Cultural Experience

Hello, it's been a while, but let's talk about culture. And experiencing it.
So I made the title Cultural Experience. ....I should just move on.

Before that, I've had an unbelievably, irritatingly, and unforgiving week.
The worst part is I think know it's going to last longer than I wanted it to be. Maybe two or three weeks more.
A slow, painful death.

Anyway, I don't have must time to keep the post coming lately, but I do have some drafts I'd like to share. Maybe when things got calmed down a bit, I'll post.

Well, back to the beginning. Me and my friend, Acha -and her friend, Lucy- come to KCC (Korean Cultural Center) because it's got a twice a month programs (on the first and third week per month) that allows us to wear Hanbok, or Korean traditional clothes. Like Kimono in Japan.
The purpose was obvious, to promote Korean Culture. That's why the program was called Hanbok Experience. For us to experience Korean Culture. (The Korean Government really put a lot of efforts to push the Korean Wave, don't you think?)
There was so much to comment -politically- about this push their giving us.
It will be a loooong and wide range topic to discuss, so I'll skip this with a question:

Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing that the Korean Government pushes Hallyu?

If you answer:
YES: I'll encourage you to find more about Cultural Industry, preferably by Theodor W. Adorno.
NO: I hope you know perfectly well what is Hallyu before you answered no. And not based on wild perception or baseless assumption. Because making a false assumption a dangerous, dangerous thing to do.

Well, this is some of pictures I took at KCC.

 At the So-Called-Photo-Both.
 Yeah, right. If you called a place crowded with people watching TV a photo-both.

 I have to literately ask people to clear up!
 (nicely ofcourse, I'm well mannered person :p)

 This was taken in a random empty classroom.
 It's illegal.
But when there is no one to watched and we didn't told it was forbidden, we just pardon ourselves and take a picture there.
 Quite a lot of it :)
 If you must blame someone, who's to blame?
 Ask yourself if it's really necessary to blame someone.


If your interested, go experience it yourself!
But let me give you some advice,
1. Bring a friend, the KCC just let you wonder around the so-called-photo-both by yourself. They did not give you a private space for photo-taking and not gonna take a picture of you.
2. Bring a camera. They did not lend a camera either.
3. Go there early in the morning. The line-up was loooong. Possibly because it's free, so you don't really complained much about it :|

 Happy exploring, explorers! :)
Make sure you don't take everything for granted.