[01.29.11] Photographs

Amtrak.

I think we stopped at Illinois temporarily... I'm not sure.

Summer, 2009

Inside the train.

I couldn't fall asleep that night.

Summer, 2009

 

San Francisco!

 The forest formed with buildings..

Summer, 2009

 

Yosemite National Park

A tree grows between the huge boulders.

They're strong and they don't easily die.

Summer, 2009

 

 

Haha. That's me I guess~

 

Yellowstone National Park

Yellow cars are cool!

Summer, 2009

 

Yellowstone National Park

Summer, 2009

 

Buffalos at Yellowstone National Park

Summer, 2009

 

Yellowstone National Park

 

A white flower bloomed in front of my house.

I have no clue about that flower's real name.

Autumn, 2009

So green!

I miss New York.

After spring, but before summer, 2010

Yellow taxi looks funny, but I like it.

Spring, 2010

 

Manhattan!

42nd Street.

I REALLY miss New York.

Spring, 2010

On an airplane, on my way to Jeju Island.

This is what Korea's sky looks like from a bird's eyes' view.

Autumn, 2010

All photos taken by Canon 50D

©Hyun Soo Kim

[01.18.11] In Seoul: Shinchon and Ihwa Women's Univ.

It has been a while since I met my old friends, so I talked with
Soojin and Hyunbin and we planned to meet on Saturday, January 8.
We were thinking about meeting earlier, but Soojin fractured her
tailbone and it was impossible for her to go outside.



So! we met at Jamsil station, where Lotte World is, and
headed towardIhwa Women's University. We heard there are a lot
of things to do there.

Actually, there were nothing to do except eating and looking at things.

After eating our late lunch, we headed to Shinchon

because I wanted to see someone whom I knew :)

He was going back to his home which was located 

far, far away from Seoul (It takes about 4 hours by car) and 

This day was my last chance to see him again. T_T

Waiting...

Still waiting....

We had nothing to do at Shinchon since there were only bars.

Then we moved to City Hall because Hyunbin wanted to visit

this cafe where Joong Ki Song's (actor) older brother ran.

That's Joong Ki Song next to the dog. :)

Anyway, we had a fun time.
We talked about a lot of things, things that changed and not changed
since I left Korea few years ago.
I hope we can meet some other time again!

[12.29.10] SNOW!

It snowed in Seoul!

It's my first time seeing snow in Korea this year.

Of coarse it didn't snow a lot like the states, but 10cm of snow in Seoul is a big trouble!

It doesn't usually snow in Korea and I think this year was bizarre.

I heard it snowed about 30cm in Seoul and it happened in 103 years or something in the beginning of the year.

As you might know, Seoul is a large city with a lot of traffic, apartments and people.

Once it snow, the whole city freezes. 

We don't even have those trucks that clean the roads.

Well, except the fact that walking outside is dangerous(slippery!), 

I like the snow today haha

[2010.12.01] Topics I might include in future posts

I haven't chosen a specific topic for my blog, but I might discuss these topics listed below.

It's not going to be professional or anything close to that so don't take it seriously!

I'll add more topics as I run this blog :)





1. My life (maybe boring)
2. Diary decorations
3. Introduction to variety kinds of cameras
4. Music
5. Things I'm interested in
6. character figures
7. Korean/American dramas
8. Movie reviews
9. Paper models or figures

10. photos

[2010.11.30] Anxiety in Seoul as Civilian Deaths Are Reported

World

Anxiety in Seoul as Civilian Deaths Are Reported

By MARK McDONALD

Published: November 24, 2010

The South Korean capital seemed caught between anger over the deaths and relief that tensions hadn’t escalated.

 Article from the New York Times

Click to see the article

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North Korea attacked Yeonpyoeng Island of South Korea, without notice. The attack started around 2:34PM, Nov. 23.
2 soldiers and 2 civilians died due to the bombing of North Korea.
The civilians of South Korea were outraged by the North Korea's provocativeness and the late response of the government.
Also, the government delivered false information on how many bombs the North Korea used and this mistake made the civilians get angry even more. In first place, they announced that the North Korea used 80 bombs, but later, they fixed it to 170 bombs in total.
In response, the South Korea used 80 bombs as a revenge.

As it is explained in the article, the people in South Korea don't want war against North Korea. War won't bring any benefits to both countries;it's just going to make the wound deeper.  In my opinion, the stronger ones should control their temper and they shouldn't create a problem.

▲Yeonpyeong Island before the bombing.

[2010.11.29] Lonely Wandering In A Forest :Yuki Guramoto

Artist: Yuki Guramoto

Album: Piano Nostalgie

Genre: Jazz/ New Age

Release Date: 2008.07.04

Yuki Guramoto's songs make me calm.
This is one of the song I enjoy listening to.

Sometimes, there are times when I can't fall asleep, and I carefully listen to this song immediately. :)

The music itself is very calm and the rhythms of soft piano is very peaceful that it makes the brain get peaceful too. I usually don't listen to New Age songs, but there are times when it's necessary and this song is a perfect match for that moments.

[2010.11.27] Party!?

Well, I can't call it a party but had a fun day.

First of all, the weather sucked!

It rained and snowed at the same time and you know, slushy kind of snow bothered me a lot.

Good thing I met my friend during lunch time.

We went to Shinsa dong and ate Samgyupsal(삼겹살). 

Samgyupsal is like a three layered pork where Koreans tend to eat a lot with some alcohol, but since we are still teenagers of coarse there were no alcohol involved. :)

We ate them with kimchi(김치)-which is one of the most famous traditional food of Korea- while we cooked the pork on the big grill thing. Yummy!

                                                                                                      Canon_50D

I went there with one of my friend and my brother... I don't know why my brother followed me.

Maybe he wanted to eat Samgyopsal too..?

After, when we got home our aunt was waiting in front of our house.

She told us that she was going to make cream spaghetti and other good foods so we headed to her house. I had tons of homework to do, but I followed.

I helped her cook and other cousins came over to the aunt's house... it was very crowdy.

We joked around, sometimes teasing each other and had a fun time as if we were kindergartners again.

P.S- My belly almost popped due to the intake of excessive amount of food