LOG 00: Arrival in Korea
It is strange.
It's been whole decade since I've been to the country,
but I don't feel ailianated at all.
It's a weird sensation since I cannot say I feel at home-
but at the same time I smile at little things that didn't change.
The first thing I noticed as I stepped out side of the airplane-
was that air smelled foul. -_-....
It had touch of smoke and something I cannot place my fingers on,
but it was a tad suffocating.
Overall, it didn't feel like the country hadn't changed much,
at least this suberb.
I see the small familiar alleys were crouded with little kids running around, and the shops were set up in crooked way, and there were Korean texts everywhere! Kinda like how Japanese people does advertising.
All buses had all stops written on them with plastic stickers, and even the bus stops were made of with large square commercial pad.
Even at the airport people were cutting in at the bus line, while we were loading our parcels onto the bus.(XDXD-I see why the reason 8282-ppalri ppalri-means fast, fast is famous in countries other than Korea)
They didn't seem to have a second to be patient.
However, it was also nice because random strangers were helpful everywhere-
and it was nice seeing my mother talking to a bus driver.
After getting off at the Gongcheon 4th avenue-
we waited for about 10 minutes until my youngest uncle came to greet us.
He was surprised by amount of parcel we had with us.
XD Heh heh... My mom was being a packrat, and in total we had stuff worth of 88kgs.(They were all gift items, with one small bag for my belongings, and another for my moms.)
Actually, there was another happening at the airport back in Vancouver,
but I'll save that for the other day.
While my uncle shipped(xD) our belongings with car,
we walked the streets with uncle's wife, whom I hadn't met ever.
I've only saw her pictures, but we got along just fine.
She led us to my youngest aunt's house, where I was greeted by my younger cousin Andrew(who is actually Canadian, since he was born in Canada).
Andrew couldn't remeber me at all since he was wee little baby when he was in Vancouver, but he was amiable little kid!
With four families gathered around, my aunt's place was quite crowded-
as she hosted 6 adults and 6 kids.
Andrew and younger cousin of Andrew's(not mine) were immidiately attatched to me, and all night we were playing game of handslap A.B.C.D, and a rock paper scissor game called "Tap tap tap".... or that's what I think it is called.
I love Andrew. XD He gave me big hugs and asked me if it's okay to sleep beside me on the floor. XD
His friendliness made my day!
Though I'd love to stay in Korea a little longer and adjust to the time difference, we have a flight scheduled in less then 2 hours to China, Beijing.
I'm looking forward to seeing Manrijanseung(I forgot the English name for it, but this path is visible from the moon. Please let me know the English name if you know it. XD)
However, I wish I can skip the plain since sitting on my bum seriously hurts my tailbone. -_-
Ah, on a random note-
Never watch a Disney movie dubbed in Korean. -_-
I watched Enchanted dubbed in Korean during the flight,
and I was bleeding inside as they narrated all the songs.-_-!!!!!
It's been whole decade since I've been to the country,
but I don't feel ailianated at all.
It's a weird sensation since I cannot say I feel at home-
but at the same time I smile at little things that didn't change.
The first thing I noticed as I stepped out side of the airplane-
was that air smelled foul. -_-....
It had touch of smoke and something I cannot place my fingers on,
but it was a tad suffocating.
Overall, it didn't feel like the country hadn't changed much,
at least this suberb.
I see the small familiar alleys were crouded with little kids running around, and the shops were set up in crooked way, and there were Korean texts everywhere! Kinda like how Japanese people does advertising.
All buses had all stops written on them with plastic stickers, and even the bus stops were made of with large square commercial pad.
Even at the airport people were cutting in at the bus line, while we were loading our parcels onto the bus.(XDXD-I see why the reason 8282-ppalri ppalri-means fast, fast is famous in countries other than Korea)
They didn't seem to have a second to be patient.
However, it was also nice because random strangers were helpful everywhere-
and it was nice seeing my mother talking to a bus driver.
After getting off at the Gongcheon 4th avenue-
we waited for about 10 minutes until my youngest uncle came to greet us.
He was surprised by amount of parcel we had with us.
XD Heh heh... My mom was being a packrat, and in total we had stuff worth of 88kgs.(They were all gift items, with one small bag for my belongings, and another for my moms.)
Actually, there was another happening at the airport back in Vancouver,
but I'll save that for the other day.
While my uncle shipped(xD) our belongings with car,
we walked the streets with uncle's wife, whom I hadn't met ever.
I've only saw her pictures, but we got along just fine.
She led us to my youngest aunt's house, where I was greeted by my younger cousin Andrew(who is actually Canadian, since he was born in Canada).
Andrew couldn't remeber me at all since he was wee little baby when he was in Vancouver, but he was amiable little kid!
With four families gathered around, my aunt's place was quite crowded-
as she hosted 6 adults and 6 kids.
Andrew and younger cousin of Andrew's(not mine) were immidiately attatched to me, and all night we were playing game of handslap A.B.C.D, and a rock paper scissor game called "Tap tap tap".... or that's what I think it is called.
I love Andrew. XD He gave me big hugs and asked me if it's okay to sleep beside me on the floor. XD
His friendliness made my day!
Though I'd love to stay in Korea a little longer and adjust to the time difference, we have a flight scheduled in less then 2 hours to China, Beijing.
I'm looking forward to seeing Manrijanseung(I forgot the English name for it, but this path is visible from the moon. Please let me know the English name if you know it. XD)
However, I wish I can skip the plain since sitting on my bum seriously hurts my tailbone. -_-
Ah, on a random note-
Never watch a Disney movie dubbed in Korean. -_-
I watched Enchanted dubbed in Korean during the flight,
and I was bleeding inside as they narrated all the songs.-_-!!!!!