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Friday, 2 April, 2010

Wanna Chat With Foreign Beauties? Cross-Cultural Friendships: a primer

Read up: Equivocations (or: Yes I know these are sweeping generalizations. I'm not stupid, and neither are you.)

How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 1
How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 2
How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 3
How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 4

How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 5
How To Chat With Foreign Beauties: How to Make Friends With a Foreigner: Part 6




Wanna Chat with Korean Buddies? How not to make an Ass of Yourself: Part 1
Wanna Chat with Korean Buddies? How not to make an Ass of Yourself: Part 2
Wanna Chat with Korean Buddies? How not to make an Ass of Yourself: Part 3
Wanna Chat with Korean Buddies? How not to make an Ass of Yourself: Part 4


and bonus material: talking about poop

Gord Sellar has also just written a great series called "The Five Expat Social Fallacies" which is well worth reading.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Conclusion
Posted by Roboseyo at 2.4.10
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