Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Job and Housing

Jobs at most last a year here with few exception. The middle of next month is when my contract expires and I start working for someone else. I missed the window for university jobs so I'll try those again next term. Our vice principle, who I have never met, said he wants someone else and hence won't renew my contract.

With a job comes housing, the two are always tied together. Usually after you sign a contract you get an apartment for the same term as you are working. So no job = no home. I'm tired of my employer holding housing about me and I don't want to get pressured into getting a new job quickly, so a good friend and I have gone out and rented a place with our own deposit and in our names. There is about a month of overlap in which I own two apartments (the last one was end of summer and that's bad timing).

I'm going from an 11 pyong (pyeong) apartment (390 squ. feet) to a 26 pyong apartment (925 squ. feet) as a three bedroom (it's either 1 bedroom or 3, we can't seem to find 2 bedrooms here). So my friend Wade will have the masterbedroom, I will get the next one, and the last one is open for friends and family when they visit.

It's next to the foreign district (bummer) but it's also a short bus ride from the heart of the city (yeah~).

3 comments:

ky said...

Dear Rick,
Two apartments at once, nice! How are you going to move your stuff? Also, what happened to your cat?

Your Brother in Christ,
Dayl Thomas

Bill and Janie said...

Hi Richard,
Your new apartment sounds great. We are sure you will be comfortable moving in.
We trust that the job situation will also be resolved in reasonable order.
Love,
Dad & Mom

RickinKorea said...

Hey Dayl,

My kitty was a biter (even after trying to train her for 10 months) and my housemate is allergic to fur. A few days before the move I met two girls who were more than happy to have a feline in their home.