korean odyssey
hi there, balls here, alive and ... freezin'
its minus 15 degrees here in okpo town of south korea. i am like covered from head to toe in all of the warm clothing i have. its a first for me. never bin to any place this cold. oooh.
well, i landed at the seoul airport and couldnt get a booking for a flight to jinju which is near okpo. so, guess what, we drove all the way. 10 hour drive. it was wonderful, the countryside i mean, beautiful mountains, snow covered. experienced my first ever snowfall. absolutely awesome. we got out of the car once and i opened my mouth and tried to catch some snow. did to. it was cool. pity, my colleagues and my agents were not interested in a snow ball fight. spoil sports, all of 'em. the drive was good. my company's agents had arranged for the car, a Hyundai 4x4. sexy car man. we seldom went below 100miles/hr. inspite of the deadly traffic on the korean freeway, we made it in good time. am not aware of any previous records but i know we were somewhere in the top. the freeway had traffic because of the Lunar New Year's exodus. everybody embarked on their homecoming exodus a day before SOLLAL or the Lunar new year. allow me to explain. the lunar new year holiday period is from sept. 22 to 25, sept. according to lunar calender which is sometime in jan. ( i will check up on this funda and post it later ) so lotta people left the capital city area and moved south to wherever they lived. the festival actually begins with everyone offering their prayers to their ancestors. then the younger generation gets the blessings of the older (money involved, i heard. my hotel manager doesnt like the idea cos now that he's older he has to give money to his children, not a healthy thing, he feels) followed by plenty of eating. reminds me, i am yet to try the traditional korean food, which my colleagues dint like. korean food, not a craze among indians. heard that, 90% of korean food does not make use of oil. how abt that.
korea is among one of the advanced countries and it takes pride in its tradition and cultural heritage, not unlike us indians. korean people are very polite, courteous i mean, kind, generous and u will find them to display a genuine concern for u. i am having lotta trouble cos not many speak english and my childhood experiences with dumb charades has come in handy. made quite a lotta friends, cant tell u how many, since they all look the same and i am not sure if i introduced myself to the same person more than once.
visited the Daewoo ship yard, where my ship is. i deem it an honour to take delivery of the ship on behalf of my company. feel bloody lucky. brand new ship. like a virgin, if i might add.
i am gonna go easy on her. was on her for a few hours only. felt so good.
well, going for the trial run on 27th, for abt a week and then back to the yard. the official delivery date is feb 14th. on st. valentine's day. i wonder if that is a sign ...
its minus 15 degrees here in okpo town of south korea. i am like covered from head to toe in all of the warm clothing i have. its a first for me. never bin to any place this cold. oooh.
well, i landed at the seoul airport and couldnt get a booking for a flight to jinju which is near okpo. so, guess what, we drove all the way. 10 hour drive. it was wonderful, the countryside i mean, beautiful mountains, snow covered. experienced my first ever snowfall. absolutely awesome. we got out of the car once and i opened my mouth and tried to catch some snow. did to. it was cool. pity, my colleagues and my agents were not interested in a snow ball fight. spoil sports, all of 'em. the drive was good. my company's agents had arranged for the car, a Hyundai 4x4. sexy car man. we seldom went below 100miles/hr. inspite of the deadly traffic on the korean freeway, we made it in good time. am not aware of any previous records but i know we were somewhere in the top. the freeway had traffic because of the Lunar New Year's exodus. everybody embarked on their homecoming exodus a day before SOLLAL or the Lunar new year. allow me to explain. the lunar new year holiday period is from sept. 22 to 25, sept. according to lunar calender which is sometime in jan. ( i will check up on this funda and post it later ) so lotta people left the capital city area and moved south to wherever they lived. the festival actually begins with everyone offering their prayers to their ancestors. then the younger generation gets the blessings of the older (money involved, i heard. my hotel manager doesnt like the idea cos now that he's older he has to give money to his children, not a healthy thing, he feels) followed by plenty of eating. reminds me, i am yet to try the traditional korean food, which my colleagues dint like. korean food, not a craze among indians. heard that, 90% of korean food does not make use of oil. how abt that.
korea is among one of the advanced countries and it takes pride in its tradition and cultural heritage, not unlike us indians. korean people are very polite, courteous i mean, kind, generous and u will find them to display a genuine concern for u. i am having lotta trouble cos not many speak english and my childhood experiences with dumb charades has come in handy. made quite a lotta friends, cant tell u how many, since they all look the same and i am not sure if i introduced myself to the same person more than once.
visited the Daewoo ship yard, where my ship is. i deem it an honour to take delivery of the ship on behalf of my company. feel bloody lucky. brand new ship. like a virgin, if i might add.
i am gonna go easy on her. was on her for a few hours only. felt so good.
well, going for the trial run on 27th, for abt a week and then back to the yard. the official delivery date is feb 14th. on st. valentine's day. i wonder if that is a sign ...
posted by Balls at 6:21 AM
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