Korean Job Discussion Forums

[pangaea]

What can I put on my bed to make it more comfortable? Are air mattresses available here? I just can't find a comfortable position, which is why I am still awake - again - at nearly 3 in the morning.

[metalhead]

Buy a 'yo' at E-Mart, they're about 25 000 won and really comfortable, it's not that hard to work out, buddy.

[pangaea]

And what exactly was the purpose of being insulting and condescending?

[metalhead]

[Bloopity Bloop]

[Senior]

I love my rock hard bed. When I was home for a month, I couldn't sleep properly in my old bed. And I started developing back ache by the end. Would rather sleep on the floor these days.

[vsiddy]

Korean beds are super rock hard. I still wake up with aches and pains. I've got one of those pads on top of the mattress, maybe I should get two.

Also has anyone seen any nice (but manly) 100% cotton bedsheets and duvet covers for sale anywhere? The one's in Homeplus suck.

[NYC_Gal]

Cotton sheets are available at Homeplus. I have some plain blue and plain pink ones. They cost a bit much, but are worth it.

As for the beds, a lot of Koreans think that box springs are mattresses. I just ordered a new REAL mattress, because my old one is just a piece of ddong, and after a year, the yo I'd put on top has flattened enough so that I can feel the springs again. I'll leave the nice mattress as a gift for the new teacher next year. They only cost a few hundred bucks, and for a year of comfort, are totally worth it.

[enerjohn]

Because I have no shame, I took one of the mattresses that people routinely leave near the dumpsters to be hauled away. It's how I furnished my entire officetel, really...

[NYC_Gal]

I took a night table that my neighbor was going to scrap. He left it by the elevator and after 3 days I claimed it. It's much better than the table I'd been using.

[chellovek]

You should do what I do and sleep on piles of money and naked ladies.

[Weigookin74]

Most comfortable thing I've slept on. Mind you this was before they stopped accepting credit cards. I bought it in February.

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=130461811&pos_shop_cd=RC&pos_class_cd=111111111&pos_class_kind=T

[Senior]

[AsiaESLbound]

I like to sleep on my left side, but I notice my left shoulder ball joint is aching me a lot in the past couple of months like I have a pinched nerve, because the bed doesn't allow it to sink a couple inches as needed. I hear you on the topic of beds being a bit too firm. I think mine is cheap by the looks and feel of it.

[chellovek]