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Jackie
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Central South Korea
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 Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:38 am Post subject: Anseong: General Advice for Living in Anseong Appreciated |
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| I am moving to Anseong in December. I am arriving from N America, so I have not been in S Korea in sometime. Is the city clean and well organized? How is the public transportation? What is the topography of the city like? As for shopping, what markets and bakeries do you use regularly? Are there restaurants that you prefer, and if so, why? Is there a market for purchasing English materials, like books and magazines, and if not, is there a close location where I can buy these (besides Seoul)? Any advice is appreciated on living in this city. Thank you. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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When I lived in Anseong, everything was in walking distance.
Downtown, there was a Lotteria (that's a hamburger chain) and a Pizza Hut.
I don't remember any English bookstores, though.
Is your job for a chain outfit called iyahacs in an after-school class in a public school?
If it is, send me a PM.
PS I see you couldn't get Emily Dickenson's name past the swear filter.
Click on the "quote" icon on this message to see how I did it. |
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Jackie
Joined: 03 Nov 2007
Location: Central South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: Hello |
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Thanks for the info on getting Dickenson's name in here. I remember Lotteria. But is the city flat, or hilly. I am going to send my bike in the spring if I am unable to find a high quality cycle shop in the area. I am really wondering what the terrain is like. Most maps show Anseong to be lying in a kind of valley.
My school is neither of the two you mentioned. It is a private Hogwon. I did have university TOFEL teaching offer in Suwon, but that job seemed so uncertain. This hogwon I chose has teachers who have stayed as long as 5 years.
| tomato wrote: |
When I lived in Anseong, everything was in walking distance.
Downtown, there was a Lotteria (that's a hamburger chain) and a Pizza Hut.
I don't remember any English bookstores, though.
Is your job for a chain outfit called iyahacs in an after-school class in a public school?
If it is, send me a PM.
PS I see you couldn't get Emily Dickenson's name past the swear filter.
Click on the "quote" icon on this message to see how I did it. |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Hello |
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| Jackie wrote: |
| But is the city flat, or hilly? I am going to send my bike in the spring if I am unable to find a high quality cycle shop in the area. I am really wondering what the terrain is like. Most maps show Anseong to be lying in a kind of valley. |
I spent most of my time between the university area, which my public school was located, and downtown.
I don't remember much walking uphill or downhill.
Come to think of it, the teacher I replaced rode a bike.
I don't know about the bike shops because I never looked for one.
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| My school is neither of the two you mentioned. . . This hogwon I chose has teachers who have stayed as long as 5 years. |
That's certainly not the place where I worked.
The place where I worked seemed to have trouble at all levels of the heirarchy.
During the short time I was there, they went through three supervisors and three Korean teachers.
Besides, the workplace hasn't been in existence for 5 years.
Did they tell you what part of town your school is in?
I'm curious regarding whether or not it is one of the two schools located right across the street from my public school.
At the beginning of the school year, both of those schools passed out splendid glossy four-color advertising brochures.
The chain I worked for passed out a tiny piece of paper, about a sixteenth of a page in size, with all text and no illustrations.
Naturally enough, enrolled dropped, and the administration blamed it all on our lousy teaching.
When I got fired, there was nothing which could delight me more than to get a job at one of the schools across the street.
I tried both places, but everything was hunky-dory. |
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ardhata
Joined: 25 Jul 2007
Location: In my skin
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| Hi, I live in Anseong now been here about 3 weeks. Transportation is pretty good. There are two bus terminals downtown, and an open air market that is open everyday. The land is pretty flat so bike riding shouldn't be a problem and there is a bike shop not too far from the main street. Not sure about the English bookstores; however, I did see a Kyobo books in Pyeongtaek the other day but, I didn't go inside... |
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