Ya..ya..Here we go

While I was at the Changdeokgung Palace guided tour, we came across a group of young boys and girls dressed in traditional customes. They looked happy and care free, seem to be excited over some event.

The guide told us that they are taking their school graduation photo. At the palace? Interesting I thought. What a great idea. Koreans never stop to amaze me.

The boys and girls would line up side by side later and have their photo taken as a pair. They were so adorable and you can see them showing off with their best posture and smile. Too bad I did not take any photo.

I have noticed at most of my visit, you will see a lot of school boys and girls visiting the palace. And you also see the boy holding the girl's hand. I guessed it's taught to them since young to take care of the female.

I thought we were in a Korean drama

This picture were taken during our trip to seoul, South Korea in September 2006. We were at the Korean Folk village when we stumbled upon a couple having their traditional wedding ceremony. Initially, we thought it was part of a show but later found out otherwise. Happy that it is not part of the itinerary and have a glimpse of another culture.

We felt like we were in another era of time cause the Korean traditional costumes especially the man look so much like clothes wore by people in China during the Sung dynasty.

The groom is the guy in red opposite the bride but was covered by some plant in the photo. I made a blunder before the ceremony by asking him if the ceremony is for real or not. I thought he was the ticket man dressed in costume. Silly me.

The bride is in a green Hanbok(Korean traditional costume). We did not manage to see her face cause she was covered by a cloth all the time. Poor girl too cause most of time she is in this position as seen in the photo above.

We left half way through the ceremony cause the ceremony was in Korean language and we were hungry by then.

The little girl must be one of the invited guest's daughter. Is she pretty and cute or what?? All dress up for the occasion.

Is this KuaChi?

Bought the pinenut from a wet market at Seoul. Never eaten this before until when I visited a drink stall outside Changdeokgung Palace.

The wonderful nutty aroma just exploded in your mouth when you put in into your mouth. The kitchen will have a nice aroma when you are toasting them in a pan under low heat.

Normally, I will just toast some and eat it as a snack or put some in my yulmucha (pronouned as yul-mu-cha). Another drink that I have discovered while in Seoul. It is made from adlay flour, soya bean powder and barley flour. No idea what is adlay flour and reckon is another type of wheat.

Remember the Changdeokgung Palace that I mentioned above, I wanted to order a hot drink and been just adventurous, I ordered the yulmucha instead. The lady must have grounded the ingredents herself because the drink was so much delicious than the one I bought from the supermarket. You have a warm feeling in the morning after a cup of yulmucha.