Snippets of Seoul

Seoul is really a land of kimchi, you get it for every meal, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner, be it with noodles or rice. In addition, they have other preserved food like radish that is really yummy! So its really appetizing during meal times hee.


Along the route towards Seoul from Incheon International Airport, we were impressed by the numerous bridges across the Han River. Each bridge had their own design and unique appeal to the tourist to cast a second look. Another striking feature we observed was the height of each building we passed seemed pretty low for a city. Perhaps they do have enough land to accommodate all 12 milion or was it 120 million?

Air was fresh on our day of arrival, however the traffic jams were not so fun to be in. Following a long long trail vehicles, we took joy in watching a new place go by in slow motion. LIke some of the other places, we saw roadside hawkers selling food, snacks, drinks, toys (yes TOYS! to entertain kiddos, I guess). We wondered if the traffic get more held up by patronising these hawkers and bargaining for a good price along the way.... Hee Hee.

Guess what I did?? To immerse myself in this new country which I'm already begining to embrace..... I stuck the earphones from my iPod and listened to LDG's music which Steph has kindly lent me hee... SHIOK I tell you!

You cant help but notice the large use of cute graphics all around as advertising media instead of pictures. There is hardly any idol poster or signages made with real people, the streets are filled with cute korean words and graphics!


Then I noticed alot of tall buildings that resembled housing, they have very little public housing in Seoul, most city people stay in apartment blocks that has huge block numbers painted on their sides. No one will make any mistakes with going to the wrong block like that!


I was wondering why are all the buildings have that two words on them that translates to Modern, then I saw this that explains it! Ha ha ha ha... silly me!


We had to add "energy" to the car that we were driving and guess what?? Its the "modern" petrol station! hee....


During our short stay, I cant help but noticed that Koreans are very expressive people and that they loved to laugh! Not at someone, not about gossips but possibly some interesting experience which can last a 5hr car journey. It was such delight to be drown in conversations of giggles and laughter even though I do not understand a single word, or giggle of it! hee...

Another interesting phenomena was that Koreans adore little children! They were well loved by anyone just off the streets! My little niece attracted two school girls to approach her off the streets to take a picture with her. Cab drivers cant seems to stop wanting to play with my nephew. Sue (Joi's sister) was in love with my nephew as well! Could not stop talking about him, let alone taking pictures with him, good thing he was very easy going with people and willing to pose for pictures.