Teaching English Abroad

[Admiral Yi]

Sent you an email.

Jesus Hell Timmy, you sent me the Encyclopedia Britannica.

[Monoriu]

Yeah, Asians kinda suck at metabolizing alcohol.  Alot of the ones I know turn bright red. 

I think one sip of beer will do that for me.

[jimmy olsen]

Seems they'll be a physical when I get over there.

Will they care that I had cancer? It was seven years ago, and while I've got a huge scar, it's not something that the students will ever see.

They're give teachers physicals?
How...odd.

I had to do a physical in China.  They were looking for infectious diseases.  They took my blood, x-rays, even did an ultrasound IIRC.  the strange thing was, there were about 10 fascinated Chinese in the room staring at me for each step of the procedure.   

Aha. They want to take this opportunity to study a real westerner.

I believe they give everyone physicals, not just teachers.

[jimmy olsen]

Sent you an email.

Jesus Hell Timmy, you sent me the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Just 13 pages of pdf, it's not my fault Korean characters take up so much space.

[DisturbedPervert]

Sent you an email.

Jesus Hell Timmy, you sent me the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Just 13 pages of pdf, it's not my fault Korean characters take up so much space.

13 pages!? How much are you paying him?   

[jimmy olsen]

All I got left is a short interview over the phone and I'm in.

I was at Staples getting paper yesterday and I checked out the outlet adapters. There was one set for $29.99 that had adapters for a slew of countries including Japan. However South Korea was not listed, would it work there?

[Monoriu]

All I got left is a short interview over the phone and I'm in.

I was at Staples getting paper yesterday and I checked out the outlet adapters. There was one set for $29.99 that had adapters for a slew of countries including Japan. However South Korea was not listed, would it work there?

The last time I was in S. Korea, the voltage is 220v, i.e. different from the 110v in the US.  It is unlikely that your electricity appliances will work over there. 

[jimmy olsen]

All I got left is a short interview over the phone and I'm in.

I was at Staples getting paper yesterday and I checked out the outlet adapters. There was one set for $29.99 that had adapters for a slew of countries including Japan. However South Korea was not listed, would it work there?

The last time I was in S. Korea, the voltage is 220v, i.e. different from the 110v in the US.  It is unlikely that your electricity appliances will work over there.

That's why I need an adapter. I want to know if an adapter that will work in Japan will work in S. Korea.

[Monoriu]

All I got left is a short interview over the phone and I'm in.

I was at Staples getting paper yesterday and I checked out the outlet adapters. There was one set for $29.99 that had adapters for a slew of countries including Japan. However South Korea was not listed, would it work there?

The last time I was in S. Korea, the voltage is 220v, i.e. different from the 110v in the US.  It is unlikely that your electricity appliances will work over there.

That's why I need an adapter. I want to know if an adapter that will work in Japan will work in S. Korea.

No, they use different systems.  Japan is the same as the US in terms of socket and voltage.  S. Korea is different on both counts.

[jimmy olsen]

All I got left is a short interview over the phone and I'm in.

I was at Staples getting paper yesterday and I checked out the outlet adapters. There was one set for $29.99 that had adapters for a slew of countries including Japan. However South Korea was not listed, would it work there?

The last time I was in S. Korea, the voltage is 220v, i.e. different from the 110v in the US.  It is unlikely that your electricity appliances will work over there.

That's why I need an adapter. I want to know if an adapter that will work in Japan will work in S. Korea.

No, they use different systems.  Japan is the same as the US in terms of socket and voltage.  S. Korea is different on both counts.

What about China, are they the same? It had one for China too.

I'd assumed that since Japan ruled Korea when electricity became mainstream they'd be the same. Weird.

[Monoriu]

China is 220v.  As far as I can remember, China, Japan, S.Korea and HK all use different socket plugs.

[jimmy olsen]

China is 220v.  As far as I can remember, China, Japan, S.Korea and HK all use different socket plugs.

Well crap.

[Monoriu]

China is 220v.  As far as I can remember, China, Japan, S.Korea and HK all use different socket plugs.

Well crap.

You bought the adaptor?

[jimmy olsen]

China is 220v.  As far as I can remember, China, Japan, S.Korea and HK all use different socket plugs.

Well crap.

You bought the adaptor?

No but, I saw it was good for Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and maybe Thailand IIRC, but I didn't see any for S. Korea.

I'll have to scope out a couple of different places.

[Monoriu]

The thing is, I think it is very unlikely that a US$30 thing will convert the voltage.  Even if you can adapt the plug you can't transform the voltage.  I speak from experience - I've lived in both HK (220V) and Canada (110v) for years.  Adapting the plug is easy.  Transforming the voltage is tough.