Fresh back from Korea. We did a 8 days tour, Jeju, ski, Seoul. A few interesting highlights...

-On Jeju Island (Cheju-Do) widows have a traditional job of diving as their livelihood. The best part? 30+ year old rookie divers can hold their breath for three minutes.
Expert 70+ year old divers can hold their breaths for... ... 7 minutes.

7.

-Abalone porridge has no visible signs of abalone.

-A winter meal can be generalised as something soupy or spicy on a mini wok or aluminium foil on a portable stove.
-It's still very delicious.

-Certain graves are built in a circular pyramidal shape. Apparently 'higher = easier to go up'. They never thought of 'higher = more painful fall downwards'.

-40+ year old men pointed and gabbled excitedly when they spotted mountain goats. Children joined in, and teenagers snapped photos and moved on.

-Boiled silkworm is apparently a Korean delicacy.
-It makes me want to puke. Right into the bowl of silkworm, that I may save others from their terrible fate.

-They still build fires to keep warm.
-It's very effective.

-Husky dog rides aren't very enjoyable with -7°C winds in your face.
-The dogs gave up pulling my father halfway in favour of quarelling with each other.

-Ice skating is ten times as difficult to pick up as skiing.
-I smashed into an old man.
-I managed to brake the last time I tried.
-Ski boots make you walk like a robot.

-40+ year old men pointed and gabbled excitedly when they spotted snowflakes on the outside of our tour bus windows. Children joined in, and teenagers snapped photos and sat down.

-A room's price increased a hundred times. All because a star used it for filming. Refer to 秋天童话.

-Ginseng roots are used as decorative items, submerged in liquid a la Haunted-Bio-Lab-2 foetus.
-Only it is much much more artistic.

-Magpies in Korea = Mynahs in Singapore

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Well, it was the best trip we had in years. To top it off, Korean Air screened Catwoman on our way back.

Purrrfect.

But then we had to re-climatise back to Singapore weather, and developed itches and all sorts of unimaginable stuff.

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