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Herb Hillz – Daegu, South Korea

Friday, January 28th, 2011

While I was in Daegu I went to my aunt’s house and she made us some awesome homemade food.

Her husband (my uncle) was at work, so we went to go visit him. We were just going to say Hi to him really quickly and leave, but then we ended up staying at his work for a while.

He works at Herb Hills. I guess you can call it a Korean Amusement Park. But everything is all about plants and nature. I went a few years ago, and rode Viking and did all that stuff (because I went during the summer). But it was just too cold to do anything. So we just walked around.

My uncle makes all the stuff and buildings and structures.

My uncle, cousin, mom, aunt, cousin.

Me and my mom.

Some interesting snow sculpture/buildings.

More family.

I made my cousin take a picture ;p

(I started playing with his Iphone. My iphone has been in hibernation since I got to Korea. And I beat all his high scores. I took my phone out of hibernation so that I can play angry birds ;p)

A cute heart bench.

A walk way.

And last but not least..

I learned that they change it up each season. Probably because they have to. It was definitely different going in the summer a few years ago and going recently in the winter.

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

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Daegu Arboretum (Tree Garden) — Daegu, South Korea

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

So while I was in Daegu, my cousins wanted to take me somewhere that I could take pictures. Thanks Jaeyoung and Jaemin!

We went to the Arboretum. We didn’t stay for too long because it was freezing!!!

But I got some great photos

Some water faucets.

Benches.

Sunset.

Plants peaking through the snow.

It’s a mini christmas tree!

Being from San Diego, where it doesn’t snow. Snow makes things look really beautiful and pretty. But being in the snow hurts… A lot.. But whatever, I got good pictures. So what if I was after taking these

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

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Pahl Gong Mountain– Daegu, South Korea

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

My mom is from Daegu, so while she was in Korea she went to meet up with her brother and sister. And she also met up with her friends.

I met up with my mom while she was down there, because I haven’t met up with my aunts and uncles since I’ve been to Korea. (I know, I’m really bad. I haven’t visited my grandma either- on my dad’s side. I will be doing that this weekend).

Anyways, I met her at Pahlgong mountain. One of my mom’s friend’s has a house there. And let me tell you, it was really nice. Their guest house- yes guest house, is bigger than a typical apartment in Seoul.

This is the main house. I didn’t get to go in. I only took a picture of it.

A view of the guest house from the main house.

A closer view of the guest house.

The guest house was originally the main house. Then they decided to build a bigger home and made the original house into a guest house. The guest house is 2 stories as well. The bottom level is an exercise room. It’s not tai chi room, but another type of asian exercise.

These are views from the guest house.

My mom and her friends from when she was in school. These ladies were pretty funny.

That’s it from the mountain. going from Seoul (little tiny apartments in high rise buildings) and going to the mountains in Daegu is such a different experience. You would never really think that there are houses like this in this small country.

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: Daegu, personal, South Korea
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My family came to Korea part 2 — Seoul, South Korea

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

So my family came to Korea!

Me, dad, mom, sister, bro in law. ( I look like poop, I had just met them after work, and working with little kids is tiring!)

My dad’s cute ;p

My little cousin.

I approve of whoever took this picture on my camera.

He wouldn’t let me eat or drink my beer.. So I was telling him to be quiet

The best thing to do in Korea when you’re in a group?? Drink! Cheers!

Group picture, minus me

I didn’t get to spend too much time with my family because I was working so this is all I really have picture wise. But it was nice having them come! I can’t wait to go back to the states!

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

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My family came to Korea! — Seoul, South Korea (Incheon airport, Insa-dong, City Hall, Blue House)

Sunday, January 16th, 2011

My sister and brother-in-law came to korea christmas evening.

And my parents came just a few days after.

It was nice to be with my family.

My uncle picked my sister and bro-in-law up from the airport with me.

So on our way he took me to this spot near the bridge so I can take some pictures.

I was standing on a bench trying to take this picture. But the winds were so strong that i got “pushed” off.

We waited for them for over an hour at the gate.

The next day, my uncle took us to Insa-dong. You can read my previous post about it here.

There was a parade going on.

Then we went to City Hall area and to around where the president lives and looked at the museum exhibit.

There’s a room that displays the gifts the President(s) (present and former) of Korea has recieved. Some of them are pretty awesome.

I had to take a picture of this one, because this is from the U.S. Given by Michelle Obama. It’s actually really pretty.

This one was pretty nice as well. From Sri Lanka.

The one closer to the bottom is from Yemen.

When foreign leaders stay in Korea they have the opportunity to write. This is from President Obama.

I thought this was a pretty funny photo – captioned- friendship reconfirmed over bulgogi and barbeque.

Then we walked over towards where the president lives- the Blue House.

My sister and Daniel with out wonderful tour guide (our uncle).

My awesome hat! Don’t hate!

Afterwards, we went for some sausages and beer.

We each got a 1000 cc glass (except for Esther who whimped out and got a 500 cc)

The next post will be when my parents join in

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: family, Seoul, South Korea
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Steve comes to Korea – December 2010 – Seoul, South Korea

Friday, January 14th, 2011

So like I’ve been saying, I’m extremely behind on my posts!

My buddy Steve came to Korea on a business trip so I met up with him right before Christmas.

We hung out in Gangnam. Had a few drinks and appetizers. Thats all really people can do in Korea ;p

My yummy kiwi drink. I thought that it was just supposed to be kiwi juice, but there was alcohol in it :/

Decorations at the place we were eating – Izakaya.

Yes we’re in Korea but eating at a Japanese Restaurant.

I promise I’ll try to update faster

Thanks Steve for hanging out with me

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: personal, Seoul, South Korea
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JLS Staff Lunch – December (Holiday Party??) — Seoul, South Korea

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

I’m definitely behind in my blogging. Since we started winter intensives at work, I’ve been extremely tired. The only good thing about these intensives, is that I wasn’t given any extra classes. But the intensives are in the middle of the day, so my work hours are longer. But then again, during the intensives I go out and get lunch or something.

So before christmas, we had a work lunch. TGI Fridays. The food at TGI in the states and in Korea is definitely different. I wasn’t too much of a fan of the food that I got. And who has a work lunch a few hours before work starts? It’s called make it an after work thing so we can drink!

So here’s June and me during lunch. My contacts were bothering me that day, so I had to wear my glasses.

Brenda and Heather.

My fellow UCSD alumni Peter, and the New Zealander – Jean.

So after the lunch, a few of us decided to walk back to work. We had lunch in Silim which is one subway station away. We didn’t want to get back to work early, so we decided to walk back and take our time. Why be there hours before the kids even arrive??

June and Kelly walking.

Mark and Patrick walking.

This post was a little boring, but then again, the staff lunch was boring too. :/ I’m excited to be quitting my job at the end of february. I haven’t officially told them yet, but I’m pretty sure the management already knows because they listen to everything we say (our classrooms are under survellience 24/7. So they can see and hear everything we say. And I’m not the type to crank up my music really loud so they can’t hear it.)

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: holidays, Seoul, South Korea
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63 Building — Seoul, South Korea

Friday, January 7th, 2011

The 63 building (in korean Yook Sahm building. Yook=6, Sahm=3) used to be one of the tallest buildings in Korea. Can you guess how many floors it has? If you guess right, I’ll give you a high-five! 63! It used to be one of the tallest buildings in Korea up until recently.

I was able to go up to the 61st floor. (I think it was the 61st floor anyway)

There was a Pablo Picasso Exhibit.

There was some of his work, but a lot of it was photos OF him and his working area.

And of course, the walls were glass windows, so you can see most of Seoul. I tried to take a photo from every angle.

And then, it started to get dark. Definitely a lot prettier.

Trying to be somewhat creative when there was still light out.

The sky tunnel. The sky tunnel was just basically a walk way but in the middle it was a short cut back to the beginning of the walk around the building.

People wrote notes and were able to hand them up to. I didn’t even try to read them.

Hopefully I’ll be able to take pictures of Seoul from Namsan Tower. Namsan is another place where you can get a 360 view of Seoul.

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: location, Seoul, South Korea
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Wolmido-December 2010 –South Korea

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

I got to visit Wolmido. My knowledge of history is really bad. And to make matters worse, I never learned about Korean history in school. So you can say that I’m wrong if I am.

Wolmido was a battle ground for the Korean War.

Now, it’s like an amusement park.

I got there and got to see some older gentlemen fishing.

The way that fish was pulling in the water, I thought it would be something big.. But it was a small little fish.

Part of the road.

A guy drawing a little girl.

I thought this was pretty awesome. The stage has a oragami paper crane looking sculpture on it! I used to make them all the time, but mine would be soo ugly!

A Ferris Wheel. I’m deathly afraid to go on these things.

Now for some historic stuff. Old bullet casing boxes.

This is the outer wall to a resturaunt that sells noodles.

So this thing was pretty hilarious. A guy operates this spinning thing and gets a close look at each person and makes fun of them on a microphone. and trying to make people lose their grip. I won’t explain it very well, let’s just say you had to be there. I stood there watching it for about a good 30 mins.. with 3 different sets of riders.

So this girl, he made fun of for wearing a skirt. He found out she wasn’t a korean citizen, so he didnt feel bad and let everyone see up her skirt.

This lady was hilarious. She made her husband hang onto her the whole time so that she wouldn’t lose her grip.

Here’s a final picture I will leave for you. I think these people are riding the fairy to go to another island.

It reminds me kind of like Ellis Island (I haven’t ever been there. But knowing thats it’s where a lot of people landed when coming to the states. My knowledge definitely proves to you that I’m totally American because I don’t have any Korean references.

Anyways, I’m going to try to update more and not be so lazy!

xoxo

Chrissy Kim

Tags: History, location, South Korea
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