Actual talk 35 about house when we were young . W : you know , peter , when I was younger , I was actually born and raised in the same house my entire life until recently when I moved to Korea . when I came to korea , I moved already three times . M : so , you bounced around a lot . W : I did . What about you peter ? did you move around from place to place ? M : When I was young , I lived in one house for many years until ( the age of ) 18 when I moved out . then in my colleage years , I bounced aroud from this apartment to that , many times . W : so , what kind of housing situations were you in then ? M : when I was young we lived in a split - level entry , just a traditional kind of suburban house . W : OK . What about now ? where do you live ? M : now we just moved out to llsan , so we ’ re out in the sprawl with the big wide streets and the wide sidewalks , and all that comfort . so we ’ re in a high - rise apartment . W : OK , is it spacious ? or is it crowded ? M : It is spacious . I ’ ts my first spacious apartment in Korea . W : oh , you ’ re so lucky . I used to live in an officetel ( studio ) and I shared it with my cousin . SO usually officetels are for one person , right ? M : even that it ’ s small . W : Right exactly . so it was pretty crowed . And now I actually live in my own officetel and it ’ s really spacious . yeah , but the only problem with it is that it ’ s so close to the main street that it ’ s really loud . it ’ s very noisy . MM : you gotta move then . W : I know , but it ’ s only a minute away from the subway . M : OK , that ’ s covenient . W : i ’ ts really convenient , yeah . but what about the future ? Now that you have kids , do you wanna live maybe ina house or just stay in an apartement ? M : Ireally want them have a yard , and really you can ’ t find that too easily in Korea . W : that ’ s ture . You know in my childhood , I had a huge backyard . My parents still live there and I have lots of memories in the backyard . It was a great place to play . M : and a swing set and everything . W : A swing set and a garden . SO I hope that in the future when I have kids , I want a big house a huge backyard . M : i ’ d like to have a yard and maybe even a forest behind it . W : yeah , that ’ d be beautiful .