# I'm in South Korea! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402 "2006-04-20T01:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/1 "2006-04-20T01:20:49Z")
I haven’t posted in a while, nor started a thread in even longer… so, this seemed like a worthwhile reason to start one. I’m now 7,000+ miles from home, sitting in a hotel in Pusan, South Korea, on a business trip. The actual “business” part hasn’t really started yet, though. So, what’s the first thing I do? Set up the computer, start e-mailing people, and post to my LiveJournal. 🙂 This is all pretty unusual for me, since it is the first time I’m travelling on the company dime, and it’s on the other side of the world. For some experienced business travellers, I guess, it’d be as banal as a trip to the grocery store. Feel free to leave any comments or ask anything you want, but I may not get back to the thread until late tonight (it’s 10:15 AM Thursday here). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/2 "2006-04-20T01:25:01Z")
You gonna bring back some kimchee for **Tris**? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/3 "2006-04-20T01:28:32Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > You gonna bring back some kimchee for **Tris**? 😃 Do you want him hauled off to Guantanamo for trafficking in chemical weapons? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/4 "2006-04-20T01:33:57Z")
How’s the hotel? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/5 "2006-04-20T01:39:29Z")
When come back, bring Korean pie. ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/6 "2006-04-20T01:52:41Z")
How’s the weather? Can you have a word with the www.icho.sk/, held in South Korea this year, to the effect that **athelas** should compete? ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/7 "2006-04-20T02:08:57Z")
Make that…could you have a word with the _directors_ of the IchO, to the effect… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/8 "2006-04-20T03:04:17Z")
> [@av8rmike](#): > > it’s 10:15 AM Thursday here That _totally_ hurts my head … but in a good way, I think. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/9 "2006-04-20T03:22:21Z")
So did you get it worked out with the concert you had scheduled at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/10 "2006-04-20T09:37:28Z")
I guess I could bring back some kimchi… I’d just have to figure out where to get it, and if there are import restrictions! 🙂 As yet, I haven’t even tried eating any, yet. **athelas** , it’s been cool, maybe upper 50s, low 60s, but unusually windy here in Pusan. And sure, I’ll get right on that thing. **Misnomer** , now it’s 6:30 PM, which would be 5:30 AM your time. Good morning! (I’mak not changing my time zone on the board while I’m here) **Guin** , the concert is still happening, just a day or so after I get back. The jet lag didn’t really affect me too much going over, so I’m hoping I won’t be all screwed up on the way back. I’ll let you know! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-in-south-korea/353402/11 "2006-04-20T09:55:20Z")
Coming back from Korea is the best. I landed in Atlanta 30 mins BEFORE I left Korea. Can’t beat that speed.