On the Bus.....

pulang menjemput Eyra. Hari itu dia membawa boneks imut yang dia temukan di Nami Island 2 tahun sebelumnya. Biar dia ikut jalan-jalan...katanya.^^ 

😆😆😆Sambil memegang T-Money, dia ikut mewarnai hari itu saat kujemput Eyra pulang sekolah.

The Transformation of Seoul's Subway Tickets

Seoul has its first subway line back in 1974. Wow...it's as old as I am.^^ The other day I bumped into a very interesting ad (well, it's more like a public-service ad) issued by the authority of Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transportation itself. It tells about the transformation of tickets from its initial groundbreaking jubilee in 1974 up to the present. 

What intrigued me is the fact that the one made in 1974 is so captivating in that it has a colorful rendition of what it all started and looked like. 

I really wish I had one of these as collections.

Then in 1981 and 1886 it somewhat became simpler with less colorful touches.

But then...in 2004 up until 2009 with the coming of 'digital' age...^^ well, sort of...and I vividly remembered it since that's the time when I (once again) stepped into the doorstep of Seoul: back then..the Seoul tickets were printed on a T-Money kind of thing and also on mobiles.  Oh, wait..I also remembered the one made in 1999 since the first time I came to Seoul was back in 1998. So..it sort of a recollection of memories clamped into one ad.

That's what prompted me to 'take the picture' of this valuable ad.

Now...the interesting thing is the notion of what it'll be like in the future....

Maybe we can use our body or part of our body since we have each of us a chip ingrained or inserted into our nervous system.

Sounds so visionary but scary...at the same time.

Angry Bird T-Money for Eyra

Now that we have moved into a new house which is farther away from Eyra's elementary school, we bought her a new T-Money transportation card. Actually, we bought her one last year, but to our dismay simply because of our stupidity & ignorance^^...the supposedly child ticket with its discounted rate...had changed itself into a normal adult-type card. That's why we bought another one. 

Yup...Angry Bird T-card WAS the one Eyra chose from other ranges of available accessory-typed card.

It is so small that I am afraid it is easily overlooked or left-behind. 

So, we might as well have it chained into a   lace. 

We also learned that within 10 days after purchase, we got to have it registered at the T-Money official website to make sure and have it certified that Eyra is indeed a child/teenager eligible to receive a benefit of discounted rate. 

So, WE DID.^^

Eyra is ecstatic..........................