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11.11
Blog: 7ustm3 - 11 November 2009
Today is November 11th 09. (09.11.11) In Melbourne there is a Shrine of Remembrance to honor those who died for the country during WorldWar and there is a hall inside which contains a carved stone written “Greater Love Hath No Man”. It said that every 11th day of the 11th month at 11am, a mirror reflects [...]
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Neon Boards
Blog: 7ustm3 - 27 October 2009
The brightness of N-Seoul Tower (here and here) looks so small compare with these neon boards. There…can u see the N-Seoul tower back there? I think these neon boards are one of the uniqueness in MyeongDong. Somehow it looks like those neon boards are competing each other, try to be as big and bright as possible~ Here is [...]
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Ten-Ten in Ten
Blog: 7ustm3 - 26 October 2009
I just realized today that the name of this stall (포장마차) is Ten-Ten Kimbab (텐텐 김밥). I used to call it mini kimbab’s stall instead of its name. This stall is located in front of YBM – Jongno Branch. The place that I use to go every week for my language class. It’s a good place [...]
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Eating octopus muchim in Gwangju
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 20 October 2009
Today, we hitched a ride from near Damyang back to Gwangju. I was slightly freaked out, but my wife’s Korean friend had no qualms and jumped at the offer. I figured he’d be safer wth me in the car and jumped in after him. Along the way, the driver suggested some sights to see and a [...]
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Yeoju, the tomb of King Sejong and the birthplace of Empress Myeongseong
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 24 August 2009
The first major excursion from Seoul in our trip was to Gyeongju. As we left Namyangju, following the banks of the Han river south, we passed through Yeoju, a city in Gyeonggi province. As we drove, a sign caught my eye and I asked my father-in-law if we could stop and take a look. The sign [...]
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What to do in Seoul? 5+5 fun do's
Blog: 99 + 1 countries - 19 August 2009
There's nothing truly spectacular in Seoul. It's no Tokyo in terms of things modern and no Beijing in terms of things ancient. Yet I think the city borders on sheer awesomeness. Here's what I'd do if I had five days in Seoul.
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Changdeok palace and the secret garden
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 13 August 2009
Our second outing in Seoul was one that many do – Hitting the palaces. While many would start with Kyeongbokgung, the largest of the Korean palaces, Changdeokgung (창덕궁) was our first call. We had a large group in tow, so our ambitious thoughts of getting through two palaces in a day were put to rest pretty [...]
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The House of Sharing
Blog: Seoul Survival - 11 August 2009
An hour’s combined bus and taxi ride south of Seoul, in bucolic countryside, is the House of Sharing, a very special retirement home. Here live eight witnesses to the systematic establishment and running of Japanese military brothels across Asia before and during WWII. Comfort women is the euphemism coined by the Japanese military for those forced to [...]
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Always Pack Your Toothbrush In Your Carry-on
Blog: Ottsworld - 9 August 2009
Many people hate airline travel. They hate overpriced airline tickets, they hate the cramped space, the crying babies, the lost luggage, and the swine flu or myriad of other viruses you tend to catch on the plane. However airline travel is usually necessary to accomplish a vacation, so no matter how much you hate it, [...]
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Bampo Bridge Fountain
Blog: Seoul Survival - 9 August 2009
Finally got around to seeing the Banpo Bridge Fountain in action – this spectacular sight has been recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records at the world’s longest bridge fountain. A total of 380 nozzles spaced down 570m of each side of the bridge spout 190 tons of water per minute in graceful arcs into [...]
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Into the DMZ
Blog: Seoul Survival - 9 August 2009
Last Tuesday I took a trip into the 4km-wide and 240km-long buffer known as the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which slices the Korean Peninsula into two fiercely opposed countries. Lined on both sides by tank traps, electrical fences, landmines and two armies in full battle readiness, it is one of the scariest places on earth. It [...]
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On the town for the first time – Hanbok, Hongdae, Gangnam and baconduck
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 5 August 2009
As I was in Korea to get married, and my wife is particularly well organised, it was a case of first-things-first. That meant we immediately began to attend to wedding matters. We started by going to the photo studio where we were going to have our pre-wedding photos taken. Unlike weddings in Australia, couples in Korea typically go [...]
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Anyang Art Park
Blog: Seoul Survival - 3 August 2009
I was joined yesterday by local expat foodie Joe McPherson of Zen-Kimchi fame, on a trip out to Anyang Art Park containing 52 quirky pieces of sculpture by both Korean and international artists dotted along the rocky river bank and amongst the trees. The park is short bus ride north of the satellite suburb of Anyang, [...]
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The Great Wall of Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 30 July 2009
Since the late 14th century a 18.2km wall has defined the city of Seoul linking up the peaks of Bukaksan (342m), Naksan (125m), Namsan (262m) and Inwangsan (338m). Today only about 10.5km of the wall remains, most of it snaking across the highest peaks with just major gates such as Dongdaemun (see previous post) surviving [...]
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Designs on Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 29 July 2009
In 2010 Seoul will become the World Design Capital. Among the many projects that are happening across the city connected with that is the building of the Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park (DDPP) to a plan by starkitect Zaha Hadid termed “Metronymic Landscape”. To find out more I visited the DDPP Information Center which sits at [...]
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Korea House
Blog: Seoul Survival - 28 July 2009
Last night I attended a performance at Korea House followed up by one of their delicious royal cuisine banquets. As a succinct introduction to traditional Korean performing arts the show is perfect and has very high production standards, with accomplished performers dressed in beautiful costumes. Over the course of an hour you get to see [...]
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Architecture as Art
Blog: Seoul Survival - 27 July 2009
While the northern half of Seoul has some notable pieces of contemporary architecture, it’s south of the Han River that you’ll see the most ambitious buildings, most of which benefit from showcase spots along super-wide boulevards. Apgujeong and Gangnam are both worth visiting at night to admire the lighting effects playing across luminous shell façade [...]
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Art Gallery Walk
Blog: Seoul Survival - 26 July 2009
The following is a preview of a walk around some of Seoul many commercial art galleries – it’s going to be part of the Seoul chapter in the new guide book – here you get to see some photos taken along the way. Photographs highlighting climate change; dreamy modern renditions of traditional Korean landscape paintings; quirky [...]
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E-Stars Seoul
Blog: Seoul Survival - 26 July 2009
Second only to soccer in popularity as a “sport” in South Korea is playing computer games, or E-Sports as they are known. To get an idea of how big the scene is I dropped by the E-stars Seoul 2009 event being held at the SETEC convention hall south of the Han River. Yuni Lee from [...]
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Puppy Poo
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 25 July 2009
When I started learning Korean, my mother-in-law bought some Korean language readers for me. These were targetted at first-year primary school students, which are still quite advanced for me. A while back, I translated one of these stories for my other blog, and proposed a few analogies to technology consulting and work life in general. Today, [...]
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Whats for Dinner? – Top 5 Exotic Food Experiences
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 25 July 2009
In the spirit of our up and coming Asia trip I decided to take a look at some of the most exotic foods I have come across over the last few years. Some are delicious, some are…not delcious but everything is worth a try right? 5) Caribou, Arctic Canada Probably the most common food source for Inuit [...]
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Arriving in Korea – Part 2
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 25 July 2009
So arriving in Korea required a chance meeting that led to marrying my wife. We met in Australia, but that part of the arrival still brought with it a lot of the cultural shocks, learnings and joys of Korean culture. Until I set foot in Korea though, I didn’t realise just how much of [...]
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Arriving in Korea – Part 1
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 25 July 2009
It took me far longer than it should have to arrive in Korea. I had met my wife at the end of 2000, and we were married in 2001. It wasn’t until 2006 that i finally got there. As well as the relationship that I began with my wife, so too began a slow [...]
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E-Mart
Blog: Koju - Adventures in Korea and Korean - 24 July 2009
After everyone woke from their recovery naps on our first day in Korea, we decided that jetlagged or not, we should do something for my father’s seventieth birthday. So we set out on foot to go shopping, our first exploration of Korea. My sister-in-law lives in Namyangju, an outer suburb of Seoul, and it’s still very [...]
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Do you know this man?
Blog: Seoul Survival - 21 July 2009
At Gwangjang Market with Bill eating excellent bindaetteok (crisply fried mung-bean pancakes) and boribap (rice and barley mix topped with a variety of veggies) and he suddenly shouts “Get a photograph of that man in the hat – he’s famous!”. I chase after the black-clad figure as he hurried through the market and snapped the [...]
