Good Dino & Kungfu Panda 3

The GOOD DINO. A movie which turned out to be a mixed of well....mood booster and mood crusher, at least for them. They never thought that some were "too intense" for them. Anyway....it's a good thing that we finally watched....KUNGFU PANDA 3.

This was hilariously fun and easy to churn and digest. The final (really?) installment of the (supposedly) trilogy was a success, I think, for it really captured and summarized the whole plot of what's the 'fuzz' about Po being 'THE' dragon warrior. ...and the movie just showed just that. Neatly.

What would a movie-watching be like without the photo-tickets?

A Night View of A Library/Art Center @ Seoul Dream Forest

No one was visible. Gee...the winter ..cold snap...really refrained lots of people from going out, especially at night like this. It's so darn cold, alright. 

The night was bright...starless. The lights in the library were lit on, for sure..since it opens until 9 pm as usual. But, then again...I didn't find or see any single soul. The positive sight" it's giving me a creepy feeling, yet a feel-good notion that this was probably a new thing to see at this usually-crowded library in summer.

Again....with the starless night as its backdrop, the library and the observation deck (beyond) were like a solitary building ..where one could even meditate.ㅋㅋㅋ

Free access. Lots of facilities to pamper anyone enjoying this public space. What's more to expect from this venue..a perfect one for family or group outing? 

*But, not during this particular weather, apparently. 

The plus side? the whole place was all-MINE. I could freely take pictures and pictures..without anyone passing me by....^^

The observation deck and the library.

Cafe. La Foresta....named after the place where it is located. A seemingly cozy and warm place to hang out and to chill out.

Seoul Dream Forest's gate....with its blaring sign.

Frozen Han River (part 4): Snow-Covered Rocks at the River Bank

After I said "enough" of the island..and kinda forced myself to go home, I had this urge..of keep on exploring the surrounding area at the river bank. hmm....okay..I just let my hunch take me to the places near the floating island.....only to find out that..."wow" indeed, the river was practically frozen....and I could tell from the pillars of the bridge...

They're literally covered in or changed into ice. hmm..I just wondered that it wouldn't melt away soon since the weather was pretty ....cold, still. But, boy..this is nice. It's like seeing something new for me.

Then..without me realizing it...I was strolling along the river bank where I spotted rocks covered in snow. Snow or ice? well, one thing for sure..the river was surely white....

The monotonous white river...., yet...this is way too dangerous to step on.../ On a split second, I was thinking of walking on it..but then..."knock it, off, Ray" wake up!. let's go on...

okay..I kept on walking along the river bank. psst. again...on a particular bright day..in summer ...I think someone would've reprimanded me of not going too close to the river...^^

But, today..was..special. Since..again and again..not a single soul was visible in the vicinity..so much.that it gave me ample freedom to be as close as to the river as I could get...

A special moment..and time I gave myself.

Then...I decided to go back....not to let myself..be frozen...^^

Frozen Han River (part 1): The Icy Cold Journey Began

Getting off at the Seoul Bus Terminal and headed myself towards exit 8-1.....then...walked for about 1 kilometer before I ended up ...finding myself at the riverbank...

This was what I was deliberately going to see. Yup, I heard from the news about the frozen river for the past few days....but...thanks to the cold snap...I couldn't just go out and check it out for myself...

until it reached about 3.3 degree Celsius as of yesterday. So, I kinda felt warmed up...and dared myself to take the train after work....not going straight back home...but instead....going to this particular corner of Han river where the famous floating island is located.

Seoul Tower was visible from afar...and some apartments were also visible from where I was standing. Right..I was at the Hanvit Floating island....at Banpo Bridge...

...and what I saw was..wow...it's like glasses ...layers of glasses just broke up into pieces on the surface of the river. I mean..wow..that's something beyond ordinary. Maybe it happens every winter...but boy...it's the first time ever that I was crazy enough to be this close to the center of the river...to see it with my own eyes.

I guess...it's about 4.30 pm and not many people..in fact...I was the only one ...strolling along the deck of the island. Yep..a crazy one. No one would want to be here in this terribly cold weather...but anyway..I pushed myself....to be here.

To take some snaps of this river. I was actually thinking of staying there until sunset and would love to take some pictures while the sun's setting ..while the river was full of broken ices. But, then..I decided not to. 

The architectural wonder floating on the surface of the river....with the melting broken ices surrounding it....enough to give it a different feel of the neighborhood.

Thanks to my camera...and sorry for my camera, too...well..since I brought it along during this cold snap...and I got to keep it warm so as to make it dearly good for me during the next one hour self-tour of this floating island.