korean. Must've been a lucky guess. Certainly not any sort of intelligence on the part of my dumbass.

	28-09-2003 19:20									#32
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quote: And Boshko... smoke me a kipper, would you? I'll be back before breakfast!

What a guy!

quote: it's okay for a guy to visit "Love Hotels"

But they have such nice complimentary drinks in the fridge, so hard to resist

	28-09-2003 19:52									#33
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even with koreans being absolutely psychotic and what not, he still seems greazy to me.

then again, since i'm americanized... i suppose i have quite a different viewpoint.

	28-09-2003 19:56									#34
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quote: even with koreans being absolutely psychotic and what not

I knew you'd see the light eventually.

	28-09-2003 20:15									#35
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quote: I knew you'd see the light eventually.

well, it comes from china. it's this wierd cultural transmission thing.

none of the chinese are sane, and they're just kinda bright.
koreans are psychotic, but geniuses.
japanese are completely, utterly, outrageously loony, and they tend to be idiot savants.

	28-09-2003 20:28									#36
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quote: Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia I liked the whole "pampered retreat" thing. I guess I either didn't do a good job of describing it the way she told me, or the whole gender difference thing was bigger than I thought.

It's an old tactic. You see it even in the movies Granted, if it works, why wreck your brain?

quote: Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia I'm not into teddy bears but I thought that was a cute idea... Now if only some guy could find a romantic way of giving me jewelry and a GameCube...

Calling Alexnm, take note!

	28-09-2003 20:32									#37
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i wonder what he cooked for her.

if it was something like bibimbap, then i'd tell her that she's wasting her time.

now, something along the lines of, oh, i dunno, olgaengi, or crab, then, maybe she's not.

	28-09-2003 20:41									#38
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The guy could have saved himself alot by just buying himself a morning-after pill for her.

	28-09-2003 20:55									#39
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Hey if its a Korean guy, she's probably lucky if he can cook lameon...

	28-09-2003 20:57									#40
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hey! i resemble that comment!

	29-09-2003 08:39									#41
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I guess it must be hard to get the water hot enough sometimes, and slippery the little packs of spices are

	29-09-2003 08:45									#42
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What the heck is lameon? Is it pronounced as "lame-on?"

	29-09-2003 09:11									#43
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pronounced lah-meon or lah-mayon, bit hard to transliterate.
all makes a little more sense when you realize how often koreans swap l's and r's

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	29-09-2003 09:54									#44
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You won't believe this but I'm eating a packet of that RIGHT NOW as I read your post!

Far out.

I think it was spelled with an "R" on the package, though.

	29-09-2003 10:11									#45
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quote: As if the above weren't enough testament to his organizational skills, the final coup de grace came when she worried she might be pregnant, after the event. With admirable coolness, he summoned up his formidable presence of mind and gave her an eloquent rationale as to why, owing to certain cycles which he had evidently monitored very closely, it was impossible for her to get pregnant at that time.

Scary! I mean, yeah you'd know a person's cycles after dating her for a little bit, but to monitor cycles after not really knowing her that much (so it seems) is definetly creepy.

That and setting up everything and anything just right so that he could get laid is also a bit creepy. If it had just been making dinner and getting her into bed (rubbing her back and all), then fine. But the teddy and the cycle monitoring and the cloth for the peanut oil (which was actually just for the sex)? Damn...

	29-09-2003 10:15									#46
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quote: Originally posted by Makeo Yeah that story gave me the creeps too.

same here - why can't he just get her drunk like everyone else?

	29-09-2003 11:05									#47
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quote: Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia You won't believe this but I'm eating a packet of that RIGHT NOW as I read your post! Far out. I think it was spelled with an "R" on the package, though.

Yeah...what is it with Asians and l's and r's. My wife is Thai and Thai's have the exact same problem (if you can call it that). And I have heard that Japanese share the same speech impediment.

Weird.

Asmodean

	29-09-2003 11:13									#48
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quote: Originally posted by Alexander's Horse same here - why can't he just get her drunk like everyone else?

Agreed. Candy is dandy and music will sooth her but liquor is quicker.

	29-09-2003 11:15									#49
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quote: Originally posted by Asmodean Yeah...what is it with Asians and l's and r's. My wife is Thai and Thai's have the exact same problem (if you can call it that). And I have heard that Japanese share the same speech impediment.

Thai girls in Denmark? I thought the current Danish government had made it hard for immigrants to enter the country and gain citizenship even if married to a Dane. How did you two meet? Were you working over seas or did she live in Denmark?

	29-09-2003 13:29									#50
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First of all, Oerdin, I'm kinda impressed that you're so well informed about Danish matters

We were married before that law went into effect, so my wife is exempt from the law. But you're right, as things are now, it is pretty hard for a Dane to marry someone from outside the European Union.

The law's purpose is not racism (believe it or not). The law was passed to prevent arranged marriages in immigrant communities. It was passed by the government after pressure from our racist right, and after a campaign in the press against arranged marriages. This campaign focused on how (predominantly moslem) families would punish, and at times kill daughters who refused to marry the person whom the parents had chosen.

The law does a few things to prevent this. First of all, the happy couple has to document to Danish authorites that they have special bonds to Denmark, that warrants them settling here. This means that a couple where the woman is Danish second generation immigrant, and the man is Turkish would have to settle in Turkeym because they have stronger or equally strong ties with Turkey.

But that's not it. The law also states that if they are granted permission to settle in Denmark, they have to have adequate housing. This means and apartment or house of their own, either bought or rented. No living with parents or friends is allowed.

And finally, they have to be older than 24 years of age. If either party is younger than 24, the immigrant will not be granted permission to live in Denmark.

Recently a change has been made to the law. If you have been a Danish citizen for 28 years or more, your spouse can receive permission to settle in Denmark, and is as such exempt from the law.

My wife and I met through our jobs. She was at the time working for GE Capital in Bangkok, and I for GE Capital in Denmark. The timing was great for us. 1 year later, and we would have to go through what all Danish/foreign couple are now going through

Asmodean

	29-09-2003 13:39									#51
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quote: none of the chinese are sane, and they're just kinda bright. koreans are psychotic, but geniuses. japanese are completely, utterly, outrageously loony, and they tend to be idiot savants.

	29-09-2003 16:09									#52
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yeah, it's ramen on the packages. but it's damn good--the best pack of instant noodles i've known thus far.

nong shim (the maker) seems to make the best of that kind. ansungtangmyun's pretty good, too. they come in little orange bags.

hey, did you know it turns out that over 75% of all asians have cataracts?








the rest drive rincons and chevorays.

	29-09-2003 16:15									#53
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quote: Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia You won't believe this but I'm eating a packet of that RIGHT NOW as I read your post! Far out. I think it was spelled with an "R" on the package, though.

Ya but the way its pronounced (at least to my ears) sounds much more like an "L"

quote: Yeah...what is it with Asians and l's and r's.

In Korean they don't have a l or an r letter, just one that looks like a digital 2 that's kind of inbetween but sometimes sounds more like one or the other in annoyling unpredicatable ways.

quote: the best pack of instant noodles i've known thus far.

Still prefer Cup O Noodles

	29-09-2003 16:20									#54
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The Chinese here don't seem to like it when I call instant noodles ramen. :shrug:

	29-09-2003 16:29									#55
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quote: In Korean they don't have a l or an r letter, just one that looks like a digital 2 that's kind of inbetween but sometimes sounds more like one or the other in annoyling unpredicatable ways.

when it's in the initial position, i.e., beginning of syllables or near the top when written, it tends to be r. when it's in the final position, it tends to be l.

i think it's always like that, because right now i can't think of an exception at all.

that's why it's la.myun, not ra.men, as the japanese call it.

	29-09-2003 16:30									#56
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btw, how are you liking ch'ongju, boshko? been to the castle ruins outside of town? or the jikje museum in unchondong? how 'bout the taechong damn down south?

	29-09-2003 16:35									#57
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed quote: In Korean they don't have a l or an r letter, just one that looks like a digital 2 that's kind of inbetween but sometimes sounds more like one or the other in annoyling unpredicatable ways. when it's in the initial position, i.e., beginning of syllables or near the top when written, it tends to be r. when it's in the final position, it tends to be l. i think it's always like that, because right now i can't think of an exception at all. that's why it's la.myun, not ra.men, as the japanese call it.

I understand that. But quite clearly all asians can pronounce both the l and thr r sound quite perfectly. So I guess I fail to see why they would get them mixed up in English.

Asmodean

	29-09-2003 16:36									#58
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed btw, how are you liking ch'ongju, boshko? been to the castle ruins outside of town? or the jikje museum in unchondong? how 'bout the taechong damn down south?

cheungju's OK but since its 20 minutes away and because I've been spending my weekends in Seoul I don't get to see it that often. As far as archeological stuff I've gotten to see the Songnisan temple complex and a couple cute little temples hidden away in the hills around my little town (almost prefer them to the tourist traps that the famous temples are), gotta get around and see more...

	29-09-2003 16:48									#59
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quote: I understand that. But quite clearly all asians can pronounce both the l and thr r sound quite perfectly. So I guess I fail to see why they would get them mixed up in English.

japanese doesn't really have the l sound, which explains them. and as for koreans, i don't often hear them mixing those sounds up~ they mess up other sounds, tending to not do well with f, z, and th, for instance. they're also not used to having a l sound at the beginning, which might help explain some of it, but...

boshko:
don't blame you for spending more time in seoul. it's bigger and a lot more interesting. if you're not in cheongju, then, where are you? boun?

	29-09-2003 16:55									#60
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed boshko: don't blame you for spending more time in seoul. it's bigger and a lot more interesting. if you're not in cheongju, then, where are you? boun?

Don't mind cheongju, I can do most everything there that I do in Seoul except eat thai food and see my gf (both of which are of vital importance to my continued sanity). I'm in Jeungpyeong, its about 20 minutes Seoul-side of Cheongju, where the only white people in town are me and the russians strippers