Geraldine feels really fortunate. From a person who used to hate blogs, she became a person who is part of a blogging competition and has so far won an iRiver mp3 player and a free trip around Korea. For all you bloggers out there, visit here for more information. There should be a same competition next year as well! Ain't it exciting?Anyway, during the 3d2n camp, Geraldine met other bloggers from all around the globe. Russia, Uzbekistan, Taiwan, China, Japan, Sweden, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Korea, India. Did I miss out anyone? It was really interesting to see people from everywhere speaking Korean, no matter whether they are yellow, white, brown or pink. Seeing how much influence the other bloggers have on the world and how much they are achieving and contributing, Geraldine feels slightly guilty and she vows that she will try to up the quality of her blog.
How yul-jeong.blogspot.com came about was for simple reasons:-
1. to keep those precious memories
2. to show people how life of an exchange student in Korea is like. Geraldine doesn't want to just show people famous tourist attractions, those you can find anywhere else. She wants to showcase the everyday life, the little nuggets of culture and the struggles of bring a student in Korea. She wants to share something different from those amazing photos you see in tour packages.
3. to let her parents know that she is still alive.
Geraldine is nowhere near what her fellow bloggers are doing, but she will try. Thank you to those who shared on how they operate their blogs because Geraldine did learn a lot and is inspired. It made Geraldine think what on earth has she been doing all these while. Oh man~
Anyway, it's time to start sharing about the trip treat that the bloggers got!
Day 1 (20091014)
Gathering at KTO office, the HQ of it all
Seon-am Village 선암마을(한반도지형) where mini Korea is
Lunch - Grilled Beef at Dahanuchon Village
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Jeongseon Railbike Ride 정선 레일바이크
Dinner - Goldongban Jeongsik at Unamjeong restaurant 운암정에서 골동반 정식
High1 Hotel
Day 2 (20091015)Breakfast
Around the Hotel
Buseoksa Temple, Yeongju 부석사, 영주
Lunch - Sanchae Jeongsik 산채정식
Sosuseowon Confucian School & Seonbichon Village 소수서원 선비촌
Andong School of Etiquette
Dinner - Heotjesabap & Haemulpajeon 헛제사밥 & 해물파전
Check-in House of Korean Culture
Recreation Time
Day 3 (20091016)Breakfast
Bloggers Sharing Session
Lunch - Dargjjim (steamed chicken?) 닭찜
Andong Hahoe Village 안동 하회마을
After-programme Programme
ㅋㅋㅋ Geraldine loves after-programme programme. Some of them went for a nice, warm samgyeopsal 삼겹살 dinner and a rice wine 먹걸리 "dessert". Geraldine wonders when will the next time they will all meet again.. ㅠㅠThank you KTO and Vank for this treat! <333
4 comments:
wow so quick to summarize all the trip :)
i think there was one bloggers from canada ^^
Hv a g day~
-> 7ustm3
ㅋㅋㅋjust pictures and more pictures..
canada? i thought that's marie?
how are you? i miss everyone!~~
Same here. I was suppose to join the free trip but then again I got problems with my passport. Anyways, please do visit my blog: http://churwyn-daytrippin.blogspot.com/. Is there an update for the competition?
Over 2 million dogs are brutally killed in South Korea every year.
That's over 5,000 dogs a day who get strangled, burned, electrocuted or beaten to death for their meat.
The South Korean government has accepted Animal Protection Laws which make animal torture illegal, but those laws have never been properly enforced in the country. The dog meat industry continues to thrive and the officials are reluctant and indifferent to ban it. Oh, sorry, except during the 1988 Seoul Olympics and 2002 FIFA Cup when dog meat restaurants were forced to shut down temporarily in fear of bad impressions of South Korea.
Although forbidden to advertise themselves on main streets or in English, over 6,000 restaurants today serve dog meat in South Korea. And they don't get closed down.
http://www.uniteddogs.com/stopkillingdogs/
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