TreFitty posted:

Would anyone happen to know where to physically buy or order the following things?:

Rotel
Hormel Chilli
Green Beans

The Rotel seems to be the hardest thing to find....any equivalent would be welcome as well.

Momonari kun posted:

I found a can of S&W Petite Cut Tomatoes with Jalapeņos at Home Plus. They also had one with Green Chilies.

Green beans can be found at Costco in large frozen bags, or fresh at Home Plus for a lot. They also have similar ones at Chinese supermarkets.

I saw the Hormel Chili at the Foreign Food Mart in Itaewon. Probably is like 2000

Themata posted:

Some 아줌마 was ringing at my door just now, yelling for 김윤기. I told her I wasn't that person, she insisted I was, I told her I wasn't again, she said of course I was, and I told her again that I wasn't, so she finally was like "네!" and ran off.

Now I hear her shouting for this guy (her son maybe?) in the apartment building next door.

Cameron posted:

Are Korean students taught evolution in science classes?

Cameron posted:

Are Korean students taught evolution in science classes?

tirinal posted:

This is going to be lost on most of you, but I can't begin to tell you how much more you appreciate the inner latent comedy of adjummas if you are familiar with babushkas and their behavior patterns in the wild.

The parallels scream out at you.

tismondo posted:

Anyone got a lead on custom curtains? I have a giant window right next to my bed and the light is no problem but now that it's warm the heat is becoming one.

I'm thinking I can find someone in Dongdaemun but I wonder if anyone has had them made before and can give advice.

edit: also curtain rods

politicorific posted:

I think curtains are insanely expensive here whether they be from Emart, custom shops, or even Costco.

Here's what I made for privacy/mute the sun:

Cost: 10,000 won
Expandable curtain rod found at a Korean traditional market for 6,000 + two Daiso 2,000 won table cloths. I cut holes, could have done a better job since they aren't even, but it gets the job done.

The Bible posted:

That's a lot better than the duct tape/aluminum foil setup I had back before I moved in with the wife.

cryptoclastic posted:

Time to go find some tablecloths.

Gilgamesh_Novem posted:

tismondo posted:

You are amazing and an awesome asset both here and the korean language thread. I cant thank you enough for all the help and advice you've given in just such a short time!

The Bible posted:

That's a lot better than the duct tape/aluminum foil setup I had back before I moved in with the wife.

cryptoclastic posted:

This is the setup I have right now! Except mine also involves a Korean Air blanket. Time to go find some tablecloths.

Grand Fromage posted:

My apartment came equipped with a sheet stuck over the window with thumbtacks.

Gilgamesh_Novem posted:

Actually my family uses auction website for everything <_<; It's so cheap and they deliver so quick.

Auction Korea Bedsheets, Curtains category website

Cameron posted:

You are Korean to the core and it's hilarious and awesome at the same time

politicorific posted:

Using a sheet made me feel like I was living in a dungeon, and it's really embarrassing having people over. I've used a "cotton pad" blanket and gift wrap before, but heat and weight has caused several "melt the glue with a lighter" hooks and tape to fall off. After looking at a few "Cheap DIY window treatment" websites I came up with this solution. It's good because it doesn't need hooks. The only drawback was that I thought those Daiso tablecloths were made out of cloth, but really they are some kind of petrochemical byproduct... they don't breathe. One of my alternative ideas was a shower curtain. There were some hideous 5,000 won cloth curtains at Daiso, but I stayed away.

Neat, I'll check this place out more, but I know the reason most foreigners don't bother making anything nice looking is
1) we're cheap, or have just arrived with a university student cheapness mindset
2) we can't communicate effectively enough to explain what we want to buy
3) we can't use the websites, or want to deal with delivery men/bother our coteachers about it
4) we have no idea how to communicate with a local fabric repair shop

Grand Fromage posted:

Also it's unclear what we can do in our apartments. I haven't touched my tacksheet because it was there so it must be kosher, but I'd put in something different if I wouldn't end up having to pay for damaging the wall or whatever. But I can't communicate with my landlord and don't want to bother my friends to play walking dictionary and gently caress it.

DontAskKant posted:

Not many people get to see serious and upset Kant, but one kid did when he brought in a dragonfly for the third time and tried to rip off its wings.

THE LUMMOX posted:

^Airfare, pension, healthcare.

I'm mostly curious about how and why a Korean (girl?) finds SA in the year 2007 and decides to register. I realize there are people from all over the world but it's pretty anglocentric. What brought you to the website?

e: and does it piss you off that we are a bunch of grumpy old men?

"Gilgamesh_Novem posted:

And not really. Growing up, my father and mother were more grumpy than anybody in this thread.

BrainDance posted:

Really?... How?

DontAskKant posted:

Reread the airfare section of my contract.

"The Owner shall also purchase the cost for a return airplane ticket within 15 days after the completion of one year provided that the instructor leave the country to return home or to go on a vacation before starting work at a new Owner... The maximum amount of the airfare for a one way ticket shall not exceed one million Korean won."

Instead they want me to buy it and get it reimbursed. I think it is weird that they pre-condition that the ticket has to be for vacation before I start a new job. How do you control for that, and what matter is it to them?

Who knows anything about renting a moving truck? I have too much stuff for a cab. I just hope that I find a job with housing before I leave this apartment. I would hate to have to throw everything out and re buy a lot of stuff. How do people do it when they go on vacation between contracts? Surely they don't bring all of their clothes with them on vacation.

Grand Fromage posted:

Edit: It always seemed like a looooooot of Koreans wear glasses and this is the first kind of non-anecdotal information I've seen. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17942181

It's shocking how many different ways the school system here is destroying kids.

nullscan posted:

Yankee go home

I'll check for you when I get there 18 May, I am sorely disappointed that there aren't any other GiPs in Korea or at least checking out the thread. I am more than willing to whore myself out to visit you guys and or drink in random cities I haven't been to yet.

Gilgamesh_Novem posted:

It would have been nice and thoughtful if they at least give you a list what is allowed and not in English as soon as you moved in.
Did your hagwon arranged for you to move there (as in introduced you who to contact to get the apartment) or did you have to find out everything all by yourself?

I think you are not allowed to nail things on the wall if you are renting 'coz the landlord needs to put new wallpapers in if there is a hole on the wall (at least that's what my dad told me as he owns his own 다세대주택 (unit) and has couple of tenants in. Do you want me to ask him for more info?