So its been a while since ive updated and quite a few things have happened, first ill start with a field trip i took to Changnyeong province, i had to write a little write up about it, and since i haven't updated in a while im going to steal what i wrote from there... sorry haha.
The wetlands that we visited were beautiful, and showed a different side of the mountainous rural are and i would have enjoyed a little bit more time to walk around this area and explore. The park was really interesting as was the delicious meal. . I really appreciated and enjoyed the bibimbap that was provided to me (as a vegetarian I couldn’t stomach the barbecue)
When we left the interior of the museum and ventured outside to the sites where the nobles were buried the artifacts became a little clearer but still not very relevant. Hearing about the ancient gravesites and how they were shrouded and buried in large graves as respect was really interesting and really gave some history and culture background about the area and the prevalence of these people and the traditions they hold. It was really interesting to be able to walk amoung the mounds and get meaning from them. Before they could have just been large mounds on the side of a hill that I could have mistakenly climbed for a better view of the city. I now feel more informed of the historical nature of this site
If you want to see pictures you can view them here: Changnyeong field trip this might help to explain a little bit more of what we saw there!
after the field trip i went to the film festival for the weekend (which was actually with one work day in between) the (P)Busan International Film Festival (PIFF) is an international festival held every year. its one of the biggest film fests in all of the world. it was absolutly amazing! i had a fanstastic time walking along the beach. The famous beach there is Haeundae beach. the weather wasnt too hot, but i still had the opporutunity to stick my toes in the sand and feet in the water! it was so nice! the ocean views were fantastic. I spent most of the time in Busan alone. Which was fine with me. i got to walk along the beach and enjoy the sights and meet some people. There were celebraties everywhere that weekend, as many of the films were premiering for the first time ever at the film festival. most of them were korean, and i didnt know who they were, but a few were American, including Josh Hartnett! which the koreans LOVE. i love him also and had a breif brush with him. even though i didnt know it at the time.hahah. i was walking towards the end of the stands set up on haeundae beach, each of these displaying small parts of the film festival, from photographers, to big film set ups, to 'make your own movie' tents to sponser companies to autograph signing booths to places displaying traditional korean dishes to show some more korean culture. At the end was a stage and there were hundreds of screaming girls, as i approached a man in a black suit came and sort of pushed me out of the way to allow someone to walk by, i simply thought it was another korean celebrity that i wouldnt recognise; but lo and behold.. there was josh harnett, mere inches from my fingertips...
i realized this too late and was washed up among the throngs of screaming hyperventilating girls... here is a picture just moments after his departure i believe that one of them is crying. hahaha. anyways, it was really interesting.
After this i headed down the boardwalk past the madness of PIFF to see if i could make it out onto the pier before my film at 6pm. as i was walking i happened upon some buskers... "buskers??" i thought "in korea, how strange." i found this strange because as i researched for an article i wrote about busking last year i found that not many countries outside of western world have busking. its popular in the US canada and some places in Europe, but rarely outside of it. I quickly grabbed my camera and snapped a picture of them as they set up. I tried to do so sneakily, but was caught red handed and called over to have a chat with the musicians. there were three of them, two Korean's from Seoul and one American... from.... well he didn't really know. anyways, they chatted with me while they set up and the American man told me he was "bringing music to the streets of Korea, one festival at a time!" I thought this was a fantastic idea. I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon with them. i played a bit of guitar, sang, played hand drum and some other percussion instruments they had on hand. we played until the sun set and the people were headed inside for dinner... after the american man left to meet some people i frolicked in the ocean with the koreans who were busking. I cant remember their names, and sadly i didnt get their phone number bu i had an awesome evening with them and hope that one day the world with bring us together again... :)
after that i headed back to meet my friend Amy and we went to see Three sisters, a french film about a family who is estranged from their father and the things they go through as sisters with him coming by and their mother still being in love with him, but him being dangerous for the family. it was a great film! we watched it in the outdoor theatre so i was wearing every single article of clothing i had, but it was really neat to see a film with over a 1000 people; including a talk by the director beforehand.
The wetlands that we visited were beautiful, and showed a different side of the mountainous rural are and i would have enjoyed a little bit more time to walk around this area and explore. The park was really interesting as was the delicious meal. . I really appreciated and enjoyed the bibimbap that was provided to me (as a vegetarian I couldn’t stomach the barbecue)
When we left the interior of the museum and ventured outside to the sites where the nobles were buried the artifacts became a little clearer but still not very relevant. Hearing about the ancient gravesites and how they were shrouded and buried in large graves as respect was really interesting and really gave some history and culture background about the area and the prevalence of these people and the traditions they hold. It was really interesting to be able to walk amoung the mounds and get meaning from them. Before they could have just been large mounds on the side of a hill that I could have mistakenly climbed for a better view of the city. I now feel more informed of the historical nature of this site
If you want to see pictures you can view them here: Changnyeong field trip this might help to explain a little bit more of what we saw there!
i realized this too late and was washed up among the throngs of screaming hyperventilating girls... here is a picture just moments after his departure i believe that one of them is crying. hahaha. anyways, it was really interesting. After this i headed down the boardwalk past the madness of PIFF to see if i could make it out onto the pier before my film at 6pm. as i was walking i happened upon some buskers... "buskers??" i thought "in korea, how strange." i found this strange because as i researched for an article i wrote about busking last year i found that not many countries outside of western world have busking. its popular in the US canada and some places in Europe, but rarely outside of it. I quickly grabbed my camera and snapped a picture of them as they set up. I tried to do so sneakily, but was caught red handed and called over to have a chat with the musicians. there were three of them, two Korean's from Seoul and one American... from.... well he didn't really know. anyways, they chatted with me while they set up and the American man told me he was "bringing music to the streets of Korea, one festival at a time!" I thought this was a fantastic idea. I ended up spending the rest of the afternoon with them. i played a bit of guitar, sang, played hand drum and some other percussion instruments they had on hand. we played until the sun set and the people were headed inside for dinner... after the american man left to meet some people i frolicked in the ocean with the koreans who were busking. I cant remember their names, and sadly i didnt get their phone number bu i had an awesome evening with them and hope that one day the world with bring us together again... :)
after that i headed back to meet my friend Amy and we went to see Three sisters, a french film about a family who is estranged from their father and the things they go through as sisters with him coming by and their mother still being in love with him, but him being dangerous for the family. it was a great film! we watched it in the outdoor theatre so i was wearing every single article of clothing i had, but it was really neat to see a film with over a 1000 people; including a talk by the director beforehand.
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