Monday, I visited a room D, a friend of mine, had rented. It’s a Japanese-style room (i.e. “washitsu”), so it’s got no locks and is located right next to the living room with wood-framed sliding doors in between. To be honest, I kind of like it, but not so much as to ignore its privacy (I can be heard and vaguely “seen” when the doors are drawn) and security problems. But what’s most important, it’s rented at only NT$3,000 per month!My friends told me it’s way too early to start looking for a place now because, after all, school doesn’t start until September. But the thing is I might move to Taipei early and, after some research, I realized that those apartment located in the Daan District (the area of my school) is sooooooooooo freaking expensive (at least NT$10,000/month for a room!). Considering I need to support myself and pay for my own tuition (nope, turning to my parents for financial support is not an option, ’cause I DON’T WANNA), I seriously doubt it’s doable to rent a place that would cost me more than NT$6,000 a month.Fortunately, now I know that Yonghe, a part of Taiepi County which is very close to Daan, might have some place just for me. Hope I can find a nice and not-so-expensive room soon. Wish me good luck.
Gosh, it really ain’t easy to live in a big city.
Nicky said
yeah, I can well imagine that the living expenses in Taipei is much much higher than those in Tainan or Koashiung.
If you can cook by urself, then you will save some money. But a room with a kitchen is a little bit experience….(and probably harder to find)
U didn’t consider the school’s dorm?
Btw next time you visit Tainan, don’t hesitate to call upon me.
Good Luck!!
averytaiwan said
Dear Nicky,
The reason why I don’t even think about living in the school dorm is that I heard the best I can get at NTNU is a quadruple room! Think about living with THREE OTHER roommates when doing graduate studies! And most important of all, I’ll need to be working to support myself when school starts and thus the less disturbance, the better!
When are you graduated? Do you now stay in Tainan or Kaohsiung most of the time? BTW, I love, love southern Taiwan! It’s so WARM and SUNNY and cheap (I mean the living expenses)!