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BobbyDigital
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 Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:59 am Post subject: Hess Accomodation Questions |
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| I'm in the process of getting hired by Hess right now and just had a few questions for people who are currently working for Hess or in Taiwan in general. Hess mentions that most of the apartments are unfurnished. Is this 100% true or arethere possibilities for getting a furnished apartment? As well, being a person who has never been to Taiwan before and speaks no Mandarin, is it relatively easy to find cheap furniture and appliances? Any help answering these questions would be appreciated. |
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BigWally
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Posts: 765
Location: Ottawa, CAN (prev. Kaohsiung "the Dirty South")
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 1:26 am Post subject: Re: Hess Accomodation Questions |
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| BobbyDigital wrote: |
| I'm in the process of getting hired by Hess right now and just had a few questions for people who are currently working for Hess or in Taiwan in general. Hess mentions that most of the apartments are unfurnished. Is this 100% true or arethere possibilities for getting a furnished apartment? |
My gf and I moved into a fully furnished apartment, and what furniture wasnt there (ie. TV, kitchen table) we were easily able to find thru other teachers we met, and online expat forums.
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| As well, being a person who has never been to Taiwan before and speaks no Mandarin, is it relatively easy to find cheap furniture and appliances? Any help answering these questions would be appreciated. |
Very easily done. Especially appliances, there are 3 major stores, either Carrefour, Costco or Dollars where you can find any/all major/minor appliances at a fraction of the cost they are back home. I think we bought a brand new toaster for around what would be $10 CDN. Sweet, sweet toast!
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trukesehammer
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Location: The Vatican
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| Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 9:01 am Post subject: |
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Step into my tipi...
Most of the places I've rented were sorta semi-furnished. Of course, there was that one place up on Yangmingshan which was totally empty but soon after the landlord found out I was sleeping on the floor, she came in with all kinds of cool stuff.
I would have stayed but she also had the bad habit of slaughtering chickens outside my bedroom window every morning at 5am.  |
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