Cheonan ~ Seoul: No Seats Left!!!

We got to be back to Seoul before night fell. The only way we deemed convenient was by taking the train. Not the subway since it would take us almost 3 hours. So, we decided to take the Saemaul-ho..which took us less than 2 hours. 

First, we got to catch a taxi. 

crossing over the bridge. 

and...we got to wait for almost 40 minutes for the taxi to arrive...only to realize that the place we're at...did not have any taxi passing by. 

we moved .... 

long story short...we managed to arrive at the train station only to find that no seats were available for all Seoul-bound train. So, we just took any train..and ...left us..standing..or...sitting on the floor.^^

As for Freya...

She's sitting on the long bench--which was supposed to be a table. oops. 

Crossing the Han River....63 Building.... 

telling us that we're approaching the Yongsan station: our last destination. 

The dusk...over Han River... 

Arrived @ Yongsan station when a full orchestra was performing ..what turned out to be a Christmas Carol concert. Yes, it's sort of warming up the atmosphere.

Minion!!!

Because I'm happy....^^

Clap along...if you feel that happiness is the truth...^^"

Because I'm happy...Happy Happy Happy...Happy...

Because I'm happy..

clap along if you feel like that's what you wanna do

Eyra and Freya seemed to be having fun .....

Wherever she is....

even in the middle of the ....

War Memorial Museum @ Seoul (part 1)

The third Friday of May, 2013. At around 3 pm and the sky was bright blue...a perfect combination to do the outing activity with the girls. We took them to War Memorial Museum in Yongsan, Seoul.

Freya...looked so excited. Gosh..I wonder why...^^ 

A daddy with his two girls ...put on a show. 

* one more thing: one of the reasons as to why I took the girls here was because it was one of their class assignments.

Just look at this breathtaking view of the surroundings. Except the high-rise apartment at the back...this memorial indeed kind of reminds me of the one in Canberra. 

Yes...the facade of that particular section indeed 'resemble' the one I saw. If I am not mistaken. 

The park, the pedestrian lanes, the lake, the fountain, the ducks, and..once again..and again..the blue clear sky....with occasionally some clouds that dotted the sky...

were all...the splendid time to go out. 

At the front facade of the Korea War Memorial.. 

Before entering the indoor museum...we were amused and the kids were enthralled by the appalling features of tanks, war planes, rockets, ships...that occupied the whole section of the yards...*this particular tank did move and make sounds..which to Freya's surprise...kept her 'nearly un-entertained'

She found it scary. 

Then..off we went to the one of the planes displayed on the backyard where we could stroll and enter into one of them. 

Surely the kids loved to be here.

*More on the stories later on later parts.

Oblivion..Oblivious ...Oblivioso^^

Almost weekend and I deserved to pamper myself as I finally managed to submit all of the assignments on time!!!Yippeeeyy. To even make it even better, I think I did a good job in finally finishing all of the scripts for today's broadcasting @ KBS. So.......it's MOVIE time!!!!

Being a movie freak, I do not know as to why I always have an urge to watch the movie while it's still in its first days of release...^^

After having finished recording, I made sure that there were some slot of time where I could sneak myself into movie experience by soaking myself in the IMAX theater where I could watch Tom Cruise muscled up his action on the screen.^^ 

Not that many people were around since it was around 4 pm where most people were still at the office. I guess students like me were the ones who dotted a place like this at this hour. 

It was a good thing that I managed to have a good seat for this particular viewing of OBLIVION  

Yes...I just watched his latest sci-fi flick 'Oblivion'
I came into the theater without any expectation of what to see. Didn't know what the story was all about prior to entering the theater. So, with no expectation at all, I think I kinda enjoyed the movie.

Had it not been on IMAX, I would not have been so blown away by the spectacle.

Indeed it was a feast to the eyes although...I got to admit that the story was kind of "oh-that-look-familiar-kind of story.^^

I don't know why..but the Tom Cruise-style Wall-E was something that came to my mind.

Of course, ..only to find that......Wall-E has some deeper and touching 'heart'^^

Once again...Yongsan CGV has finally become one of the hangout places where I could spend my time after working. hmm..sounds irresistible. 

Times Square....+ I Park

Still at the Times Square @ Yongdeungpo district. "Daddy, please take my a picture of me!"

What about the three of you, right there?

"Now this is what I would call something"^^

Wait, this is not at Times Square..but instead, it was another day when we went to I Park at Yongsan. We went there to buy some phone for mommy. She needed one.

As for the kids, they were happy to find a coin-operated Tayo bus that they love watching. 

This is a video I took while waiting for the bus to get us home from a one-day trip. It was late at night but somehow the kids still managed to find some time dancing and singing. Gosh, are they never tired?