Seoul Police

siting on the ground ;]

Seoul Police officer ;]

headquarters

Seoul - KOTRA

KOTRA headquarters






POL? almost there...

Hyundai & KIA Motors

around Seoul

fake Mercedes & BMW. the one on the left is Samsung (model Chairman)

Hyundai department store

Yahoo! and Oracle

Jim-jil-bang

Jim-jil-bang -> the cheapest place to sleep, use saunas, baths and relax... Staying overnight (everything included) costs you only ~6 USD!!


at the entrance

place where you change your clothes (or just undress before going to saunas). you can also watch tv

eating ramen-noodles

sleeping room. yeah you sleep on the floor - you can get that 'materace' and the 'brick' for your head :) sometimes it may be difficult to fall asleep cuz of 30 other guys snoring at the same time.. In the pic is the small room, there are also bigger ones.

the most ridiculous holiday ever? Pepero Day!

Pepero Day is an observance in South Korea similar to Valentine's Day or Sweetest Day. It is named after the Korean snack Pepero and held on November 11, since the date "11/11" resembles five sticks of Pepero. The holiday is observed mostly by young people and couples, who exchange Pepero sticks, other candies, and romantic gifts. According to one story, Pepero Day was started in 1994 by students at a girls' middle school in Busan, where they exchanged Pepero sticks as gifts to wish one another to grow "as tall and slender as a Pepero"[citation needed] (Pepero means "thin like a stick").

However, it is more likely it was initiated by Lotte, the company which produces Pepero. Amazing idea ;]


11.11 Pepero Day poster



Original Pepero box.

another Seoul trip!

Just after I got out of the train I found this Christmas tree next to the Gate. It was November 9th. A bit too early..

Seoul friends

In front of M2 Club. non-Korean cars in Korea are quite rare so I was really surprised when saw these... btw, the owner of the red one is only 25... Mr Samsung's son?

Japanese restaurant. Strangee hair.

ping pong

Yeah we do play ping pong some times :)


in action

Raffael teaching :)

Ahreum's sports shoes

and the whole outfit kkkk

Korean wedding 2

me & bride

Korean way of sitting

Food court. after the wedding

with bride's sister, her bf & friend

Korean wedding

Today HyunKyung took me to her friend's wedding. It was very different from what I expected. The wedding was supposed to start at 12:50.. on our way, we were stuck in a traffic jam. I didn't worry tho, cause weddings are usually quite long and it's not a big deal when u're late 15 minutes. Here though, it turned out that the main part of the wedding finished at 13:25... After that, there was a picture time. 3 different pictures: bride&groom with 1) close family 2) whole family 3) friends. The second part of the wedding was a traditional Korean style. Bride&groom changed their clothes into traditional Korean style and gathered with their close family members in a small room for another ceremony. Btw, everything took place in a huge 5-story wedding building "Wedding Renaissance". There were numerous weddings held at the same time.

Main part

Taking pictures (whole family)

Small picture room

Second part, traditional Korean style

HyunKyung and her parking style ;]

Fall, KNU campus