What a View!!!

I mean...this one. There is this huge installation of a seemingly African child who's trying to get some water from the river. I only read from afar that it has something to do with Children Foundation. Clearly I don't get the message.

wiShed I Knew. 

...then....we're going back home (plus...cherry-blossom-watching) by firstly crossing the wide lanes of street to reach the other part of the island ....and I could see...flocks of people ....going towards the same direction as we were.

....what a view...* from someone who always try to cherish even the trivial thing in life.

Outdoor Class

we deliberately went out of the classroom and had our Sunday class at Youido Park.

we were having lunch at 전주콩나물국밥.my fave restaurant in Youido.

with friends...other tutors as well as our students of UT Korea~Indonesia Open University in Korea. 

We're having our class ...right here on the spot where trees and flowers were blossoming.

picnic+studying at this place was simply okay....minus the commotion we saw around us ㅋㅋㅋ

Youido park in spring. 2015.

asik bersama-sama begini.

Tak ingat waktu...

Weekend Bike Ride- part 6: Back to Seoul

empty tummy. Tired. Exhausted. Only one solution: eat!!! Something! Something! But first...let us get some tickets to zap us away to Seoul.... 

We took off at Kwangun.Univ station....to have a quick lunch at 김밥천국. Afterwards ...we sort of lost....had no clue to where we were.^^ 

...but of course, Yuris knew where this was. As for me, the long red brick along the roas reminded me of some parts of Indonesia.

it was such a great day.

...as for our bikes, we rented them just for a mere 1,000 won for the entire day by ..of course, using our alien card as a guarantee.

저전거대여소 or bike rental can be found in some areas across and along ruvers in Seoul and its vicinities.

it has been such a grear day indeed.

alhamdulillah.

Weekend Bike Ride - part 5: Welcome to Uijeongbu City

the monorail track over the bridge and river... 

lots of folks taking picnic under the passing monorail...

...a relaxed atmosphere. ...

Yup...we made it. 12-km bike ride.

Uijeongbu railway station.

Why were we there? *chuckles*

We took the train.....instead of riding our bikes again^^

finally we could ask someone to take our pic....with one big PLUS from her finger.^^

Oooppss....another one.

but..고맙습니다. 

Right....we got our bikes onto the platform of the railway station.

Let's go home....to have some lunch.

Weekend Bike Ride - part 2

Fish. Just one. Spotted.  

the bike lane along the river....and clamped between the blossoming cherry trees. 

I spotted a parked red bus under these white flowers. What a contrast^^

Yuris....you kinda breezily free, right?

a road sign. Yellow in color....with white backdrop on a clear blue day.

we took a "respite" @ Dobongsan park.

Couldn't enjoy it that much since we didn't have our bikes locked ㅋㅋㅋ

So...we might as well...take a peep on it.

This is where we parked our bikes...

...and ran into the park....took some pics...

Hmm...you're pretty into it, aren't you,Yuris?

Hmm...I'd like to have myself captured on camera, too....plz.

And....again...selfie time.

Gyeongbukgung ...then...Youido

got an assignment to accompany Dr. Sari, a lecturer from Atmajaya Univ. Jogjakarta, who's in Seoul for a seminar at HUFS. 

been here twice in two-week-time ㅋㅋㅋ

...afterwards. ..ran to Youido for an interview session.

Hmm...it looked cool.

I love spring.

Jalur Pulang Tiap Rabu Kamis

Youido Park...tempat lapang luas yang selalu kulewati setelah pulang menjalankan tugas^^. Hari Kamis ini....langit mendung dan seperti ramalan cuaca memang akan hujan. Namun tentu saja hal itu tak membendung kebiasaanku untuk mengabadikan momen yang ada di depan mataku.

Ada dua ekor burung yang tengah bercengkerama di bawah pohon yang tengah mulai betbunga di musim semi ini. Semua ini ditambah dengan latar sebuah gedung perkantoran yang menjulang tinggi.

Ya..

inilah salah satu sisi sudut kota Seoul yang tetap nampak asri di tengah modernitasnya.

Cherry Blossoms again......this year!!!

Last year we went to Youido Cherry lane @ Youido, of course. This year we went to Jamsil Cherry lanes, or more precisely we had a chance to see the blossoming sakura at the lake near Lotte World at Songpa-gu.

See the Gyro Drop at the background? 

I guess we did not see the cherry, instead we saw people! 벚꽃구경아니고 사람구경!!

well what could we do, we just came at the very same time when the throng of crowd came into the area. But, still we did enjoy our time there. We would not gone there had there been less people. ^-^ 

The lake itself was not that big, but it was big enough to accommodate the needs of Seoulites who more than often need to relax their eyes and mind in the midst of this bustling city. 

Once again..I did not let myself get caught in the way, so I pretty much walked and kept on walking on the side of the lake so as to being able to enjoy the sakura and the people staring & admiring at them. 

One of the most-sought-after spot where people took pictures. Well, not really...but at least this is how it looked like. 

2013 롯데월드 벚꽃길 걷기...

Taking a stroll admiring sakura @ Lotte World. 

Freya, take a look at Daddy. There...you go. 

"But, Daddy..I wanna go to Lotte World....!!!" 

Since she's been there twice, she knows what Lotte World offers to kids like her. She vividly remembers what the amusement park is like...and that's what prompted her to keep nagging at me....to take her into the Lotte World. 

Well, for the meantime ..why don't you just take a picture with Lotty and Lorry, first.^^ 

Grab my hand...grab my hand...

the fact that Lotte World offers this free photo session for the onlookers and passers by...really amused the kids. Well, at least for that day...they met Lorry and Lotty.