I want to go home...

[Thespeckledkiwi]

After looking at some of the city skyline shots of Icheon and Seoul, it made me a little sad and a little home sick. I know I grew up in North America and that I am an American but still, Korea feels...like home.

I tried to go back a few years ago but they decided to reject me because I wasn't American enough (apparently American to them is white, Anglo-Saxon not...Korean dude living in America).

But...I was always curious about the culture and the atmosphere of Korea. I love their architecture and their cities.

I also heard that the government has lessen their stance on adoptees (once considered a great shame to their society) and they are now welcoming back Koreans.

*sighs* If only I had the money to go back home...Or find an American job in Korea.

 

[iguana_tonante]

You can never go home.

 

[GodThingFormerly]

I spent an absolutely terrific week in Daejeon during IAC2009. If nothing else it is certainly a far cleaner and safer city than any American counterpart of similar size (especially that shithole Philadelphia where I wasted three years of my life).

SLR

 

[Count Zero]

Well, you might be sentimental about it now, from afar, but living there is a different thing. You should first try to live there for a time before deciding to go there permanently.

So, a job there sounds like a good idea. I've always wanted to spend a holiday in Korea, too. But my (non-existent) financial resources have limited my travels to Europe.

 

[Tulin]

God, if I had the choice between living in the US and some shitty third world Asian country, I know which one I would choose!!!

 

[rafterman1701]

God, if I had the choice between living in the US and some shitty third world Asian country, I know which one I would choose!!!

Third world? Wow, that's pretty ignorant. Hey OP, just get a job teaching English. I'm sure you could get one.

 

[Colonel Green]

God, if I had the choice between living in the US and some shitty third world Asian country, I know which one I would choose!!!

Please wipe the drool off your chin, it's off-putting.

 

[trampledamage]

Korea has a great program for bringing in teachers to teach English. You should look into joining if you want to go there. They pay for return flights back to America each year.

 

[Canadave]

God, if I had the choice between living in the US and some shitty third world Asian country, I know which one I would choose!!!

 

[Australis]

I know what TSK means - I love Australia, but I was born in Scotland, and had a lot of Scottish culture in my life, and been there once, and would really like to go and live there for a year, maybe 2. Find out a bit more about who I am by where I come from, and all that.

Tulin, Sth Korea is far from a 3rd world country. Nth Korea is a different kettle of fish, but that's a thread for another day, and probably TNZ

 

[gturner]

Over there you'd feel like an American. Over here you feel like a Korean. You're caught between two worlds.

But by splicing your genes with James Cameron's genes you can create an avatar that will let you interact badly in both cultures.

 

[Kirkman1987]

I spent two weeks in South Korea in 2008 and thought it seemed a wonderful and beautiful place.

I spent every night shopping and going to dance clubs, and the day working very closely with my Korean military counterpart, who was just a great guy.

 

[Thespeckledkiwi]

Korea has a great program for bringing in teachers to teach English. You should look into joining if you want to go there. They pay for return flights back to America each year.

They don't want me I tried. I don't look like an American aka Anglo American.

But yeah, I find the architecture beautiful.

As for Philly, I almost got mugged the first night there. Some construction workers picked me up and helped me LOL