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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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 Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Um, the million people that will be living within an inch of your head. |
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driftingfocus
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:10 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| Um, the million people that will be living within an inch of your head. |
I'll bring them, but seeing as I'm going to be living in a town with about 30,000 people, I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be in a giant apartment building, especially since I have never seen one in photos of the town.
The tallest building in town looks to be about 6 stories, maaaaybe.
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| No, you don't understand. You aren't important in Korea. |
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driftingfocus
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:15 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| No, you don't understand. You aren't important in Korea. |
Never said I thought I was. What's your point? |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: |
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| Nobody will care if you are trying to sleep. Trust me. |
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driftingfocus
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:21 am Post subject: |
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| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| Nobody will care if you are trying to sleep. Trust me. |
Riiiight. Never said I thought otherwise. I was simply saying that since I'm probably not going to be in a building with terribly many other people, it probably won't be too much of a problem. |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:23 am Post subject: |
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| Ok, fine. Bring clothes that fit, books you like and your faith in God. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 11:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Also, don't worry about bringing winter boots. |
Why not? It seems to snow quite a bit. |
Well it's like this: currently most airlines let you bring 2 check on bags with a max weight of 23KG or 50lbs. Of all the things that you will need for a year, and you will need a lot clothing wise - boots are a pretty useless item when you consider unless you are living in the mountains, you won't need them.
I am from Canada and thought Korea would have snow and cold temperatures. Probably if you are unlucky you will get 7 days a year of really cold weather - that being -20 C or colder.
I've lived around the Seoul area and I think in my 10 years here it only snowed once where I said to myself, hmm I wish I had boots. In that circumstance, I was driving to work, but it snowed so much in such a short time I couldn't get my car out of the school's parking lot. When walking to the subway station, my feet got a little cold and wet.
Now 1 time in 10 winters I needed boots. So again, I say, don't waste valuable luggage space on boots. Since you are a girl, you will already want to have more pairs of shoes than the average guy brings over anyways. Also, as people have said, you will need feminine hygiene products that you can't get over here - that is a much better room investment in your luggage.
I am not sure if I said it before, but something foreigners like to bring as well are fitted sheets. Western style bedding hasn't really caught on here yet.
Also about your reply to my comment on having something shipped over. On your first trip over you WILL forget something. That something will either be something you can buy here or will need shipped. Everyone values different things differently, and thus what is important for me to bring over might not be for you.
Another case could be you assume something over here is going to be one way, but it isn't, as an example: toothpaste. Maybe you figure you can get decent toothpaste here (which if you aren't picky you can) but a lot of foreigners hate Korean toothpaste and thus either goto black market stores, bring a supply from home, or have it shipped over after they realize there is no crest sold here. |
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ryouga013
Joined: 14 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:54 am Post subject: |
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deodorant, the sticks aren't found over here very easily and they are expensive when they are found.
If you're into cooking, if you're going to be away from Seoul, bring some of your own spices, I couldn't find vanilla or nutmeg at any basic store, but that's to be expected really.
If you're larger, as much of your size of clothing as possible. If you are going to lose weight, that's great, but until then, if you're size 40+ don't expect to find clothing for you here.
A bottle of multivitamins. Some of them are pretty cheap here, but there are plenty of internet stores that will ship here for next to nothing (Korean based stores) at good prices. But you really should probably have them on you when the plane lands anyways.
If you have any prescriptions or anything, check with your doctor about getting a 6month supply. That should help you out a bit. Between allergies or depression etc, you don't want to come over with barely anything and then be hard pressed to get what ails you.
Power converter and such. Check your electronics to make sure they are in fact dual frequency, Korea runs at the opposite of the US and at higher voltage, another thing to check. A power strip might be nice for the adapter so that you can plug in any of your country's plugs into one, instead of finding multiple adapters. I didn't have one, and on a visa run to Japan I picked two up for my computer and accessories.
Shoes that fit if you have wide feet. If you need to bring boots like another suggested, wear them, so the weight doesn't count against you. I have done that multiple times with my punker boots that weigh about a kilo each.
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Stormy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008
Location: Here & there
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 2:32 am Post subject: |
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I second (third, fourth, fifth?) the advice about bringing deoderant - they have some frou-frou looking stuff here but it's not cheap.
I live in a rural area too and can find pretty much everything I need at the local store - bought a french press (coffee plunger to us Aussies) for 9000 won, decent ground coffee is expensive though, but oh so worth it.
The main things I wish I'd brought more of is small bits & pieces about Australia - everyone is so curious about it that I wish I'd brought a couple of small books about the wildlife and landscape, with lots of pics. Also those small, cheap bits & bobs like pens with yr countries flags on them, stickers of the wildlife, scenery etc. are solid gold in the classroom! I also bought a few stamps (ink pads are cheap & plentiful here) of Aussie animals with English words like "super", "you're a star" etc. Again, the kids LOVE these. Bring a large variety of these & they guarantee a few hours good behaviour in the classroom.
Clothes here are rather small, I'm 5'10 & nothing is long enough, even if it fits elsewhere. If you're tall bring pants, jeans etc would be my advice.
Basically there is nothing yet that I have not been able to find that I really need - besides vegemite, bless you mum!
Pack what you can't live without & discover new stuff over here is my advice! Good luck. |
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beast
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| Oh, I thought this thread was about guns. |
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driftingfocus
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
Location: Boston, MA
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| driftingfocus wrote: |
| Mr. Pink wrote: |
| Also, don't worry about bringing winter boots. |
Why not? It seems to snow quite a bit. |
Well it's like this: currently most airlines let you bring 2 check on bags with a max weight of 23KG or 50lbs. Of all the things that you will need for a year, and you will need a lot clothing wise - boots are a pretty useless item when you consider unless you are living in the mountains, you won't need them.
I am from Canada and thought Korea would have snow and cold temperatures. Probably if you are unlucky you will get 7 days a year of really cold weather - that being -20 C or colder.
I've lived around the Seoul area and I think in my 10 years here it only snowed once where I said to myself, hmm I wish I had boots. In that circumstance, I was driving to work, but it snowed so much in such a short time I couldn't get my car out of the school's parking lot. When walking to the subway station, my feet got a little cold and wet.
Now 1 time in 10 winters I needed boots. So again, I say, don't waste valuable luggage space on boots. Since you are a girl, you will already want to have more pairs of shoes than the average guy brings over anyways. Also, as people have said, you will need feminine hygiene products that you can't get over here - that is a much better room investment in your luggage.
Also about your reply to my comment on having something shipped over. On your first trip over you WILL forget something. That something will either be something you can buy here or will need shipped. Everyone values different things differently, and thus what is important for me to bring over might not be for you. |
Well, I'm only bringing over summer clothes for now - but I'm packing up a box of winter clothes to be shipped over at a later date. So the boots would go in there. I'm also not your typical girl in terms of shoes. I have a pair of oxfords that I wear every day, and a pair of sandals, and a pair of winter boots, and that's about it. I have another 2 pair of shoes, but they get worn maybe once a year, so they're not coming along. I do tend to enjoy hiking in the snow though, so I'll be bringing the winter boots.
I have cheap shipping through FedEx (a friend works for the airlines), and my boyfriend and a friend are coming to visit at different times over the course of my time here, so at about the 3-4 month mark and the 9 month mark, I'll also have opportunities to have things brought over for me.
Thanks for the advice about the sheets, etc though. |
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Flash Ipanema
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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Has anyone seen an in-shower lotion for sale in Seoul? The only brand I know that makes it is Oil of Olay. http://www.olay.com/boutique/olaybodycleansing/products/os1016
It's great for my back since it's hard to lotion properly on my own. I'm trying to pack lighter this time so if it's available there I'd rather not pack a bunch of bottles. |
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JerBear
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Flash Ipanema wrote: |
Has anyone seen an in-shower lotion for sale in Seoul? The only brand I know that makes it is Oil of Olay. http://www.olay.com/boutique/olaybodycleansing/products/os1016
It's great for my back since it's hard to lotion properly on my own. I'm trying to pack lighter this time so if it's available there I'd rather not pack a bunch of bottles. |
I wouldn't swear to it, but I think I've seen it at the Red Door. Anyway, in case you go there and don't see it, try to google an image of the bottle, print it and take it with you. If they don't have it, odds are that the lady who runs it can get it for you. Since it's a somewhat obscure item, it'll help her to have the print out. |
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wittman2
Joined: 04 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 6:24 am Post subject: |
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| driftingfocus wrote: |
| Pyongshin Sangja wrote: |
| Nobody will care if you are trying to sleep. Trust me. |
Riiiight. Never said I thought otherwise. I was simply saying that since I'm probably not going to be in a building with terribly many other people, it probably won't be too much of a problem. |
Good luck thinking that. My neighbors like to clomp up and down the stairs wearing either really clicky heels or really clunky boots at all hours, and there's a lovely truck with a speaker that goes up and down my street almost daily around 4 or 5 am, and for some reason the trash pickup takes place in the early morning, like before 6am. And I live in a pretty quiet neighborhood in a small apartment with only about 5 other apartments in it. |
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