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my trip to korea

armin came to spin there but not while i was there.
nobody does drugs because they arent readily available like they are here.
and nobody really dances all that much except the foreigners and a few hardcore enthusiasts.
most go for the "scene."

hit up this club called m2 which spun house, trance,etc. it was fun. lots of hot girls in there with lots of plastic on their bodies and faces. very pretentious. lots of models and model wannabes. its growing though.

dj demtetri (from paris,nots ure of the spelling) is big there. he usually spins at the W hotel on walker hill.

the club sizes are in no comparison to what they are here in the states. the feel is more small, kinda like a dirty B.E.D. venue. or half the size of spirit. very interesting though.

any music style or trend here that carries over there is completely exaggerated. example...hiphop culture is a phenom out there. its a lifestyle. you see kids in get ups like do rags and gold chains. its absurb but fascinating at the same time. you have korean kids rapping in english singing along to 50 cent but they have no idea what they are saying.

promos for new restaurants in the streets by promo girls are blasting 50 cents song candy shop. little do they know it is a song about blowjobs with full blown cursing. in the middle of lunch rush hour! really funny. if that happened in the mall in new york it would be shut down in an instant.

they have hiphop clubs dedicated to hiphop. not only the music but everyone in there is dressed down to the nitty gritty. even the walls have hiphop slang painted on them. like "yo yo whats up!" or "holla!"
two main clubs were called HARLEM and NOISE BASEMENT aka NB. very grimey clubs but thats the way they were intended.

people dont grind in the clubs like they do here. well they do but its different. the actual act of grinding is called BOOBY BOOBY. its derived from a term in korean beebyu beebyu which pretty much translates to "to mix." like how we go out to play poker or watch a game....they go out to do booby booby or to grind. the actual act goes down like this. you go up to a girl specifically from the rear and grind your crotch on her. if she likes you shell stay. if not she leaves. thats ll you do. similar to that of the states but its like window shopping. its "booking" in its own way if you guys know what booking is. thats a whole other world.

typical stereotype of clubs in ny? everyone asked me if i carry a gun to a club. i tell them im from nyc and they freak out like i go out risking my life every weekend. they think everyone gets stabbed and shot everywhere you go. where do they get that? probably from MTV and hiphop music vids.

oh yea and worldcup was insane there when they beat togo. insane! i have some pics which are not safe for work.
to your viewing pleasure.
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it would be nice to see EDM grow in asia like it is in europe. im sure after reading various articles that its a market untapped which a lot of djs would be interested in getting in to.

but then again things in asia are fads taken from the western world with their own twist.

Did you check out Japan on your trip? That's a whole other story!

Wow. Pretty cool. ' learn something new every day here LOL. I had heard about Japan being all about hysteria and fads. Didn't know it was like that in other Asian countries as well. I want to take a look at the pics, but you say they're not appropriate for work. How so? I'm at work currently and bored out of my mind.

my trip to the philippines

i just came back recently, was gonna write about it, thanks for inspiring me to do so illmaticnyc, ahaha

had to opportunity to go visit a few of the many islands (1700+) in the philippines for about 10 days, and what i find out was that tiesto recently made a trip out there. there were posters of tiesto posted on many of the streets ... i hear the turn out was great!

went to a club called embassy in manila. has anyone been there? had lots of fun. they mostly played house music and a little trancey stuff. the people were all cool. all very friendly! and the cool part of it all was that everyone spoke english! it's the 2nd most used language, aside from taglish!

in the u.s. we'd have to worry about washing machines, there, one would have to worry about she-man's. ahahaha. below, is a pic where i was able to capture one. can you identify it? ahaha.

also, the crowd there was cool. apparently, many australians go there to partay, as well. so good mix of filipino's and of other races ...

one of the huge +'s was that mostly everything was super cheap there ... i'd say about 75% cheaper (native stuff, that is...). my friend and i paid $10 to get into the club, and that included three drinking vouchers! nice!

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Originally posted by Blake Wow. Pretty cool. ' learn something new every day here LOL. I had heard about Japan being all about hysteria and fads. Didn't know it was like that in other Asian countries as well. I want to take a look at the pics, but you say they're not appropriate for work. How so? I'm at work currently and bored out of my mind.

click on it and ye shall see.
a lot of the fashion comes out of korea and trickles to other countries so i learned and heard in korea. a lot of trends go through there now before japan.

its a love hate thing with the western world. some hated the fact that i was from the states and some were fascinated

those pics from korea are
lol interesting

Interesting ?

Re: my trip to korea

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc they go out to do booby booby or to grind. the actual act goes down like this. you go up to a girl specifically from the rear and grind your crotch on her. if she likes you shell stay. if not she leaves. thats ll you do.

hehe I wonder if the asians in America copy this, bc I am constantly getting this "move"

So in your pics: do people just walk around naked and having sex, and thats normal? I am not sure if thats cool or weird LOL

illmaticnyc: imma check out the pics from korea when i get home

i can't see them from my work!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060623...na_karaoke_dc_1

crazy disco music.

Why were u in Korea? Vacation? School? Work?

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Originally posted by variableS Why were u in Korea? Vacation? School? Work?

vacation, wedding, debauchery, family

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Originally posted by Jayoza Interesting ?

Someone had to say it. Seriously what is that!?

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc click on it and ye shall see. a lot of the fashion comes out of korea and trickles to other countries so i learned and heard in korea. a lot of trends go through there now before japan. its a love hate thing with the western world. some hated the fact that i was from the states and some were fascinated

Latex body paint. Now that's a true fan .

It's always interesting to hear some of the stereotypes people have about New York and NYers. I think most people try to correct stereotypes when they travel abroad. I've heard of some people just playing along though.

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Originally posted by Blake Someone had to say it. Seriously what is that!? Latex body paint. Now that's a true fan . It's always interesting to hear some of the stereotypes people have about New York and NYers. I think most people try to correct stereotypes when they travel abroad. I've heard of some people just playing along though.

Its Michael Jackson.

Hes lookin for international children.

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Originally posted by Blake I had heard about Japan being all about hysteria and fads. Didn't know it was like that in other Asian countries as well.

i feel like america is in the forefront of hysteria and fads.

Every time I've travelled in Europe I've been told by the people I've made friends with that I've greatly "corrected" or "improved" their view of Americans... and of course some of them had never met someone who lives in the US before, like one guy from Serbia and others from France.. it's very interesting, I wonder what they thought of me before we spoke...

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Originally posted by trancinchink i feel like america is in the forefront of hysteria and fads.

Care to elaborate? Do you mean that the US is more about fads and hysteria than everywhere else, or do you mean that the US has the greatest influence over fads and such in other countries?

I definately think we influence tons of cultural fads. I have ideas, but don't actually know whether or not we are the most sensationalist since I haven't travelled around myself.

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Originally posted by Miss Bliss Every time I've travelled in Europe I've been told by the people I've made friends with that I've greatly "corrected" or "improved" their view of Americans... and of course some of them had never met someone who lives in the US before, like one guy from Serbia and others from France.. it's very interesting, I wonder what they thought of me before we spoke...

Oh right, your 'Romp around Europa'
I remember someone from here who went to Egypt / Morocco / Kenya and experienced dialogues as follows:

"Oh you're from America so you love Bush right?"
"No."
"Oh but you still voted for him right?"
"No."
"Oh, so then you hate America too!? Great!"

I hear lots about blacks who travel abroad too. People in lots of places seem to expect American blacks to all know gang signs, cool slang, and be thugged and blinged out. Thanks commercial rap, thanks...

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Originally posted by Blake Care to elaborate? Do you mean that the US is more about fads and hysteria than everywhere else, or do you mean that the US has the greatest influence over fads and such in other countries? I definately think we influence tons of cultural fads. I have ideas, but don't actually know whether or not we are the most sensationalist since I haven't travelled around myself. Oh right, your 'Romp around Europa' I remember someone from here who went to Egypt / Morocco / Kenya and experienced dialogues as follows: "Oh you're from America so you love Bush right?" "No." "Oh but you still voted for him right?" "No." "Oh, so then you hate America too!? Great!" I hear lots about blacks who travel abroad too. People in lots of places seem to expect American blacks to all know gang signs, cool slang, and be thugged and blinged out. Thanks commercial rap, thanks...

tahts some what true. in korea they think all blacks are gangsters and they shoot each other. but they think like that in lots of areas in the states.
i think what the above statement meant is that the US is the one who influences a lot of trends and fads. i dont think its primarily a one way street. granted that the us gets a lot of influence from other countries.

i know girls in korea are weird about blowjobs. like if a girlg ives you a blowjob in korea its a BIG deal. shes either a
hooker
a big slut
or really really likes you.

haha. true fact. so ive heard from friends who live there.
and lots of people have unprotected sex there. lots of girls are on birth control

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc and lots of people have unprotected sex there. lots of girls are on birth control ___________________ can you dig it?

Funny reading your post then scrolling down to your sig.

What you mentioned is true though. The stereotypes exist here too. I remember watching a Korean hip-hop music video a year or two ago. To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

illmaticnyc - lol great pics from Korea. I think there was another fashion trend of having body parts painted on jeans to make it look like there's no fabric there, but the "window" is new to me.

Jane - I'm so jealous you went to the PI! I've wanted to visit my family and check out the scene there. What was the age range when you went clubbing? I've heard they start young... like 13ish but still go out in their 50's. Didn't know about the she-males though But yeah, one of the best things about the PI is most ppl speak English since they learn it in high school, and of course the exchange rate is a plus!

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Originally posted by Blake Funny reading your post then scrolling down to your sig. What you mentioned is true though. The stereotypes exist here too. I remember watching a Korean hip-hop music video a year or two ago. To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

i dont get your rolleye icon. whats wrong with my sig.

does the "can you dig it" offend you? its more a private joke for me if anything.

as far as the comment nigga. if they were saying "nigga" in a song it wasnt meant as a korean word. its probably a whored out version of what is used in the states.

the word nigga has evolved and spanned across many diff meanings. although its an offensive word ill admit i use it with my friends. why? because its EVERYWHERE in EVERY son and its even broken its way into main stream culture...ie movies, SNL, news, etc.

koreans in korea have a FASCINATION with hip hop the culture and its music. i mean like i was sayin before they have clubs where people go to live that hip hop hype. its hard to describe...maybe i can find some video. i tried searching on youtube but the videos arent clear.

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Originally posted by barosoap illmaticnyc - lol great pics from Korea. I think there was another fashion trend of having body parts painted on jeans to make it look like there's no fabric there, but the "window" is new to me. Jane - I'm so jealous you went to the PI! I've wanted to visit my family and check out the scene there. What was the age range when you went clubbing? I've heard they start young... like 13ish but still go out in their 50's. Didn't know about the she-males though But yeah, one of the best things about the PI is most ppl speak English since they learn it in high school, and of course the exchange rate is a plus!

pics can be scandalous! korea is an interesting place.

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Originally posted by Blake To this day I still wonder whether or not the "nigga" they were using was a Korean word or not. Some of my Korean friends say it is, some say it's not. In any case it's interesting to see how pop cultures around the world feed off of one another.

If you hear someone Chinese saying "nigga" in regular conversation, it could also just be 'na ge, which kinda of works like "umm" or "err" in English. It's a filler for when someone's trying to get a thought out.

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc i dont get your rolleye icon. whats wrong with my sig. does the "can you dig it" offend you? its more a private joke for me if anything. as far as the comment nigga. if they were saying "nigga" in a song it wasnt meant as a korean word. its probably a whored out version of what is used in the states. the word nigga has evolved and spanned across many diff meanings. although its an offensive word ill admit i use it with my friends. why? because its EVERYWHERE in EVERY son and its even broken its way into main stream culture...ie movies, SNL, news, etc. koreans in korea have a FASCINATION with hip hop the culture and its music. i mean like i was sayin before they have clubs where people go to live that hip hop hype. its hard to describe...maybe i can find some video. i tried searching on youtube but the videos arent clear.

So true... Ozzies say it all the time amoungst friends... Thing is, there are rarely any aftricans at all in australia, and next to never any african americans. So theres tones of ozzies laying around drinking beer on the On the beach say, for shizzle my nizzle, of corse ill put another shrimp on the barbi.

In the middle of prime time tv like Australian Idol the host will sit there bouncing back american slang that you guys would probably censor out off tv all together.

There is not much worse then a white as a ghost ozzy trying to sound like snoop with an ozzy accent.

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Originally posted by illmaticnyc i dont get your rolleye icon. whats wrong with my sig. does the "can you dig it" offend you? its more a private joke for me if anything. as far as the comment nigga. if they were saying "nigga" in a song it wasnt meant as a korean word. its probably a whored out version of what is used in the states. the word nigga has evolved and spanned across many diff meanings. although its an offensive word ill admit i use it with my friends. why? because its EVERYWHERE in EVERY son and its even broken its way into main stream culture...ie movies, SNL, news, etc. koreans in korea have a FASCINATION with hip hop the culture and its music. i mean like i was sayin before they have clubs where people go to live that hip hop hype. its hard to describe...maybe i can find some video. i tried searching on youtube but the videos arent clear.

As for your sig I guess I used the wrong smiley. I read "lots of people have unprotected sex in Korea. There are lots of girls on birth control ... can you dig it?" LOL. As I was scrolling down your sig just kinda went with what you were saying.

And yeah, 'nigga' has become popularized and I'll leave it at that. It's a bit of a touchy subject for me

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Originally posted by barosoap If you hear someone Chinese saying "nigga" in regular conversation, it could also just be 'na ge, which kinda of works like "umm" or "err" in English. It's a filler for when someone's trying to get a thought out.

Heh. Yeah, I remember hearing about that in some of my language coursework when we went over hesitation sounds. I'll keep that in mind if I ever make it to China. I'm a little afraid to go there though.

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