FYI: Buying books
May 31, 2007
Kyobo Bookstore has a membership card you can sign up for and get 10% off.
Every little bit helps when dealing with the ridiculous mark-ups we get on English books here.
Shark diving!
May 31, 2007
Okay, this one isn’t exactly a Seoul activity, but I think it would be worth the trip to the Busan aquarium: Shark diving!
I’m adding it to the calendar for this weekend, but I hope there will be later events because I want to do it!!!
Get off the couch!
May 29, 2007
So, i’ve noticed that i’ve been spending too much time on the couch recently. Way too much. It’s time to rise up and sieze the day. So, what better way to do that than by taking up some new sport or activity. These are a few nuggets of information that i managed to scrounge up to get me motivated to leave the comforts of the sofa.
Come play Ultimate Frisbee this summer! Contact RomJon for more info.
Play Rugby every Saturday morning at 9:00am at the Yongson Family Park. To get on the mailing list, send mail to: Duncan Cole, Duncan.Cole@austrade.gov.au
Join a basketball league. Contact Nick @010-7705-1314 for more information.
Join the Daechon Flying Club. Contact Matthew @ 010-7754-5588 or email him for more information.
New Museum Exhibit
May 28, 2007
Just a quick post about a new museum exhibit. If I have time later I’ll put up directions to the museum.
From the The Chosun Ilbo.
Ancient Chinese Treasures Go on Show in Seoul
The exhibition “Treasures from a Golden Age of China, BC 206-AD 960” opened at the Seoul Museum of History on Tuesday. The former director of the National Museum of Korea, Chung Yang-mo, said every exhibit showed an astonishing refinement. “I’ll probably need to visit the exhibition at least 10 times to fully appreciate every item,” he added.
Some 325 artifacts and relics from ancient China are put on display in the exhibition, which runs until Aug. 26. Thirty-nine Chinese museums and institutes including the National Museum of China, the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the Nanjing Museum and the Luoyang Museum lent their artifacts to the exhibition, which is hosted by the Chosun Ilbo to mark the 15th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and China.
The exhibition opened with a lecture by Prof. Lee Han-sang of Dongyang University. In the opening ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Seoul Ning Fukui, in fluent Korean, said the exhibition brings together key artifacts from China and offers visitors the opportunity to learn about the development of Chinese art and confirm the brisk cultural exchanges between Korea and China. Chosun Ilbo President Bang Sang-hoon in a congratulatory message said he was honored to invite people to the dazzling art world of ancient China.
For wine drinkers in Seoul
May 20, 2007
Okay, so I’m on a wine kick ever since I went to a wine tasting for Pieroth Wines several months ago (come to think of it, I should make an extensive write-up of their wine tastings. It makes for a nice, low-key night out, especially with a date). Since then I went to the COEX wine and spirits expo and found a very good wine shop near my house that even offers sommelier classes.
Thing is, I don’t really think I’ve learned much. I’m not trying to become a snob or anything. I just know that I’ve had some really good wines and some really bad wines and I’d like to figure out how to choose more of the former and less of the later and perhaps explain why. I also have a respect for the history and craft of making wine through the ages that makes me want to learn more about it.
Whereas it took me about two days to learn everything I ever wanted to know about coffee and then some (not just brewing it, but roasting and grinding yourself), wine is proving to be considerably more complicated. However, Thirsty Work was a big help and Wine Books carries it so you can get it in Korea. I even wrote a review of it on Amazon.
The point of all this? I recently found the Wine Korea blog. I really hope it takes off, but from the looks of it, I don’t think it will. I’m going to leave some nice comments though to see if I can get the person to keep it going.
I’m visiting Diony Castle winery tomorrow, by the way. Hope it’s cool.
