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rurounihime ([personal profile] rurounihime) wrote2006-08-28 05:16 pm
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Oh my god.

Applied to go teach in Japan.

O.o

*trying to catch my breath right now*
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[identity profile] rurounihime.livejournal.com 2006-08-30 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yup, English. Have you taught over there?

Are you over there right now? O.o

[identity profile] annella.livejournal.com 2006-08-30 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Nope, but I spent a year (Feb 05-06) teaching English in South Korea. :)

[identity profile] rurounihime.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Wow! How was that? What was the biggest cultural difference? And I mean the little things, things you only know when you've lived in another place...

Haha, I lived in London for four months and I could tell you stories about its effect on me...

[identity profile] annella.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
It was .... interesting. I come from a country of 4 million people and went to one half the size with 10 times the number of people. O_O

Biggest cultural difference: FOOD. Definitely.

And just little things, like bureaucracy, lack of personal space when shopping, little old ladies using elbows to shove you aside and push in front of you in a queue, and their complete and total obsession with looking fan-fucking-tastic ALL THE TIME (and omg if you are even a kg bigger than what they consider a healthy weight you will definitely be informed of this).

But it was a really good trip, and while I wouldn't go back, I never regret going. :D

[identity profile] rurounihime.livejournal.com 2006-09-05 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Hahaha, that's so amusing! I think it would definitely be culture-shock to go from a Western culture to an Eastern culture. They are so different in so many ways!

*loves Korean food*
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