Any other option would be better than Rosetta Stone to be honest. It might be alright to learn a few words, but that's about it. Buying a 40$ korean workbook would be way better.

Rosetta stone is barely better than lighting money on fire. Live mocha is free and a much more useful. Pimsleur is also good but their Korean lessons were pretty bad (admittedly I only did like the first 3). I went to one sample class at a Korean language hagwon near gangnam station but it was pretty boring.

I've given up trying to learn korean...my vocabulary is decent so i know basic conversational stuff and I can understand people well but the grammar is crazy hard and there are crazy vowels that don't exist in English. If anyone knows any japeanese or Chinese language hagwons here I would definitely go to those.

Hmmm... I'm going to make a few assumptions here. 1. Single. 2. Officer.

That said, I don't think I'd choose Chungmuro over an area across the river, especially if you can find and afford a place in soraemal since that sounds much more like what you want. However, Insadong is nice, and it always seemed to me like much more of a Korean hang out than a foreigner one. Getting a place close to Insadong could be great, but I'd check out Soraemal and see if you can afford a place there. Super easy to get to post too. Just hop across the Banpo bridge and you're there.

But having spent two years there I'd still recommend staying at the Xii building next to Samgakji station. Being close to work has some serious advantages. And your access to the blue line (literally out the front door) will keep you close to anything. So that might be worth checking out too. You can also walk to Yongsan station/Ipark super easy. Access to that awesome movie theater is key. lol.

Anyone know anyone from the team liquid house? I'm also trying to figure out where the GOMtv building is.

pimsleur is pretty good but it does cost money. check out koreanclass101.com and talktomeinkorean.com, too. i just listen to these mp3 files whenever i am on the subway or walking to work, definitely helps. apparently the korean rosetta stone dropped the ball, the reviews on amazon weren't too great.

"Hmmm... I'm going to make a few assumptions here. 1. Single. 2. Officer."


Thanks for the info. Yes I'm a single officer. I ended up getting a place in Itaewon that is a 15 minute walk from my office.

This is probably a real bush league question but anyone know a good place near Itaewon that I can get a good legit massage? Bonus if the place is english friendly - my Korean classes start in June.

Thanks again.

pretty sure hamilton hotel offers them.

omg 1 week 6 barbecues, many spicy, home made food, itaewon shemales, omg korea rocks,

tilted half my bank the other day but got it back now ^^ hard grinding more next week

just ate at a restaurant with my friend, over 100k wons lol, soju at 6k per bottle is so expensive

weird most of the places i eat at charge 1500-2000 for a bottle of soju

Yea, this was an expensive place.

By the way, I need to find a hasook-jib, around 600-700k for 1 month, any recommendations?

Preferable with self bathroom and reliable connection for the grinding

+1. Excellent post

lol, 6k/bottle?! damnnnn. Isn't it like 800won @ a 7-11?


try searching for a serviced apartment? check craigslist too

My God. To be a single officer @ Yongsan... Jesus that's probably one of the 5 best assignments in the Army.

yea wtf ive never paid more than like 3k for a bottle of soju. i once paid 4 in the philippines.

i think in koreatown in flushing, queens its like 7USD for a bottle....15 in manhattan.

i saw fruit soju go for 30-40 in manhattan/ktown

most places in k-town is $8-12 for a bottle of chamisul

wow yeah, crazy compared to the prices in korea. I think its about 8-12usd per bottle here in WA

FTP, give me my money!! so i can go to korea!

I guess that's standard, depending on the place.
Used to go to Maru a lot, pretty pricey there, haven't been there in a while though.
http://www.maru-nyc.com/drink_menu.pdf
$26 for a small and $36 for a large
I don't know why lemon isn't on the menu, got that all the time, it's the best one.

Yes. I suddenly love my recruiter. I'm also 6'7 which is apparently a hit here. My first night out I had the most beautiful Korean woman ask me "how many centimeteres?" I didn't know and I suck at math and Korean so the conversation ended with me smiling and nodding like an idiot.

Speaking Korean is very important. My classes start in two weeks.

Bahaha. I'm also 6'7". Yes. It was a hit. Except I never really got used to how openly folks will stare and point. Different strokes...

I got my own single apartment at konkun university, went to emart to buy some food and already seen 3 foreigners omg!

I will go out later tonight once I finished furnishing everything ^^

Finally can grind...

Interesting history:

So we go out at konkuk university and have some sangyopsa with soju and mekju, then we go to Itaewon and have some cocktails, we don't like any of the clubs so we go to Hongdae and get some more drinks and then sake. After that we look for a sauna to chill and without finding any we go back to Itaewon. So I am taking a bath there and suddently some korean man (around 35 or so, I am 22) gets next to me and starts talking:

- Where are you from?
Spain
- How old are you?
22

Normal questions coming from a Korean, then he says:

- You look very cute.
Thanks (I guess???)
- You come here for the sauna or for more?
Only sauna (wtf???)

So I find this kinda weird being a bit drunk and after 3 minutes or so I leave the pool and go look for my friend.

So he's not in the water or sauna area so I guess he's on the restroom area.

I go upstairs and lay down while looking for him and suddently I start hearing some weird noises, so I turn back and I see two guys making out and then on the other side another one doing a blowjob on some guy.

I finally find my friend and we leave while laughing so hard because we find the situacion pretty surreal.

Then we go out, dodge some shemales and head back home.

Sleep time now, I just hope I have no gay dreams

haha that particular sauna is kinda notorious in itaewon. never been in there. only went to jimjilbang once when i was crazy tilting and didn't want to be near a computer so i couldn't gamble anymore.

anyone know what banks are friendly to neteller? KB won't take it.

hey guys. ill be spending the month of august with some 2p2 friends and we are looking into short term housing options. where is the best area to stay? we would like to be within walking distance to restaurants/bars etc. probably a max budget of $2.5k/mo per person for room rental. we would obviously need the apartment to be furnished also with internet and cable tv. not really interested in staying in itaewon either. thanks

gangnam? hongdae? you can get a pretty baller place for 2.5k/month each