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+ twenty four

no, if i were in korea, i must be twenty five instead

i had ambitious dream about becoming twenty five when i was seventeen

i thought i would be 'cool' career woman busy working, in a word - city chick

i though i would be travelling around the world writing and photographying

.... but i still have long way to go

everything has been changed since then.. my dreams, my thoughts, and my surroundings

three years back before got into uni, i thought i would be a much better person

but yet i think i am a little bit better person

+junjie and other friends gave me a surprise party

i really didnt expect that but i wasnt very surprised

dunno why

+'wicked', broadway musical

it was fantastic

whenever i see musical or other dance performance, i wanna be a dancer too

i should have chosen to do ballet. seriously

+sydney

the one thing i noticed was korean tourism posters in bus stops

in that poster there was a huge dining table (korean style) filled with heaps of dishes

AND two women in hanbok. the poster doesnt show their face coz the camera angle was from the top

so it was more focusing on 'food' and person who is 'preparing food for someone' - someone here is obviously people who have potential (money, time and interest) to come to korea

at a first glance i thought .. 'hmm.. so korean govt. is making korea an 'exotic' and 'traditional' place to attract western people with our food'. i thought it wasnt too bad coz there is korean wave and so much of popularity and awareness of korean food here so using images of food is a good strategy.

but then i realised the weirdness of text on that poster. 'win a trip to korea and feast like a king'

what the.....!

the poster was emphasising food and women preparing food so carefully (of course no face shown)

and they say 'feast like a king'? it seems to me that korea is attracting only male tourists.

i understand the phrase 'feast like a king' when you are well treated with food

but when this phrase is used with this image.... i thought it's sexist. i felt the poster is saying,

'you come to korea, our submissive korean women will serve you nice food and feed you like a king'.

(the link::     http://www.ilovekoreanfood.com.au/    :: the site doesnt have the actual poster with text in bus stops but initiall image is this one)