A Long Delayed Entry On Some Things

It's been a long time since my last entry, almost a month, and with no shortage of things having happened in that time I can blame that on nothing but my laziness and lack of desire to sort through the countless photos I've taken in that time. This first post, of which several will follow in the next while to bring it all up to speed, is going to be a dumping ground for more minor events and things I've stumbled across in day to day life. The first in line is a day trip taken to Hampyeong, a small county outside of Gwangju that hosts an annual butterfly festival (apparently surprisingly lacking in actual butterflies), and a chrysanthemum festival currently running. While neither event lined up with my day there, I saw a lot of the preparations for the chrysanthemum festival and got a pretty good idea of what it was all about, an awful lot of flowers.

 Exposition area, shut down but still open to wander around in.

 I would never go back for a flower festival, but I wished I'd seen it all bloomed out

 The close up didn't turn out well, but this is a tree made of sculpted cement and smaller, potted trees

 Bird sanctuary (freedom cage)

There're a lot of nice places to just sit down and hang out in Korea

Isn't that all quite pretty and scenic? Let's move on to humorous misuses of the English language.. 

Other than the "in top" part, there's nothing technically wrong with this other than a missing comma and a run on sentence structure. It's really just the strange lack of contextual awareness that makes me laugh. Why use notebook covers to educate the masses on the qualities of different varieties of coffee-based beverages? There's a whole set, from cappuccino to espresso, and I hope to some day own them all. 

So much to know, but so few notebooks one can reasonably purchase.

It certainly is. Ha Ha. 

"You Will Become Happy When You Buy This Wear"

I regret having not bought this wear. Looking back it was one of many major lapses in judgement throughout my life. I'll die wondering what could have been. 

"The Red Face"

The Korean take on the popular recreational clothing company The North Face, but with a little racism blended in with the trademark infringement. It's just more Korean that way. 

Grab some Coq before a night on the town. 

There's just no matching the depth of satisfaction that a little recreation time in some Kolon can give you. 

I see countless examples of these every week, and it's always fun to take note of. Usually they're just minor mistakes that anyone could make with unfortunate luck in being particularly awkward. I embarrass myself daily in my attempts to use their language, so it's nice that they're willing to meet me halfway sometimes.