Last week I was invited to visit Jeju Island. AirAsia only has flights to Seoul currently. While the cost of a Jin Air flight from Seoul to Jeju cost more than the KUL-ICN flight.
Then I discovered this week, there is a contest to win a holiday to Jeju Island worth RM20000 organised by Samsung. The condition of entry is by purchasing a Samsung laptop powered by Intel's Second Generation - Core i5 or Core i7 microprocessor.
Double the Deal Win a Trip to Jeju Island by Samsung
Jeju Island is also known as the "Island of the Gods" which was a big surprise to me - since originally or hitherto, only BALI ISLAND was known as "Island of Gods". Jeju is a popular vacation spot for Koreans and foreigners. It is the top rated honeymoon destination for Korean newlyweds, and is also regarded as one of the top honeymoon destinations in the world. The island offers visitors a wide range of activities: hiking on Halla-san (South Korea's highest peak) or Olle-gil(routes), catching sunrises and sunsets over the ocean, riding horses, touring all the locales from a favorite television K-drama, or just lying around on the sandy beaches.
Is it possible to get to Jeju Island by ferry from Busan - duration 11 hours.
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Showing posts with label Korean Success. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Korean Success. Show all posts
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Visit Korea Year Free Bus To Gyeongju and Jeonju 2011
Korea seems to be the most trendiest destination for all Asians currently. From Thailand to Singapore, everyone is caught up with Korean movies, actors, RAIN, Girls Generation, Wonder Girls, Full House, and a dozen Korean TV series.
Here is a nice tip for Korean fans. If you're visiting Korea this year, it is supposed to be Visit Korea Year. And thus their Tourism Department has organised free bus rides to other smaller towns or cities, that are having a hard time to get tourists. Most tourists are going for Seoul. And they might do a package tour to the island.
Seoul to Gyeongju - Millennium Line:
Hyundai Hotel Gyeongju
Departs Seoul 8AM
Arrives Gyeongju 1PM
Departs 4pm
Arrives Seoul 9pm
Seoul to Jeonju - Dynasty Line:
Core Hotel Jeonju
Departs Seoul 8AM
Arrives Jeonju 11AM
Departs Jeonju 5PM
Arrives Seoul 8PM
Tourist can register online and get the allocated seat randomly before the chosen departure date.
+82-1577-2507 / visitkorea@chesstours.co.kr
Stella. H. Choi (visitkorea_en@chesstours.co.kr)
http://english.visitkoreayear.com/english/benefit/benefit_07_01_01.asp
Here is a nice tip for Korean fans. If you're visiting Korea this year, it is supposed to be Visit Korea Year. And thus their Tourism Department has organised free bus rides to other smaller towns or cities, that are having a hard time to get tourists. Most tourists are going for Seoul. And they might do a package tour to the island.
Seoul to Gyeongju - Millennium Line:
Hyundai Hotel Gyeongju
Departs Seoul 8AM
Arrives Gyeongju 1PM
Departs 4pm
Arrives Seoul 9pm
Seoul to Jeonju - Dynasty Line:
Core Hotel Jeonju
Departs Seoul 8AM
Arrives Jeonju 11AM
Departs Jeonju 5PM
Arrives Seoul 8PM
Tourist can register online and get the allocated seat randomly before the chosen departure date.
+82-1577-2507 / visitkorea@chesstours.co.kr
Stella. H. Choi (visitkorea_en@chesstours.co.kr)
http://english.visitkoreayear.com/english/benefit/benefit_07_01_01.asp
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Endless effort endless endeavour endless modesty RAINISM
Some weeks ago I wrote about RAIN (Jihoon Jung). Not because I am a K-Pop fan, but simply because the feature on Discovery Channel about what he represents (the new Korea and new Korean) is an amazing parallel story of rags to riches. Of bones to muscles. Of investing and never giving up in investing in oneself. The dynamic energy of reinventing from a rubble of the Korean War.
Back to the Basic: Rain's Special Album
And today I went to the official website - rain-jihoon.com - and found his motto:
Endless effort, endless endeavour, endless modesty.
Back to the Basic: Rain's Special Album
And today I went to the official website - rain-jihoon.com - and found his motto:
Endless effort, endless endeavour, endless modesty.
This is truly another powerful message. And modesty is emphasised - a very Asian way.Watch the Discovery Channel video about Rain called Discovery Channel Hip Korea (DCHK Series):
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTdh6nhZjnM
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTdh6nhZjnM
Monday, January 3, 2011
Korea's success is having Han, and Han means unfinished business
Was watching this episode of HipKorea by Discovery and it was featuring RAIN.
One interview segment it talked about HAN. One would instantly associate it with Korean since Han Guo is Korea.
Here is what was discussed:
"The driving force that enables Korea to move forward with hope is Han."
"If I had to express it in English, Han would be 'unfinished business'.
Unfinished business - such as:
Because I was not well fed, I want my children to be well fed.
That's my Han.
Han embodies tears, laughter, agony, and also catharsis.
This is what Rain then says:
For me, my kind of Han is that I was not able to show enough love to my mother and to do enough for her as a loving son. I have the Han of being looked down upon by so many people, it made me even more determined to succeed.
Actually the moment the cameras start rolling, I could destroy something, or smash a house and then just say that it was part of the shoot. Sometimes I want to hit people I dislike, or to confess my love to someone I care about.
I could blame the world for doing this to me as an excuse to be destructive but I hold it all in. And when I am shooting, I let it all go.
RAIN let it all go in his first Hollywood movie, Speed Racer.
Well the point is that Korea is such a success story, we can learn many lessons from them. How they invest? They invest in patriotism, they invested in education, they invested in enabling the citizens with widespread affordable high-speed internet access. They invested in public transport. They invested in their top brands Samsung, LG. That were once upon a time, were such laggards or wannabes behind Japan's SONY or Panasonic. Such impressive determination by RAIN is there too in Samsung. Is it a coincidence? No! It's everywhere, every person, every street, every bulgogi bowl and kimchi cabbage.
From a destructed nation post war 1950s, an aid recipient, into an OECD Donor Country today! How is that even possible? Think about it. Read about it. Then learn from it. This success story is not written by a single statesman, or a handful of leaders. It is everybody doing it every possible way. That "unfinished business" mentally it very powerful indeed.
One interview segment it talked about HAN. One would instantly associate it with Korean since Han Guo is Korea.
Here is what was discussed:
"The driving force that enables Korea to move forward with hope is Han."
"If I had to express it in English, Han would be 'unfinished business'.
Unfinished business - such as:
Because I was not well fed, I want my children to be well fed.
That's my Han.
Han embodies tears, laughter, agony, and also catharsis.
This is what Rain then says:
For me, my kind of Han is that I was not able to show enough love to my mother and to do enough for her as a loving son. I have the Han of being looked down upon by so many people, it made me even more determined to succeed.
Actually the moment the cameras start rolling, I could destroy something, or smash a house and then just say that it was part of the shoot. Sometimes I want to hit people I dislike, or to confess my love to someone I care about.
I could blame the world for doing this to me as an excuse to be destructive but I hold it all in. And when I am shooting, I let it all go.
RAIN let it all go in his first Hollywood movie, Speed Racer.
Well the point is that Korea is such a success story, we can learn many lessons from them. How they invest? They invest in patriotism, they invested in education, they invested in enabling the citizens with widespread affordable high-speed internet access. They invested in public transport. They invested in their top brands Samsung, LG. That were once upon a time, were such laggards or wannabes behind Japan's SONY or Panasonic. Such impressive determination by RAIN is there too in Samsung. Is it a coincidence? No! It's everywhere, every person, every street, every bulgogi bowl and kimchi cabbage.
From a destructed nation post war 1950s, an aid recipient, into an OECD Donor Country today! How is that even possible? Think about it. Read about it. Then learn from it. This success story is not written by a single statesman, or a handful of leaders. It is everybody doing it every possible way. That "unfinished business" mentally it very powerful indeed.
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