As you can imagine it was cleaned up quite a bit from the original draft, and the title was changed from "Holy shit, can you give it a rest for like two fucking seconds while I'm trying to do this vacation?" to something not of my choosing. My
latest KT piece objecting to
students using a Seoul city tour to practice English on the unwitting foreign customers also proves that I'm incapable of taking a good photo.
I totally agree with you on what you wrote in KT. But, it really depends on the person. If they're a "real" tourist or just the "weekend" tourist - someone who lives/works here teaching English.
ReplyDeleteFor me, if i go away for the weekend, and on some kind of tour, even if I'm with friends, or alone, I don't want to be bothered by children (and their parents) to be used as free English practice. I'll just do what I do when I go away for a weekend... use Korean. :p
Also, a lot of Koreans won't be able to tell if you're from France, or somewhere else in Europe. Just pretend not to speak English. I've done that a few times. Works like a treat :p
Also, having an escape plan is good. Buses are damn hard to get out of. :p
Whoa! Brian got a haircut.
ReplyDeleteBrian, my name is Daniel Gray and I am currently working with an American TV show that is coming to Jeollanamdo. I was wondering if I could ask you some questions since you live in the area.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you can ask me some questions. My email address is on the bottom of the article.
ReplyDeleteA friend contacted me a few days ago saying that one of her friends is working with a TV show profiling food in the area. She asked me if I knew any good restaurants, but I don't because to be honest I'm not as interested in the culinary culture as in other things. Not sure if you're the same person. But, if I can be of help on other things I'll do my best.
Brian, it says you are a kyosu or professor on your banner. Is that true?
ReplyDeleteWhoops, read too quickly -- kyosa not kyosu. My mistake!
ReplyDeleteThat's the description of my site from Naver. I'm not a professor, nor am I in Yeosu or named "Brain."
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