OT: Survived A Trip To Korea

fixed, computer error

I'm glad mgoblog readers are creepy, making this tangential to the blog,so this off topic post doesn't have to be deleted.  I'd hate to have had to miss this.

/justification-for-keeping-awesome-off-topic-post

I was in Korea earlier this year for a business trip.  62 hours on the ground from landing to departure.  Did you lay over in Narita?  Next time, try to get a seat on the left side of the plane from ICN to NRT - fantastic view of Mt Fuji.

Never had dog soup, but did have braised dog meat.  Not bad.  This was, of course, about 18 years ago when the practice was less unacceptable (or at least publicized).

I've had "Nothing to Envy" on hold at my local library for 2 months now.  Jerk that had it before me lost it and they won't order a new copy until the idiot pays up.  

Great story.  I knew someone who went from LA to Korea to be a pop star, succeeded, and now lives in Atlanta.  I also have a childhood friend who starred as the "Korean girl from America" in a few dramas.  She also won the Miss Korean-American pageant back in the early 90's.  Pop culture in Korea is definitely a weird thing.  

Bar and/or restaurant do Koreans attend to watch Michigan games?...

"ANA though follows through on its corporate mission statement by recruiting young Japanese girls and dressing in uniforms that are also sold in Japanese sex shops."

Egad -- contrast that with the grouchy hags you often get on U.S. domestic flights (the prime ones, anyway) and you'll be tempted to conclude that unions have ruined our country.  (I don't necessarily believe that, but I think you'll get the point.)

Congrats man.  Also, yeah, I was already sad for you from the "no longer have a Korean girlfriend" line, so I might have had to kill you for a whole post of it.*

*Please note, this poster will not actually commit homicide over the contents of a post, although maiming is still on the table. 

Congrats CRex - a solid engagement trip story.  And I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are really looking forward to wedding related hilarity down the road.

Now where are the stewardess pics?

I know that there are very good kickers/punters in Korea. 

what a great story (no s/)

I hope this means unlimited Bibimbop's for you. (In the literal sense) 

Excellent, congrats on the engagement.  We're all invited to the wedding, right?

So your Korean fiancee used to be your teacher?

I mean, if your fiancee reads this, and still wants to marry you after hearing about you wanting to start a Mormon/LOST way of life with her and the stewardess, you lusting after her scantily clad underage sister, and how much you liked hanging out with her model friends, then she's a keeper. Those must have been some duck pellets.

...and so far no special operations teams have taken me out.

Yet.

Congratulations on the engagement CRex, also glad to hear you made it out of Korea unscathed. Dancing with all those Korean models must have been torture.

1. Mazel tov
2. You're an excellent, very funny writer.  I still have to get around to reading the 4-part series about you meeting your future in-laws.
3. You got a date with your GSI.  (Apparently some other stuff followed as well.)
4. I want to hang out with your future sister-in-law's friends.  Deal?

I'm not an "awwww proposal!!!!" person but that was legit heart warming. Good luck!

CRex, you are a MGoBlog legend.

축하해!!! 

I would pay a considerable amount of money for a bowl of dog soup and a bottle or two of soju...

Seoul Garden has 영양탕  on the menu.  That translates loosely to 'nutrition soup', and in Korea 영양탕 = 보신탕, order either and you get dog soup.  The Seoul Garden version obviously didn't have dog meat, I'd guess goat meat.  It was poor compared to dog soup, but not bad if you have a hankering for 육개장.

Again CRex, congratulations!

What'd you think of the Seoul airport? I was just there a few weeks ago. Free cultural activities for foreigners!

Also, holy crap people talked to your fiancée about this? I mean, I guess I'm impressed with MGoBlog's reach, but. . .

...and your intended!

Great story!!!

Congratulations!! 

Congratulations! But why didn't you stay for 추석?

Great stuff man.  Very entertaining.

Thanks for this, I guess...Congrats on the engagement though.

CRex.... MS Paint or it didn't happen.

I kid, congratulations and thanks for sharing your stories.  Well done!

After the long silence, I feared the end of the saga.  Congrats on the engagement!

me and my team of USAF Spec Ops who are formerly of Korean girlfriend relationships are ready to extract you on a moments notice should the rehersal dinner go bad. Just light the flare, activate the homing beacon, and a helicopter will be at your location anywhere on the peninsula in 25 min.

I'm most interested in the covert pics of the sister in her night shirt and the model friends you managed to snap!

Thanks again CRex, and chuka haeyo.

I am in awe of the fact that you managed to get your UMass stream up within an hour. I would have been dead the second I saw the little swirlies on the Seoul map.