The ultimate motivation^^

When the idea of going to the Global Cultural Gathering was being brought up, responses were not good, simply because most of us were worn out by the weekly meetings and cafe's work.

Hmmms and Errrs were heard, until...

Not until Elaine mentioned, actually, it was a food festival.

Now that was really different when food was concerned, especially, food for free!

There was not much of discussion on attendance.
Food itself was already irresistible. Food from 32 different countries was beyond words. Free food from 32 countries-- lets talk no more, just go ahead^^~

Location: Haeunde Naru Park

  

Before the entrance there was a band playing music~

The entrance~

Our first station was the world's costumes booth as we were fascinated by the exotic outfits.

Check it out!
* The Roman Prince, the Mexican, the Saudi Arabian, the Irish girl, the Russian, and Edward the classic ;)*

Izzat walking on stilts, a Japanese traditional games that we found at the traditional games section.

The Korean see-saw, or nol-dwi-gi 널뛰기
It was very hard to balance. Elaine was screaming while our Cambodian friend
gave a large jerk by stamping hard on his side.

The ajushi, uncle, was trying to put eggs in the folded straw... It looks like this~~

Zoom in view of the eggs in folded straw~
Gasped at the fine art work, and how the ajushi worked under the hot sun.

Elaine and our Cambodian friend, Van.
On the outside these things looked so easy-going and light,
but when being carried, they just gave our friends difficult time.
Check out for Elaine's bended back.

We then moved to the area where booths from 32 different countries concentrated. 

"Where is the food?" kept on chorusing while we were walking from booth to booth

The El-Ecuador's booth- Hand-knitted outfits with  wood made musical instruments.

Saw some Korean ladies in Korean traditional customes- hanbok   

Stopped by China's booth and Izzat was fascinated by che-ling , a game that requires considerable skills in balancing.

As we proceeded, we surprisingly saw --SAN 2020!
It instantly struck us as WAWASAN 2020!! :)

Turned out to be -- BUSAN 2020 XD~

Most of us stopped by a booth for free paintings on the face and hand.
Elaine got apple, both for the painting and balloon~

        

Shine had four-leaf clover~

Japan's booth- doll in Japanese traditional costume, representable of Japan.

Brazilian meat pie^^~
Wrapped nicely within this crispy meat pie was hot, sizzling beef.

Africa's booth- they spoke fluent Korean!
The food they were preparing was somewhat like roti canai~^^

Mongolia's booth- it was a hat made by fur!
Initially was misunderstood as some animal curling itself up~

Shine bought a drink at the Spanish booth.
It was called the mixed fruit drink, and it tasted like the mixture of apple and orange sparkling juice~

Photo with the pretty Spanish girl who made the drink~

There were a lot of booths, and turned out that the food was not for free.

Nonetheless, we still enjoyed ourselves very much, munching on the food we bought ;)

  

Wrapped up with a picture of the beautiful scenery in Naru Park~

Ended up it was the difference that brought all of us together in one event. 

Apparently we were too stunned by the cultural differences, that food was no longer the priority ;)

Eventually, the ultimate motivation was the differences- differences in culture, in food, in traditional costumes that persuaded us to explore, and cherish~

XOXO~^^

Continuation~~더음요

Continuation~~~


On the 2nd day of Cheusok, we~ Malaysians, Cambodians and a few of our korean buddies went travelling around the small city of Busan. So, after the morning snacks and candies, and a bit of mushroom wine (all except for Iza) we headed of onto the next shuttle outta here ( the UNI) to the small town of Sasang. 

Can't help but to take a group pic while waiting for the bus ^^

Group Photo infront of the bus stop to Jagalchi Fish Market and Busan International Film Festival (PIFF)

The buses here are mad. MAD!!! They drivers drift the load of bus on the road and make jerky stops every no and then. If thats not bad enough, there weren't many seats on the bus. Perhaps only about 12 seats and thats it. So we stood most of our way there. And some of us were nauseated by the time we arrived.

First stop. PIFF 

3rd Day - Lotte Giants Fighting!!!

안녕! ^^

Hello! ^^
It has been 3 weeks since we arrived at Silla University, Busan, Korea.
We had a bit of difficulties with the old sunway at silla blog so we decided to create a new one. =)
So let me update you with what we've been doing for the past few days!
As you all know, mooncake festival was on the 22nd of September. In Korea, they don't celebrate mooncake festival, instead they celebrate Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).
So we had a few activities organized for us during that holiday! ^^

On the first day of Chuseok, our Cambodian friends (Piseth and Sok Im) brought us to Pukyong National University to celebrate mooncake festival with some of their friends whom were also Malaysians.

We played with the lanterns and ate some mooncakes too! =)

On the 2nd day, a few Korean students came and thought us about the Korean traditional food that they usually eat during Chuseok. They also taught us some Korean games which were extremely fun! ahaha

 songpyeon (송편) and traditional mushroom wine

Yak Gua..ahaha..i'm not sure about the spelling..XD

Fried fish, meat mixed with vegetable and pajeon (green onion pancake)

i was learning the game "GO-STOP"..just like in those korean dramas..ahaha

Shine and Izzat was playing another game. It seems extremely fun!! =D

3 musketeers, 1 masterpiece~

The second batch of Sunway exchange students were enthusiastically discussing the details for the blog, and first and foremost- Title of the blog.


The No Idea, "What about Sunway @ Silla 2 so that it is easier for readers to locate?"
The Psychology rambler, "It's a boring title- plus the first batch of exchange students used this title already. Think of the citation and copyright"
The Smart One^^, " How about dwaeji tokkie *pig rabbit*"


Even though there was no voting session and parliamentary meeting following this, but from the winks, we know dwaeji tokki is going to be a great title for our blog.


Credits to a very famous Korean drama 미남이시네요 "You are Beautiful", hallmark of the drama is a rabbit with pig's nose, and hence the name "pig rabbit." The main actress will always make her nose like pig's whenever she feels that she can't control her feelings for the main actor- in detail, when her heart starts to beat furiously with him around. 


Likewise, imagine how many times the three of us have to do the pig nose being in Silla University, Busan- a wonderful place with just nice weather, extremely nice food (especially the bread and rice cake^^), and beyond speech nice people :) 


It is hard to prevent your heart from beating fast and furious when you experience such superb things right~ 
So, here goes~ *pig nose* ^^

Annyeong Haseyo^^ Junun dwaeji tokki ibnida *my name is pig rabbit*