November 2011
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Nov 29th
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Haneul Park in the Autumn
At the beginning of the summer I headed to Haneul Park with some friends. It was our first time and no one really knew what to expect. We had wanted to find a nice grassy spot for a picnic to welcome in the warm weather, but that idea was botched slightly by all of the rope fences. Haneul Park, which we’d taken to mean lots of grassy area to enjoy, was a high overlook with rope fences...
Nov 29th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Seoul Lantern Festival 2011
The third annual Seoul Lantern festival is lighting up the Cheonggyecheon Stream once again with lanterns depicting everything from fish to transformers. This years theme is “Stories of Seoul’s Past through Lanterns”. At the beginning the theme is right out there in the open through a half scaled model of Namdaemun gate that you can walk through and Korean fables through...
Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 16th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 14th
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Nov 9th
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Paebaek Piggyback
Following the formal traditional ceremony for our guests there is another ceremony only for the families. An intimate affair to combine the families as one united. This was originally a ceremony for the groom’s family to formally accept the bride into their home, as in the past following the ceremony the bride would then move in with the groom’s family. As things have changed and...
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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Our Traditional Wedding Ceremony
The ceremony started ten minutes earlier than we’d put on our invitations and even though I tried to feign misunderstanding and go for a wander so my friends could make it in time the attendants got the mothers up to begin. I don’t really know what time everything got under way as I had no watch to look at, and even if I did the sleeves on my hanbok were two feet longer than my arms...
Nov 8th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 6th
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Nov 5th
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Nov 5th
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A Wedding Hanbok Fit for a Foreigner
Getting ready for the Korean traditional wedding ceremony was, I assume, similar to what it will be like getting ready for the American ceremony in a few months. Make-up preparation taking longer than I’m used to and putting on clothes that I’ll never wear again and mean so much. The only difference is I know what to expect in the American style and with the Korean one I was moved...
Nov 5th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
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Chrysanthemums Color Masan
Last Friday I happened upon the Gagopa Chrysanthemum Festival in Masan in Gyeongsangnam-do. Jae-oo had a concert down there and my family hadn’t seen him play yet, which is how I happened upon this festival without knowing it was going on. Pulling into the area you could see huge balloons floating in the sky above, a tell-tale sign of a festival going. The stage set for the Changwon...
Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 3rd
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd
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My First Hanbok
My how the time has gone. I didn’t realize it’d been three weeks since I last posted on here until today when I logged on. When planning a wedding, or in my case two, but mostly half of only one, things just pile up and tumblr gets left behind. This past weekend I got married to Jae-oo in our first wedding ceremony. As we’ve decided to become a multi-cultural duo...
Nov 2nd
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