“I always wanted to find the earliest memory from my life”. Bongsu Park is looking at me in response to a question I have just asked her about her strongest memory. We are sitting and chatting on the ground floor … Continue reading Reading between the lines: The Bongsu Park Interview.
This weekend (25th April ~27th April) saw me grabbing a bite of a Korean burrito at the Corbet Place bar & lounge in London. It was a special 3 day event run by Joo Lee founder of Korrito, a Korean BBQ food stall. As well as having her food stall set up outside the bar, she took the opportunity to show her three part documentary exploring the past present and the future of Korean cuisine inside the bar. (The bar was serving Korean cocktails and I had a soju mixed with pomegranate, aloe vera, lime and mint which was surprisingly … Continue reading Savouring Korea, the taste of home at the Corbet Place Bar and Lounge
Wanting to get back into the swing of watching Korean dramas, I asked my Korean friend for recommendations. (To your average non Korean – there are so many to choose from!) She mentioned that she was watching Woman who married three times, or Thrice married woman and after finding that I can follow this drama on Viki.com I thought I would give it a go. (Viki.com offers subtitles – my Korean is not yet up to par!) Written by Kim Soo-hyun,the drama aired twice during the weekend on SBS in Korea (Saturday and Sundays) in the evenings over 40 episodes. … Continue reading Review on Thrice Married Woman (Korean Drama)
It has a few years since I have posted/published/blogged about South Korea on here. I have been back and forth to this country since I first visited in 2007 and so much has changed. Its June 2013, in Busan and this is my fifth visit to Korea. Since my initial love with the country a lot of my friends and colleagues have now started to link Korea with teaching or knowing some one who has been out to the country to teach. Before that, I was always asked North or South when I told folks I was coming here for … Continue reading And I am back
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……
Diya on Korea 