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Squire · Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Location: Jeollanam-do

When I changed money at Incheon I had 900k won. I'm sure it was about 5 or 6 weeks until I got my first payment and I had less than 50k left at that point. There were a few unexpected expenses in the first few weeks. Realistically if I came over with less money and knew I had to make it last I could have made my money go further. I didn't think I'd spend �500 so quickly though

You shouldn't rely on this, but if you make friends early I'm sure someone would help you out if you run out of cash. Plenty of people are saving money here (intentionally or not) so what's it to them if they lend 100k for a couple of weeks?

mollayo · Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Location: At the my house

I had $200. I did nothing my first month though. Just chill in my apartment and watch movies. After my first pay day, I started my social life.

PatrickGHBusan · Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 3:06 am Post subject:

bossface · Joined: 05 Aug 2006

i first came here with $1100, and with no pay for 40 days. due to the Chuseok holiday and weekends, i had 8 of my first 11 days here off. i spent about $700 that first 11 days. then again, i'm an idiot.

i survived the remaining month or so on 400 bucks, but it wasn't fun. on the other hand, blowing 700 bucks in my first week and a half was fun.