Goyang International Flower Festival (Part 6)

Sure it looked like summer already. It's still Spring but the temperature was like 22 degrees..so much so that it tempted us to take a shelter on a gazebo perched on one side of the boulevard within the expo venue. 

Wish we had one of these at home.^^ 

One angle of the facade where one huge pavilion was located. We'd definitely go there on our way home...(more stories on other entries) 

Then we were walking through the wall of peaceful wishes* Guess..that's how I pretty much describe it" based on the inscriptions written on the countless round wooden plates posted on each side of the barbed wires. 

..which led us to the first garden of tulips. 

If only I had a good camera, instead of this 5MP phone camera.^-^ 

Opps...Freyas' hat was just a 'garnish' on this pic.^^ 

The white tulips: an eye-opener in the bright daylight. 

Eyra: "Are these painted?" Yes, Dear..you watched too much of Alice in Wonderland:) 

What would be a tulip garden without its windmill adjacent to it? 

I am sure that this was not intended for exhibition, for they were more of a..well...er... crumpled flowers tossed into the rocks....*which turned out to be too nice to overlook* 

A commotion!!!! People were squeezing in not-that-wide-alley leading to one of the pavilion just to see..... 

.. prerecorded picture of themselves. 

We did it, too!`.~

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 4)

Judging from the venue of the exhibition which looked like in the middle of the town--as  seen from the office complex that surrounded the venue--I could say that this is actually a good venue for the city even when no festivals of such grandeur exist, simply because it boasts itself with a huge park for anyone to go to. 

Flowers with mini statues and decorations in between were the main attraction of the outdoor pavilion. 

I know it's hot and bright, dear. But, let's take the pic. first....^^ 

It's all artificially created of course..but, that's the main catch of the festival. With some creativity, it attracted lots of people, just like us. 

Take a pose, Freya... 

Goyang..Goyangi.....^^ 

and I was not making fun of the city when even the city itself admits it. 고양 고양이.

Goyang's cat. (goyangi happens to mean 'cat' in English). so...goyang goyangi simply means 'The cat of Goyang'^^ 

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 2)

Let's see what to see before entering the festival: oh...there were lots of parasols with benches where people were sitting and chatting and eating..enjoying the day. 

And for us: we were just about to enter the gate. but, before that...let's just hang for a sec. 

Another group pic, please. This time: only girls.   

With the backdrop of the lake and the bursting fountain beyond...what could possibly happen when the day's bright like it? flock of people gathering!!!

Goyang International Flower Festival (part 1)

On a bright sunny Saturday, May 4, we went to Goyang to see the much talked about Goyang City's 600th Celebration. ..

With 4 tickets in hands...we're ready to enter. The ticket was (just?) 5,000 Won.^-^ 

Let's have a group picture (minus me:) first. We went there with mbak Ulfa and her husband, om Wawan. It's been like months since the last time we went out together. 

Now it's our turn, with me in it. 

The 2-hour ride from Seoul to Goyang by subway really took us by surprise...that we said to ourselves ...that we ought to make the best of our time there. 

W: the first alphabet of 'Welcome'--made of stacked flowers greeted us. 

The 'C' & 'O' of the 'Welcome' flower beds were also big enough to be overseen. 

What's not to like... 

One thing: we didn't expect to have to walk for about 1.5 km to get into the entrance. Even the "Welcome" flower gate where we took the picture earlier was not even close to the main gate.^^ Oh, well...we could enjoy what it had to offer prior to entering the gate, though.

See the huge half-ball over there? and all the flags wavering over there? 

First, there were lots of tents where we could see and experience cultural-stuffs mainly from vendors or sponsors. 

Eyra, mbak Ulfa, and Freya: let's take this Half-Giant-Ball which turned out to be the CVS-for-you convenience store!!!

Ulang Tahunnya Eyra

Just the two of us? well, not anymore. Daddy took the picture, Mom prepared the cake and Freya accompanied her sister-the birthday day girl to take a pose in front of the last night's cake.^^

Selamat Ulang Tahun, Kakak Eyra. Semoga semakin pintar, baik hati, sayang papa mama, adik..rajin sekolah dan....jadi anak dan orang yang selalu baik dalam segala hal, luar dalam. Amiiiiiiiiiiiiiin. 

Now, don't forget to blow the candles, there are 8 of them, but wait..the number-shape candle shows that it is 9?

Well, Eyra is 8 in Indonesia, and 9 in Korea. (strangely enough, it is true in both terms).

"Met Ultah ya, Kak" Freya said.

Spring to ease our mind...

In the midst of all what's going on in the world (the thank-God easing tension between the North-South Korea) & (the hope-soon-to-end lockdown in Boston) and other world affairs that circulating around the world.....

Spring is sure coming.... 

I know...for some our of fellow world citizens in some parts of the world....life is hard on a day to day basis...but it does not mean that we need to stop admiring the natural beauty bestowed upon us, mankind on this earth... 

Just look around you and feel good about it, no matter what.

Just let all the feeling of tranquility set into our hearts...

as for us...looking at the blooming white flowers on top of the trees...

is one of the ways we succumb & surrender to the myriad beauties 

to'ease' and 'peace-ify' our mind....

Mama and her best friend, mbak Ulfa @ Kyunghee

It's true, so they say, that..to enjoy the spring of cherry blossoms at Imundong, one does not need to go as far as Youido or to other town since right at the back our backyard, there are trees adorned with cherry blossoms.^^ 

What I mean by backyard is no other than our beautifully cherry-laden Kyunghee University. Well, this is Mama who's been eager to go here just for the sake of capturing the image of herself with the cherry at the background, of course.^^ 

And this is Mama's best friend, mbak Ulfa--who likes going out, too, as I found out. 

What do you think, mbak Ulfa? this one is worth-going to?*

Lots of trees are adorned with these white angels dangling from atop.... 

Walking right through it seems like ascending into a heaven on its own. 

*For reference: these pictures are taken from my wife's collection stored at her app. 

The After Show Mayhem....^^

First: before the show. the nice girls taking picture after getting in line for their turn to take a pic with Lotty and Lorry. 

Now comes the after-show mayhem: hmmmm...I mean the mayhem in a positive sense; in the sense that all children seemed to be broke loose and started wandering and running around onto the stage to...well, try the musical instruments... 

Korean cultural performance was just over and as soon as the show was over..the children started to go onto the stage and....well, started to beat the drums..... 

Running into the arrayed drums like the ones above.  

I think it would be a marvelous idea to take one of these back home. * dream on.!! 

They were fascinated by the sounds of the drums as they beat them. And they kept on doing it over and over again.... 

The performing stage at Lotte World is huge enough to accommodate thousands of spectators to the show. Seen from this angle, it looks small, though. 

wait...what is this picture doing here? Freya, where are you doing?

학교에 가죠!!!

to the school, Daddy!!!^-^