Future Place?

Went to check out a new place in Dalmaji. Might move here in a month or so. It is about an hour from current place. On a hill and in the expat area. Lots of stuff down the hill but around the place not much. It's also an older building.A nice view of an outdoor auditorium.

Little smaller than current place.

Remodeled bathroom with a clawfoot tub.
It was owned by this nun and she wants to sell it. Cost about $2.5-2.7 million USD depending on conversion. Crazy prices in this area.

Kalbi Jiim

Restaurant in my neighborhood.

Saw this stuff Kalbi Jiim on tv so I wanted to try it. This is a local place not the cool place on TV so it didn't look as good as I thought. The meat should be huge and stuff. It was alright, kinda sweet like spare ribs at a Chinese place.

Ofcourse we also ate grilled pork and a bunch of Panchan.

I finished my meal with some mul naengmyeon. haha. I'm losing weight from not excercising but gaining a belly. ahh.

Weiner and Kraut in Pusan?

Yup! sausage and saurkraut in Pusan. Apparently a food conglomerate which owns a hotel also owns a local brewery. They have three brewed beers on tap and the sausage is pretty darn good. They actually make it with a bone, that's the stick end. The fries were lame but I ordered more fries and told them to make em fresh which turned out much better.

They had a live band and most of the patrons were older and having a good time. The band sung songs in Korean, English and they were from Bulgaria!
Bar and brewery behind.
Ha!ha! the servers even dressed in costume. the guys has lederhosen!

Neighborhood Hiking

Went hiking up he hill by my house. About five minute walk away there is a mountain, I've begun to go jogging on the local track field, but there is a trail that leads to this peak.
My apartment is the last one on the right row in the far back. So I have an unobstructed view of the sea. Also get good ventilation and nice lighting.
The peak of the mountain has this pit which they use to use to signal for wars or something. That's what the locals tell me.

Check out the old ladies. They carry blocks of granite on there heads to the top of the hill. Pass it along to each other. They're building a landing pad for a helicopter.Crazy! feel like a lazy slob seeing old women do this intense labor.

Paris Style

Don't want to post too much stuff I find online but this is from thesartorialist.

Amazing photo of youth and great style despite the guys bags. They have an amazing sense of fun and carefree attitude.

Taiwan part III

Sadly, these are the few daytime pics I have of Taiwan. I was busy in the office most of the day.

Courtyard in the apartment. Nice little feature.

Great weather for the visit, not often you get crisp blue skies and mild temperatures in a polluted area.

This is in the Taiwan International airport lounge. Free food, free video games, blah, blah.

Food wasn't bad considering you don't pay anything.

This is the walk way above the customs check. Why would they let you hover above them. Not an expert on security, but this seams way lame....wait...oh yeah this is Taiwan. haha!

Hello Kitty themed nursery rooms for kids.

These five guys are developers and designer for the largest shoe company in the world. We saw them in the lounge in Taiwan, then Seoul and finally Pusan. You can pick them out by the company logo on their t-shirts, shoes, backpacks and checked luggage. Must be corporate policy you have to wear company clothing or just a really good discount.

Taiwan part II

Yup! that's TGIF. For my second and final dinner in Taiwan, I ate at TGIF. Not my choice but wutever. It is comfort food since I know what I am getting into.

Same decor, sadly one beer on tap!?!
The server asked me twice if I was sure I wanted the full rack of ribs. Sorry I ain't no wimpy Taiwanese eater. I'm a pig out American. Too bad that's all the fries they gave me. If you can see the plate under the fries, the portion is too small!
Crazy new apartments in this area, kinda reminded me of Century City, really nice apartments. If I had to live in Taichung I guess this is the area, kinda boring tho.
Yeah, bike galore. Taiwan had lots of scooter which I expected to see, but in Korea the car is king.

TaiChung Taiwan

This is the street outside the Taichung Taiwan office. It's right off the main freeway near the center of town.

I've pointed out the new and old in Korea, but Taiwan has a larger dichotomy between new and old. There are brand new apartments and towers right next door to older buildings.

Office building at night changes colors.

Chinese restaurant near the apartment. We had to order out of the discontinued english menu cuz no one can read chinese. haha. Next time we bring local coworkers.

Leaving Seoul

Nice looking restaurant in Incheon airport. Atleast the food is good.

Lots of stores and stuff to checkout in the international terminal in Seoul.
This is the view for 1 million USD apartment in Seoul. It's the Gangnam rich area, way overrated. The building is 20 years old, only live here for the address. Lame.
Four season in Seoul is sic! I didn't stay there sadly. We had a short meeting.
Thought this building looked cool. It looks perforated or similar to cheese. Jumbo monitors all over Seoul too. This one is across the street from another huge screen. Down the street are two more.

Eating in Seoul

As always ate Korean BBQ in Seoul. We got there early but by the time we were eating the place was full of local business men eating dinner. It was typical good grilled beef and lots of soju. haha

Again love the contrast of seeing the old style cart going down the street infront of the restaurant.
In Korea there is a clear clashing of two worlds. We were still in the crazy expensive area of town, but right across the street away from the main traffic area there are old buildings. Saw people hanging laundry and stuff.

A family house converted in to a traditional restaurant, had bean soup. Large persimmon tree out front.
Haha, love the way they collect garbage. Driver gets out, then climbs up and uses a crane to collect the bags. Not efficient.
DID NOT EAT HERE! It's a dog restaurant. Real estate guys told us they were moving and we could rent it and convert it into a studio. Like the idea of a house but not an old dog restaurant. argh!