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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| eating in?? |
No... its all about eating out.
| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| i can't wrap my head around this. |
Something else should be wrapped around your head.
| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| i hate cooking/dishes and eat out all the time (kimbap places, 3-5000, per meal) |
Seaweed and rice is not even bait.
| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| when u cook, how much do you actually save? |
Lots... but I have an oven and understand the 'magic' of compound interest.
| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| just curious, cause western food from costco seems expensive and the last time i made jigae it was actually more expensive to buy everything and cook for one (not to mention the much lower satisfaction value) |
Never mind... I'll be banned from 'Dave's' for violaton of the TOS if I comment on this one.
| confucianbewildered wrote: |
| to me: no cooking + no dishes= a life it would take six figures to replicate back home. i love 24hour asia;) |
If you think K-land is good, try Tae-gook... or even better Lao.  |
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confucianbewildered
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: not seoul
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: |
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cruising4monkeys:
1 your sister
2 it was
3 c #2, and i'm never going back
4 did and will
ps, i'm guessing i know u from up in the north-east; if not, ur a strange-e person |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Just strangee... only slightly confused and bewildered.
WTF is happening? I have a couple of questions:
Will Immi stop me on the way out if I owe wong-jong-nim-babo for my degi flu shots?
When I'm detained for overstaying my visa, how long is the grace period if I haven't done anything wrong? |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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| confucianbewildered wrote: |
eating in??
i can't wrap my head around this. i hate cooking/dishes and eat out all the time (kimbap places, 3-5000, per meal)
when u cook, how much do you actually save?
just curious, cause western food from costco seems expensive and the last time i made jigae it was actually more expensive to buy everything and cook for one (not to mention the much lower satisfaction value)
to me: no cooking + no dishes= a life it would take six figures to replicate back home. i love 24hour asia;) |
Costco seems expensive but it's so much food that it ends up being cheap. I bought a large package of chicken breast and it has lasted me 4 weeks already. I also eat pasta and eggs and sandwiches. I think it ends up being much cheaper than eating out. |
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qcat79
Joined: 18 Aug 2006
Location: ROK
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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i like trinidad's philosophy. you other M-Fers are just jealous you aren't making (what he says) he's making.
laws were made by beings that were born to err. so how can they all be right???
i say do all the back-alley deals you can get away with.....as long as you're not hurting anybody else. |
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Goon-Yang
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Duh
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| Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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| so are you saying he can save 2.5 million on a salary of 2.1? Or were you just taking the oportunity to have a bit of a brag? |
Or he's saying that if he can save 2.5 a month with 3 kids and a wife then the OP can save half his pay.
Me saying I save 2.5 mil with two kids and a wife, who doesn't work, would be bragging:P |
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Trinidad
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: |
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| qcat79 wrote: |
i like trinidad's philosophy. you other M-Fers are just jealous you aren't making (what he says) he's making.
laws were made by beings that were born to err. so how can they all be right???
i say do all the back-alley deals you can get away with.....as long as you're not hurting anybody else. |
Right on brother. Give it to the man before he gives it to you. I actually
work part time on an E7 visa and I pay about 2-3% income tax on that.
The other work is all done in Freelance Alley.
I don't trust politicians in upstanding western countries. I certainly don't
trust them here. And I also have absolutely no compulsion to make
the Mr. Kims and Mr. Lees of this country any money....AT ALL.
Anarchy man. |
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fustiancorduroy
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| You can save as much money here as you want. At least 10 million won, I'd say, but, provided you earn a nice salary, 20, 30, or even 50 million won per year is possible. |
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kinerry
Joined: 01 Jun 2009
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| mongolian spot wrote: |
| Im all for saving money. But no AC or heating is just plain dumb, you will make yourself sick. You sound like that jerk from the movie 'into the wild'. Your not at college anymore people |
Apparently you never went as you improperly used "you're". |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| fustiancorduroy wrote: |
| You can save as much money here as you want. At least 10 million won, I'd say, but, provided you earn a nice salary, 20, 30, or even 50 million won per year is possible. |
Show me how a TEACHER by HIMSELF can save 50 million won per year... 
I am sincerely curious about the budget involved and more to the point the salary the Teacher needs to make... |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:43 am Post subject: |
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| You'd only have to be making 5 million a month to save 50million a year, that trinidad guy claims he's making that much, why don't you ask him? |
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fustiancorduroy
Joined: 12 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:45 am Post subject: |
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| PatrickGHBusan wrote: |
| fustiancorduroy wrote: |
| You can save as much money here as you want. At least 10 million won, I'd say, but, provided you earn a nice salary, 20, 30, or even 50 million won per year is possible. |
Show me how a TEACHER by HIMSELF can save 50 million won per year...
I am sincerely curious about the budget involved and more to the point the salary the Teacher needs to make... |
Saving 50 million alone as a teacher would be difficult, sure, but not impossible. If you teach TOEFL, SAT, and other difficult subjects at a boutique hagwon or teach in the overseas programs at the elite FLHSs, you could easily make 5 million won a month or more, which, with year-end bonus, would put you over 65 million for the year. Spending about 500k a month on rent and just under a million for everything else each month would allow you to save close to or over 50 million. Probably virtually nobody does this, but it is possible. |
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gregoriomills
Joined: 02 Mar 2009
Location: Busan, Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| You can expect to live on 600,000 to 1,000,000 Won, depending on lifestyle. The important thing is that you make your money and get out before you turn into a lifer, bragging about your savings of won/month. |
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KoreanAmbition
Joined: 03 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:02 am Post subject: |
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A friend of mine was making 80,000 per hour doing AP classes, and he was working 20 hours a week in the busy times.
That's about 6.4 million from the extra work.
I say extra because he had a uni gig...it paid like 3.2 or 3.3 a month.
So over 9.5 million in the busy months... true story...and to be honest...the months weren't that busy in total.  |
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Trinidad
Joined: 06 Oct 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Oct 14, 2009 8:29 am Post subject: |
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| KoreanAmbition wrote: |
A friend of mine was making 80,000 per hour doing AP classes, and he was working 20 hours a week in the busy times.
That's about 6.4 million from the extra work.
I say extra because he had a uni gig...it paid like 3.2 or 3.3 a month.
So over 9.5 million in the busy months... true story...and to be honest...the months weren't that busy in total. |
Sweet But you have to remember that when you enter into Freelance
Alley, if you don't work, you don't earn. But I think, in the end, it is well
worth it.
9.5M/mo. Wow, pretty soon it is Easy Street for the rest of your life
in Thailand or the Philipines. |
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