Seoul Alive

Taking a break at Rodeo

Seoul comes alive again today. MyangDong.

What is hope? It is written ..
Not the last station from the south, but the first station toward the north.
When will south korean be able to travel up north through this railway .... we hope, soon!

Infront of 3rd infiltration tunnel.

Freedom Bridge

At the end of the freedom bridge.

This photo pasted up there. I wonder what is the story behind this?

Seoul Exciting

It is Korean lunar new year, some are dressing in their traditional costumes. This couple spotted in Mc Donalds while I was waiting for NANTA to start over a cup of hot cofee, weird, but fun contrast.

Taken infront of ChongDong theatre. Closed today, will visit again. I want to catch the Korean traditional show.

Seoul Musuem of Arts.

DongDaeMun

My China .. the place I had my reunion dinner. Itaewon area.

Seoul Touching

I have been wanting to watch NANTA for a long long time. Now that i am in Seoul, the first act I want to catch, of course will be this amazing 90 mins live show built around 4 cooks.

After more than 10 years, and touring the world, the performance still going on strong.


I got myself a VIP ticket, 60 000 won, which of course worths every single cent of it.

The performance was fun with great skills, the humor getting the audience to be a part of the show was spontaneous and not pretentious. The clever integration combining traditional Korean folk music with modern musicals. The performance was stunning, sincere and very enjoyable. I was moved and touched.

One single thought that came to my mind after the show. I was moved and was asking, what is the performance that we can truly call it our own, that could probably run this long and still going strong?

Seoul touching indeed.

Seoul Searching

Amazing. 5 days ago I was still chatting with Colleen and Frazer about my CNY holiday trip at Coffee club infront of Cali, and here i am, weathering the coldness in the city of calm, Seoul.

Colleen and Frazer were discouraging me to visit Seoul. Their reason? This is a boring city and I dont have to spend a full 10 days here. They kept asking to visit Sydney instead, but my heart was half bought over by the korean already, so I followed the flow of my emotion. I took on a seoul searching trip for this CNY and I am determined to prove to both of them is this going to be Seoul exciting.

Frazer, if you happen to read this. No, I'm not here to platic surgery for bigger "boobs", but I promise I will go see the street where all the plastic surgeons are and take some pictures.

Seoul is very cold now, minus 7 to 9 degrees and while i was roaming MyangDong yesterday, it was snowing.

Korea like Singapore, celebrates their Lunar new year this weekend too. So while most places are close for the weekend, I found myself visiting some cultural venues, which to my surprise are not taking any single day off.

Is is seoul cold here, i found myself heading starbucks every now and then. Never in my life, I am so thankful for Starbucks. The San Francisco trip last year was not this cold, but my winterwear come in handy once again.

I will share more again.

A Letter from Sai Tou.

Been awhile since i last dropped a note. I am still around, just that in between the last and now, i could not find time to write anything.

No dount, Xmas was crazy, gotta manage a number of important issues, but finally I can find breather to blog something. I hope to write a bit more before the CNY.

Got an email from Samuel, email like this brings pple closer, of course it heighten the spirit in the midst of all the impossibles and possibles.

Hi Shenzi,

Samuel Ong here, the sai tou! HAHAH! this is my first time writing a non work associated e mail to you. I think having a boss like you is really cool. Sorry let me rephrase it, because you're more of a friend than Boss. I have tried working many part time jobs and seriously nothing like this. My previous working experience was not really good. Normally the Boss would be the Bossy and very unapproachable one. Yes my previous bosses are all like that, for no reason they just show you that BLACK to the MAX kind of face whenever they see you. After working for three months in NUM. i feel like it's a big family, you are a very nice and funny boss. You joke and share with us your thoughts. Like a father with 200 over sons! I really enjoyed reading those e mails and most of the time, your e mails makes me think and ponder.

After working in NUM, i see myself not being late and becoming more responsible in terms of work and my life. I was always late before i join NUM. Now even my friends are shocked to see me reaching the earliest when we meet up. You always tell us to give our best and yes i agree! whenever sales is low and i am already very tired i will push myself and when i do, i see the sales go up. i feel that everything is possible if i want it. I use this philosophy in everything i do now especially in my sports and studies. Thanks for being such a inspiration to me and i believe to the rest of your monkeys.

till then..

Regards,