It has been a busy, busy three weeks for me. When I reach home from work, I head for the shower and then my bed! I kinda miss blogging π I managed to flee from the office at 5.30pm, went
Seoul: Bukchon Walk With Robert Koehler (Part II)
I liked the second half of the walk best because we visited a gorgeous hanok in the neighbourhood, saw some paranomic views of the hanok rooftops and walked around a very school called the Joongang High School which was used as
Seoul: Bukchon Walk With Robert Koehler (Part I)
I have been facing some difficulties with this blog for the last month or two. Β I am getting my host provider and ISP provider to to do some troubleshooting for me. Β The preliminary assessment is that a trojan horse or
Seoul: To-Die-For Tosokchon Samgyetang
I never pass up an opportunity to eat a bowl of samgyetang from Tosokchon whenever I am in Seoul. Before Tosokchon, I was never a big fan of samgyetang. I find the broth in most of the samgyetang that I
Seoul: Easter Egg From Myeongdong Cathedral
I bought this Easter egg at a fair held in Myeongdong Cathedral on Easter Sunday, and gave it to a friend who is Catholic. This sounds silly. But I wasn’t sure whether the pouch held a real egg when I bought
Seoul: Ewha Womans University
I visited Ewha Womans University (I know the spelling ‘Womans’ is an odd one because there isn’t such a word in English, is there…?) for the first time during autumn in 2010, and was bowled over by the beauty of
Seoul: Street Art In Ihwadong (Part III)
After leaving the doll shop, we continued walking up the slope towards Naksan Park. These are all the artwork that we saw along the way back to the Hyehwa subway station. I will let the photos do the talking. The
Seoul: Street Art In Ihwadong (Part II)
From the P-turn, we kept walking straight up until we saw this yellow wall painting on our left. It was a shame to have a lorry block our view of the sunny wall painting that day. *ARGH* We turned right
Peekture: Not Yet Spring, Still Winter
γΎγ ζ₯γγγε¬γγγγΎγγγ Early this year, we booked our trip to Seoul expecting to see spring in early April, only to find out that spring was delayed. It was still a winter landscape in Seoul: bare trees, frightfully cold winds, low temperatures.
Peekture: Ihwadong Flower Staircase
Three cute Korean schoolgirls asked us to take a photograph of them using their iPhone, and I took the opportunity to snap one of them myself. I love the Instagram. It gives the picture such a wonderful vintage quality.
Seoul: Street Art In Ihwadong (Part I)
We spent most of our first day exploring Ihwadong around the Naksan Park area. It was a super cold and windy day, and I was shivering under my coat all the time, secretly hoping for the sun to come out
Seoul: Gamjatang At Onedang In Myeongdong
The first thing we did after checking into our hotel at Myeongdong – the Ibis Myeongdong – was to look for a place to have dinner. For a long time, we have been experiencing massive cravings for good Korean food
Seoul: Dosan Park
Dosan Park is a lovely spot of nature in the midst of sprawling buildings and high-end shops in that part of Gangnam. It is not a very big park, and takes probably less than 30 minutes to walk around it.