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Can you help me take a photo?

November 25, 2010
4 Japanese girls 4 Hong Kong ladies 5 Korean girls 4 Korean girls (disregard the guy) At least 5 groups approached him to help with photos. Why no one approach me? My skills also not bad what.  ...

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Oops We Did It Again

November 22, 2010
I have been contemplating about fixing my hair in Korea but I was afraid of venturing into unchartered waters and I had no idea where to do it. It was our last day here and I finally decided to give it a go. "W Hair ok? C'mon let's go no time to hesitate," he pulled me into the first salon we saw in...

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Bye Seoul

November 22, 2010
Back in Seoul You know it's time to go home when you find yourself grabbing 2 huge bottles of citron tea (2 kg), 1 bag of kimchi (1 kg), 2 bags of kaktugi (1 kg) and other miscellaneous items for people back home. Lugged the 5 kg of grocery on our backs searching for food near the train station. After a lousy dinner...

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Hahoe

November 21, 2010
Hahoe (pronounce as ha-hway) village reminds me of Beijing's Cuandixia. Totally. Three quarter museum, one quarter residence. Check out the Chinese couplets on the doors and the playground. Instead of corn, they grow cabbage and oranges which they never get to eat bcos they're too high up on the trees! The yangban (nobility) lived in tiled-roof houses while the sangmin (commoners) stayed in thatched...

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