Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

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Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (7)

🇺🇸 Last couple of days in Korea. 🇰🇷 한국에서의 마지막 며칠. 🇺🇸 And some more out-of-order film photographs: 🇰🇷 그리고 순서가 뒤죽박죽인 필름 사진 몇 장 더: 🇺🇸 Also, black and white: 🇰🇷 흑백도: 🇺🇸 About 2,000 pictures were taken, of my stay in Korea from March 2024 to June 2024, between me and Omak. I

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (6)

🇺🇸 Chuncheon, Seoul, etc. 🇰🇷 춘천, 서울 등.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Hyewon's Wedding/혜워니 결혼식!

🇺🇸 This was THE day of pictures. 🇰🇷 그야말로 사진의 날이었다. 🇺🇸 Post-wedding transformation to comfy clothes. 🇰🇷 결혼식 후 편한 옷으로 변신.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (5)

🇺🇸 More time spent with Omak. Also, with Hyewon. 🇰🇷 오막이랑 더. 혜워니랑도.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (4)

🇺🇸 Meeting D with Omak. The bakery across the street. More Sokcho. More Hangang. 🇰🇷 오막이랑 도영이 만나기. 길 건너 빵집. 속초 더. 한강 더.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (3)

🇺🇸 Omak is an Arsenal fan, so we watched the important match in late-May. 🇰🇷 오막이 아스날 팬이기 때문에, 5월 말의 중요한 경기를 봤다. 🇺🇸 Prior to the match. In a good mood... Attempting to rescue my fellow frogs and failing... Showing off the uniform... BUT we didn't win the Premier

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (2)

🇺🇸 On this trip, I really got over my repulsion to being photographed. I knew that Omak would play a huge role in it, because I've always known that he had a kind eye; but I didn't know just how much time we'd be spending

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

Face/얼굴...! (1)

🇺🇸 Mid-April is when Omak started taking thousands of pictures of me, until mid-June. Also, the pictures start coming from various sources, as mentioned in the previous post: my phone, his phone, and his film camera. His film camera photographs weren't developed until after the date the photographs were

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

👂 2024-04-20

🇺🇸 Pictures after Mid-April come from various sources: my phone, Omak's phone, and his film camera. 🇰🇷 4월 중순 이후의 사진들은 소스가 다양하다. 내 폰, 오막 폰, 그리고 오막의 필름 카메라. 🇺🇸 This is the first time I'm uploading pictures of myself on this site. Hehe. These pictures were

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🍷 2024-04-17

🇺🇸 Went to the "Text Buffet" exhibition at Wreath & Towel with Hyewon. This is the second or third time they're doing this exhibition, only with different participants. Several years ago, I participated in the first round of the "Text Buffet." (At the time, I

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🖼 2024-04-16

🇺🇸 Hyewon's acquaintance, Sally Yang, had an exhibition at the nearby Yangjae Library. So, Hyewon and I went there both to see the exhibition & to get some work done for Amado. 🇰🇷 혜원의 지인인 샐리양 님이 근처의 양재 도서관에서 전시를 하셨다. 그래서 혜원이랑 나는 전시를 볼 겸, 아마도 작업을

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🌳 2024-04-14

🇺🇸 Korea's landscape is 70% mountains. Within Seoul, too, there are many mountains. And these days, there are many excellent hiking courses that one can reach via the subway. 🇰🇷 한국의 국토는 70%가 산이다. 서울 내에도 산이 많다. 그리고 요즘에는 지하철로 다다를 수 있는 등산로가 많다. 🇺🇸 This particular course

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🥳 2024-04-12 to 13

🇺🇸 A random statue in my neighborhood. Like, WTH??? 😭 🇰🇷 우리 동네의 랜덤한 동상. 대체 이게 뭐란 말인가. 🇺🇸 Seoul High School. I ran laps here, in the mornings, on the first three or four Saturdays on which I conducted the seminar with Hyewon. The reason: to increase my heart rate prior to

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

👁‍🗨 2024-04-11

🇺🇸 I went to Amado Art Space for the first time, in person, to get a feel for the place where Hyewon and I were going to conduct our seminar. 🇰🇷 혜원과 내가 세미나를 진행할 곳의 느낌을 알아보기 위해 아마도예술공간을 처음으로 직접 방문했다. 🇺🇸 For many weeks thereafter, I visited this neighborhood for

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🥩 2024-04-10

🇺🇸 Meal with the family of my small uncle on my mother's side. (Big/small uncle is such a concise expression.) Toward the end of my trip, I'd gotten so used to eating satisfying meals like these (at which the food was better than 99% of average

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🌌 2024-04-09

🇺🇸 This was the historic day on which I met Haru, in person, for the first time. There are no pictures from the meal & coffee because we had so much fun and I didn't think for a second that those moments had to be captured in picture format.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

📚 2024-04-08

🇺🇸 The books arrived! I went to Hyewon's to help with packing and mailing. She does this every week, on her own. She's so amazing!!! 🇰🇷 책이 도착했다! 혜워니네에 가서 포장과 발송을 도왔다. 혜워니는 이걸 혼자서 매주 한다. 엄청난 녀석!!! 🇺🇸 We used these orange packagings. I like them.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🌸 2024-04-06

🇺🇸 I had dinner with Omak, Yongwan, and Changyup that day. No pics from the meals; just photos of cherry blossoms. We met in Gangnam; I was amazed that just a block away from the main street, there was this quiet neighborhood. 🇰🇷 오막, 용완, 창엽하고 저녁 먹은 날. 식사 사진은 없고,

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🍚 2024-04-03

🇺🇸 I went to meet D in the neighborhood where she works. 🇰🇷 D가 일하는 동네로 그녀를 만나러 갔다. 🇺🇸 D has a child who is almost 2 years old. So, prior to getting on the subway, I went to a toy store. At that store, a resident cat welcomed me. 🇰🇷 D에게는 거의

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🥟 2024-04-02

🇺🇸 I love dumplings. Busan's Chinatown has many famous dumpling places. (Not all Chinatowns in Korea have that--some Chinatowns are better known for Korean-style Chinese noodles rather than dumplings.) Soooo on my last day in Busan, I wanted to try as many dumplings from different dumpling places as possible.

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

📚🐟 2024-04-01

🇺🇸 Sunrise…! The window is a bit dirty on camera, but in real life, the sunrise was beautiful nonetheless. 🇰🇷 해돋이…! 카메라로 보기엔 창문이 좀 지저분하지만, 실제로 보면 그래도 멋졌음. 🇺🇸 On my way to meet Hyewon. The buses in Busan weren’t much different from the ones in Seoul. 🇰🇷 혜워니 만나러 가는

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🚊 2024-03-31

🇺🇸 Took the KTX from Seoul Station to Busan Station. 🇰🇷 KTX 타고 서울역에서 부산역까지 감. 🇺🇸 Seoul Station in the morning 😄 Quite a few fat pigeons navigated amongst humans indoors. 🇰🇷 아침의 서울역! 뚱띠 비둘기들이 실내에서 사람들 사이를 누빔. 🇺🇸 Many trains. The seats. These are the regular-class seats. For a 3-hour train ride,

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

📚 2024-03-28 (2)

🇺🇸 After taking a walk in the park (literally), I went to the National Library of Korea. 🇰🇷 공원 산책 후 국립도서관에 감. 🇺🇸 Gloomy day, pretty building. The grass in Korea tends to be yellow unless it’s in the middle of summer; I hear it’s a different type of grass

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🌳 2024-03-28

🇺🇸 A park within the city. To be more precise, two parks sit right next to each other with a street in-between. 🇰🇷 도심 공원. 정확히는, 공원 두 개가 길 하나를 사이에 두고 서로 붙어 있음. 🇺🇸 Many official buildings, on the way. 🇰🇷 가는 길에, 공무 건물 많음. 🇺🇸Forsythias! 🇰🇷 개나리! 🇺🇸 The path to

Seoul/서울 2024-03~06

🍀 2024-03-27

🇺🇸 Just a trip to the nearby organic food store. 🇰🇷 동네 유기동 음식 가게에 놀러감. 🇺🇸 One of my aunts has always been really health-conscious and organic-food conscious. I’m glad she has so many options. 🇰🇷 이모들 중 하나가 늘 건강 + 유기농에 관심이 많았다. 옵션이 이렇게나 많아서 좋음. 🇺🇸 Everything so neat and