Two Ads I Saw at Subway Station

wait...this is not the one I saw at the station, but I bumped into this ad on the subway. This tells about ..wow...this is interesting....each region's best produce. wow...I think I could refer to this ad..and this picture to know what the specialties of a specific region are. Hmm..but..it's so darn cute and small. Too small to read.^^ People would just shrug it off..and would not notice it. 

The second one is about a charity campaign to warm the hearts of the passers by or the commuters. A story of an orphan who had to live with his (supposedly) grandmother and had to sustain on his own life. A help would be a warm blessing for him. 

I wonder how he's doing now. Hope things got better for him and his grandma. 

* but..one thing that quite intrigued me was ...whether...the same ad with the same picture will be used (again) next year? or..was there any chance that this particular ad was already used in the past?

either way...that would be so....oh, well.

Just hope for the best for the boy.

Garosugil (some pictures left)

Yep..I got a new car toy simply because I put this ad on my Facebook. 

Well, why not, after all this PYL-thing looked cool. 

Can't believe that they let people sort of decorate, 'jeopardize', 'vandalize', color, scratch, spray,.........this car, for the sake of advertising...

hmm, why not? after all .....advertising does rule out...to 'entice' its prospective consumers, right?

*so, here they are: my left-out pictures I took while strolling along Garosu-gil.

Mommy, isn't that too soon for me???

I bumped into a very interesting public advertisement on my home. It was posted on many subway platforms for a lot of people to see.

It says "엄마! 이건 너무 빨라요' Mom, isn't it too soon and early for me?"

Well, it satirizes the preoccupation of Korean society's (can I call it excessive?) preoccupation with 'private' education. hmm..can I use the word 'private'here?  

Anyway..what I mean is that...

English for instance..has now been one of the seemingly ULTRA important subject that even small children or toddlers need to brush it up.

then...a lot of kids must undergo a lot of extra classes in music and any other extra training that (may look) good and important..

but...

all of these ....overlook the fact that some kids or children are just kids who just want to play until they reach a certain age...

(Not to mention...the relatively expensive cost that the parents have to burden....)

so...this advertisement or public 'advertisement' attempts to instill or give a 'wake-up' call for Seoulites and Koreans who might see or read this!!!!!!!!

IF they ever want to stop and read this kind of advertisement.

I do hope they do.

한.미 FTA (Korea-US Free Trade Agreement)

I will not--of course--talk about something this heavy -a-subject on my blog^^. Instead, I will just want to share what I found on subway advertisement. Well, it is about FTA--okey. But, the way it is projected in such a way is something that attracts me.

First, I know that some Koreans did oppose the implementation of Korea-US FTA for some or so many reasons. I still remembered last year's long rallie being held in Gwanghwamun and Chongno area around downtown to oppose its implementation. With no avail. 

Well, as the fact suggest, the official implementation of this FTA did initiate itself on March 15, 2012. So, there are no other choices but to get along with this. So, this is when the role of government to make sure that its people understand and support its agreement. This ads suggests that at some point, Korean government tries its best to make sure that its people will understand this hard decision. Look at the ads: it is in cartoon, not real people....that would appeal more for passers by or subway passengers in this case..to at least to give it a thought. 

This ads suggest that this FTA would make one's family's daughter changed. How and what changes that would possibly be fell upon her, then? 

The ads says that  thanks to FTA, the prices of oranges, jelly, lemon are getting cheaper and cheaper...which later on eventually would help her solve her diet problem and of course...her skin would be better, too. 

FTA would also boost foreign investment in Korea that would eventually create more jobs and make her get her job that she wants.  etc...

I love learning Korean and Korean society through ads or any other medium I find on the streets or at any other places where I would bump them into. It kinds of helps me to understand more of what's going on or what Korean people are talking or buzzing about...

Oh, this ad has different theme, too: this one talks about how FTA affects a daughter's life. Other ads deal with their Mom, Daddy, Son.....

I think this is a cool way to disseminate the awareness of what FTA would hopefully bring about to Korean society.^^