My New Rental
After a year of living in a studio apartment of about 7 pyeong (or the equivalent of 7 x 3.3 sq ms; a pyeong, 3.3 sq ms, is the standard measurement used for Korean living spaces), enduring foreigner neighbours who had no concept of noise consideration, I was able to move into a two bedroom apartment in the same campus building complex. Pictured above, it’s about 3 times bigger than the studio, or around 24 pyeong.
That’s our place over there, one down from the top.
Because my living situation on campus is tied in with my work contract, it was only possible for me to move into a two bedroom apartment if I was married. So I set about organizing my life to fit the regulation, in a sense. I was not married, but the intention to marry was deemed sufficient for us to move into a two bedroom apartment. Incidentally, living together out of wedlock has been kept secret from many people because it’s not the done thing in Korea.
