Haeundae 해운대

Hello God!

Finally, a movie about my favorite beach in Busan! Haeundae (for William from beautiful Malaysia: Hae-woon-dae). Many expatriates choose to live here. Quite an expensive place to stay I would say. I always visit Haeundae beach in the summer besides my other favorite, Seogwipo beach. It’s like the first ever disaster movie for Corea. The director Yoon Je-Kyoon's usual films are comedy so the Haeundae movie is kind of funny too. The film is about a tsunami hitting Busan, South Corea. The first half of the movie focuses more on the characters and it's comedic portrayal of romance and life belies the calamity that is going to appear at the last 45 minutes of the movie. The scenes showing the tsunami keeps the heart pumping with adrenaline.

Haeundae is a long, beautiful beach of fine sand and turquoise water. In the summer, the beach becomes packed with tourists. There can be up to 800,000 to over a million sunbathers and swimmers producing another type of sea, a sea of people. However, going to Haeundae during the other seasons will result in a relaxing afternoon of walks on the beach and maybe some delicious raw fish in the evening.

In this movie, a tsunami that is fast approaching the south coast of Corea and it is not just any tsunami this is a mega-tsunami more than 100 meters in height. The people frolicking on the beach are unaware of their impending doom until an earthquake rocks the shore. From then they have only ten minutes to get to safety as a mountain of water rushes forward to engulf them. Only ten minutes to run from a giant tsunami. Imagine that!

Such a good movie. Must watch.

Kamsahamnida haneunim! o(∩_∩)o

RIP 김대중

RIP former President Kim Dae-jung. (1925-2009)
President of South Korea 1998-2003.
2000 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
"Nelson Mandela" of South Korea.
Champion of peace and democracy.

I saw his state funeral live on television. Sad. Farewell former President Kim.

About my blog

Hello readers,

Today, I am going to tell you more about myself. I’ve noticed visitors from outside Corea who read my blog and leave kind comments. Thank you for dropping by my blog. I am embarrassed with my English as it is at beginner level and I know people from Malaysia or Singapore have excellent English. Please excuse my poor English if you spot mistakes on my blog. I want to thank Microsoft Word Spelling Check for correcting the 80 words spelling mistakes for every 100 words I write. Such a useful tool for non-native English speakers like me.

My blog is called 안녕하세요 하느님! (An-nyeong-ha-se-yo Ha-neu-nim!) and it means Hello God in English. Doesn't it feel wonderful to wake up to a sunny day of blue skies, white fluffy clouds and say a big Hello to God? And I will end it with kamsahamnida haneunim which means thank you God in English.

My name is 하루 or you can just call me Day. I am a simple boy, full of energy and loves English. I am a bit eccentric at times but I can't help it. My family thinks I am kind of strange sometimes but they have already gotten used to it. Like when I sing 원더걸스, Wonder Girls's Nobody But You, in the car, house, inside the lift, at the park, everywhere, all day long. I give my mother heart attack from time to time with my naughty surprises. I wish to travel around the world. That's all about me!

For my non-Corean readers, this is how you pronounce the name of my blog:

Kamsahamnida dear readers! o(∩_∩)o

Rolling on the grass

Hello God!

It's a blindingly beautiful day, and the sky is crystal clear blue. Clad in my tank top and shorts, I am fully recovered from my fever and I feel like ten million won. It’s the early morning sun and I’m standing at the backyard. The morning air feels fresh with the morning breeze blowing gently across my face. It was a quiet and peaceful morning with no one in sight. I saw the soft green carpet grass and couldn’t help myself but ran into the yard. I am completely well and I feel extremely happy. I skipped along the stone tiles and laugh to myself loudly. I jumped, hopped and did cartwheels all over the backyard. I threw myself to the ground and rolled on the grass. Exhausted with all the jumping, I stretch out on the grass and giggled like a happy litte schoolgirl. And for split second, I am the happiest boy in the world. Then I saw my neighbour staring at me wide-eyed from over the fence.

Well, at least the fever’s gone.

Kamsahamnida haneunim! o(∩_∩)o