Sunday, November 1, 2009

My Feet Hit The Floor In Exactly The Same Place



















Free prize to whomever can figure out what this picture is about.......I have no idea ???
Went on a little road trip to Daejeon this weekend, outside the KTX terminal there were pieces of art on the walls. I took pictures of some, this one included however I "get" what the others are about no freakin clue about this!
Still wearing shorts and it's November 1st, although today was a little chilly around supper time Took a trip into Seoul and walked around for the day lots to see there but it's nice to come back to the "new" suburb of Bundang. The bonus about it being chilly out is the air doesn't smell as bad in Seoul, like in the summer.......

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

We Go Dancing At The Legion Every Friday Night

Ladies and Gents may I proudly present men with purses!



































Seriously I could have posted a million pics of the men with purses they're all over, but instead here's one of the public toilets with no doors I wonder where they keep the soap?

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

100 Cars On Pullin Out Slow

As mentioned before, I see signs around Korea where the English is just terrible
This one is at an English School, Would you send your kid here?


















Cases and cases of ramien or "Mr Noodles" at the airshow!! Wow, they love the stuff

One of the sights that made me happy at the market on the way to the airshow! That's alot of freakin peppers!
Alot of things around the city have been cancelled due to swine flu, I guess with the colder weather its spreading like wildfire and there shutting things down all over :(
Don't cough on the subway you get lots of weird looks !

Monday, October 26, 2009

Bigger Boats Done By Less Water

Attended an airshow this weekend, pretty cool I must say
was an all day event with two shows that had pilots from the US
and Pilots from Korea's acrobatic air team also many exhibits including this one
showing off all the bombs that can be attaches to various fighter jets
the crowd was overwhelming at times good thing I'm tall......
Despite the crowd I would go to another airshow in a heartbeat !!



I'm not sure if you remember but in a previous fish market post I told you Koreans eat anything, well I found out now they also eat it anywhere.








The USA's Thunderbirds


My Friend Jenny and a massive plane












Stealth planes were there too









The noise from these jets is crazy!
Sonic boom and a half!
If you were not expecting a jet to come from a different direction than the one you were lookin It scares the shit out of you!















I been having a little dilemma the airshow was great but to get to it from the subway you have to walk through the Moran Market, sounds harmless right well that's the market where they sell everything including livestock and dogs to eat. I took some pictures in between gaging from the smell of the dog market. I got yelled at from a vendor for taking the pictures of his shitty business operation, he kept yelling, I kept taking pictures. I mean seriously what do you expect your running a dog market and expect no one to care....The Koreans say they only eat one breed of dog and they are bred for eating kinda like cows or pigs. I saw several different breeds in the cages so I call bullshit to that! I also call bullshit to the way their treated and "processed" It's pretty inhumane and all around disgusting! I can't do much about it as this is not my country except tell people about this inconvenient truth and raise some awareness?? Korea is not the only Asian country that has these markets......So the dilemma is to post or not to post the pictures I took........post a comment and lemme know what ya think!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

So this is how far I am from Toronto I'm not sure if I add or subtract 16 hrs to get home! LOL

Yet another backwards Korean trend

Random van... actually I'm not sure what this picture is but I'm gonna go with random van.

I walked by and wondered what the staff was like......





A busy street in Gangam pronounced "Kongnam" a ritzy subway stop, a busy place and home of good taco's!
Today, I was out for a walk and saw a guy dressed in a Superman costume riding a scooter cape and all! His helmet had big horns sticking out of it like he was a cross between Superman and a viking....I wish I had my camera, it would have made a great picture as he was riding on the sidewalk! Turns out it's a new delivery service here in Bundang called Superman Delivery!

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Runnin Red Lights In Our HumVees

Went to Daegu, Korea's 3rd largest city and home of many temples and Buddhas.
I got myself a case of pharyngitis, or extreme soar throat, so we only got to see one area and I(we) had to go. There is a few more way up the mountain, which were way cooler but I had no energy to do that hike :(


Monks had air conditioning
who knew?







Carvings






people praying to the BIG Buddha





rock miniature






Lion 1 of 4
















Inside a temple









The BIG Buddha











Some cool looking dudes inside one of the buildings.




































Snakes on the stairs








All the Buddha/temple stuff is really amazing to see, and very interesting to learn about. Lots of attention to details and very Asian, but
truth be told this is more my style!