Cheongnyangni at Night

We did not know that we spent almost half a day there. No, I mean...a few hours from late in the afternoon until early in the evening. That was the reason as to why we could see how Cheongnyangni looked like at night.

As for the other occassion whenever we go out, we also took the time to capture the moment. This time, Wawan—our friend—managed to be inside our picture .

The lighted xmas tree did shine up daringly in the midst of the crowd. Even some LED lights displays on the high wall of the store added up the Winter season’s atmosphere in the vicinity. The wind was blowing hard that time, the freezing temperature was also meagerly zipping through the loops in our not-that-thick jackets...^^

 Been fun being there, though.

Exploring & Traveling with friends

Traveling in Korea by car with friends. What better way to explore the wonder of this natural beauty but by car. Of course, traveling with train with all of its advantages would give different taste of experiences. But, traveling by car would give more advantages like....stopping over some place nice....stopping over again...to take pictures....stopping over again in some place we think nice to take a rest...stopping over again to have some snacks.....etc etc.
So, I am blessed to have Korean friends who ask me to go around Seoul and its surrounding areas. Well, so far...it was our first trip together. And..I hope that we will have some more exciting trips along the way when I live in Korea.
Apart from studying, exploring Korea by traveling to other parts of the country would surely help me appreciate this country. I know..it takes time and MONEY....but....I do hope that I can manage both world (study and travel) wisely.
I cannot just stay at home........
I got to travel and explore...........

Wintering Autumn (?)

 These pictures were taken when we were just about to leave Dumulmeori--yes, it's still in the same place that I've been talking about in my previous blog. We were leaving the place when a deserted set of chairs and a table under the shades of trees was visible. It just caught my attention since the heaps of fallen leaves from Autumn were just left stranded and untouched. I think it was meant to be that way so as to make it look natural as it could be. And it did.




Of course, we did not waste another golden moment of immortalizing the moment, the venue, the people a.k.a. ourselves inside the frames.

With the same angle and pose, we took turn to sit on the same chair and faced the camera that clicked and captured the moment.

The different color of Winter jacket we wore did give different effect into how the picture came up. And here are the results. I think Wawan in his brown jacket indeed went well with the background color; while Seonhee's red jacket gave somewhat a contrasting vivid color. As for me: it looked like I was invisible in the midst of Wintering Autumn....

The silhouette of Color in Dumulmeori

This is the tree that has been drawing people's attention to come to Dumulmeori in the first place. As for me, it looks nothing spectacular, but then....things starts to change if we take a closer look at the tree and its surrounding.

First, I got to convince myself that it might be worth-visiting since I did not see anything else there. But, I was wrong. It turned out that this place had its own unique characteristics that -- I think --- others do not have, i.e. its being the center of attention in the seemingly ordinary looking picturesque environment there. The trees succumbed to insects or decaying old age so much that one of once-used-to-be hole or crack inside the tree looked to be --gladly--evenly shaped and filled with other materials to prevent it from being neglected. It now has become a kind of monumental memoir of once famous TV drama in Korea.  

Another thing that I would remember always was...the skies. It was breathtakingly pale blue with scrapping clouds scattered over it. As if some canvases glued all together the palettes of the afternoon skies....(whatever it meant:)  

The last scene of the day. The silhouette of Winter drenched tree and skies...