Today was an interesting day. Just as predicted yesterday, we took it slow this morning. Woke up late, ate breakfast late and because the weather was sooo good today in Seoul we decided to walk to a bus stop and to go see the Cherry Blossoms in Yeouido Island. The weather was actually border lining hot! Spring is definitely coming in Seoul. When we finally got to Yeouido park, the park was filled with people! Things I forgot to consider today: it was a sunday which means people go to church. Right by Yeouido Park is the biggest Church ever in Seoul. Do the math.
The traffic was unbelievable but once we got off the bus, the road was filled with cherry blossom trees. HOWEVER, once we got off the sidewalk and actually walked around the park, the trees looked really dead. So it felt really really really hot in the park itself. We decided to hang around in the park for a while to take pictures and of course an all time favorite: people watching. What? Don't act like you've never done it before.
Afterwards, we walked to 63 Building to grab some lunch before going to Time Square where we did a bit of shopping, watched an Indie band perform and watched a big fan signing in process. Not going to lie, the reason we went out today was to crash the fan signing to take pictures from the top. The group was CN BLUE. These guys are taller than your average Korean guy so they are nice to look at. There were a lot of people there. Lots of random screams from fans because of other fans that got to hug one of the members. We were on the third floor looking down at this fan sign event. It's very interesting to see. The members amused me greatly today as they were very engaging with the fans. It was cool to see how they would listen very intently to each fan talking to them! Even though we were far away we could see well. The picture doesn't give justice of how close we could actually see their faces. The view from up top was much better then being part of the crowd. (There were a lot of screams and spazzing). Upstairs it was still relatively calm. It was nice to sit and watch the fan signing. Didn't stay for the whole thing. It got boring after a while and we needed to eat dinner.
In a way today was a day for us to people watch. At Yeouido park we were watching various couples and how well they match or how appropriate they act in public. Amazed at how some Korean ladies can walk in their heels, amazed at how middle aged Korean men and women would come to the park with full hiking gear on or how a whole Korean family would come to the park with a summer tent! Culture differences are very amusing. Also looking at the pictures taken from the park of me, I realized, I have gained significant weight... Is it time for me to lose weight? >_>
Today was very relaxing but I have to admit quite long. Sadly, the weekend is over and it doesn't feel like I have midterms coming up. It feels like I'm on a never ending vacation.
Tomorrow I have a 2 hour class and we are probably going to talk more about Taoism. I like the class but it takes a while to focus because it's more like a philosophy class rather than a class about East Asian religion. Well in a sense Taoism is more philosophy rather than a religion? I don't know that's up for debate. It's past midnight and I should go to bed. Enjoy the pictures! I hope this blog post is coherent enough. I should go to bed. Good night!
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| Picture of the Cherry Blossoms taken by my roommate |
The traffic was unbelievable but once we got off the bus, the road was filled with cherry blossom trees. HOWEVER, once we got off the sidewalk and actually walked around the park, the trees looked really dead. So it felt really really really hot in the park itself. We decided to hang around in the park for a while to take pictures and of course an all time favorite: people watching. What? Don't act like you've never done it before.
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| My roommate and I |
Afterwards, we walked to 63 Building to grab some lunch before going to Time Square where we did a bit of shopping, watched an Indie band perform and watched a big fan signing in process. Not going to lie, the reason we went out today was to crash the fan signing to take pictures from the top. The group was CN BLUE. These guys are taller than your average Korean guy so they are nice to look at. There were a lot of people there. Lots of random screams from fans because of other fans that got to hug one of the members. We were on the third floor looking down at this fan sign event. It's very interesting to see. The members amused me greatly today as they were very engaging with the fans. It was cool to see how they would listen very intently to each fan talking to them! Even though we were far away we could see well. The picture doesn't give justice of how close we could actually see their faces. The view from up top was much better then being part of the crowd. (There were a lot of screams and spazzing). Upstairs it was still relatively calm. It was nice to sit and watch the fan signing. Didn't stay for the whole thing. It got boring after a while and we needed to eat dinner.
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| CN BLUE fan signing at Time Square |
In a way today was a day for us to people watch. At Yeouido park we were watching various couples and how well they match or how appropriate they act in public. Amazed at how some Korean ladies can walk in their heels, amazed at how middle aged Korean men and women would come to the park with full hiking gear on or how a whole Korean family would come to the park with a summer tent! Culture differences are very amusing. Also looking at the pictures taken from the park of me, I realized, I have gained significant weight... Is it time for me to lose weight? >_>
Today was very relaxing but I have to admit quite long. Sadly, the weekend is over and it doesn't feel like I have midterms coming up. It feels like I'm on a never ending vacation.
Tomorrow I have a 2 hour class and we are probably going to talk more about Taoism. I like the class but it takes a while to focus because it's more like a philosophy class rather than a class about East Asian religion. Well in a sense Taoism is more philosophy rather than a religion? I don't know that's up for debate. It's past midnight and I should go to bed. Enjoy the pictures! I hope this blog post is coherent enough. I should go to bed. Good night!
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