Seoul and Train Tracks

From the 8th floor of Cheongnyangni station. I was dragging myself...literally speaking haha...to make me see what it would look like from above...the train tracks I pass on a daily basis.

I mean...yup...these are the rail tracks that he subway I ride everyday pass on by.(??)

It doesn't look that much....simply a barren-looking lines of tracks....well.for some maybe...

but..for my weary eyes...that needed something to see....

...finding this spot...and take a moment to see what's beneath...was a truly 'okay' time for me who needed something to distract myself from routine daily commuting.

It just so happened..that a red train passing me by...under...

again..an empty tracks in winter....oh, no...it's not empty..there's one subway...on the left side.

A blue sky really beautified the scenery. Indeed, had the skies not been blue, I wouldn't have dared myself ....going outside onto the 8th floor to enjoy the moment.

Over Cheongnyangni Station

As usual, I wouldn't have been attracted to something unless it did have something that caught my attention. This one....in particular....was the fact that there was this one single chimney...coughing up its smoke....

....looking at it from the 8th floor of the parking lot where I was standing...

in the midst of -15 degree Celsius ...I was crazy enough to go out...

yup..the sky wouldn't tell us if it's winter....but the smoke would.

The barren-looking apartments were just ordinary things we can see as far as we can see right here in Seoul...if you feel like ...got trapped in the jungle of concrete....of the same design.

Only in winter can we see the smoke billowing from.the.chimneys across the city.

but..even in the most monotonous and ordinary scenery....I tried my best to feel something out of ordinariness....

The simple-looking design broke out the conventionalism of what the rest of the buildings look like.

I was just spending my time on the parking lot when I started clicking on my camera.

the crowded space....squeezed into the tiny lot of land...where people crammed themselves into the daily lives in Cheongnyangni area.

yup..it's where I was standing to see all of these.

It was still an.empty.parking.lot. (for a reference)

An Afternoon w/ Freya

We closed the day with dinner at Frigga: buffet @ Cheongnyangni.

In the afternoon, she accompanied me to meet my supervisor....and on our way to the building, we encountered some flowers.

Too.nice.to.be.left.unnoticed.

Afterwards....she fell asleep at Artissee Cafe while accompanying her Daddy did his assignment.

Yup...she's soundly asleep.

An Afternoon nap at cafe...

....wait...that's nothing compared to her smirk when she tried sitting on a huge massage chair @ Hi.Mart.

Back to Frigga buffet....the only ice cream we had.

Happy Anniversary to us.

August 11 2002.a special day.

Ok....wat is det???

Didn't hv time to stop to check out what it meant or what kind of installation or program it was supposed to refer to.

grab my phone...took some pics and went off catching up my subway.

....hmm.wondering!

A Short Visit to Cheongnyangi

We're passing through the thoroughfare in front of the Cheongnyangni Station which turned out to be full of alluring flowers. Spring time spirit apparently adorned the plaza. 

Just couldn't get enough of the flowers. 

I know they're designed that way but..who cares when all that it did for onlookers was beyond expectation? It soothed the sore-eyes:)

As for the kids, again and again..they always had time to play around with what they could come up with. 

The cheerfulness of the kids and the colorful display of flowers....seemed to compensate for the hazy smog and the not-that-bright-day that day! 

Open bazaar with not-that-cheap-stuffs at the station plaza ..characterized by mostly the cone-shaped white tents...became one of the blaring facades that day. 

#Airport limousine bus-stop @ Cheongnyangni that we used to take when we're going to the airport (...before we moved to our present address, of course)