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I was on a korean game show!

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  • 29-12-2013 5:33pm
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    aob85
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    If anyones interested I represented Ireland on a Korean Game show in August!
    Random I know haha
    But the best week of my life!! Last feb I saw the Korean Embassy in Dublin had a competition going, were you could win a trip to South Korea. So i entered for the crai, since I've always been interested in Korean culture (being a lover of k-pop, k-drama and the arts..) So first round was to write an essay about everything I loved about Korea. They emailed me back and said I qualified for the second round. This was a quiz in trinity with about 40-50 ppl. the top 5 scorers qualified into the last round, which was me! The last round was an interview again in trinity, with ppl from the korean and irish embassys. the whole point of all these rounds was to find a person suitable to represent Ireland over in Korea. After the judges deliberated fr a few hours, they came back and told me I won! So, the Korean embassy flew me over in August and paid for EVERYTHING, 5 star hotels like the hilton, the best of food, drink, theatre.. you name it. The last day of the week was the filming of the game show.
    Simply amazing trip and one i will never forget!
    Here's a link to the show if you're curious :)

    Facebook Page with loads of pics
    https://www.facebook.com/alana.obrien.56?success=1

    And heres the show! Unfort not in eng subs...sorry :/
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0nW7MB7ja8
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    YbFocus
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    Sounds like the first ten minutes of an episode of banned up abroad.

    Then he asked me to bring this bag home..


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    Kylo Ren
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    Be handy if I could speak Korean for the video.


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    Sam Mac
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    give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.


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    Frosty McSnowballs
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    I'd ride you OP


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    Gamayun
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    Sam Mac wrote: »
    give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.

    5:10 for OP

    I think there's more contestants than countries! :P


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    mikeym
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    Imagine if you got sent up to North korea :D


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    Howard Juneau
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    Have any dog whilst there?


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    aob85
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    Sam Mac wrote: »
    give us a time for the video so we can see what part you are shown in it.

    Ah cool will do, its a long video (2 hours i think)


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    aob85
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    Howard Juneau wrote: »
    Have any dog whilst there?

    Haha no! Had alot of very random food tho like, live octopus (bleagh!)
    Other than that the food there is gorge, they looooove cabbage believe it or not! they have it with every meal, called Kimchi :)


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    aob85
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    mikeym wrote: »
    Imagine if you got sent up to North korea :D

    imagine!!! Dont think i'd go up North now lol


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    smcgiff
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    Nice entrance OP. Should have come in drinking a pint of stout or shaking a hurl.

    As it's nearly 2 hours and in Korean any chance of giving us the highlights or did you disgrace us?


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    aob85
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭aob85


    Gamayun wrote: »
    5:10 for OP

    I think there's more contestants than countries! :P

    yeah 30 contestants!!! :O
    I should of warned everyone, the dress is a bit mad!


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    amdublin
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    Good job op!

    So how did you do?!


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    Gamayun
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    mikeym wrote: »
    Imagine if you got sent up to North korea :D

    COMMENCE QUIZ PROGRAMME!

    "Who invented the Television?"

    OP: "That was John Lo.. *gun cocks* .. eh, glorious leader Kim Jong-un of course.."

    "Correct! END BROADCAST!"


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    smcgiff
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    Gamayun wrote: »
    COMMENCE QUIZ PROGRAMME!

    "Who invented the Television?"

    OP: "That was John Lo.. *gun cocks* .. eh, glorious leader Kim Jong-un of course.."

    "Correct! END BROADCAST!"


    Oh, the OP won then?


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    mikom
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    Costume design by Foster and Allen.


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    username123
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    Well done OP!

    How did you do in it?


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    aob85
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    smcgiff wrote: »
    Nice entrance OP. Should have come in drinking a pint of stout or shaking a hurl.

    As it's nearly 2 hours and in Korean any chance of giving us the highlights or did you disgrace us?

    May I add, I had approx 2-3 hours sleep every night! after a long day of filming, south africa, switzerland, austria, uk and I would go out on the lash...
    so i am INCREDIBLY tired and a teensie bit hungover most times :p

    HIGHLIGHTS
    5:00
    12:10
    12:20
    13:30
    15:50
    13:15
    16:40
    18:05
    26:20
    40:15
    45:25 (im so tired here that i look a little crazy!)
    55:10
    Check out cutie contestant Gabriel (only 15!!) and he does a Dance! 1:05:10

    i pop up all over the place really, so prob left a good bit out!


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    aob85
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    mikom wrote: »
    Costume design by Foster and Allen.

    I know, costume was so over the top!
    It was designed my Fi Bourke an Irish designer who makes the dresses for the Miss world and Eurovision shows and the like
    I like it though, made for the stage..and maybe paddy's day?? haha


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    aob85
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    username123 wrote: »
    Well done OP!

    How did you do in it?

    Didnt win the over all show, but got quite far in each round :D
    Honestly didnt go over thinking I could win, i was up against people who lived in Korea or who are married to Koreans..
    But undoubtedly the best week of my life ;)


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    smcgiff
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    Dress was grand. Nice legs, btw.


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    username123
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    aob85 wrote: »
    Didnt win the over all show, but got quite far in each round :D
    Honestly didnt go over thinking I could win, i was up against people who lived in Korea or who are married to Koreans..
    But undoubtedly the best week of my life ;)

    Thats brill, sounds like an amazing experience! Well done you! I was in an Irish quiz show once, it was cheesy - nothing as extravagant as your Korean one!


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    aob85
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    username123 wrote: »
    Thats brill, sounds like an amazing experience! Well done you! I was in an Irish quiz show once, it was cheesy - nothing as extravagant as your Korean one!

    Ha really? which one?


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    Pyridine
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    Are you the Chinese looking brunette OP?


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    Ruu
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    Brilliant! State of that Kiwi lad!


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    PizzamanIRL
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    Nice one fair play OP


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    username123
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    aob85 wrote: »
    Ha really? which one?

    Ill have to google around for the name of it - Ryan Tubridy was the quizmaster. It was a super cheese fest.

    Edit - it was called All Kinds of Everything.


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    Links234
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    Awesome stuff! :D Looks like you had a hell of a time ;)


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    Archeron
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    Cool, like a modern day Korean version of Going for Gold,

    And strangely, the prize in the last one of those i saw was a trip to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Strange goings on....

    Well done OP, it's a country I would love to see.


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    Donkey Oaty
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    When the BBC's Pointless quiz show asked 100 people to name a country in the G20, nobody answered "South Korea", so very well done to you at home if you got that.


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