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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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So, Iconsfanatic, did you win the game?
What should you have brought?
I shouldn't have brought so many sweaters. I live on a Korean island off the southern coast where snow comes one day a year and never stays. I have a dozen sweaters for a 6-week sweater season. What a waste of space.
I should have brought a good portable cassette-tape player with my collection of tapes because there's no top-end sports anti-roll players, no Japanese products (no Walkmans) around here, only cheaper, poorer-quality but not cheaper Samsung or other Korean players.
I lost the game.  |
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Lou3511
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Location: Annandale, VA
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:19 am Post subject: |
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what about bed sheets???? i've been told both ways, and am not sure whether to bring them or not . . .
also, is a vcr worth the space of bringing, or can it be found pretty cheap?
thanks..... |
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osangrl
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Location: osan
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:48 am Post subject: |
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don't bring a vcr...haha.
And as for sheets...the ones you bring won't fit anyways...you can buy good blankets and bed pads here very cheap...so skip that too. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| Lou3511 wrote: |
| what about bed sheets???? i've been told both ways, and am not sure whether to bring them or not . . . . |
I have never seen Western-style sheets, as in a bottom sheet and a top sheet made of a thin material, single layer of cotton or polyester. They may be available at big-box stores or department stores. I'm sure you can get them mail-order form back home.
I prefer Korean-style bedding anyway. This consists of a mattress cover (often fitted and also serving as a dust ruffle,) another mattress pad, and a quilt. I use Korean-style bedding even back home. You may not love it as much as I do! |
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oneiros
Joined: 19 Aug 2003
Location: Villa Straylight
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 7:42 am Post subject: |
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I have never seen Western-style sheets, as in a bottom sheet and a top sheet made of a thin material, single layer of cotton or polyester. They may be available at big-box stores or department stores. I'm sure you can get them mail-order form back home.
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I've noticed that Western-style sheets are starting to become a little more available than in past years. The last time I was in Carrefour, they had a decently priced selection. That was a few months ago, so the fad might have passed. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Like oneiros, I've seen Western-style top and bottom sheet sets around, in a couple of places here on the island and in nearby big city Busan.
What I haven't seen much of is big bath towels. Koreans use tiny ones once then wash them, more hygenic but lacking the whole body wrap exerience.
And I agree with the others about the VCR. You can pick up a decent one brand new for under a hundred bucks, though you may be tempted to go with a combined tape/DVD option.
And, oh yeah, if you have a favourite pillow, filled with feathers or whatever, bring it. I have yet to find a Korean pillow as comfortable as the ones back home.
Good luck. Hope you win.  |
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Lou3511
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
Location: Annandale, VA
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| Posted: Sun May 02, 2004 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks for the responses guys. . . i'll be comin' over there for the first time in just a couple of days . . . can't wait, of course... |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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Yeah buy an iron here as the plug is different. And a North American iron just doesn't seem to get hot enough when you're running it via a power adapter. Irons and hair dryers are pretty cheap if you hunt around.
Baby oil is really expensive as is hand lotion and Vaseline. If you use any of those regularly, pack it. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 11:57 am Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
Like oneiros, I've seen Western-style top and bottom sheet sets around, in a couple of places here on the island and in nearby big city Busan.
What I haven't seen much of is big bath towels. Koreans use tiny ones once then wash them, more hygenic but lacking the whole body wrap exerience. |
It's always interesting that there are always certain things each person can and can't find. I have always been able to get nice, big cotton bath towels at the department store. I would recommend the Gwangju Shinsegae for towels. They were a little pricey, but still the nicest towels I own! |
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aussie col
Joined: 31 Jan 2004
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What I haven't seen much of is big bath towels. Koreans use tiny ones once then wash them, more hygenic but lacking the whole body wrap exerience.
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Just ask someone where the towel shops are in your city. In Daegu the towel street is right near down town. I knew some people who got their towels there and they were HUGE. They were almost the side of a single bed sheet. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| I have always been able to get nice, big cotton bath towels at the department store. |
The? department store. That's my problem. I live on an island! I guess you big city folk have no problems with that then.
What about comfy pillows? |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| The best place to buy Western-style pillows is in Dong Dae Moon. Go to the basement of the textile building and scout around. Pillow CASES are another matter! Most Korean cases have some kind of writing on them. I'd HATE to wake up with "Flush" on my cheek! (The word embroidered on my current comforter!) |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| ajuma, emphasis added, wrote: |
| Most Korean cases have some kind of writing on them. I'd HATE to wake up with "Flush" on my cheek! (The word embroidered on my current comforter!) |
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Dr.Caligari
Joined: 02 Apr 2004
Location: Satellite of Love
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jay-shi
Joined: 09 May 2004
Location: On tour
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| Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Western toothpaste is also a good item to stock up on and bring. As far as I know the Korean toothpaste has no fluoride in it. |
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