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Paladin Brewer · Joined: 25 Dec 2009

I just got to South Korea on Wednesday, and moved into my new apt finally yesterday. I was wondering if it was normal for the room to not be cleaned prior to my arrival? Not just dust (which there is a fair amount of), but there is some sort of black grit on one part of the floor, and what appears to be mold on the wall near the door to the bathroom. I don't mind cleaning, I guess, but mold seems a bit unhealthy.

For that matter, I seem to be having some issues procuring all the furniture on my contract (it's for GEPIK). They told me they have a budget. I feel for them, this is a rural area, but I don't see how a budget supercedes my contract. I hate to sound like a *beep* and demand a TV, but I need a little something to keep my sanity. I'm hoping Lost is in English with Korean subtitles Laughing

sulperman · Joined: 14 Oct 2008

That's normal, good luck to clean up your place yourself, or something like that.

There must be a secondhand shop in your town, or at least in a nearby town. You could fill up a full place for less than 200 or 300K at one of those. What is the budget?

Lost ain't on TV! But you got a computer, right?

Don't get down, things are gonna be fine.

Pikkle · Joined: 17 Jun 2009

Hmm.. if it was something like the iron I wouldn't bother. But the TV is one of the essentials if you ask me. I'd be demanding it.

Paladin Brewer · Joined: 25 Dec 2009

hehe, I would be okay if the simple things weren't much more difficult than I expected. For example, I went to go buy some cleaning stuff for the apt. I guess I was expecting American type products, but in Korean. This is of course, not the case. I was trying to find something to mop/clean the floor, so I was looking at pictures. None of the pictures seem floor related. I finally settled on some purple bottle, that'll have to do. Smile

NYC_Gal · Joined: 08 Dec 2009

Bleach for the bathroom.

You can use vinegar for the kitchen until you can find a decent cleaning product. If you can get to Seoul or any larger city anytime soon, try Homeplus, because they have a lot of Tesco's stuff (which is all in English, as Tesco's is a British supermarket chain).

Vinegar may stink, but it's clean.

Paladin Brewer · Joined: 25 Dec 2009

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Paladin Brewer · Joined: 25 Dec 2009

The Lost videos there link to Hulu, which gives me the same "Out of the US" message Sad

NYC_Gal · Joined: 08 Dec 2009

download bit torrents

Paladin Brewer · Joined: 25 Dec 2009

Meh, bit torrents will take longer than doing a proxy server I think. I'll figure something out. I was going to try megavideo when I get home, but they only allow like an hour a day for free so I will have to wait to check.

sulperman · Joined: 14 Oct 2008

Torrents should be your best tv friend in Korea. Things download a hell of a lot faster here than back home.

I never understand why people watch streaming things when you can wait another 30 minutes and watch it in much higher quality.