Another stroll along the dial (well, TVs don't have dials anymore, now do they?)
Stunning buds and blossoms of flowering quince near the bus terminal in central Gimhae.
A quick stroll through a small video arcade near Haeundae beach
A procession in Gimhae to protest US beef imports
A kind of beetle partaking of a berry on Imho Mountain in Gimhae, Korea.
Parabolas
Another bit, this time with a wider survey of campaign trucks (and more of a sense of how much of a clamor is caused by all of this activity). No dancers this time, though. Imagine if this was how campaigng were done in the U.S. Of course, most cities in the U.S. have noise ordinances.
UCC is a Konglish acronym for user-created content -- web videos and the like, which have been promoted as a creative outlet for Koreans (though it's been pointed out that being told to create user-created content is sort of odd).
They make that kimchi look as saucy and slathered as they can, don't they?
School and the academies had let out, so students were getting their goods at this local candy/snack/stationery/toy store.
We made our first trip back to Seoul in more than a year. Here, I recorded the massive (and that's saying something in re: Korean apt. blocks) development right outside of the express bus terminal.
I recorded two other segments as the Skyliner express train zipped along from Narita to Tokyo. The third is on MiniDV, but there's someting I've not yet been able to figure out about transferring video to the hard drive.
Funkadesi performs at the Clark Street festival in Chicago, July 26, 2009 http://www.funkadesi.com/
My Lady Friend eagerly harvests tomatoes from the garden.
Another comedy stunt sketch, this time with more stick-breaking and fire. They're guzzling Coke at the start. The food that came later was hot peppers and garlic cloves.
I call it a lodge because it reminded me of large wooden gathering structures used by tribes in North America. This is in South Korea, however [Cheonghakdong Folk Village west of Jinju]. Note the drums -- another essential element in common between the traditional peoples of both continents.
A minute or so spent around the students during the lunch break.
...of high-rise apartments. After we moved into our place in Gimhae, I could not figure out why I had this song in my head for the first few days. And then I realized it was part of a video ad loop in the elevator. You might be wondering "Why is a real estate company in Korea using 'Baby Got Back' to advertise their properties?" All I can tell you is that the opening of that track is fairly well-known (though perhaps not understood) in Korea. It was part of an entertainer's routine on one of the most popular TV shows in the country. It still amuses me to be on the elevator with an old grandmother and this bursts in from above. Like I said, I think most people have no idea what he's saying.
X-class solar flares seen in a narrow wavelength of light
A late-night TV jewel while I was in Seoul.
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