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Eglayzer
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Gimhae-si, near Busan
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| Thats retarded. Maybe people with no job or social skills need fancy clothes and furniture to "score with chicks" and find a job. The rest of us just make do. Don't equate real living with being a consumer. |
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supernaut
Joined: 04 Jan 2007
Location: Nova Scotia
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Living on 1.2m a month. |
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[/quote]This is one of the smartest quotes on living expenses I've seen here, and Ive seen loads. Yeah, living is cheap but I also got my couch out of the trash, my dishes were all hand me down pieces of junk, and I didnt buy clothes until they fell apart. People say they didnt buy anything at home which I take as a joke. Go to a job interview with the same old clothes you wear to work in Korea and drive up in a 400 dollar moped, and see if you get the job. Try to score with a chick on a smelly couch that comes apart at the seams. College life and real life are different...in korea you can spend like a student as long as you want because the most expensive attire you wear is your white skin. - that and a big ol smile  [/quote]
Do I sense jealousy in this post or are you describing your life? What's wrong with a 400$ motorcycle? Those old Magna's and Daystar's rock. |
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allovertheplace
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Dude, I dont have any issues with women...here or there. Thats not the point. We are also all consumers. Im not saying buy fancy suits to get a job or a nice ride, or even a black leather couch, but certain facts of purchasing are different in Korea. Go apply for a job wearing a crappy button up, old shoes, and worn out slacks, and see if you get that good job. If you have faith in it do it and tell me the story. Im also applying for gigs beyond my own ability but dressing the part is one, albeit sad, way of looking the part.
Also, Id love to rock up to a job interview riding my 125cc beater but that wouldnt fly for long.
On a lightly snarky line about women - Ive done the 'pretty korean girl' thing. Ive done the super hot westerner thing. I didnt need anything as per clothes or cars but taking a girl home in NYC or Rome and showing off my trash can furniture would be embarrassing. |
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Eglayzer
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Gimhae-si, near Busan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I ride a bicycle to most of my job interviews and have yet to not be offered a job. I also don't wear anything fancy because it would be a waste. Likewise, its not that hard to find used furniture, or even furniture that someone has thrown out, that still looks and sits good. I think you just embarrass easy. |
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allovertheplace
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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I think I might...but its not embarrassing to be broke, or living like a student, or sitting on grubby furniture if its ok. Sometimes, not all times, its not ok.
Also, a bike is a great idea but its seasonal. I'm also applying for GS 10 positions in the U.S and I'm 26. You are expected to look the part. If I do get it I will ride the subway so that solves the car. It was an example...and Im sitting on a used couch so dont preach. Now to make go fishing in my lobster tank for some grub. Then put some snow tires on my porsche - there is no substitute. |
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Eglayzer
Joined: 22 Feb 2009
Location: Gimhae-si, near Busan
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Because every job in Korea ends after 1 year and I like changing cities/countires.
I cycle to work year round in Seoul and have for quite some time.
Sounds like your promoting your lifestyle choice rather than giving advice to the OP about what the actual cost of living in Korea is.
So you have to "look the part" to get the job so that you can spend all your money "looking the part." I hope you enjoy the endless cycle to keep up with your Porche buddies but its hardly good advice for for us mere mortals. |
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allovertheplace
Joined: 02 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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tis indeed, tis indeed.
vroom vroom |
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naturegirl321
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Home sweet home
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:42 am Post subject: |
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| If housing is taken care of, then it should be easy. YOu won't be able to go shopping or drinking every day, but it's pretty doable. |
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Menino80
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Location: Hodor?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:25 am Post subject: |
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| Drew345 wrote: |
| With 1.2 mil / month your living better than 80% of people on the Earth. Just saying... Should certainly be possible. |
Ever heard of a price index?
I could make a million dollars a week but if it costs 800k for one week's worth of food, that's 80% of my income going towards grub, leaving me worse off than 85% of people in the world. |
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Menino80
Joined: 10 Jun 2007
Location: Hodor?
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:30 am Post subject: |
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| allovertheplace wrote: |
On a lightly snarky line about women - Ive done the 'pretty korean girl' thing. Ive done the super hot westerner thing. I didnt need anything as per clothes or cars but taking a girl home in NYC or Rome and showing off my trash can furniture would be embarrassing. |
When it comes down to it, chicks dig couches?
Or just NYC and Rome chicks? What about Lyon and Milan?
Or Istanbul? Wuhan? What the hell does NYC and Rome have to do with anything? |
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Troglodyte
Joined: 06 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I spend less than 50k a week on food, I'm sure of it. I eat like a horse. Albeit not always frequently. Sometimes just once a day, but food is cheap - At least arah'nd my here parts. |
Perfect example of why people should take everything they read on dave's with a grain of salt. Unless of course he doesn't live in Seoul. |
Even when I lived in Bucheon, I rarely spent more than 50k a week on food (not including booze - that's entertainment). I wasn't living off rice and ramen either. If you eat at those little mom-and-pop noodle restaurants or at university cafeterias you can eat well for very little and you don't have to eat the same thing every day. A 5000 Won lunch (the most you'll pay) at a restaurant/cafeteria once a day is still only 35,000 Won a week. At university cafeterias though a meal is usually well under 4000 Won. You can have a full lunch and a light dinner at the cafeteria for 5000 Won. Or in the evenings or on weekends cook up a light meal at home. I only go over 50k Won/week when I'm eating out with friends or eating foreign food. But that sort of falls under the "entertainment" category. |
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willteachforfood
Joined: 24 Jan 2011
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Menino80 wrote: |
| Drew345 wrote: |
| With 1.2 mil / month your living better than 80% of people on the Earth. Just saying... Should certainly be possible. |
Ever heard of a price index?
I could make a million dollars a week but if it costs 800k for one week's worth of food, that's 80% of my income going towards grub, leaving me worse off than 85% of people in the world. |
This has got to be one of the weakest analogies I have ever seen in my life. There is nowhere that costs $800,000/wk for food, and even if there was, in your model you'd still have $200,000/wk left over. Furthermore...prices in Korea are reasonably low.
When you take into consideration the free (relatively nice, compared globally) housing, the buying power of 1.2 million won in Korea easily exceeds the buying power of the disposable income of 80% of the world's inhabitants.
On 1.2 million won per month you can live a VERY nice life here....you can live in a climate controlled home, eat out several times per week (if not every day if you so choose), drive a car, buy new clothes every month (if this is a priority), travel domestically as much as you please, go out every weekend whether this be drinking or to the cinema or whatever, have high-speed internet and cable in your home, be able to afford whatever groceries you'd like, buy a reasonably nice new TV, as well as other electronics.......this lifestyle is better than the majority of humans on the planet can boast to have.
To those who think you can't afford these things....you're budgeting your money poorly or making other poor financial decisions, as you should easily be able to afford all of these things on 1.2 million won. |
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carleverson
Joined: 04 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Living in Korea is dirt cheap. You can live on 500,000 a month. |
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Canonite
Joined: 01 Feb 2011
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Woohoo...all of this is some great news for me |
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Poker
Joined: 16 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:12 pm Post subject: |
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Question: Generally speaking, how much do entry-level public school Korean teachers make these days? It would be interesting to know how much they save every month.
Not comparable to our situation, just curious. |
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