Hanbok Experience

안녕하세요~~~ Old days, people used to greet other people by saying 안녕하세요 [ Annyonghaseyo ] and bow a little bit. For guys, left hand is over the right hand, vice versa for the girls. You put your hands on your belly and bow and then you say 안녕하세요~~~.

People in Korea don't do that nowadays, though. They just say 안녕하세요 and maybe bend a little bit. I also learnt how people bow to the elder to respect them in the house. There are two types of bowing but I am terribly sorry I forget what are they called. And the bowing for the guys and the girls is different. I have the video of one of 2 types of bowing for girl. We also wearing Hanbok, the traditional clothes of Korea. What interesting is that from how they do the hair, from what dress are they wearing, I could know how important they are, do they have children or not, are they married, are they single, are they students, etc. Interesting~~

More pictures here~~~

앙가 7 May 2010 18.48

--Tomorrow trip to Seoul~~~~~~chicken wings chicken wings ...

I'm sorry dragon maniac, dragon is not real ...

I thought dragon was real -- I was really shocked when the guide of the museum told us that dragon is only an imaginary animal which means it is not real. HA~~ Interesting though, long time ago, Korean people use these imaginary animals as signs of a lot of things, for example, as the sign of where is west, east, north, and south.

National Museum of Korea in Seoul was the place that I finally figured out that dragon was only imaginary animals. After Launching and Award Ceremony of World Students in Korea, we got a free tour of National Museum of Korea. I probably don't need to explain what is inside the museum. Just like other museums, they have this precious discoveries. In National Museum of Korea, they have Buddha Statue, Pagoda, Paintings, Jars, Crown, etc. I personally don't like history, but it is always interesting to know something precious back then. What really interesting for me though, that they have this smart device attached below the roof. I forget what it is called but it is a device that is used to reflect the sun light so that it can be the natural lightning system of the museum, makes it more natural. 

Pretty cool, huh?

More pictures here~~~

Visit the official website of The National Museum of Korea for more information.

앙가 6 May 2010 19.29

--One of my friends thought Power Ranger was real.

World Students in Korea

Cheers for me ~~ I am officially one of the members of World Students in Korea. What is that? It is a program for International students in Korea hosted by Presidential Council on Nation Branding. The program that I have joined is in the third batch.

The objectives are:

1. To provide international students in Korea with the opportunity to experience Korea in a more organized, diverse, involved manner.

2. To promote cultural exchange and to strengthen ties between Korea and the students' home countries bu the means of blogs run by each member student.

3. Hence, to ultimately contribute to improving Korea's standing in the international community.

on May 4, 2010 at the National Museum of Korea, I attended the opening ceremony for the third batch and also the award ceremony for the second batch. Here are those with big smiles :)

For complete list of winners click here ~~~

So, for the current batch, there are 53 participants from 26 countries. It is going to be interesting because the members of second batch seemed to be really satisfied and glad that they have joined this program.

For my self, I love travelling. I have a motto that I have to try every interesting thing at least once(that is including Bungee Jumping and Sky Diving which I really really want to try). World Students in Korea has given me a chance to taste the unique and interesting culture of Korea. I am pretty sure this will be a very amazing experience. Thank you PCNB.

Useful sites about this program visit koreabrand.net.
More pictures here~~~

앙가 May 5, 2010 02.30 -- Hey it's 어린이날 [ Orininal ] --> for Korean it means Children's Day, for me it also means Holiday ^^.

--and oh I got an 4GB card drive as a gift from PCNB -- funny, because some days before I told my roommate that I wanted to buy a pen drive. And this card drive is like only for World Students in Korea program members only. Aww limited edition ;).

GOAL~~

Who likes soccer?? Apparently I am not a huge fans of soccer. But, last Saturday, I went to a soccer stadium watch a soccer game. Daejeon vs Incheon. Why did I watch soccer game if I don't really like soccer?

Because it is Daejeon World Cup Stadium -- the stadium where some of world class soccer club have ever played in. It is enormous -- it has more than 40.000 seats.

It is now the home of Daejeon Citizen -- soccer club of Daejeon. We lost though T.T.

Interested? Click here to go to the official website of Daejeon Citizen.
More pictures HERE~~~~

앙가 May 01 2010 19.52

-- arrgghh tomorrow is Monday.

Time Warp!!! Welcome to 문의문화재단진~~~

문의문화재단진 [ Moonui Moonhwaje Tanjin ] -- Munui Cultural Property Site, located in Daecheong-ho, is a beautiful place with amazing scenery. The houses are old-time-style Korea look alike. There is a so called government office which used to be the house and the office of Korea Government. There are 3 main rooms; Left room was used for people (or employee) to have breakfast, lunch and dinner; the right room was used for employees to sleep; and the middle room was used as the place for the King. There was actually no presence of the King, but people still had to respect him inside this room.

This is what written on the information board:

"Munsan-Gwan

Chungcheongbuk-do Tanggible

Cultural Property No. 49

Built in 1666, the seventh year of King Hyeon-Jong, this structure is believed to be a government office or a guest house of the Munui magistrate. It is considered as an important materials for the study of architectural styles of the middle Josun Period.

It was moved to the Munui-mweon in 1979 because of the construction of the Daecheon Dam and removed here in 1996.

On both sides of the tile-roofed main building is an attached building with a hipped and gabled roof.

There are corridors between the main buiding and the annexed ones. The materials and construction techniques indicate that the buildings were built during different periods. In fact, this kind of construction can be seen in the guest house in Jeonju, Jeon-buk Province, therefore, it looks like a guest house rather than a government office. An inscription on one of the concave tiles shows that the buiding was repaired in 1728, the fourth year of King Yeongjo. "

고인돌 [ Kuindol ] this is the place to bury people, who already died of course.

More pictures? Click Here ~~~
앙가 2May2010 10.37

--2 more days to go for National Museum of Korea in Seoul =]

You eat tofu -- I make it!!

Tofu -- A kind of food made of soy bean. Tofu is one of famous foods you can find in Asia countries. On 30th of April, me and my classmates went to Daecheong-ho, a village just 1 hour from Daejeon city. We learnt how to make Tofu and as our appreciation, we helped them to get rid of stones from their field.

More pictures here~~~

--still need to compose another story ... 화이팅~~

asaftira -- 1May2010 2306.