If you live in the Seoul metropolitan area, chances are that your tap water is safe to drink. As quoted by the Office of Waterworks website, "Although an immense amount of money goes into supplying city water, irrational fears prevent many citizens from consuming it."
Here's a 3 minute video from a family outing to see the local professional basketball team here in Busan - the Sonic Boom. With a spirited crowd, a great kids play area, very affordable tickets and food, and of course cheerleaders, it made for a great outing. I only wish we would've gone to more games.
Hold that thought - the annual festival near the National Assembly building in Yeouido seems to have been postponed. Nonetheless, the cherry blossoms are out in Yeouido, albeit not quite a full bloom. I've also taken a few pictures around Seoul for your enjoyment.
I few weeks ago I mentioned that I finally joined the teacher volleyball game on Wednesdays and the volleyball workshop on Mondays for the athletically challenged. On Monday I walked away with matching lumpy bruises on my wrists from learning how to 'dig' properly but had yet to complete a successful serve...even from the handicap line. I did manage to hit a few windows though. At least I didn't break anything. Today I actually served and got them over the net from the REGULAR LINE.
In Korean class, I like (to try) and show off. It has nothing to do with my classmates and everything to do with the fact that I'm ridiculously competitive in all things academic. I will risk making mistakes in order to participate fully and try to express myself. I will experiment. I will be bold.
This is me in a store or wherever when asked a question in Korean in a real life situation: 1. Open eyes wide. 2. Stammer 3. Picture the flashcard, worksheet, lesson in which I learned how to answer this....and blank. Completely. 4. Stammer apologies some more.
You'll never know what you'll see in Seoul. Yeah, there's the temples, parks, museums, DMZ and other famous sights. I'm talking about the really cool stuff. Like this:
Well its all wrapped up now. After an exciting Friday night and Saturday of having a camera follow me around, its all in the hands of the video editor now. The show will be airing on KBS' SangSangToday on April 13th at 5:40pm Busan time. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get a copy of it after the show and upload it onto youtube for everybody to see!
I have been neglecting my blog lately, so I'm going to take some time and update about the last few weeks.
In March, my friend, JiSung, and I started filming for the 2nd Annual UCC Video Competition. The contest is run jointly between Google and KoreaBrand.net and is trying to increase global awareness about Korea and its culture. This year's contest was "My Korean Recipe."
Okay, as much as I mock the need for this I think it is a pretty good idea to ban kids from the huge internet games after midnight. For details, go read the Korea Herald article here.
In June 1950 the North Korean Army crossed the 38th parallel, invading the Republic of South Korea. By September, most of the Republic had fallen, with only the area around the city of Busan, or Pusan as it was then known in English, remaining under the control of anti-Communist forces. As the Republic collapsed, half a million refugees fled south to the coastal city, swelling the population to around 1.4 million.
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