Mid-Autumn Festival in Korea....

hehee.... sorry ah a post-dated entry again...

Thanks to all those who had send their "HAPPY MOONCAKE FEstival" messages to me on Mid-Autumn Festival (25 Sep 07).... Just want to emphasis again it is call the MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL nt MOONCAKE festival.... hahaha..... >_<

Thanks to Tiff's friend Wendy, who flew over to visit Tiff during these period of time... I had the chance to taste a slice of Sg mooncake... (nt trying to sound so pathetic bt that u guys should knw i m not a sweet tooth person so i dun really fancy mooncake....) nevertheless, just had a slice to be in the mood of Mid-Autumn Festival! :)

In Korea, Koreans also celebrate on the same day however they dun celebrate it like us in Singapore or the chinese in China... In korea, they dun have mooncakes nor do they carry lanterns... They dun call it ""Mid-Autumn Festival" either.... they call it 추석 (Chusook) a time when almost all the Koreans will travel back to their hometown to pay their respects to their ancestors (sounded more like Qing Ming festival in Sg). Hence the Seoul will be practically QUIET.... which I was a bit skeptical abt it when my teacher n friends told me abt it... i mean come on.... how can SEOUL b quiet...?!

However after experiencing it myself, I must say SEOUL was really QUIET during this period of time... It's just like Sg's streets during Chinese New Year whereby most of the shops r closed... its the same here in Korea too... most of the shops were closed and some big shopping centers were closed too... Its a BIG festival in Korea and they have 3 continuous holidays.... n HUGE traffic jams at all highways out of Seoul... Normally it takes abt 5 hrs to travel to Pusan frm Seoul by car however during Chusook it took 13 hrs to travel to Pusan becos of the jam!! Can u imagine tat?!

So back to how i had spent my Mid-Autumn festival here in Korea....FOR that 1 week, I was practically SO BUSY!!!! I had visited my boyfriend's neighbourhood.... a place called Bundang slightly outskirts of Seoul... I must say this is a better place to live in compared to Seoul... (Sam: coincidentally Jeff staying here too!!) I was told Bundang was developed in 1990s hence its consider NEW developing city... Therefore the population here is nt as many compared to Seoul... furthermore vehicles r lesser too, lesser pollution... the streets are cleaner, more even.... haha... the land here is consider expensive... it is consider second in place after Kangnam in Korea.

Met up with Tiff's friend Wendy and her brother, spent a belated Mid-Autumn Festival on 26 Sep 07 carrying lanterns flew frm Sg, star-shaped sparklers (nothing special..) , fireworks at the Hangang (Han river). HAhaha... i must say we looked like some weirdos carrying lanterns at Hangang... practically all Koreans who walked past us turned and looked at us....

Afterwhich, we went on to Su jib (korean kind of alcohol restaurants)... Wendy n brother wans to experience the Korean-style of living hence I had suggested that we hang out the whole nite... just like wat we always do... (cos taxi fare so expensive we jus wait the whole nite until the next morning for the 1st subway back hm :P)

WEnt to KTV too... of cos I am sure we have to introduce to them the Korean-way of KTV..... haha... Glad that they had enjoyed themselves despite nt sleeping the whole nite...hehehe....

Last but not least, finally met up with Sam's Jeff.... Whom he brought along his friends from Taiwan... Met up with these 2 Taiwanese gals... REally cute... one of them same as me, had the dream of studying in Korea... I guess I am the senior （过来人） hence Jeff asked me to advise her on things about Korea and studying here.... I gave my advise and even encourage her to step out for her dreams like how the others who had encouraged me... I hope i do help in a way.... :) Coincidentally, her name is Meiyin, english name IRENE!!! Can you imagine how 巧 to be able to meet someone who had the same name as you (chinese n english) and shared the same dream as u?!

A really busy and fast week........... however really enjoyable... ^_^ 都说了，快乐的时光总是过得那么快。。。。More updates coming up soon....