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MaestroCantus · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Location: Seoul

Yeah . . . I'm about to leave Korea after 3 years of living here.

I'm interested in going to a Jjimjjilbang in my neighborhood that I've heard good things about.

I'm just wondering if people would find me funny if I brought an MP3 player

. . . I'm trying to see if any friends wanna go with me, but if that fails, it'd be nice to have something to listen to, and I've got hours of talks I need to catch up on . . . maybe I could do that in one of the sauna rooms.

Obviously, I won't have to think about an MP3 player if one of my friends wants to join me . . . but I doubt I'd enjoy sitting for hours without something to listen to (except indecipherable Korean conversations).

marsavalanche · Joined: 27 Aug 2010 Location: where pretty lies perish

why do you care what other people think? youre already in your birthday suit around a bunch of old wrinlkly asian dudes, isnt it a little late for that?

be sure to follow up with a "mp3 player doesnt work after the jimjilbang. . . help?" thread

MaestroCantus · Joined: 29 Jul 2007 Location: Seoul

I don't really know what they're like . . . I assume they've got dry rooms as well as steamy ones . . .

Plus, I've got an old MP3 player that I usually take on my runs with me . . . it barely works already (some switches are not functioning properly, but it's good enough to play music while I run).

And I wouldn't be sitting with sweaty old men unless I'm in a common co-ed area, because I'm not a dude.

OiGirl · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: Hoke-y-gun

Should not be a problem, but perfect strangers may want to talk to you. I always have a book with me if I'm alone.

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

Sure, go ahead. Seriously, no one will care. People just go to these places to enjoy themselves.

NYC_Gal 2.0 · Joined: 10 Dec 2010

Not in the sauna, but in the rooms where you wear the jammies, they're perfectly acceptable. I usually wear earbuds with white noise when I sleep over so that I don't have to listen to snoring or noisy chatting when I want to read or sleep. Just make sure to keep it in your pocket. My husband had a cell phone stolen because he had it next to him instead of in his pocket while he slept.