Discount & free tickets to R-16 International B-boy Festival at South Korea !

The R16 World Bboy Championships & Urban Arts Festival was created in 2007 as a grand experiment to see if through the support of the government and a nation as a whole, youth created grassroots cultures like Hip Hop and B-boying can become a profitable and self sustaining industry that can embed itself within society and culture and maintain relevance in the minds of the mainstream and mass media here in Korea and the rest of the World. Through the generous support of the Korea Tourism Organization, the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and this year the whole of the Metropolitan City of Incheon, a World Class festival and World Bboy Championships has been designed to celebrate and demonstrate the power of youth and the positive possibilities a gathering of this nature can create. We can show through this event and our through our dedication and passion, that while the rest of the world is embroiled in conflicts caused by prejudice and an inability to overcome their differences, we have come to settle our differences, unite ourselves and DANCE.

EVENT	DATE	TIME	LOCATION
OFFICIAL PRESS CONFERENCE	July 2nd (Fri)	13:00~15:00	OLYMPIC PARK HOTEL / OLYMPIA HALL
R-16 x KANGOL Warm-Up Party	July 2nd (Fri)	18:00~24:00	LOTTE HOTEL WORLD / MEGA CC
R-16 KOREA 2010 solo B-boy  /Poppin/ Lockin Battle Contest	July 3rd (Sat)	18:00~21:00	OLYMPIC PARK / OLYMPIC HALL
R-16 KOREA 2010 Crew B-boy  performance& Battle Contest	July 4th (Sun)	18:00~21:00	OLYMPIC PARK / OLYMPIC HALL
R-16 KOREA 2010 Urban  Arts Festival	July 3rd(Sat) ~ July 4th(Sun)	13:00~19:00	OLYMPIC PARK / MEETING PLAZA

As for each event venue, is shown below: 

For more detail map on each location, please click below : 

- Press Conference - Olympic Park Hotel

- Event Place - Meeting Plaza 

- Main Event Hall - Olympic Hall

Are you a international visitor or international students in South Korea? Planing some trip to South Korea? Available on 3-4 July? If  Yes! you are eligible to get discount & free passes for R-16 B-boy festival 2010! 

If you able to attend on both of the day, please log to R-16 International B-boy Festival website to register yourself! don't wait and do it now before it last!

Feel free to email me or leave some comments ; )  Thank you. 

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Pottery I made in Ceramic Village, Korea

Hi guys, had you browse through my previous post about Ceramic Village in Korea ? If you not yet, feel free to take a look how I manage to produce my own poetry with all my writing on the surface. I believe you see my nick name "LeX", chinese name "陈奕良" on the poetry. My hand writing somehow not that neat, but kind of artistic, Hahaha ! 

As for this photo is the another side of the pottery with my full name "Tan Yih Liang" Korean name "랙스" and at the bottom "soju" (Korean famous traditional alcohol drink). Actually this is the soju bottle, I slowly liking to drink soju with all my friends in Korea because is cheap and with high concentration of alcohol @_@. 

So, drop by at Korea to visit some exciting festival ( you can check it here ) , take a break to drink soju and make your own soju bottle  in Ceramic Village.  

If you do plan to make one for your-self too while you in Korea, please visit Icheon Ceramics Village 

Feel free to leave some comments. ; ) 

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Lonely Planet Featured Travel Blogger !!

Need some advice? guideline to travel? want to know some travel experience before you go to the place? Then, you are coming to the right place! These all are the best world travel blogger! Relax and take your time to browse it ^_^

• A Lady in London - The adventures of a 20-something Californian living a fabulous life in London     and traveling around the world.

• Happy Time Blog - Backpacking around the world on a budget.

• Inside the Travel Lab - Exploring the art and science of unusual journeys. Professional writer Abigail King travels around the world.
  

• Cheap Weekend Breaks - Exploring Europe, one weekend at a time.

• Africa Attraction - Oliver Robinson - One of the three Gentleman Explorers.

• Unpopped Collar - Travel, Social Entrepreneurship and my random adventures.
   
• Ever The Nomad - Lonely Planet author based in New York but always on the road, blogging about all things travel.

• Sophies World - Sophie wanders the world, mostly with kids, sometimes solo.

• The World is a Book - Travel and reading blog.

• Hole In The Donut - Independent, long-term, solo travel around the world.

• Big City Blog - Sold it all - house, car, (not my soul though) - and am now based in Amsterdam, travelling throughout Europe.

• Freewheelings - Travel - Adventure - Life outside the box - Currently in Alaska.

• I Moved To Africa - I moved to Africa, traveling, experiencing life on  a US Embassy compound and waiting for the recession to end.

• Broke-Ass Stuart - We write for busboys, poets, social workers, students, artists, musicians, magicians, mathematicians, maniacs, yodelers and everyone else out there who wants to enjoy life not as a rich person, but as a real person. Namely, we write for you.
   
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• Send The Bugger Back - The travel log of a bugger ... this site covers my adventures in 30+ countries in 3 continents so far. 

• Museum Chick - I am a expat New Yorker living in Paris. I visit museums, art and special events around the world. I share my travel photos, stories about museum visits and art spotting with cultural information. I also have a MuseumKid section for parents. 

• The Planet D - The world is one big adventure playground and Dave and Deb want to prove to other travelers that you don't have to be an elite athlete to have an adventure. Their motto is "Anyone can do it!"

• Travel With DenDen - About slow travel and sometimes expat experiences. At the moment focusing on Europe, mainly Switzerland.

• Destination Anywhere - Sshiksa blog is a travel and photography blog, covering so far Mexico, Cuba, UK & Ireland and Morocco. I'm a 27 year old Estonian woman and the blog is about my travels the way i experience them, not so much as a guidebook or "how-to".

• Diario de a bordo - Diario de a bordo is a diary about my travels around the world. It's written in Spanish but with English translations!

• Traveling Naturally - Green Earth Guide author - I write about green/eco traveling mostly in Europe and the USA.

• Dotted Route - Blog about traveling through SE Asia and my internship in Germany.

• Dove Inn Bed & Breakfast - Innkeeper's blog, Dove Inn B&B in Golden, CO.

• Bear Shaped Sphere - Expat in Chile blog. With a dash of wherever else I go, which can be anywhere!

• Teach Travel Play - Stories, tips and photos from a year teaching in South Korea and other adventures along the way.

• Florence Journal - Living and tourism information for Florence, Italy.

• Fourteen months, four countries and three kids - Stories from a mother of three school-age kids who travels the world whenever she gets a chance.

• Uncommon Travel 

• Great Places in Bulgaria - Alternative tourism in Bulgaria - the real natural wealth of Bulgaria you won't find in brochures.

• The Hussainity Defense - Humorous, sarcastic and sad stories of kind of special encounters that occur during my world trip post an existential crisis caused by turning 30, being laid off from my job as a corporate attorney, and remembering my passion for art, writing and surfing.  (I've also been recognized in the UK's Daily Telegraph's "Enriched List of 2009," Matador Network's Pulse News, and in Travelavenue's "Favorite Blog 2010" program.)

• I Am Koh Chang - All you need to know about the island of Koh Chang, Thailand.  The good, the bad and the ugly. (Plus a bit of sarcastic humour.)

• Alpaca Suitcase - California family escapes suburbia to volunteer, travel and home school their kids for a year: 6 months in South America and 6 months in the Mediterranean.

• The Turkish Life - The travels, linguistic misadventures, and observations of an American expat living in Turkey. 

• Orange Polka Dot - A California mama living in Catalunya. My experiences raising two young children as an expat family, local events and curiosities about culture, tradition and food.

• Bne Hot or Not - The decisive guide to Brisbane, Australia

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• Hello, Pineapple? - Gap Year Blog. Told one day at a time, in no particular order.

• My kind of Town (and Around) - Lonely Planet author based in Chicago and covering destinations in the USA, Canada, Caribbean and Europe.

• Music Road 

• No Hurry Curry - Two Americans who quit their jobs to go on a 10-month around the world honeymoon.

• Indian Bazaars - About the traditional bazaars in India.

• La Tortuga Viajera - A travel resource and blog based on my experiences as an American living in Spain with my Spanish fiance.

• Let's Do Something Different - A site mainly about travelling with children.

• Lex Paradise - All about travel in South Korea - Experience Sharing.

• My Trails - Travelling and taking pictures is my passion. MyTrails is about the places I've been, the experiences I've had, the things I've seen (through my camera lens) and the people I've met. 

• Love & Sex & Backpacking on the cheap - Love and Sex and Backpacking.

• Malaysia Asia - A site dedicated to travel around Malaysia and Asia.

• Mara Vorhees - Mara Vorhees is a writer and photographer who blogs about food, fun and adventure around the world. She has written guidebooks about Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Morocco, New England, Poland and Russia for Lonely Planet.

• Seat of our pants - Currently in Sweden. Next: Turkey, UK, US.

• Matthew's Travel Blog - A travel blog focusing on the wierd, wonderful and more traditional aspects of Thailand. My website is South East Asia focused.

• Midwesterner in Mexico - Mexico City + travels across Mexico, as seen through the eyes of a 6'2 blonde gringa :) Discover the side of Mexico that rarely makes the int'l news!

• Muza-chan's Gate to Japan - Passionate about Japan, travel and photography; 

• Nateniale - I am from Penang, Malaysia and currently living in Singapore. I am passionate about travelling - be it short trips around South East Asia or longer trips elsewhere. These are my reflections on my travels (and everything else that I love).

• Just Wandering - Budget travel in the Philippines, Southeast Asia and Australia

• Paola Brooks - Stories and experiences from my trips to Verona, Italy over the years and at different times of the year. An introspective description as I relate new experiences as a visitor of the city to my childhood growing up in Verona.

• Passed Ports - Anecdotes from a year around the world

• Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - Stories from our round the world honeymoon and other travel tips.

• A View to a Thrill - Gives travelers ideas and tips on how to travel around the world on a budget.  Our goal?  To help you sample the world at a fraction of the price!

• Roving Gastronome - Food and travel writing by guidebook author Zora O'Neill -- adventures in Astoria and beyond.

• Bare Foot Ink - Ever wanted to just jump in the deep end? Throw all the responsibilities and expectations of the real world away and just explore? Well, this girl is doing it solo and sunburnt in south east asia.

• Scalarae - Personal odissey through Indonesia and Asia.

• Adventureskope - Lonely Planet Author Scott Kennedy blogging, taking photos and shooting video around the world. Adventure travel, outdoor activities and the adventure life are the focus.

• Grand Cycle Tour - An Aussie couple share their experiences of riding bikes around the world.

• Suzyguese - Traveling with a redheaded temperament, sharing tips, rants, and stories.

• The Brink of Something Else - Born as a blog about long-haul travel and my continual search for new experiences, The Brink has taken a somewhat unexpected turn as I've found myself setting up full time in Cusco, Peru, and starting a different sort of journey - opening my own hostel.

• the reX-Files - Environmental site.

• The Saturation Point of Bells - Expat Melbournite living in Edinburgh and making up for a few decades of lost travel time.

• The Silent I - Family Travels around the world, including Greenland, Libya, Galapagos, Iguazu Falls, and Asia.

• The View from Fez - The main English language site for Morocco, contributors include a Lonely Planet author and two established authors and photographers as well as casual contributions from visiting journalists.

• This is Ghana Guide and Blog - Ghana, blogging and social entrepreneurship.

• Tie Dye Travels - Former TV producer discovers the real world, shares tales from Arkansas and across the United States.  Tie Dye Travels focuses on longform storytelling; Eat Arkansas is the food blog for Arkansas food lovers.

• Todd's Wanderings - Travel, adventure, advice and food from 10 years on the road...and counting.

• Trans-Americas Journey - Overland Journey through North, Central & South America.

• Travelling Wakanoobies - Travel as we see it, all around the world.

• Vagobond - Morocco Life, World Travels, Vagabond Info.

• Photito's Blog - A travel journalist's confessions.

• What Up, Vienna? - Americans living as expats in Vienna and traveling through Europe. 

• Great Places in Bulgaria - Alternative tourism in Bulgaria - beautiful places which are not popular with tourists.

• Four Seas As Home - living/travelling in China.

• Itinerant Londoner - Travel around the world, within Europe, and in London. Also lots of hiking.

• PocketCultures - Life in different countries and cultures around the world.

• A Traveler's Library - Travel and books and movies that inspire travel;2nd blog: Quincy Tahoma, Navajo artist.

• Legal Nomads - Former corporate lawyer turned world traveler, with a focus on solo female travel, street food and exploring cultures in Asia.

• Living the Dream - Graduate student traveling around the world on a budget showing others how to do the same.

• Ginger Beirut - Insight on Near Eastern society by an Englishwoman living in the Lebanese capital. (Link sharing in same region/style etc.)

• Ottsworld - Around the world travel with focus on Asia, solo female travel and expat living.

• Jeroxie - Addictive & Consuming - All about food and reviews in Melbourne and our travels around the world. happy to take travellers around on an eating adventure. 

• My Little Nomads - A Travel Blog for Families Wondering Off the Beaten Path.

• Gap Year Escape - A get way for your travel.

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2PM 1st Concert Ever !!

Hi guys, heard about Korean Famous Boy Band "2PM" ? 

Their producer JYPE announce 2PM will hold their 1st solo ever concert in Seoul and Busan this coming July and August !  

The concert schedule : 

Seoul Concerts

Dates: July 31, 2010 (Sat) 7PM

August 1, 2010 (Sun) 5PMVenue: Olympics Gymnastics StadiumTicket Price: 

Section R 88,000 won / Section S 77,000 won / Section A 66,000 won

Busan Concerts

Dates:: August 7, 2010 (Sat) 7PM
August 8, 2010 (Sun) 5PMVenue:: Busan BEXCOTicket Price: : Section R 88,000 won / Section S 77,000 won

Ticket Reservations: Auction Ticket (1566-1369)

Ticketing Schedule

* Ticketing Schedule for 2nd HOTTEST Fanclub Members

Seoul Ticket Sales (Fanclub)

5/26(Wed) 7PM ~ 5/27(Thurs) 5PM

Busan Ticket Sales (Fanclub)

5/26(Wed) 8PM ~ 5/27(Thurs) 5PM

* Ticketing Schedule for the General Population

May 28, 2010 (Fri) 8PM

* People who are not 2nd HOTTEST members can get tickets during the ticketing schedule for the general population.

How to Purchase Tickets?

- Everyone must log in to Auction Ticket.
- When you click the "Reserve" button, a window for fanclub confirmation will pop up.
- Confirm by typing in your name and ID.

* All names and IDs used to confirm will be checked with the names and IDs that were used when applying to the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub no matter what.

For example: 

The name used when joining the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub: Hwang Chan Suk

Real name: Hwang Chan Sung

The name that should be used for ticketing confirmation: Hwang Chan Suk

* When typing in a Korean name, do not put any spaces in between character.

* For foreigners: You must type in the name and ID used when joining the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub to be confirmed.

Also, if you applied with an English name, a Chinese name, and a Japanese name at the same time, only the English name will be confirmed, so please fill out the form with your English name.

For Example : 

Name used when joining the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub: Kelly
Real name: Kecy

The name that should be used for ticketing confirmation: Kelly
* Your purchase will not be confirmed if you type "Kelly" in Korean.

If you joined the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub with a foreign name typed in Korean, please fill out the ticketing form in Korea.

For Example : 

Name used when joining the 2nd HOTTEST fanclub: 사쿠라
Real name: さくら

The name that should be used for ticketing confirmation: 사쿠라

- You can finish reserving your tickets by selecting your seat. 

(Maximum 4 reservations under 1 name)


This is to give fanclub members a chance to reserve tickets in advance. Those who cannot can reserve tickets during the general ticket sales.
Please read the concert notice carefully and be always on the lookout for possible changes.

Source: HOTTEST Daum Cafe


You can reserve the ticket here 2Pm Concert Ticket


If anyone need some help on the tickets issue, please let me know though my email on my profile page. See what can I do for you. 


Hope you can enjoy the 1st ever 2PM concert.


Thank you

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Korea Supermarket

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival #3: Foreign Food Finds

After I was few weeks staying in Daejeon, everyday taking the meals in the cafeteria, I think me and my friends should try to cook something by ourself and learning some Korean recipe. However, where should we go to shop for grocery? where is the best place to shop? 

HOME PLUS is one of the best Korea Supermarket to shop for grocery. As for the nearest Homeplus from Daejeon University is Tambang-dong. So, firstly we take a bus to Dae-dong subway station and take the subway to the Tambang station. After we arrive we can see the building of HOMEPLUS.  

Well, inside the homeplus have varieties of grocery to shop.

Apples

Bananas

Grapes

Different kind Vegetables too.

Chillis

Mushrooms

Meat Section : 

Beef

Big Squids

Shell Fish

This is special, it is cut squid with sweet and a little spicy source.  Customer allow to freely taste it before decided to buy. What a good service!  

As for us, we taste non-stop because it is delicious! yummy! There also different kind of side dishes can be taste before any purchase. 

The Chef is making the side dishes, they seem really expert.  

Haha! this is noodle with sup! But is cold x_x This was my 1st time to taste the cold noodles. It taste really weird for me. But at least we get to know this noodles for cold style cook. 

Breads

Snacks

This one are some of our favourite, soju!! The Korean alcohol drink. It selling cheap in Homeplus!   

Finally, Ice-cream ; )

By comparing the Korea Supermarket to Malaysia Supermarket, some of the grocery is more expensive and some are more cheaper. Especially, Banana in Korea is very expensive ; alcohol drink in Malaysia is very expensive. Korea Supermarket is more bigger as for the grocery section, its also offer more choice. Particularly, more taste testing for Korea supermarket. 

Anyway if you interested about the Homeplus Korea Supermarket  please browse it ; ) 

For more interesting stuff about Foreign Grocery Market,
Please visit Jennifer Lo Prete at OrangePolkaDot.com   

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival #3: Foreign Food Finds


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Coming up event in Korea !! Boryeong Mud Festival 2010 !!

Boryeong Mud Festival is one of the most famous attraction event in South Korea! The festival itself attract the largest number of international visitors annually. This year 2010, it will be held on 07.17.2010 ~ 07.25.2010 at Daecheon Beach. 

During the festival period, tourists flock to the area to experience the beneficial properties of the Boryeong mud around the beach, and also to have lots of fun. Fully immersed in the both the mud and the festival’s great atmosphere, visitors can enjoy many activities like mud wrestling, mud sliding and even swimming in the mud mega tub!!  

The nature of Mud aura, visitors feeling particularly energetic can try the marine mud-training course, whilst those looking for something more chilled can relax in the mud massage zone. You wouldn't feel bore because in the evening, music and fireworks continue the party on the beach!!

The list of the Program: 

- Street Parade

- Yacht Parade

- Mud Showroom

- Local Specialties Exhibition & Sale

- Mud Super Slide

- Mud Wrestling Competition

- Mud Marathon

- Mud Painting

- Mud Massage

and many more! 

How you going to reach there? 

- Bus

From the Seoul Nambu Terminal, Take the bus towards Daecheon  

Operating Hour from 9:20am to 6:40pm, take approximately 2hr 10min and only 4 times a day

- Train

From Yeongdengpo to Daecheon

Operating Hour from 5:48am to 8:28pm, departs every 1 hour and take approximately 2hr 30min 

After arrive Daecheon station, take a local bus for Daecheon Beach. It should take about 20 minutes.

As for my past experience in this festival, 

please visit my previous post here

Or you can visit its official website here .

Contact detail: 

+82-41-930-3820 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            +82-41-930-3820      end_of_the_skype_highlighting, 3822, 3872 in English 

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The horrible experience end up nicely in South Korea !

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival: 
Travel Safely

One night, I am so desperately going with my ASEAN friends to taste the best Indonesian cuisine in Daejeon downtown. My feeling was so happy and exciting because I love to taste various kinds of delicious dishes. We went there by bus overwhelmingly and walk fast to the restaurant!

The name of the restaurant call "CINTAKU" mean "my love" and we step into the place then order the Indonesian dishes! SUDDENLY! I feel there is something missing at my back of my pant pocket!!! What! My wallet is gone!! @#$%^& My friends were shock with the drastic change of my expression!!

That time I have no ideas what to do, my mind went blank and only the words of "Search for it now!!" pop up in my mind! I went out the restaurant and search along the route I passed by, my friends help me as well... we went to bus stop ask people around with sign language (that time Korean not really good), but no one saw it. I am so scared! Then I realize it might drop in the bus, then my Korean friends call the bus station officers to check for my wallet when the bus off service. 

After few hours, the officer calls and told that nothing has been found. I am so sad... Because all the important documents inside my wallet are important, not only Korean ID card and others Korean documents but the Malaysian documents as well, it included Malaysian ID card, driving license, bank card, medical card, membership card and some others important stuff. I am totally freaky out! I can't really sleep well all night long and keep worrying! 

Well... next day after has report to international office, all of my Korean friends said " LeX, please don't expect your wallet will be back, almost impossible it will happen, cheer up man!" some said " LeX, I lost my wallet too, but as an advice please don't expect to be back!", my best buddy said " LeX, stay calm, you still have passport and the documents can be apply back! don't worry". So, it seem like I have to forget about my wallet, it will never return! It made me cannot really sleep well for a week. Is was horrible! !@#$^&*() 

Few days later I apply back my Korean ID card, bank card and others as well. As for Malaysian document, it needed to wait until I back to Malaysia and reapply again, so lame. Every night, I keep thinking how I drop my important item! Then I realize my wallet too thick due to too many documents inside it and not really fit into my pocket! Ah! Stupid mistake. 

My advices are, when you travel anywhere please!!  

- Keep your wallet as thin as possible.

- Put all un-relevant items out of your wallet or hand bag such as, (as of my case) Malaysian  
   cards or others  card which is not applicable in Korea.

- Put your wallet in zip pocket or zip hand bag. 

- Please don't expect to get it back if you lost your wallet! 

It was really terrible experience, and sad! However it ends very soon!

After one month, international relation officer call me “LeX, I have good news for you! An uncle found your wallet! You will receive it by next week!" then my responses is "Oh My God!! Oh My God!! My wallet is coming back!" it really surprises me! But I hope all the documents remain, as for the cash I don't mind if the he take all of it. 

When the week comes, I receive my wallet in a neat package. I quickly open it and check everything! You know what!!? Everything still there, even all the cash!! Oh my oh my! is miracle!! So, now I know why Korea recognizes as one of the safest country in the world. 

Anyway, this horrible experience end up with a nice memory and it was a lesson for me! Because this is the first time I lost my wallet!! and is last time!! So, anyone out there please take my advices! ^_^

The Blogsherpa Travel Carnival: Travel Safely

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