Comments on: Life in Korea | Inside my EPIK apartment in Korea

By: casa de canada

casa de canada — Wed, 01 Feb 2017 11:20:10 +0000

In reply to Christine Ka'aloa. it is to regulate the amount of garbage. Your typical American mind of 'I can throw away everything' won't work. Hence, you have to recylce everything, downsize the waste coming out of your house. It really makes you think how wasteful we are in North America. Plus, it's a lot more sustainable.

By: meraydo

meraydo — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 06:29:01 +0000

just another website suggestion when looking for a new home in korea~korestate.com was really helpful with my house search! they had a really cool budget generator right on their website which made it convenient and fast!

By: Christine Kaaloa

Christine Kaaloa — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 07:36:28 +0000

In reply to Sherbet and Sparkles. @Sherbet & Sparkles: Congrats to your brother! Where is he? You should visit him to see first hand what type of apartment he's got. They can vary. ;-)

By: Sherbet and Sparkles

Sherbet and Sparkles — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 07:27:14 +0000

My little brother moved this week to Korea to teach. He was so excited about his free apartment – it’s good to read this post and see what kind of thing he’d be getting.

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:00:57 +0000

In reply to Jacki. @Jacki: You should be able to buy the plastic bags at the store. They come in a variety of sizes. I think I stayed w/ the 20lb? ones for regular trash but they should have larger sizes. I just wished we could use the bags we get at the store for trash bags.

By: Jacki

Jacki — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 07:38:51 +0000

I am very jealous of your microwave. As for the trash, I’m amazed that there aren’t more plastic bags with which to throw mine out. There are 3-4 bags for the whole building outside, but that seems odd to just dump everything in them, especially since they don’t seem very sturdy or large.

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 13:15:18 +0000

In reply to Feather Ives.

@Feather: Fingers crossed. Am hoping you get an apt that blows mine away!

@Mich: Ha ha… I use them and then bind them up and throw them in the Korean ones. Total double-duty but the store grocery bags just feel more spacious sometimes.

@Laura: Thanks!

By: Laura in Cancun

Laura in Cancun — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 12:19:02 +0000

That’s a pretty nice apartment! I like all the little cultural differences with the bathroom and the trash system 🙂

By: Feather Ives

Feather Ives — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:41:03 +0000

Thank you for sharing this! It looks like you made it home. I hope my apartment is as nice. xo

By: Mich

Mich — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:27:39 +0000

Awesome apartment. Not bad for a freebie! 🙂
Amazing how detail it was in comes to trash separation but it does make sense. How do you dispose the grocery bags? In recycling?