April 27, 2010 – Seoul, Korea

We spent our last lunch in a small eatery within the vast bargain stores and other eateries in Nandaemun. Chinese-influenced countries prepare foods in large bowls. Eateries covered each bowled meal (e.g. noodle, rice meal) with plastic and display them outside with a seller who will persuade people to come inside because they offer good foods at cheaper prices. When the seller realized that we don’t understand them, she pointed to us a signboard that says they have an English menu.

April 21, 2010 – Busan, Korea

In a museum/souvenir shop in Yongdusan Tower, I saw this prototype of The Prince ship use for lumber export from/to Korea in the early times. Korea imports large quantity of lumbers directly from few foreign countries of North and South America and Southeast Asia. Most of these lumbers are manufactured into different products for domestic use and some are reexported to other countries.

April 25, 2010 – Seoul, Korea

I am a self-confessed fan of K-pop and K-drama (if this is what you call someone who watches drama series in cable). Oh yes, I also confessed in the previous phlogs, I am also a fan of K-cuisine, K-flowers, K-urban, K-weather and everything with K-. =P

I was really happy to see this store in Myeongdong station. I never thought that I will be able to find this kind of store in a country where, as far as my observation with the Korea’s modernization is concern and this is my opinion only, idolizing celebrities is not rampant. Not until I knew the word “netizens” and im likely to be one of them, atleast for the time sake. I was asking the guy in the store for several dvd copies of dramas I really am fond of with a Korean accent (I was jumbling the words, haha). I got my precious Goo Hye Sun’s album for a price same as Philippines’ price. Mame bought an original soundtrack of Queen Seon Deok. If only I got few thousands more, I could have ended buying dvd of Boys Over Flowers.

One that I got really bewildered was a photo magazine of Lee Min Ho (Goo Jun Pyo) for 11000 won. That’s P427.07! Sorry Jelai. You can download his photos from the net.=)

April 22, 2010 – Gyeongju, Korea

Like any other country, each local is responsible in continuing the prestige his country’s heroes and ancestors have built in the time where freedom is an underrated word all over the world. One’s sacrifice is one’s enjoyment as the cliché goes.

About hundreds of students watched the heart-thrilling historical war show as part of their educational trip in Shilla Millenium Park. This show involves fight between two warriors with their allies, dancing by the beat of the local and few special effects on city wall splitting in two, emerging of giant sword and treasure box and expulsion of white smokes during the battle at sea.