tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post8311381960679923392..comments2023-06-10T21:49:29.567+09:00Comments on smithyblogs: The HuntSmithyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04574174207063580137noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-82149544263376298122010-01-30T23:03:26.699+09:002010-01-30T23:03:26.699+09:00Good post but, most of these guys are young men - ...Good post but, most of these guys are young men - what do you expect them to be doing after dark? What do you really think they'd be doing back home? The exact same thing - chasing women, Judd Apatow-style.<br /><br />There are 2 kinds of teacher in Korea. Those who teach, and don't go out in the evening to drink. And there are those who teach, but do go out, and do get noticed because they're outdoors, in public (of course).<br /><br />And think how cheap it is to drink and go clubbing in Korea...it's gonna tempt anyone to let their hair down often, with all the fun that entails (including any outcomes of a positive or negative nature, just like any country).lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-394638331153596262010-01-18T12:27:41.135+09:002010-01-18T12:27:41.135+09:00And the women's persepective arrives. Well, o...And the women's persepective arrives. Well, one woman, anyway. <br /><br />One time, I was late meeting up with a friend, and he wasn't where we agreed to meet when I finally arrived. Thinking he might have ducked into a nearby pub for a drink while he waited, I stuck my head into the barrooms within view. I was new in Korea and "foreigner bar" meant just that to me. I went up a dark stairway and opened a door to find 10 or 12 young Asian women sitting on folding chairs in a dimly lit bar. They were dressed in lingerie and prom-type gowns. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure it out, but their faces said it all as they looked up at me wordlessly. (I always make this story a comic one when I tell it at at parties -"They all had the same look on their face...'sister, he ain't here!'") What I really saw was the whole thing - their entire experience as women in this place and time. I saw everything I see in a young, strong animal chained three feet from a filthy wooden structure. I agree that there is avarice and malice to be found in those women. And it's ugly. I just don't think that's all there is.<br /><br />And I have seen the foreign men, as well - long in the tooth, misfit, maladjusted. But I have come to a place where along with my recognition of their faults and criticism of their behavior, I'm willing to be honest about myself: having never experienced many of the struggles other people go through, it's easy for me to preach. I think the world can be a cold and lonely place for some, (although they may well have made it that way themselves, at least in part) and not everybody has the same resources - emotionally, psychologically, etc.- to cope with that. Rather than make this an excuse, it's a way, I think, to recognize that you, too, might one day be 63 years old, desperately lonely, and full of insecurities. Or 50 and making dumbass mistakes because you're an idiot. Or 24 and having far too much to drink on a regular basis. <br /><br />Candice CadranAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-30989988666193953242010-01-18T03:56:39.899+09:002010-01-18T03:56:39.899+09:00Haven't had one of them in ages...cheesesteaks...Haven't had one of them in ages...cheesesteaks, I mean.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-9890318117705105562010-01-17T23:21:04.286+09:002010-01-17T23:21:04.286+09:00The Western guys, especially the ones over 30, as ...The Western guys, especially the ones over 30, as a general rule, give me the damn willies. <br /><br />Case in point: The lady and I were at a bar back in Okpo when we met an unattractive Norwegian shipworker and his reasonably attractive Asian girlfriend (not Korean, but one of the countries :::points and whispers::: "down there"). After a couple hours of solid drinking, food was in order, so we headed to the Turkish restaurant. The Norwegian Mer-man gets a call from HIS WIFE during dinner and spends a good portion of the rest of the meal defending his actions as though his wife and kids knew about all of this and were presumably okay with it. <br /><br />But after dinner, and long after I sobered up, I began to think about the whole situation. What bothered me more? Was it the fact that this unattractive guy was obviously pulling one over on his wife, or was it that this Asian broad was using this really unattractive guy for his money? The answer is both and they probably happen much more than I want to know.<br /><br />It's easy to fault a weirdo 40 year-old with no self-esteem/social skills for trying to shack up with a "native", but let's also not forget the "other Hunters" who are trying to use that guy for a "get out of jail free" card.<br /><br />Anyway, people are dumb, hot chocolate is amazing, and let's talk about cheesesteaks.J-Maohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11547486924001075074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-53862253949431433752010-01-17T13:37:35.563+09:002010-01-17T13:37:35.563+09:00It's very hard to read this and not lose just ...It's very hard to read this and not lose just a little more respect for the general western male population. What the heck is it with the obsession with Asian women anyway? Or maybe, I don't really want to know the answer to that.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-18155002782386744062010-01-17T01:21:48.085+09:002010-01-17T01:21:48.085+09:00That's awesome. So true. At least someone el...That's awesome. So true. At least someone else sees it to...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-32840063031998844122010-01-16T16:02:09.272+09:002010-01-16T16:02:09.272+09:00Despicable. Yeah, I met a few of those guys myself...Despicable. Yeah, I met a few of those guys myself. They were invariably fat, greasy bastards with eyeballs that always swung way too low when they were introduced to a woman. "Yellow fever," both exemplifies the short-sighted lechery of these creeps and turns any decent man's stomach. <br /><br />'Course, unlike Mr. Forte, I was never attractive by Korean standards, so fortunately I was never tempted to fall in with that feverish crowd. It took me about 8 months to decide that Asian women were attractive anyway.A.T. Posthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03987529687181431843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4596534380383066478.post-26021047472499346722010-01-16T14:09:21.521+09:002010-01-16T14:09:21.521+09:00Very funny and very true. One thing I will say th...Very funny and very true. One thing I will say though is that an average looking western man will be more attractive (relatively speaking) in Korea than back home. I mean, even I had "handsome" shouted at me on a semi-regular basis in Korea. Christ, even you did and that was just the guys! I've not had the same reaction in any other Asian country. Here in Taipei i'm very much an average Joe again which keeps my feet on the ground. Korea is a weird place in terms of how they rate attractiveness, but I agree, the let's fuck an Asian crowd are a foul bunch.Chris Fortehttp://www.mytb.org/fortsnoreply@blogger.com