Month: August 2008

Foreign perception, History, Poetry1 Comment

The land of morning calm

Diya

Rabindranath Tagore, 1861 – 1941 poet, playwright, philosopher, composer, artist I was overjoyed to find a poem about Korea written by India’s most beloved poet; Rabindranath Tagore. He began writing poetry at the age of eight and published his first collection at the tender age of 16 under a pseudonym. Its my understanding that this poem came about on one of his many trips to Japan. He met a few Koreans there and promised to visit. However at this time it was not possible, so he wrote this poem instead. It was around 1929 I believe.           In the golden … Continue reading The land of morning calm

Culture, KCC, Korean Film1 Comment

Another blog……

Diya

Greetings I did mention in an earlier post that I had another blog, one that I would cease updating. It seems that the blog has been accepted onto the Korean Blog List.  So after carefully considering some design comments re both the sites, I have decided to keep both. The adventures of Countess in Corea will focus on exactly this, my adventures in the land of the morning calm. This blog shall be mostly about the Korean customs and cultures that I have come to know about. This week, I shall focus on my adventure and  discovery of the Korean Cultural Centre situated at Trafalgar Sqauare. This … Continue reading Another blog……

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The acceptance onto the Korean blog list and Pigs in Space!

Diya

Hello. I must admit I have been somewhat abysmal in updating this blog. Now that it has been accepted as a link on the Korean bloglist, I feel an added pressure!! *bites nails* Seriously, I will update at least once a week, but I have created another blog more recently with word press. Countess’s Corean Weblog A bit bizzare having two blogs about virtually the same thing; but I realised that this particular blog works just like a word document itself which is much easier to work with! Not that I am going to abandon this blog, on the contrary; … Continue reading The acceptance onto the Korean blog list and Pigs in Space!

Culture, Korean Drama, Korean Film2 Comments

Welcome to my Korean Wonderland…

Diya

Hello fellow bloggers…..! This is my first blog….. second blog! I have one at bloggers.com. Though this is still up, I have removed the link! This website might just be a little more user friendly as it is laid out very similarly to a word document. So I will blog here for a while. To those of you new to my blog, this site will mainly be about My Journey to Korea My Love for the country subsequent adventures on the way Many people have asked me what is my desire to visit such a place when so little is known about it. My fascination with … Continue reading Welcome to my Korean Wonderland…