Went skating this afternoon at the public session up at Deok Cheon, Busan.(I love skating). It costs around 6usd person for 3 hours. In fact, nothing really much to tell - it was quite busy skating day, but this did not bother me now as much as it used to, as I don't worry so much about falling over! I practiced lots of stops( really getting the hang of it now, by the way, I lost my skills!!), two foot turn and getting up speed on forward stroking. I discovered that I actually can skate!!! I was skating sort-of fast. Losta fun.
I saw a demonstration from "ah pek". You know what, we shall wait to see how easy he was in the middle of the ice. It feel like being comfortable on one blade and lifting up your feet (and out of the way) should be the two most important things, but I only tried it a couple of times.(Ah pek, watch out!). Surprisingly, We had a chat with a group of graduated student from Dong-eui University. We took a group shot(and contact too!!hiak). Frankly say, I just want to send them the photos only. No other intention o.
Nice to meet you all, cheers!~
Below are some short clips. I actually don't feel like betraying my friends. But clip was classic( Sorry, I was laughing while recording the clip.)
Classic ler, hahahahha!
Anyway, I wish everyone happy new year 2008!!!!...Take care, saranghaeyo!
Last weekend, Busan Metropolitan City Government offered all the international students in Busan an opportunity to get to know better about Busan through a City Tour. We travelled several sightseeing places in Busan. The most important thing is the whole tour was free of charge!!!!
Terresa, pok mong ah?
Beomeosa temple was our first stop for this tour, one of the largest and well-known temples in Busan. It was fairly easy to get to from the subway, but it still situated deep in the forest. Never mind, we were not going by subway. Hiak!
Hie!
A lot of other people were there that day. Koreans like to buy all sorts of specialized hiking gear for their regular walks in the mountains. A short walk later from the main entrance and we arrived at the temple complex surrounded by forest covered hills. The architecture in temples around Korea has many similarities, but each complex has a slightly different if you look closely. There is a main temple that is a little bigger and more decorated than others. Smaller temples surround it and each has its own theme. Lots of young couples come to places like these when they are about to get married. The atmosphere in these places is very tranquil, and even though there are sounds from outside it tends to somehow dampen when you are inside. (May be because the temples located in deep forest). Winter is coming and it’s getting cold these days. This year they are expecting snow down here. The trees have nice colours on them too, from deep reds to bright yellows. Aiks, guys I am not going to talk more today. I got some work to do now. So I will let some photos to talk. At the end of this post, I attached a nice MV for you. Enjoy!
So messy working desk. Hehe. Working place.
A place where i always make coffee
To all guys, appreciate your beloved. Enjoy the MV.
Yup, today I am going to introduce a very advance system which I discovered here, as known as GPS (Global positioning system) navigation system. frankly, I am quite impressed with this technology as well. Therefore, this post would be a “tech” post. Don’t worry; I am just making a quick and simple introduction for this system [for those interested]. Hiak!
taken in collegue's car[On the left of the gps navigation monitor is just a PSP]
The main purpose of navigation system is to guide driver to their chosen destination. Feature such as Point to Interest (POI), traffic avoidance etc also included in this SUPER system. You may enter destination information [like how you type “thing” search in google], it searches for the destination location via any line of address together with estimated time to reach. Those controls should be tailored for use whist driving. Complete touch screen operation is ideal for reducing attention taken from the road.
The GPS navigation systems also provide voice guidance features which increase yours confidence in the product and help keep eyes on the road. You should be possible to follow the route by using just the voice instruction. In addition, you should be able to take a diversion without having to manually update information. That means, the device would adapt to the new route and would not resort to instructing the user to turn around.
Closer view. [The "arrow" representing your vehicle]
This GPS navigation monitor also supports plug into car audio system for playing cd/dvd/mp3 which means the one sitting next to you can watch movies and play games.
Hoho, this post is going to be a long post, because I am going to put a lot of firework photos and talk about fireworks in Gwangan Bridge. Hiak!!Firstly, the "3rd Busan Fireworks Festival", the world's top high-tech multimedia fireworks festival, will be held for two days from October 19 to 20 against the backdrop of Gwangalli Beach and Gwangan Bridge.
That day was just too cold!!!
While Busan may be Korea's second city, there's a feeling that it's got some way to go as far as the development of cultural events are concerned, as the Fireworks Festval seems to be one of the relatively few events of note in the annual city calendar. This of course meant that the desire of local people to attend was particularly high, making the two subway trains we took more like cattle trucks. Clearly the subway authorities had become concerned enough by the number of people to annouce that changing train in Seomyeon,petaling street in Korea (most happening area) would not be possible.
The initial impression of chaos was not to last though. A huge number of police at Gwangalli Beach ensured good crowded control and everyone who arrived early enough was able to take a seat on the beach with relative ease - though we had to wait two hours for the firework to begin. The fireworks started from 8pm to 8.45pm.
Gwangan Bridge - which arcs across the bay in an improbably fashion to apparently link points A and B on the mainland in the longest way possible (It's currently Korea's longest bridge) - was lit up spectacularly, although most of the fireworks were launched from the shore rather than the bridge itself. We'd been promised a multi-media fireworks display, though predictably this translated into meaning fireworks accompanied by loud music. It sort of worked though. If we are going next year, I think we'll take cushions for the beach though; 2 hours sat on sand and pebbles with nothing more than a thin ground-mat for protection is not to be recommended. (There were a lot of hawker selling plastic made cushions cost around 3-4 USD).
Counting Down show
Despite the heavy police numbers the post-festival experience was worrying. We were staying with friends at a Gwangalli Beach but when we left Gwangalli Beach to walk towards to Suyeong, we found ourselves pushing against a flood of humanity surging in the opposite direction. The small group of us intent on going to other way eventually succeeded.
I read that 600,000 people watched the festival last year, and the city authorities expected over one million this year, but our Korean companions told us that this year actually seemed quieter, in which case I can only imagine the horrors of the previous event. it certainly felt like we fought our way through tens of thousands of people walking towards Gwanglli Beach, and the crowded did not really tail off until we were almost at our destination - approximately 45 mins walk.
On 20 October 2007 (Friday), it was my birthday celebration together with another Malaysian Trainee (Deyan) in girls old dormitory. Thanks to all the wonderful angelic friends (All Germans and Malaysians) that actually care and take the initiative to celebrate this wonderful day with me. It is just so meaningful. I am really thankful even though I did not know how to express it in words. If you all are reading this-------------------------------> Thank you, danke !
Thank you all my friends.
Suhan, Deyan, Chau Lun, Skaine, William, Byran and Keat
Surprisingly, We had a chat with a group of graduated student from Dong-eui University. We took a group shot(and contact too!!hiak). Frankly say, I just want to send them the photos only. No other intention o.
