4 April 2012 - Piff Square

After checking out Taegeukdo Village, I took the subway to Jagalchi Station, exit 3 for Bosudong Bookstore Alley.  Somehow, I didn't manage to locate it and end up shopping at Piff Square(I think its Piff Square!!  Ermm...I think its Piff Square cos I saw the signage "Piff" almost everywhere.  Hur hur...
Seriously, I had no idea where I was walking because I got distracted by all the window display.  Hahahaa.. 

As I was writing for this post, I realised I have forgotten to visit 40 Steps Cultural Tour Street! It was a place where I wanted to visit. That gives me a reason to be back in Busan again, isn't it ^^  Yes! I will definitely stay in Elysee Motel once again when I visit Busan cos I know I am gonna miss Mr Son and his wife.

In this trip to Busan, I concluded that birds in Busan are fearless of people!  

All BDBO IQC members will surely remember this!  Hur Hur

Where distraction starts...

Quite a number of street food.  

Saw a long queue of Japanese tourists at this stall.   Guess what food is this stall selling?

씨앗 호떡 Seed Hotteok!!

This lady really amazed me.  Her left hand seems to be swimming on hot oil but isn't that hot???  It was a long queue so I decided to check out other places first and come back for my 씨앗 호떡 Seed Hotteok  ^^

Looks yummilicious!!!  Reminds me of 冰糖葫芦 in China!

I noticed there are a lot of big head girls characters in Korea and I have a soft spot for such big head girls cos they looked so cute  ㅋㅋㅋ

Many cafes and shops have such cute displays at their entrance  ^^ 

Decided to have a drink in Miss Kong cafe.  Wifi is available here.  

I ordered cold green tea. This was not something that I had expected. It was my first time to drink cold green tea in this manner. I really wondered how the taste of green tea exude in cold water?  Well, it has a very light green tea taste. I am glad that it does not taste sweet.
* Picture captured by my iphone using Instagram

Left Miss Kong cafe and bought my 씨앗 호떡 Seed Hotteok from the stall I saw just now ^^  Happy because I told myself that I must eat 씨앗 호떡 Seed Hotteok because Nampo dong is famous for it!  It tasted pretty sweet but not very nutty as what some bloggers had mentioned.
The guy at this stall was very nice.  I was holding some waste papers in my hand.  Without a word, he simply took those waste papers and helped me threw it away.  Cool!

Does Mr Porky knew that it will become 삼겹살 SAMGYEOPSAL ㅠㅠ

조인성  Jo In Sung  ^^

The streets were so cleaned and there's hardly a rubbish bin in sight.  I walked and walked trying to find a rubbish bin!!  Suddenly, I feel like buying another 씨앗 호떡 Seed Hotteok from that stall!  Hahahaa...just to throw my rubbish...

Passed by this escalator that will go to 용두산공원(龍頭山公園) Yongdusan Park.  It was only then I realised I am somewhere near my motel!  So blur of me....

Home brand!  Reminds me of Singapore  ^^   안녕!  

Finally I found one rubbish bin near the subway station...yeah...I decided to walk to the nearest subway station, Nampo for a rubbish bin...Actually, its not that far...

I went to the convenience store and saw this guy eating ramen.  I always find it very appetising whenever I saw Koreans eating ramen at the convenience store in Korean drama.  I quickly snap a picture.  The cashier stared hard at me cos she saw what I did.  Hahahaaa...she must have thought I am stalking this guy. 아니오.... 

A cute vibrant looking shop that caught my attention immediately!  I liked this shop a lot  ^^   The salesgirl was very funny and helpful.  When she knew I am not a Korean, she still tried her best to communicate with me.  Again, it was what we called in Singapore, a "Chicken and Duck" situation.  Me in English while she spoke Korean.  At the end of the day, I decided to buy 3 pieces of clothes.  I casually asked her,"깎아주세요". She burst out laughing and told her colleague about it.  I knew why.  All this while, I was speaking in English and we were trying to understand each other.  Never did she expect me to say  "깎아주세요" so fluently!!  Well, this sentence was taught by my Korean tour guide many many years ago when I went to Korea.  It was an important sentence to learn, isn't it??   Not difficult to remember at all even though I hardly used it.  I think almost every tourists will know how to say this sentence!  Hahahaaaa...

4 April 2012 - Journey back from Taegeukdo Village

Ok back to where I stopped from my previous post on Taegeukdo Village dated 24 April 2012.  I walked against the flow of traffic in search of the bus stop and saw this bus stop as shown below.

I was not sure whether bus no. 2 would stop here or whether this was the correct bus stop to take my bus back to the subway station.   

Nevertheless, I waited for bus no. 2 at this bus stop but strangely, bus no 2 did not stop here.  It stopped somewhere nearby which looked like a bus terminal.  Hence, I walked further down and saw the bus stop which I alighted earlier on.  

Saw this opposite the road.

Since the bus has yet to arrive, I decided to cross the road to take a peep at this school.

Peeping from the school main entrance...

The school compound

This looked like something to do with sports stadium because of the word 운동장.   Korean language has many similarities with Mandarin. Hmmm....but what does this actually mean?  Operating hours???  Hahahaa...I'm just making a wild guess!
Ah....Missed my school days...I remembered I dread Physical Education lesson because back then I was a little fatty 小胖.   I really hate to wear PE shorts and we were made to run so many rounds around the school compound.  Simply hate it!!  Hahahaahahahaaaa...

대한민국！！！

Right outside the school.   Niceeee   ^^

                                            View from the small overhead bridge  ^^

Reached the other side.   The bus stop where I first alighted was about 2 mins walk from here.   Remembered I mentioned about a bus terminal?  Actually, I was thinking of walking back there.  However at this point of time, I saw a bus no 2 in the opposite direction which means I should take bus no. 2 from the opposite side and not from this side.  The bus no.2 came to a stop at the road side, but that place where it stopped doesn't look like a bus stop to me.   I quickly crossed the road as soon as the traffic was cleared.  Erhhh...yeah...jaywalk...The bus waited for about 3 mins for anyone who wanted to board the bus.  I asked the bus driver if the bus goes to Toseong Station.  He said yes and told me to sit near him.   That's very kind of him, isn't it?

I board the bus at 2.02pm and reached the bus stop at 2.09pm.
I think this time the bus stop was somewhere near exit 10.

4 April 2012 - Taegeukdo Village

Bear with me for this post cos I'm not good at taking pictures of buildings.   I was very much attracted to those layers of low rise housings during my previous day trip to Busan.  Hence, when I found out about Taegeukdo Village, I looked forward to check out this place.   I really like this village a lot because of the layout of each individual household painted in cheerful colours, making it looked like lego.  That's why it also has a nickname called the "Lego Village".  You can check out Visitkorea for more details.

Saw this when I get off from the bus.  The bus stop which I alighted does not look like a bus stop to me but I forgot to take a picture of the bus stop. It looked more like a resting place.

The other half of the big notice board.  I didn't venture around the entire place.  I only went to the village.

A big map at the entrance of the village.

I was not sure if I took the correct route but I turned to the alley on my right..

I simply adored the cheerful colors of these buildings  ^^  Gathering from some online information, one has to be more sensitive while taking pictures here.  I tried not to take pictures when I see residents around but the place was pretty quiet.

I just walked on as I enjoyed the surroundings..

I'm used to steep stairways and slopes by now!

I can imagine how nice it would be to sit under this tree when its full of luxurious green leaves once again  ^^

Yes!  This is the reason why I came to this village  ^^
I met two tourists from Malaysia here and we helped each other to take pictures.   
The wind was super strong, which made us looked like crazy women in our pictures! Hahahaaa...

I guess this could be one of the artwork.

Narrow alleys are everywhere.
Suprisingly, I received my friends' messages because there's wifi around here.

I made my way through the narrow alleys to get a closer look of the residential area.

There were several Korean photographers taking pictures here as well.

Lovely pink hues!  I loikeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Taking a quick peep and a quick snap! 

Took this picture because I like the colors of the doors!  

Well, I didn't squeeze my way up though...

Strong wind...

This is dangerous....

He is painting the building.

Another artwork  ^^

Waoooo!  Saw this from another side of the village  ^^

I can see the roof tops from here!  The pictures may appeared the same for you but being there is different!  It sent me a "Waoo Waoo" whenever I saw this view in front of my eyes! 

I remembered this household has a big roof top as compared to the rest.

I walked up and down, turning into different alleys.

I didn't exit the village from where I started...I saw this when I came out from the place..I didn't know where was I but just turn to my right and walked...After walking for a few minutes, my gut feel told me that it was not the right direction.  Thus, I turned back and walked against the flow of traffic.