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[jlb]

The water thing is partly due to cheapness but also due to laziness and concern for the environment. I don't exactly have the resources (without some sort of effort) to get water delivered in big quantities to my house. I don't like having to buy water from the corner store because it's very hard on the environment with all that plastic every week. I know the Koreans do it (judging from the trash heap outside my house) but it's not really my style! I have a few old bottles I bring to work and fill up from the filter. Is this not so bad?

Anyway, I try not to be cheap when I'm with other people. I will always pay my fair share for meals...buy people a drink or meal on their birthday, etc. I will sometimes just go to a more expensive restaurant if the other people want to do that and not worry about it. I also invite other people to my house for meals semi-regularly.

[Homer]

jlb...no worries man...I did not say you were like the dude I mentionned.

But still the water thing is cheap...no way round that. Not to mention that the water bottles get recycled...or don't they?

You could also buy a refillable jug, they sell those here.

[Sincinnatislink]

I keep a log of what I spend on what in a tiny little marble-bound composition book.
At the end of a month, I evaluate what I spent on what, and figure out where I could realistically spend less.
Works for me.

[jlb]

[Qinella]

[R-Seoul]

Don't get a job in education - great tip for saving money.

[jlb]

My Korean isn't as good as yours...red pepper paste something

[Homer]

jlb...ante up and buy a refillable jug for your home. They can be bought here (or perhaps rented) and the water guy will deliver at your home.

We have one of those in the house....

I even think there was a thread about this on here.

If you are a short-timer then the water jug service will benefit the other teachers after you....not a bad plan no? I mean you would have liked to have this in your place when you arrived no? Think about that dude...

[Dev]

[Homer]

Here is an idea: rent or buy a large refillable and refigirated water dispenser for your home. They are available here.

Then when you leave, the next teacher gets to use it and so on.

If the price is too steep for you, ask your school to go part way or all the way and buy it for you.

Or, at the very least ask permission before using the schools paid for water to refill your personal water bottles....

[poet13]

I need about 600K for month. 150 or so for bills, 450 for food entertainment, clothes, etc. The rest goes home. Pays a few bills, the remaining few hundred goes to my sons savings.