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Photographing the Busan Fireworks Festival 2012 Pt.2

Thu, 10/25/2012 - 13:32 — jt

If you haven’t read the first post you can read it here. At any rate, I am going to elaborate more on the topic and provide some great information about actually getting decent shots from this weekend. Since this will be my first actual time heading there with the intent of capturing images and not just enjoying the moment, I will be showing images of past firework events that I have been to. Don’t worry the information and techniques will be exactly the same.

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Rainy Day Makgeolli

Sun, 07/29/2012 - 15:42 — SeoulSearching
The weather in Seoul is considerably different this summer than it was last year. Last summer, it rained everyday, consistently ruining my weekend plans and causing a lot of damage here in Korea. This year, it is still rainy from time to time but it has yet to put a damper on my fun. I've actually come to like the rainy season in Seoul, love it even. Sure, there are the monstrous mosquitoes that have the ability to move like lighting and whose bites leave welts that take at least a week to go away. And there's the umbrella traffic that can be ridiculously frustrating. But, I've come to discover and enjoy the magic that the Korean rain brings in with each passing storm.
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In Kuala Lumpur

Tue, 07/17/2012 - 17:13 — conor_o_reilly

We arrived in Kuala Lumpur this morning after staying in a small airport hotel last night. Taking the airport express train, we were carried from countryside through to suburbs and then briefly through the city until we alighted at KL Sentral, the main train station of the city.

After booking train tickets on to Ipoh for tomorrow, we found a taxi which took us in the central shopping and business area of the city, Bukit Bintang. It is also where we have reserved a room in a quaint guesthouse within sight of a large hotel we had been considering before our friend recommended otherwise. As we had arrived too early to check in, we left our bags with reception and set out to take a short wander around the locale.

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Moonsoon Season

Mon, 07/16/2012 - 13:38 — jmslesin
Well it's that time of year again. The part of summer filled with sticky humidity, gray skies, and a weeks worth of weather forecasts stating only 'scattered thunderstorms'. 

I looked out the window of my apartment this weekend to check on the weather's progress to find my street totally flooded!
 I know some people had it way worse and that the water went into the entry ways of some apartment buildings, or it was up to mid-calf in other places. 


Now if only we could get a rain day off of school I would be a happy camper.
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Romantic Rainy Day Ideas....

Fri, 07/13/2012 - 15:21 — ajdamiano@gmail.com

I know its lame to try and drum up ideas for a romntic anniversary with ones wife via a forum post but our plans for celbrating our 2 year on a camping trip were thwarted by weather and so as a newb to the Busan area I need to pick some local brains. Just looking for some friendly advice on nice restaurants suitable for a relaxed evening. We're not big boozers (anymore)...we like good scenery, people watching, etc so of anyone has any thoughts for a night out tomorrow that would be tremendous. Awesome, thanks. 

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Saturday, June 30 2012

Sat, 06/30/2012 - 11:10 — conor_o_reilly

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It started raining today. They say it’s the beginning of the monsoon season. All I know is it hasn’t rained properly for over a month. They say it’s the driest summer ever. It’s only June. They say a lot of things.

I just finished making myself a mug of strong black coffee, turned a Tom Waits CD, brought in a reading lamp to the living room and have set myself up for a Saturday of writing in this rain dulled apartment of mine. When I finish that I’ll probably read.

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비 비 Go Away, Come Again Another Day (in 21 months)

Sun, 09/25/2011 - 19:25 — CoryKorea

 

Alright, lame title (EDIT: is the new alternate title any better?) I know but it’s the best I could come up with for a subject that none of you readers are likely all that interested in. On Friday, South Korean mega-everything star 비 (Rain) announced he would finally begin his mandatory military enlistment on Oct. 11th. For those of you outside Korea, you may have seen him as Taejo in the awful Speed Racer movie, or perhaps even as Raizo in the also awful, but awful in an amusing way, Ninja Assassin. I would hope you’ve,  at the very least, seen his absolutely hilariously dance-off with Steven Colbert, but if not see it here.

I would argue these appearances make Rain, by far, the most successful South Korean star to enter Western entertainment. I also believe, probably more than any other star, 비 has also been the most successful branching out in different areas of South Korean media and that said I can say I am a fan of his work. First off, he’s an absolutely incredible dancer (I would rank him right up with Michael Jackson in his prime) and very engaging as an actor. I would recommend any Korean drama newbies to watch Full House (풀하우스), really a staple of the genre and what took Rain from a popular singer to megastar status. Finally, I would literally kill for those abs (and guys out there, be honest with yourself, you would too).

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flooding in Cambodia

Fri, 09/23/2011 - 18:44 — elizabeth
We arrived in Siem Reap to explore ancient temples and fabulous wonders late last night. The drive from Phnom Penh was beautiful, water surrounding the road everywhere you look, sometimes covering the road. There were many huts and small towns along the way and I was saddened to see many of them were flooded or had water up to the door when the house was on stilts. Rainy season in Asia. I guess you get used to it?

Our tuk-tuk drove us to some guesthouses to find one in our budget and as we passed the river through the center town, we realized we might be getting wet.  After a long night of (not exaggerating) torrential down pouring, we woke up to this...
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Yangsan Tower reflection from a flooded running track

Tue, 09/20/2011 - 15:57 — cookiekhan
Yangsan Tower reflection from a flooded running track
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You + Me + Rain = <3

Thu, 09/15/2011 - 21:06 — juju

This couple was caught in the rain (and by my camera). I love rain shots anyways, but this one was nice with the lighting on the streets of KSU.

You + Me + Rain = <3
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ARKPopPodcast Ep 25 by ARKPop

Wed, 08/31/2011 - 13:27 — ARKpopPodcast

120:03 minutes (28.7 MB)

 

Due to Hurricane Irene affecting Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, The Bahamas and later the Northeastern United States, this episode was delayed considerably.  Yes, I don’t live in all of those places, but my Internet was down for 3 days after power returned to my neighborhood.  My family and I are fine, but there are a lot that are suffering in the wake of the first Hurricane this season.

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Times Square Mall - All your shopping needs under one roof!

Tue, 08/16/2011 - 23:47 — Seoulsome Girl

Here in Korea I've noticed a bit of a trend starting to emerge. They seem to like naming things after famous American hot spots. Yeouido is referred to as Korea's Manhattan, there's Rodeo after the famous Rodeo Drive and there is Times Square a mall in the south west of Seoul.

Although they don't really bare much resemblance to their namesakes they are all great places worth visiting.

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Dear Korea #33 - Unnecessarily Stubborn

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 00:01 — NabiChan

Dear Korea #033

I hope everyone is enjoying or did enjoy their vacation time! I know I did, even if it was a bit short. Some of that rain didn’t help, as it made me a little sick, but whatever. It’s all about making the best with what you’ve got, right?

With that mentality, I had a pretty awesome vacation.

On that note, I just want to say that this comic has some of the best readers in the world ♥

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Dear Korea #032

Mon, 08/01/2011 - 00:01 — NabiChan

Dear Korea #032

I don’t know about anyone else, but it has been raining at the most inconvenient times for me. I’m not even kidding. The moment I step foot outside, it starts raining. I guess it’s to be expected with it being monsoon season and all. Either way, I’m not digging it one bit. Despite me being a Houston girl, I am so not a fan of heat and humidity. I guess that makes me a wuss?

I know it has been raining harder for some people than others in Korea, and I really do hope that things get better for those who are dealing with the flooding I’ve been reading about. Here’s wishing for sunnier days and nicer weather!

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