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Woot, Batik in Korean Drama!
Read more: Woot, Batik in Korean Drama!I was watching korean remake of popular japanese drama, Liar Game, when I spotted this Yup! The actor, Jo Jaeyun, was wearing batik! I was surprised because the setting place is not in Indonesia and the character is not Indonesian. It was on episode 2. The same batik also appeared on episode 7 and 9.…
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Twomonthsarry!
Read more: Twomonthsarry!Woohoo, tepat hari ini ternyata sudah 2 bulan sejak saya pertama kali tiba di Korea. Kali ini saya nggak cerita soal perbolangan dulu, hihi. Saya mau cerita soal gimana kehidupan disini. Ceilahh. Sebelum berangkat, saya sudah cari info gimana sih kehidupan disini pada umumnya. Salah satu yang saya takutkan adalah rasisme. Hobi membaca netizenbuzz memperparah…
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Watching NANTA
Read more: Watching NANTAOn 18th October 2014, my university organized a field trip for international students. Only 40 students allowed to join this trip. I was lucky enough to get vacant spot after some students gave up their seat on the field trip. And it was free! Haha //ada gula ada semut, ada gratisan ada saya// xD One…
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The Giant Rubber Duck is Coming to Seoul!
Read more: The Giant Rubber Duck is Coming to Seoul!Do you know that cute little yellow rubber duck that kids usually play with? A Dutch artist named Florentjin Hofman created giant rubber duck as his art project. This rubber duck has visited several cities around the world: Saint-Nazaire (France), Osaka (Japan), Auckland (New Zealand), Los Angeles (US), Taoyuan (Taiwan), etc. And now it’s coming…
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Gyeongbokgung
Read more: GyeongbokgungAfter filling up my stomach in Tongin Market, I went to Gyeongbokgung Palace. Last time I was there, I didn’t go inside. This time, I kinda hesitant whether I should go inside or not. Then, I saw a big banner informing that there was no admission fee for that day. So, of course, I went…
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Tongin Market
Read more: Tongin MarketTongin Market (통인시장) is famous for its Dosirak (Lunchbox) Cafe. I saw it for the first time on C-Clown KAN-ON Show. It also has appeared on some other shows and dramas such as Running Man and 1 Night 2 Days. The most recent one is in drama Plus Nine Boys. You can taste various korean traditional…
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Changgyeonggung At Night
Read more: Changgyeonggung At NightAfter visiting Yoseob’s Parents’ Restaurant, Kak Anda and I went to Changgyeonggung Palace which currently open at night until September 28th. We tried to buy the ticket online because we heard that ticket for foreigner is very limited. But we couldn’t buy it because the website only allows reservation for minimum D-3. So we just…
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Yoseob’s Parents’ Restaurant, For The First and Last Time
Read more: Yoseob’s Parents’ Restaurant, For The First and Last TimeBEAST Yoseob’s parents own a Naengmyeon (Cold Noodle) restaurant. A lot of B2UTIES (what BEAST’s fans called) come there. It’s located quite far from where I live. That’s why I’ve been postponing my visit to the restaurant. But on September 16th, Yoseob’s sister posted a tweet announcing that the contract of the place will be…
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Seolchan’s School in Monstar: Gyeongbok High School
Read more: Seolchan’s School in Monstar: Gyeongbok High SchoolImagine Your Korea. That is Korea Tourism Organization promotion tagline for this year. It wants you to imagine your Korea. As some of you may already know, I have a thing for k-pop, k-drama, and other form of k-entertainments. You probably think it’s childish whatsoever, but it has some influence on how I imagine “My…
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Chuseok Getaway: Around Gyeongbokgung
Read more: Chuseok Getaway: Around GyeongbokgungGyeongbokgung (경복궁) adalah istana terbesar dari 5 istana di Seoul. Lokasinya tidak jauh dari Cheonggyecheon Stream. Hal yang pertama saya kagumi saat sampai di area ini adalah Gunung Bugak atau Bugaksan yang menjadi latar belakang Gyeongbokgung. Gerbang utama Gyeongbokgung adalah Gwanghwamun. Di depan gerbang inilah terdapat Gwanghwamun Plaza. Gwanghwamun Plaza (광화문광장) merupakan ruang terbuka publik…