hello i disappeared

hellllo folllllks

yes, i have returned from the grave.

what has been up with me, you ask?

-cambodia and vietnam trip.

^woah, amazing^

-sadly, from all the amazingness above, i kind of came home and was really sick.

^well, at least no school^

-and this brings us to tonight. i moved host families !

i went from this;

my beautiful host mother, i love you.

to this;

such a cute, quaint house !

i can not wait for my new adventures with my new family !

i will miss you, family #1.

love you guys !

f-f-f-f-four s-s-s-s-seoul

On the fourth, and final full-day of our Seoul trip, we went to DMZ -- the border between North and South Korea. It was an unreal experience unlike anything I have ever experienced before. The fact that North and South Korea are technically still at war is not prevelant until you go to the border.

It's eerie, it's a little too quite, and it's a little too close for comfort.

"brand new" toys from noth korean children's collections.

these were actually made 1985-1990ish

a typical north korean house.

these can have anywhere between 3 and 7 people living in them,

a north korean schoolhouse replica.

notice how there are photos of Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il above the blackboard?

it's like this everywhere, it is illegal to not have both the portraits in at least one room in a building.

it was so foggy! :-(

but if you look closely, you can see the land mass (picture one)

and the same land, zoomed up on (picture two)

THATS NORTH KOREA !

wow..

1 year ago, i never would have imagined seeing it in person.

and there i was.

it's just a little too close for comfort.

traditional music festival!

below -- getting a beauty treatment with acupuncture !

scary, right? -_-

crazy icecream for one dollar!

this was a traditional chicken soup that started in seoul.

we had to wait for 2 hours to get a seat, but it was SO worth it!

mmm

^^ all above: a traditional lantern festival^^

all in all, a great trip !

i love seoul!

lets go back again soon..

seoulness day one!

on the ktx !

doing makeup IN A PUBLIC PLACE..

WE ARE SO KOREAN NOW

ai chun!

well, its official. korea is going to take over the world.

this is the "tour guide"

a moving, talking in 5 different languages, robot.

traditional paper shoes!

too cute!

above : sitting in canada's seat at the G20 Seoul

&

represent! name tag!

nasibaaa

drinking an aloe drink at a rotary meet and greet!

LOOK WHO IS FAMOUS AND IN THE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE~

THIS KID.

ahha

^.^ all above are from the Seoul tower.

these are really cool, there are probably 10 or so of them. young couples in love come to the tower, and either bring their own or buy a padlock. they then write a message on is that is to the tune of:

" i love you, baby.

you and me. forever.

always."

then they lock it on one of the trees and throw the key over the edge of the cliff.

signifying their eternal, lasting love.

..i just want to know what happens when they break up. it might be a bit difficult to to find your own lock again..

day one copmplete !

tune in tomorrow for day 2 ~ !

i'm a new S E O U L

"THANK YOU.

I LOVE YOU.

...

CALL ME?"

My favourite boys made me some traditional korean candy and sang me a song.

beautiful palace

another palace with AI CHUN

HAHA, on the KTX (high speed train!)

waiting to go to the Seoul Tower!

freeeee hugssss yessss

i miss the canadian autumn... luckily seoul has trees that change colours. i felt at home!

kaynaydah and tie-won.

represent.

meditation

curly moustache !

ai chun, me, gin

a snapshot at one of the palaces... i had a mini photoshoot!

can you feel all this inbound love?

this is just a general post of some photos...

seoul was amazing!

thats why i have wayyy too many photos that i want to put up!

i will do each day of photos as a seperate post!

watch out for day one.. tomorrow!

xoxo