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I am currently standing in front of my

apartment because I'm about to do a tiny

Korean apartment tour for the first

time. Uh, it's been about six months

since I moved in here, so I have been

waiting for a long time until making

this video. Uh, but I know these videos

are really, really popular on YouTube

and I watch this video a lot, especially

when I move. So, I thought I would just

give it a go and show you guys my tiny

Korean apartment. So, without further

ado, do you want to come inside? The

first thing I want to show you is my

entrance, which is the typical Korean

little square. So, you can take off your

shoes. And then, um, behind all these

bags, there is a shoe cabinet. And it's

a bit messy because I have quite a lot

of shoes. I think this is originally for

umbrellas, but I use that for my high

boots. And then I have these two

drawers, which one is for makeup, and

another one I use for accessories. I

have everything from sunglasses to hair

clips and belts and hats in here. I also

added these

hooks so that I have a place to store my

bags because it's quite a small

apartment. And then the best thing for

me about the entrance is this big mirror

that was glued on the wall when I moved

in. So, um I have this that I can use

for makeup in the morning. And this

light is actually quite good for doing

your

makeups. So, when I moved in, there was

already this mosquito screen installed,

which is really nice for when I want to

have my door open. So I don't have any

mosquitoes coming in and out. So I'm

really happy about that because I really

like to air out everything. Hanging rack

which I use for jackets, both my jackets

and if I have like friends over, they

can put their jacket as well. So from

this entrance area, you just go straight

directly into the kitchen. Uh which I

don't mind. And it's quite a big kitchen

compared to what you see in standard

small Korean apartments. So I'm really

really happy about that. And that was

definitely one of the things that made

me choose and decide on this apartment.

First of all, one of my favorite

features of this kitchen is that there's

a big sink because whenever I have to

wash like big salad leaves or when I

make kimchi or when I make something

that's like big and messy, I hate having

to compress myself. So, the fact that

this is like huge and I can wash

everything comfortably just makes it so

nice for me. And what I really love

about the water

is this feature.

just like a proper

hose. I have a little matcha station

where I make um matcha in the morning. I

also have some normal green tea in here.

It's just tea

bags. The kitchen is also equipped with

this really nice gas stove for cooking,

obviously.

Um, it's going to make me sound so

picky, but having a gas stove was one of

my main conditions for the kitchen. I

don't know why, but for some reason, I

can't really wrap my head around cooking

with induction. I feel like the food

just becomes better when I can use gas.

So, uh, the fact that this has like

three huge gas outlets just makes me

very fulfilled when I cook. It's also

equipped like most Korean apartments

with a washing machine in the kitchen.

That is just completely normal LG

washing machine. Nothing special about

it. But it is very convenient that I can

do my laundry at home. Let me show you

what's in the cabinets. My plates and

dishes are just normal white ones. I

have no idea where they're from. I got

them as a present from my previous boss.

The real ones would know that I bought

these at a flea market in my

neighborhood uh some time ago, but

they're just really cute small cups.

Normal mixing bowls from Daisol. I have

this huge soup bowl that I use a lot for

uh when I make like warm soups in the

winter like miso or some kind of Korean

chik or any kind of stew. It's so big

and beautiful. And then I have all these

like smaller Japanese dishes. Some

dehydrated citrus fruits which my best

friend Michelle actually sent from

Denmark. Her dad her dad made these from

fruits at home. They have a dehydrating

machine and we used them for like fancy

cocktails. So, the fact that she sent me

some so I can have like a fancy cocktail

here in Korea is so nice. So, this is

where I keep dry ingredients. And I can

just show you a few things. There's

everything in here like kitchen scale,

kimbab roll, beans for my protein,

decaffeinated instant coffee. This one

is good. In the CU Canadian store, they

have these spicy sea what is it? Spicy

seafood soup flavored protein chips. And

they're honestly so good. I bought like

three. You can see I bought like three

packs of these for when my mom is

arriving. She's going to visit me soon

and I know she's just going to love

these with like as like kind of a

healthy snack. So, I'm stocked up on

these. If you ever come here, like if

you ever ever see these and see you, you

can try these. And they're quite spicy.

So, I really really enjoy these. Let's

do a fridge tour, shall we? So, in here

is just, you know, obviously all of my

food. I have my favorite go-to soy

yogurt. I have the matcha that I showed

you. If you don't know, you should put

your matcha in the fridge. I have some

Scandinavian shrimps that I was gifted.

I have some Danish honey that I brought

from home. Then I have tofu, sweet

pumpkin, avocados, potatoes, chicken

breast, radishes, apple cider vinegar,

jalapenos, all of my whole grains like

brown rice, etc. Miso paste, water. I

also have a very spicy wasabi. When I

was apartment hunting, it was really,

really difficult to find an apartment

that had like a big size fridge. They

all had those kind of mini like what is

it like mini bar type of things that you

see in hotels and whatever or at least

like half size with no fridge and that

was just not really the vibes for me. I

remember when I stepped in this

apartment I just immediately saw the gas

stove and the fridge and I was like okay

I'm moving in. I don't care. And then

the bathroom is an extension with the

entrance. So, um, when you walk in, you

just see the sink right away and the

mirror and you see me. So, this mirror

was also installed when I moved in,

which is very pleasant. The cabinet was

also installed. I don't know why the

hell there is these

gold stripes in it. I hate that. But,

nonetheless, I love having a cabinet

that's already installed. So, another

pro for me and another like condition

was that I could separate the toilet and

the sink from the shower. And as you can

see, I can do that here quite well. So,

I'm very very happy about that. I bought

this um product shelf in Daiso and just

basically glued it onto the wall. It's

like one of those adhesive ones. And

here I just have my cleansing foam,

shampoo, body lotion, like a scalp

scrub. Uh, I use this too for apple

cider vinegar, which is like a good

treatment for your scalp. I don't know

how you call this, but to wipe down the

walls, uh, after showering because I

don't like having a moldy bathroom. So,

I like to just get the water off of the

walls and the floor right away. And then

there is a teeny tiny window, which is

really good for circulation. And then

from here, you can see that I have like

hand soap and toothpaste and everything.

Put up this like fancy um, dust bag. I

also have this like heater because in

the winter gets so cold. There's no

heating in the bathroom. I only found

that out like after I had moved in. So

when you shower in the winter, it's

literally like taking a shower in the

Antarctica. So I bought this heater and

when I shower in the winter, I I turn on

the heating like 10 minutes before my

shower and then the room is like fine.

But yeah, so far it's been fine. So

behind this curtain you find my bed. I

also have my closet at the same space,

which is very small. I would have loved

a bigger closet, but that was just not

in the cards for this place, so I guess

I have to do with that. This closet was

already installed when I moved in. I

have glued up this whiteboard to the

cabinet, which I use for planning my

studies and my work and my YouTube

videos and my day and to-do list and to

buy list and everything. And then across

from my bed is my desk area, which I

think is probably my favorite area of

the house because this is where I spend

all of my time. I have all of my books

that I'm reading and my Korean studying

books, my journals and like writing

books for notes and a few pens, my

glasses, of course, my laptop that I

use, my big camera. And then I also have

like a very cute selection of items that

I want to show you. seashell that I

found out in Inchan. There is this

really nice like this beach with a lot

of really huge seashells for some

reason. So, I picked up this one and I

cleaned it and took it home and now I

like use it for jewelry and I just think

it looks so cute and it's really pretty

and shiny. This holder for incense,

these aroma sticks that you can burn in

your house and then they provide like a

really nice fragrance. It's from a brand

called Omu and they do like really cute

interior and like like house goods and

stuff. They have a store as well, I

think, in Unuk area. So, if you're ever

in Korea, you should definitely check

out this brand. I also have a little

package that I need to open. It's um a

really, really beautiful silver ring.

It's from a new Korean brand of silver

jewelry. It's called Yu

ujwelry.com. And it's basically like

very niche and kind of bold but timeless

jewelry pieces. and they do silver only

and everything is handmade here in

Korea. If you want to find something for

yourself that's like that you're not

going to see elsewhere. This is really

good. Um I love this brand. You really

should check it out if you are in the

look for timeless silver jewelry. So do

that. As you can see, there's so much

good daylight and sunlight in my

apartment. And that is just another

thing I absolutely love about this

place. I love that I can feel the sun

and the air and I can hear the birds

chirp and everything. times actually

when I wake up around 8 or 9 the sun is

like shining me directly in the face

which I actually don't mind a natural

way of waking up. Yeah. So this is my

desk area. Also this is an IKEA table

and this one is actually not I can still

move this tabletop around. So sometimes

when I have people over I just twist it

and then we can sit like and use it as a

dining table rather than a desk. Uh

because in that way I save some space

from not having like two big tables like

dining table and a desk. Another

cabinet. I take no responsibility over

this place. This is just under my desk.

The only thing it's sitting here is my

feet. So, I don't care about this mess.

Sorry. So, when I moved into the

apartment, I knew that it would kind of

bother me that I couldn't separate the

bedroom from the kitchen. So, that's why

I installed these curtains. Uh, so I can

like actually pull it all the way

through and then the kitchen area is

separated from the bedroom. Or at least

it feels like that. I just found these

kind of adhesive curtain rod holders. So

if I want to have a more living space, I

just move my curtain from here to there.

And then obviously the bedroom is

smaller, but then I have more space out

here. Let me try to pull them all the

way through so you can see how it looks.

So it looks like that when I pull them

through. So you know, it gives the

illusion of of a separated space even

though it's not. So that's a little hack

from me to you. If you also live in a

one room, if you and you don't know how

to separate your spaces without making

like jewels or holes in the walls, a

curtain and adhesive curtain rod

stickers are the way to go. Yeah, they

also give a little bit of a romantic

female feminine vibe in here. Especially

when I go to sleep, it makes me feel

like a little bear

hibernating. Another thing that was

really important for me is keeping my

air clean. So, I got this air purifier

from Samsung. As you can see, I also

have this balcony out here, which is

another like big big big big big big

bonus of this apartment. I don't think I

would have been able to live here if I

didn't have this because um it's just so

good for drawing like laundry, having a

cup of coffee in the morning, airing out

the space, you know, getting some

vitamin D. I have put this little

um like lantern that lights up really

beautifully in the evening. And then I

am decorating this ugly glass window

over there with like photo booth photos

and birthday cards and whatever. There's

also a mosquito screen which you can do

like that. And then mosquitoes can't

enter my actual house. Yeah, I I love

this

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space. Wait, let me put my sunglasses

on. So, for this apartment, I pay $500 a

month, which is excluding utilities, but

they are usually not very high. They're

usually around, I would say, less than

$50. The neighborhood is in my dream

neighborhood, and there's a lot of

really nice cafes and restaurants. I

remember before I came back to Korea,

before I even looked for an apartment, I

was kind of checking uh Chikbang, which

is the website I use to find apartments.

I'm going to write like how you can find

it here on the video. Um, but I was

checking Chikbang like every week, every

day, just to see how the market is. And

at the time in this specific

neighborhood, like nothing ever came up.

And that's just usually how it is. It is

very, very competitive. It's very hard

to even get a place here. And it's also

quite expensive because it is so

popular. So, for me to find this like

$500 little gem, it was completely like

perfect for me. It came at the perfect

time. On the first day of my apartment

hunting, I saw this apartment as the

last one. and I was just immediately

like I signed a contract right away

because I just knew that the area and

the vibe and the balcony and the

daylight is just not something you can

find anywhere. Uh, also the view is

really really nice here and I live very

close to like a nature area. So I go and

work out there like several times during

the week. So the neighborhood for me is

just perfect. As I said, I found the

apartment on Tikbang and I went to see

it with a local Bungan which is like a

real realtor agent. Um there's so many

realtor agent offices in like any

neighborhood of soul. So you can always

just search like pongan and then you can

find like a budongan office in the area

where you want to be and usually they

also know the other pongans in the area.

So they have like an interconnected

little bubble where they like control

the neighborhood and the rentals. If you

ask me that's the most effective and

efficient way to find a house here in

soul if you want to rent longterm.

Obviously, if you're here like

shortterm, something like Airbnb or even

Craigslist or like Facebook groups is

like better, like for an exchange or

something. If there's anything I didn't

cover in this video that you're curious

about in terms of like finding a house

in Korea or this apartment or in

general, like if you need any tips and

tricks, leave me a comment. I would be

happy to answer any questions. This is

my third apartment in Korea and I have

lived in a lot of sharehouses and a lot

of Airbnbs in several different

neighborhoods. So, I can probably answer

the majority of questions related to

housing. So, feel free to ask me

anything. And I also want to say that

the reason why I'm showing you this

apartment right now is because I'm

currently filming an apartment makeover

video because my mom is visiting Korea.

So, I need my apartment to be top tier.

Need to make this apartment a bit more

crisp and delicious. So, for that

reason, I'm going to film an apartment

makeover where I add some interior and

some something has to happen here for it

to be more welcoming to my mom. Uh, so

my mom is visiting Korea in a month from

now, and that's also going to be

documented here on my YouTube to see

like a Danish mom's first experience in

Korea. So, for that reason, I'm going to

be doing a 30-day Korean apartment

makeover and see how ready I can get

this place until my mom arrives. So, if

you're interested in seeing that, please

subscribe because I have such fun plans

for showing my mom's stay here in Korea

and like her reaction to my apartment

and to Korea and everything. I'm going

to be doing an updated version with the

apartment makeover and then after that I

will be sharing my mom's experience here

in Korea. So yeah, more content about

apartments to come and more like mom

visiting Korea content to come. So stay

tuned for that. So without further ado,

I will see you in my next video. Thank

you so much for stopping by today. Bye.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
apartment əˈpɑːrtmənt A1	noun - a set of rooms for living in, typically on one floor of a building
tour tʊr A1	noun - a visit to a place or area, especially in order to look around and learn more about it
Korean kəˈriːən A1	adjective - relating to Korea, its people, or their language
entrance ˈentrəns A1	noun - a point or way by which you can enter a place
cabinet ˈkæbɪnət A1	noun - a cupboard with doors and shelves used for storing things
makeup ˈmeɪkʌp A1	noun - cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change the appearance
kitchen ˈkɪtʃən A1	noun - a room where food is prepared and cooked
sink sɪŋk A1	noun - a basin used for washing dishes or other things
stove stoʊv A1	noun - an apparatus for cooking or heating food, typically powered by gas or electricity
washing ˈwɒʃɪŋ A1	noun - the act of cleaning something with water and usually soap
machine məˈʃiːn A1	noun - an apparatus using mechanical power and having several parts, each with a definite function
bathroom ˈbæθruːm A1	noun - a room containing a bath or shower and usually a sink and toilet
mirror ˈmɪrər A1	noun - a reflective surface, typically of glass coated with a metal amalgam, that reflects light
curtain ˈkɜːrtən A1	noun - a piece of material suspended at the top to cover a window or other opening
balcony ˈbælkəni A1	noun - a platform enclosed by a railing or parapet, projecting from the wall of a building
neighborhood ˈneɪbərʰʊd A1	noun - a district or community within a town or city
realtor ˈriːəltər B1	noun - a person who buys and sells property for others
makeover ˈmeɪkˌoʊvər B1	noun - a complete change in appearance or character
mosquito məˈskiːtoʊ A2	noun - a small flying insect that bites and sucks the blood of humans and animals
accessories əˈsɛsəriz A2	noun - items used to enhance or complete an outfit or a room
laundry ˈlɔːndri A2	noun - clothes and linens that need to be washed or that have been newly washed

Key Grammar Structures

• I am currently standing in front of my apartment because I'm about to do a tiny Korean apartment tour for the first time.

  ➔ Present continuous tense ('am standing', 'about to do')

  ➔ The present continuous tense is used to describe actions happening now or in the near future. Here, it emphasizes the speaker's current activity and immediate plan.

• So, I thought I would just give it a go and show you guys my tiny Korean apartment.

  ➔ Modal verb ('would') for hypothetical or polite suggestion

  ➔ The modal verb 'would' is used here to express a hypothetical or polite suggestion, indicating the speaker's intention without imposing it as a firm decision.

• The first thing I want to show you is my entrance, which is the typical Korean little square.

  ➔ Relative pronoun ('which') for additional information

  ➔ The relative pronoun 'which' is used to introduce additional information about the entrance, describing it as a typical Korean little square.

• I think this is originally for umbrellas, but I use that for my high boots.

  ➔ Contrastive conjunction ('but') to show contrast

  ➔ The contrastive conjunction 'but' is used to show a contrast between the original purpose of the space and how the speaker uses it.

• I also added these hooks so that I have a place to store my bags because it's quite a small apartment.

  ➔ Subordinating conjunction ('so that') for purpose

  ➔ The subordinating conjunction 'so that' is used to express the purpose of adding hooks, which is to create storage space for bags in a small apartment.

• So, when I moved in, there was already this mosquito screen installed, which is really nice for when I want to have my door open.

  ➔ Past simple tense ('moved in', 'was installed') and relative pronoun ('which')

  ➔ The past simple tense is used to describe completed actions in the past ('moved in', 'was installed'). The relative pronoun 'which' introduces additional information about the mosquito screen.

• I don't know why the hell there is these gold stripes in it. I hate that.

  ➔ Emphatic expression ('the hell') and present simple tense ('is', 'hate')

  ➔ The emphatic expression 'the hell' is used to express strong confusion or frustration. The present simple tense ('is', 'hate') describes a current state or habitual feeling.

• Let me show you what's in the cabinets. My plates and dishes are just normal white ones.

  ➔ Present simple tense ('are') and demonstrative pronoun ('ones')

  ➔ The present simple tense ('are') is used to describe a current state. The demonstrative pronoun 'ones' refers to the plates and dishes being described.

• I have this huge soup bowl that I use a lot for uh when I make like warm soups in the winter like miso or some kind of Korean chik or any kind of stew.

  ➔ Present simple tense ('have', 'use') and subordinating conjunction ('when')

  ➔ The present simple tense ('have', 'use') describes habitual actions. The subordinating conjunction 'when' introduces a time clause, specifying when the bowl is used.

• So, if you're interested in seeing that, please subscribe because I have such fun plans for showing my mom's stay here in Korea and like her reaction to my apartment and to Korea and everything.

  ➔ Conditional sentence ('if') and modal verb ('please subscribe')

  ➔ The conditional sentence ('if') expresses a condition. The modal verb 'please subscribe' is a polite request, encouraging the audience to take action.