Have you been in Korea for a long time but can't seem to meet a lady who
doesn't want you for English practice? Do you want to meet someone in
Korea and actually be able to speak Korean with them? How about meeting a
Korean person who isn't part of your immediate inner circle of friends
or an English-speaking coworker? Well, it's time to step outside your
comfort zone and put yourself out there. Here are some quirky tips and
tricks for meeting members of the fairer sex that don't involve bar
pickups, cheesy lines, or doing the white man's overbite in a dance
club. Which never looks good, by the way. What follows below is meant
more for entertainment than being used as a little black book for nerds.
Which is, coincidentally, what I am. If you are a super gigolo
foreigner with three girls on each arm, clubbing the weekend away in
your hipster outfit, and possessed of a cellphone address book bumping
up against the 1000-entry limit, you don't need this little guide,
anyway. But for those of you who long to meet that sweet, nice, dreamy
Korean girl with all the right values, who doesn't want you for English
practice, and whom you can bring home to mama, then you've come to the
right place.
10) Avoid Kangnam completely.
9) Loudly speak your bad Korean everywhere you go. It's like a mobile icebreaker.
8) Do your Korean homework in a nice cafe, and even ask for grammar help from the cute girl sitting at the next table for bonus points. Avoid Starbucks and Coffee Bean, since we're looking for down-to-earth girls. Tom-n-Tom's should be the highest-rent coffee shop you should consider. No Kangnam princesses there. If she has a Starbucks to-go cup, don't even think about it.
7) Ask a nice girl for directions to a very nearby place, then cluelessly be unable to figure out her directions, then ask her to take you there herself. Make sure she is not carrying any expensive designer bags. Unless, of course, her bag is a brown Louis Vuitton, because it's probably fake, anyway. So, no worries there.
6) If you are an iPhone geek, and she has an iPhone, ask her to Bump with you. If she doesn't know about Bump, then show her how to use it. Bonus!
5) Attend a normal Korean church with no English-language services. No mega churches or churches in Kangnam, remember. The neighborhood church near wherever you live should suffice, and be full of normal people. Unless you live in Kangnam, that is.
4) Take a yoga class. Korean dudes don't take yoga.
3) Volunteer at a service-oriented NGO. You're doing a good deed for society, it's mostly single women, and NGO people in Korea don't speak English. But they tend to be a bit anti-American, so wear your maple leaf t-shirt a lot.
2) Hang out in Samcheong-dong and ask girls to take your picture. Then pose with THEM in a picture. Then ask for email addresses to send said picture. Bonus points: Have a NateOn account. Nobody uses MSN anymore, dude.
1) Did I mention to avoid Kangnam completely? Oh, yeah, I did. Some key points to look for on a nice girl: many frills and ribbons, stockings and sandals, big bow in hair, bolero covering those risqué shoulders, only one painted toe on each foot, lots of pastel colors, and 2+ patterns in an outfit. Covering the mouth while laughing is a plus.
10) Avoid Kangnam completely.
9) Loudly speak your bad Korean everywhere you go. It's like a mobile icebreaker.
8) Do your Korean homework in a nice cafe, and even ask for grammar help from the cute girl sitting at the next table for bonus points. Avoid Starbucks and Coffee Bean, since we're looking for down-to-earth girls. Tom-n-Tom's should be the highest-rent coffee shop you should consider. No Kangnam princesses there. If she has a Starbucks to-go cup, don't even think about it.
7) Ask a nice girl for directions to a very nearby place, then cluelessly be unable to figure out her directions, then ask her to take you there herself. Make sure she is not carrying any expensive designer bags. Unless, of course, her bag is a brown Louis Vuitton, because it's probably fake, anyway. So, no worries there.
6) If you are an iPhone geek, and she has an iPhone, ask her to Bump with you. If she doesn't know about Bump, then show her how to use it. Bonus!
5) Attend a normal Korean church with no English-language services. No mega churches or churches in Kangnam, remember. The neighborhood church near wherever you live should suffice, and be full of normal people. Unless you live in Kangnam, that is.
4) Take a yoga class. Korean dudes don't take yoga.
3) Volunteer at a service-oriented NGO. You're doing a good deed for society, it's mostly single women, and NGO people in Korea don't speak English. But they tend to be a bit anti-American, so wear your maple leaf t-shirt a lot.
2) Hang out in Samcheong-dong and ask girls to take your picture. Then pose with THEM in a picture. Then ask for email addresses to send said picture. Bonus points: Have a NateOn account. Nobody uses MSN anymore, dude.
1) Did I mention to avoid Kangnam completely? Oh, yeah, I did. Some key points to look for on a nice girl: many frills and ribbons, stockings and sandals, big bow in hair, bolero covering those risqué shoulders, only one painted toe on each foot, lots of pastel colors, and 2+ patterns in an outfit. Covering the mouth while laughing is a plus.
