FFS dude, you can't ignore things like population density, arable land, relative geographic isolation and lack of overland trade routes when discussing food prices.You might as well be like "Why are natural gas and petroleum so expensive here???""Well Korea has no petroleum reserves and no pipeline. It's two closest neighbors consume a crapton, one of which also has no reserves...""DMART IS DEFENDING KOREA!!!!"
weird innit. older guys here seem to lock on to my path and try to shoulder barge me on purpose.
One of the funniest things I saw in Korea was an old lady attempt a shoulder-check on my (former rugby player) wife.
For the sake of entertainment...des cribe what happened.
I've mentioned it before but this virus has really brought out the worst in some people on the Facebook expat groups. Does anybody else read them?The horrible trend these days is for someone to ask for advice about their hagwon not paying them/laying them off and then to be shat on by people in the comments. Always the same - shamed for not having enough savings. Shamed for not having some kind of disaster scenario plan in place. Not everyone has a Korean wife which opened up a million doors to things like bank loans, jeonse opportunities, better visas, a network of potential private classes etc. If it's not that then it's just another opportunity for the "backhanded sympathy brag". It's not enough to say "Oh man, really sorry to hear what you're going through...". It becomes "Luckily for me I'm not in teaching, I'm WELL PAID JOB WELL ABOVE YOU E2 VISA PEASANTS but I'm sorry to hear what you're going through..." Ridiculous. I even saw one guy (who is the worst offender by far and consistently does this) respond with a story about how he was in the same boat when he and his wife were trying to sell their multiple apartments that they own. Yeah, what a pickle that must have been.I think I need to stop reading that group haha, it's bad for my blood pressure.
those who made it to Korea 10+ years ago have an advantage over those who are only dipping their toes in now.
As a current, non-contract teacher, I won't be getting paid at all during this time
Schools have closed down in my city for the rest of the month. As a current, non-contract teacher, I won't be getting paid at all during this time Hooray AmericaHas school resumed in Korea? Or are they still putting it off?
Not open yet, planned for 23rd March, but I just can't see that happening.