Dynamic Busan: (Part 38) The Highlights...

Busan....Busan...Busan....It's Marina City. Drenched in the shower of lights from the towering sky scrappers as the backdrop of our picture, we were so excited to there. Along with friends from Korea and  many other nationalities, we were there as part of our visit to the 'Dynamic Busan' Only Busan Fam Tour arranged by the Korea Brand Communicator and Busan City Government.

The leap of Joy and Exhilaration at the Nurimaru APEX House. 

We'd figured out a way to expel and release the tumultuous energy inside us...

JUMP into the air...

Another pic. I'd like to put down on this blog, the very same spot and time where we were still at Marina City, Busan. ( A must-visit spot for everyone to enjoy the night view of Busan)

A mimicking pose for one of the famous David La Chapelle's works of arts staged at BEXCO.

A healing pose at the Taejeongdae. Why not pose for a while as if I was contemplating on a big rock overlooking the ocean...

A Memoir with friends at Taejeongdae...

A group photo in front of the Gijang Etiquette School. 

A Shaky cam of me on top of a mountain ....overlooking... Busan's night view...

At the station. before departing to Seoul on board KTX.

Dynamic Busan: part 34 (bye bye Etiquette School)

After a one-night stand ( I mean...stay) at the school, we finally got our stuffs and packed them...ready to board the bus again onward Busan. This is the hallway in between rooms where we stayed for the night. Rooms between boys and girls are simply separated by this alley. Oh, the fun part was that we had a common shared bathroom (of course boys and girls being separated), what I meant by it being 'fun' was because..it was my first time of having to share a bathroom. Really quite an experience in itself^^

The facade of the room where we stayed in. It fully accommodated up to 10 people ( I guess), but luckily there were only 6 of us in each room which was very convenient. Surely, this is a Korean style to sleep on the floor where the heating system (called ondol) keep the temperature of the room warm during winter. But since it was already summer...we did not use it. Instead, AC came along.^^

Took a snap of the map in front of the school. It did elaborate the where-about and what kinds of facilities the school had. Unfortunately, I did  not have that much time to take a closer look at the map, though.

Ready to continue our journey to Busan to meet the vice mayor of Busan city without whom we would never be invited to experience Busan and all of its wonder.

Follow along on my other posts on this blog.

Dynamic Busan: part 33 (Hanbok @ Etiquette School)

After a seriously tedious array of hanbok preparation, we finally got ourselves in our hanbok. Well, as seen in the picture, the girls got pretty colorful outfits (hanboks) while the guys just wore plain light blue ones..with hats as their accent.

The royal wedding hanbok was worn by our friend who was lucky enough to put it on. Oh, did I mention that it took time to put it on? 

As for the guys, the hanbok looks simple. Yet, don't get fooled by its appearance. We were wearing layers by layers inner clothes that built up into a fully worn hanbok.

Apart from simply wearing hanbok, we also learned how to behave when we are wearing hanbok, e.g. what we can and cannot do, and when to bow and how to bow...or to greet.

NOt like what the boys were doing at the moment..They were a bit tired that they just spread their legs on their hambok, while the girls were busy practicing their part of greeting and giving respect to elders.

It looked so much easy on TV, but when we do it by ourselves,,,so, when we finally got the hang of it, we managed to do it accordingly.

My friend, Jamaito and his so-called princess...^^

  

Wait..is this Jamaito with another woman? 

We could not sa more...^^ IT was so fun to try our chance to get to know others, too...though

Me with my teacher --for a day --who was kindly enough to teach us what to and not to do while wearing hanbok.....

Dynamic Busan: part 31 - A Beach at Gijang and more

Continuing my previous post...

Now that I dared myself coming down the road towards the beach...I realized one more interesting fact.

Train. Trains track. Railway...just near the beach. Since we arrived the other day in the evening, I barely noticed that we were: first, near the beach; second: we stayed near the rail-track.

In fact: THIS WAS my first rail-track crossing close encounter in Korea. In Seoul most or ( I think) all of the passing trains are either underground or separated from the streets and highways so as to eliminate train-crossing accidents.

So, upon finding this...I was like...Wow..it looked just like what I usually found back home in Jogjakarta. The mixed feeling of having this sight was a bit surreal. ( a bit exaggerating...of course)^^

Finally I arrived at the sea with nothing to do whatsoever. Then. I realized another thing....there were lots of concrete blocks stacked one against another along the beach....hmm 

The iron fence, the concrete blocks, the beach, the cloud, the nuclear power plant beyond...

were all....out of this world. 

I zoomed in the Nuclear Power Plant. 

A closer look into the concrete block...

As far as my eyes could see...the blocks dotted the landscape of the beach (what beach? ^^)

Thinking that I could not do anything right here..

.I had this positive thinking of enjoying what the place had to offer.  

..and what is that? Taking picture....and sitting on one of the concretes

What? Was this near the beach? YES.

See?

Just when I thought I could not find anything to watch and enjoy....

the lush green vegetation was right around the corner.

Even I spotted a farmer's backyard or maybe someone's backyard where veggies were....

Dynamic Busan: (part 30) - Etiquette School

기장문화예절학교 or literally translated into School of Culture and Etiquette at Gijang (a region 25-km northern part of Busan)

The last day in Busan, we stayed for an overnight sleep-over at Gijang Munhwa Yejeol Hakgyeo or this Etiquette School. 

Since we arrived in the late evening, I did not take as many pictures at night on the day we arrived, instead...early in the morning..I woke up and started wandering around the school.

This its  the 5-teaching at the school. One of them is that we should greet people first every time we meet them whenever ....(No wonder that on the day we got there the other day..as soon as we stepped out of the bus...a number of children greeted us 'Annyonghaseyo' to our surprise. Hohoho.."This was what we were going to experience" I thought. Nice.

Early in the morning, no one was visible. Really. 

It was just me...going around the school and taking pictures...

It seemed to be some kind of deserted  palace somewhere. But, no..it was not. Indeed..the buildings do resemble the characteristic of what Traditional Korean houses might look like. Boy, they were.

Even the walls surrounding the school complex were made of those typical Korean walls that we could see and find in bigger palaces in Seoul. The different, they were small in sizes and yet..they do match the natural surroundings. It looked  a bit eerie actually...wandering around alone.

Even the pave-walk connecting each house or hall were mad e of stones or bricks or cement-like stones so as to resemble the original stepping stones found in royal palaces.

I thought this was one of the nicest small halls or huts or houses scattered around the school complex. The roofs, the pillars, the doors, the windows, the walls...were all typically Korean.

Oh..it was a bit cloudy that day. The feeling of being gazed upon by the empty halls in the morning...seemed a bit unbearably overwhelming. 

Taking a closer look at the pillars and the corridor at one hall.

Roof, walls, clouds, trees....

Stepping outside of the school, I found a road just beside the school. But, again..this road, too, belonged to the school itself.  

This was the dormitory where we spend a night there. Each room can accommodated up to 10 people ( a bit crowded, though.) But, thankfully...when we were there, we could stay in one room with up to 5 friends...a relief.

Walking down the road towards the gate. Up beyond...(barely visible) was the beach. Yes, we were still in Busan where beach becomes sort of the center of all activities.

After getting satisfied of walking around the school complex, I dared myself to go out of the school complex and started walking down towards the beach up there...I mean...right ahead. See it? (once again..the cloudy morning did entice me to get back to sleep but...then...what the point of going there in the first place if I just spent my time sleeping...?

Approaching...approaching....the sea....and right ahead and far beyond...I was a bit startled to find out that the school is near onf the Nuclear Power Plant in Korea.^^ Nice.