Comments on: Apartment living in Pyeongtaek http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/08/22/11/ My South Korea Blog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: helyn http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/08/22/11/#comment-5 helyn Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:07:54 +0000 http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/08/22/11/#comment-5 Hey Beth, Sarah looks forward to reading your blog and started HS today. Chinese class here we come! Tod is getting his haircut Thurs. and as soon as Sam clears out her college stuff we are going to have diner. Take care ,The Rays Hey Beth,
Sarah looks forward to reading your blog and started HS today. Chinese class here we come! Tod is getting his haircut Thurs. and as soon as Sam clears out her college stuff we are going to have diner. Take care ,The Rays

]]> By: Paul Calzada http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/08/22/11/#comment-3 Paul Calzada Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:34:23 +0000 http://blogs.saintanselmcollege.net/bethsalerno/2007/08/22/11/#comment-3 Hey, Beth, Your description of your new digs was wonderful. And, I must add, *natsukashii.* That's Japanese for something like, "Ah, it brings back memories." As you know, I lived in Japan for some years, and the *genkan* (place where you leave your shoes before you enter your living space), the bathroom set up, the drying rack, and the apartment layout sound all very familiar. To this day I rarely use a dryer--I got so used to using drying racks while I was in Japan, I realized I really didn't need a dryer. I lived in several different apartments, and one of them even had a tatami mat room. This is a room where the flooring is woven reed; do you know if there's anything analogous in Korea? And I was also treated with supreme kindness and courtesy while I lived there--sounds like the Koreans are similar in that respect as well. When you visit a friend's living space, I'd like to know if they'll offer you guest slippers to wear after you take off your shoes. Once when I visited a Japanese friend, I used the toilet and there was a pair of slippers there just for use in that small room. I made the typical foreigner mistake of forgetting to take them off and wearing the toilet slippers into the living room! They laughed because I lived down to their expectations. Take care, and I look forward to your next entry. :) Hey, Beth,
Your description of your new digs was wonderful. And, I must add, *natsukashii.* That’s Japanese for something like, “Ah, it brings back memories.” As you know, I lived in Japan for some years, and the *genkan* (place where you leave your shoes before you enter your living space), the bathroom set up, the drying rack, and the apartment layout sound all very familiar. To this day I rarely use a dryer–I got so used to using drying racks while I was in Japan, I realized I really didn’t need a dryer. I lived in several different apartments, and one of them even had a tatami mat room. This is a room where the flooring is woven reed; do you know if there’s anything analogous in Korea? And I was also treated with supreme kindness and courtesy while I lived there–sounds like the Koreans are similar in that respect as well.

When you visit a friend’s living space, I’d like to know if they’ll offer you guest slippers to wear after you take off your shoes. Once when I visited a Japanese friend, I used the toilet and there was a pair of slippers there just for use in that small room. I made the typical foreigner mistake of forgetting to take them off and wearing the toilet slippers into the living room! They laughed because I lived down to their expectations.

Take care, and I look forward to your next entry. :)

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