newborn baby in DA house!

Korea Special 08 - the temple

Temples are everywhere in the city of seoul, and here are some.

went to this temple with Junni to eat our baskins robins icecream in between screenings~

great atmosphere really~

Korea Special 07 - Natural Korea

autumn in seoul...no words to describe here.....see for yourself

Korea Special 06 - yummy korean food

traditional korea barbecue, Junni ( my guide) took me to this place which is very close to where he lives and this restaurant is specialized in pork barbecue~

In Korea, there is a tradition that the restaurants wont offer a wide range of food. Their belief is that if you serve only one kind of food, that means they are expert in that area. If you offer all kinds of foods, they know u aren't good at anything. That's kinda true.

That also makes ordering food much harder because if you can't read korean that means u have no idea what food this restaurnat offers.

my first dinner by myself. I walked around the city for so long trying to find a place that has an english menu ..... i ended found this sort of american korean place and ordered some steaks and sausages. 

some nice pork dumplings

traditional gin seng chicken soup~

BIP BIM BAP  - meaning rice on rocks~

restaurants might look shitty from the outside, but inside, they offer quality food in cheap prices~

my all time favourite....Jum Bong Ramen, spicy seafood noodle soup~

Korea Special 05 - The Festival, Korea and I

this is the festival venue. It is quite a big festival in the city and there are a lot of booths for the public to involve in like workshops and stuff. There is also a big press release booth.

this is the cinema that showed my film "Cinema Jungon"

the mayor of seoul

opening ceremony as a cold freezing night. At first I want to stay behind and watch the opening film, but....i ended up cant stand the cold and go back to my hotel room instead and go to bed early. I even missed the opening reception which they told me later that it has a lot of delicious foods.

Korea Special 04 - The Han River - Tribute to "the HOST"

The Host - one of my all time favourite film. When I know that I got the chance of visiting Seoul, visiting the Han river became a very high priority. When I met Eunvy on the plane, we started talking about everything and film is one of the topics. We have decided to have a one day adventure at the han river and do things as the characters did in the film. This might sound silly to you but hey I don't care, I had fun! 

some of you might remember that this is the bridge area where the monster was hanging and jumping around like an acrobat.

This is the convenient store where the character works. And in this scene he was making fried octopus and beer to his customers. Where he intentionally "steals" two long octopus legs.

We had fried octopus and beer next to the river. We talk and laughed....such a beautiful monday afternoon!!!
I pretend to be throwing beer can down the river Han. Again, if u 've seen the film, u'll know why.

I can't believe that I get to see the great monster itself at last!!

Korea Special 03 - Day and Night Part II

Korean Mc Donald's, its the fist maccer that i 've seen that isn't using its original english title

8 nights of holidays passes just like.......that!

some street corners around the hotel area...i was trying to look for restaurants that has english menu...but again its hard.

phonebooth that i use to call home everynight!!

Mung Dong is great for shopping!! Looks really like japan!

We went to this pub called SKA after the dinner for the closing ceremony. People that went are mostly volunteers and with the technical team. I took the camera out, wanting to take a pic with this beautiful korean girl. The staff then quickly come towards me and told me that I am not allowed to take pics....so here it is...the only pic that i could take @ SKA.
This is the university area (Hungit University) and there are a lot of nice shops and trendy clothes for sale over there. We finishes the drink at around 5am in the morning and there were still a lot of people hanging around on the street!!

A very nice Karaoke.

Korea Special 02 - Day and Night Part I

This is a very nice shot of my bed in my hotel, its like the most comfy hotel I have ever stayed in my life. The only reason I can stay in such a posh hotel is because all the other guest invited by the festival could not make it and I ended up becoming the only guest in the festival! That's why they can allocate all their budget for me......haha lucky~

downtown in Seoul City~


a nice sunset view from the Han River Bank
I only took this two shots because this bridge looks like the one from Jules and Jim~

suburban Seoul 

This is a fence at the Seoul Tower. You must be wondering what are these locks for. They are locked up here by couples and young lovers......for luck in LOVE.

~ to be contined ~