The Adventures of Soon Tiang...: Korea

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Seoul - Summer of 2008 - Part 4

The is probably my last post for Summer of 2008 in Korea. Yes, I know its almost Spring 2009 now and I'm posting old stuff. Better late than never, so I still wish to share some experiences I found with my Seoul visit.

A colleague told me that there are some nice shots of Tulips when he visited the Seoul Everland theme park 2 weeks ago, so I thought I shouldn't miss this.. but I must say the view two weeks later was somewhat different...

Among all weird signs I've encountered.. this one should top the list.

Here's some of the left over tulips that's still standing in May...

Some white ones..

Always love shooting butterflies.. so this one didn't manage to escape a shot from me.

Walking around Namdaemun looking for camera stuffs, I met this stall and grabbed some lunch.

Angel in us Coffee.. yeah it has to be a mocha... in the fine prints.. it says "The world's Best coffee'. Thats a really satisfying mocha... but, "The world's best coffee'??

KW2000 each ... shouldn't miss it but they smell a bit.

Decided to try out the stuff on the street this time, since its nice to walk around in the evenings, so tried out this sausage looking thing... the owner actually preferred the shot to be taken without him.. so that explains why the stall looked unattended. I have agreed to help him promote his food.. and yes they are awesome...

Another something I tried.

Bought this from the Lotte basement food court for a quick bite between visits to City hall events.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Seoul - Summer of 2008 - Part 3

Besides the Seoul Friendship fair, it was also around the time of Spring celebration, so managed to attend some of the Korean celebration around City Hall too.

No idea what is this.. but I thought worth a shoot.

This is the Korean traditional dance with some background music that sounded a little serious.

This is, of course the not so boring part of the night.

Lead guitarist in action

Yeah, with lots of pyro too...

and this is her concert... no idea who is she, but it was a Korean rock concert.

again, walk towards the man-made river and check out what new additions they have this time...

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Seoul - Summer of 2008 - Part 2

Here's some pictures taken during the actual day of Seoul Friendship fair. Pictures shown here are happenings around the City Hall, while other activities not captured are booths from each countries, selling their special products.

This is the guy that first came out to perform some calligraphy during the opening ceremony...

and these are his inks.

I'm going to let the rest of picture tell the story of that day itself ... so, enjoy...

Old man with nice Leica..

and.. this picture is captured to show how Korean policemen looks like..

Seoul - Summer of 2008 - Part 1

During one of my visits to Seoul, I've stayed around City area to get a better view and experience Seoul. It also coincide with their annual event of Seoul Friendship Fair 2008. So as usual, I'm more than happy to bring along my camera and snap away.

This is one of the streets in downtown closed off for the event use.

Some Korean flowers

Took a picture of this while I was taking a break in the coffee hse. Ordered a mocha for myself and it is really something. In the fine print, it says "World's best coffee", from Angel-in-us Coffee. Should give it a try if you haven't already the next time u sees one.

One of the performers of the event during rehersal.

This guy is not a performer though.

Think he is part of the event as I saw him on both days.

Another Chinese performer.

Some Korean student taking self portrait. I am always curious how people takes their own pictures using mobile, so I had to capture this shot to remind me of how it is done.