'Seoul'에 해당되는 글 2건

  1. 2008.02.03 Day @ Apgujeong-Dong 65 by ch__
  2. 2008.01.30 Seoul Subway 4 by ch__

Day @ Apgujeong-Dong

Life in Asia : 2008. 2. 3. 13:20
Yesterday, I went to Apgujeong-Dong to meet my friend there..

I didn't expect to meet her but she called me at the last minute whether i am available and yeah..

So I went there..

FYI,

Apgujeong-Dong is one of the rich area in Seoul, where there are so many fancy restaurants and stores (and also pricey)
I think half of foreign imported cars in Seoul are in this area..
I saw every model from each brand.. Audi A4, A6, A8 and S4, S8... Lexus IS/ES, Infinity G35, Mercedes, BMW, Porsche, VW ...
Given that those cars in Korea are about 1.5-2 or more times expensive than Canada (Mercedes E Class are about 150K$ in Korea.. whereas in Toronto it's just about 80K), presence of massive foreign cars made me amused.. @_@

This place was like Yorkville in Toronto.. ;)

You probably seen this place from K-dramas as well

I was expecting to see some of celebrities.. but not a chance :p

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This is 'Galleria Department Store' in Apgujeong
Galleria Store in Korea and this one are not related at all.. lol

This is like... Korean version of Holt Renfrew @_@

One interesting thing..
There are SOOOOO MANY plastic surgery hospital in this area.. not even funny
As Starbucks are in every corner of street in Toronto, there are plastic surgery hospital in every corner of street there.. Some buildings just occupied with plastic surgery hospital.. wtf

No wonder all those girls there looked alike..
When I look at those girls in Seoul.. They don't look TOO natural..
They look more artifical than natural....
Some girls would look kinda natural.. but when I look at some girls..
I was like.. "wtf they even screwed up their face even more by doing surgery :(!"

Now if guys are looking for a natural girl (who had ZERO surgeries) then they'll think those guys are crazy ... :(


We went to rotating sushi restaurant.. and gosh.. that place was somewhat pricey..
I had like 10 plates.. and it was like 60$ -_-;;

If I didn't set my limit.. then my bill could go WAY over to like few hundred dollars
I don't really think that I am not for rotating sushi thingy.. I am more like all u can eat style lol

Then we headed for coffee
OMG.. this was one of the best coffee shop I ever been
The interior was soooooooooo nice :D

This coffee shop, named "Homestead Coffee" made Starbucks look like Coffee Time lol
However, the price was not too bad for fancy coffee shop
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waffle... anyone?
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Nice eh?
Posted by ch__

Seoul Subway

Life in Asia : 2008. 1. 30. 18:39
I, personally think that Seoul has one of the most complicated subway system in the whole world and it makes more sense when you compare Seoul subway system to our 'red rocket' TTC subway system.. lol

First, I introduce Seoul Subway map~ Don't get freaked out!

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So, how do you think about this..?

Pretty complicated .. huh?

FYI, compare this to Hong Kong MTR lines
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line to disneyland is missing :(



In that Seoul map, there's 10 lines but that was few years ago's version, thus there is a major modification and there's 12 lines running right now (which is not shown on the map). I think argh....two or three more lines are being built

When I left Korea in 1996, 4 lines were running and line #5 was under construction. Thus in 10 years, they doubled # of subway lines in Seoul to 12

When Seoul doubled # of subway lines in last 10+ years, what did TTC do?

The answer is ...
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Yes...
That's what they built for 10 years!!!!!!!!!!! (yay)
I think those TTC ppl should learn "bbal li bbal li!" (quickly! quickly!) attitude from Korea lol Torontonians should learn how to do things quickly rather than correctly and slowly
Moreover, it's sad to hear that TTC's threatening to close that line :( because they are running out of money... aiya

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This is typical interior for Seoul Subway
Compare to TTC subway, it's more wider and one good thing about the seat is during winter, it's being heated.. :) While train is moving, you can move from one car to another.. I tried to do same in TTC but when I tried to open door to go to another car, operator gave me a dirty look.. -_-;;

Being able to use cell phone in the underground subway is also a big plus as in Toronto, you can only use your cell phone when subway is above ground (e.g. High Park, Yonge/Bloor-Rosedale, Davisville, etc) For some lines, there's TV installed in every car so you can also watch TV as well.. ;) I doubt that TTC will install cell phone antenna in subway so that we can use cell phone in subway.. They have no money.. what do you expect .. *sigh*

During weekends or off-peak weekdays, it's not surprised to find vendors or beggars walking around subway trains to sell you some stuff (they always say they are forced to sell those products because their factory's being liquidated or closed down..) or beg for money.. Often, they do some performance (sing, play music, do all those demonstrations) so just sit back and enjoy the show~ (This will help you to kill some time in subway as 30-40min subway trip is average in Seoul)

They do announcement for station in Korean and English so even though you don't know Korean that well, you can travel around Seoul using subway w/o that much problems.. That's good.. ;)


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They installed screen door in many stations.. When subway stops in the station, doors will be open so that you can board the subway. They had to made screen door to prevent people from committing a suicide .. -_-;;;

However the only downside about Seoul subway is for the most stations, when you want to transfer from one line to another, you have to walk for A LONG DISTANCE.. At the worst case you have to walk for 15min to change lines :(

Well, that's about it for Seoul subway system~!
Posted by ch__