Korean Job Discussion Forums

[JonnyBravo]

Would people be willing to post pictures of their apartment or housing situation? I'm trying to get an idea for what to expect over there and I've searched through the forums and not found a similar thread (maybe because the search function sucks.)

-Jon

[i_teach_esl]

i found this forum rather helpful:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=68883&highlight=officetel
and thank you to smee for the link: http://www.oneroomhouse.org/

[JonnyBravo]

Thanks for the lighting response! I'd still like to see peoples accomodations if they have nothing better to do but post them but I'll check out that other thread and that link. Thanks again!

Jon

[jlb]

Hey, this is a link to my blog with some pics. Scroll down to August 15th.

http://jackielbolen.blogspot.com/2006_08_01_jackielbolen_archive.html

[JonnyBravo]

Thanks!

[kigolo1881]

hey JLB, i just visited your blog, it's funny and hilarious, sure enough i had to scroll down and take a look at your apt. it looks so cramped!!!

its cool that you make the best out of it.

I too, have a huuuuuge shower, it's the size of my WHOLE bathroom......lol.

[Captain Corea]

My place when I moved in:

[essexboy]

captain corea, how the Dickens did you wangle such a nice apartment? Where are you at?

[Crowzone]

Mhy place is even nicer --

3 bedroom Condo, 2 baths (Full baths with an actual bathtub) livingroom, diningroom and kitchen..

only me and my GF live there (We both teach at the same school)

[Ya-ta Boy]

I have 25 pyong and I think the whole thing would fit in Captain Corea's living room.

[essexboy]

ok, the censored word in my previous message was Dickens. Explain!!!!

[Tiberious aka Sparkles]

Here's my place:



It's a fixer-upper. And don't mind that naked kid. Think of him as an Asian garden gnome.

[essexboy]

d_i_c_k_e_n_s ok???? when has that ever been a swear word, or even offensive???????

[Marcilla]

haha, gd Cap'n, that place is f*ckin sweet

That's like a cozy version of my place in Seattle before I came to this lame country

My apartment here is a single room just large enough for a bed, computer desk, TV+entertainment center, wardrobe, mini refrigerator, mini kitchenette, and enough space to comfortably walk around said items

The bathrooms here are really bizarre, instead of a shower stall/bathtub the whole bathroom acts as a shower stall, with the showerhead attached to the sink and a drain in the floor. I guess the only advantage I could find to this was that if you accidentally pee on the seat it's no problem at all, and also you can do #2 while being sprayed with hot water which is very relaxing

The only problems with my place are that the plastic simulated wood floor gets permanently dented easily by pieces of furniture and I have a view of a five foot wide garbage-filled alleyway

Edit: oh, also, they don't use dryers here. You have to air dry your stuff on a little rack. It's messed-up.

[laogaiguk]