2012 is here

 And when was it that I started this blog? It was exactly 2 years ago. Yes, 2 freakin' years..... I remember living in Copenhagen and wishing to enjoy the city a little bit more so that was why I made this blog, to post about cool cafes, bars, galleries and my life in general.

 Seeing where I am now makes me want to cry out loud. Where did this self-enjoying, fun, free person go? I feel so locked up in this place where it snows like hell as the way it did in Copenhagen in 2010's winter. I cannot get out or go home. It sucks. Just sucks. Although I am a corporal now and I am not as low-ranked as I was back then, it still is pain in my rear. I know that this experience will help me in the future but still I don't think this is the coolest thing to do. I've got lots of things I want to do out there and what am I doing here? Making coffee and getting trained to be a good soldier, and to be more concise, the battalion commander's signalman. 2 years is a long time and I think I could have done lots of things instead. Well since I am already here and my complaints don't have any power I have decided to just study and read a lot because those are the only things that will be left over after my service is finished. :(
 
  What do I want to do in 2012? To finish the service safely, and get back to school. Simple, specific, divine. Period.

  Oh, I am also wishing for my family's happiness as well. My friends too.

 

Anna's Birthday party!

  It was our Swedish girl Anna's birthday party. So I met up with Arthur and biked to Østerbro. It was quite a long ride, but since it was warm and not raining, it was okay. :)
  When we got there, there were already a lot of people and she had prepared the drinks and cake. That white cake with strawberries in the picture is Anna's art work. ummm sooooo good. And Kathrin also made the chocolate cake and it was also veeeery good. I probably ate like 2 pieces of each.... gosh ...... going to Fitness.dk doesn't really work if I keep eating like this . lol 

Louisiana Museum... Great as always

  I've been so busy and just running around, and don't really know what I've done. It feels like I didn't do anything that special but I just feel so exhausted and like I've been through so much. So to clear my mind, and since my friend Wing is in CPH from London, we decided to go to Louisiana. 

  Located in Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum boasts its variety of modern art collection and  the great view over the ocean. You get to walk into a small ordinary looking house, and from there starts the great journey. The way you walk into every different buildings is designed to experience and appriciate each architectural style and its great blending balance with the surrounding environment is absolutely mesmerizing. 

  

  It is sad that I don't have lots of photos of the museum but I will find it out of my hard disk driver and upload it soon. :) 

Those who will be missed so much in my life

Seeing more, thinking more

  Another trip. I cannot choose the right word to describe my feelings. It was a nice break from school, and a great oppurtunity to experience France.

  To me, going on a trip is not only visiting the place itself, but also interacting with the atmosphere, feelings, and so many other things that cannot be listed here within one page. Seeing unique scenery of different parts of world, hearing their noises, smelling the air, and tasting the culture is what I crave for. When you exchange your feeling with the place and start to think more from it, there starts the trip and there exists my very own meaning of the trip. So, there I was, visiting the city that keeps romance, art, and a history. Paris.

  Paris, loved by those who worship its romantic atmosphere, and hated by those loathe the unfriendly environment, was the first destination of the trip.  

   Seeing how people live and think differently on the other side of the world is always interesting. I am always intrigued by those 'commonly unique' difference between people. Kids going home with their parents, friends enjoying a coffee at a cafe, lovers gently kissing each other... all very common activities. It is actually not that different from any other major cities such as New York or London in aspect of the busy life and big population. However amongst all the common things, uniqueness like people speaking French, artists painting the Notre Dame Cathedral, painting hung on the Orsay, the old metro and all the cafes around the corner tell me that I am now in Paris.

      Sometimes I think that we lose our true naive view towards the world we live in. The way we look at the world is manipulated, biased as we age and experience. Looking at kids, contemplating at river, people, out the window, I always wonder how they see the world and how I saw the world back then. Perhaps that is why people go on a trip. To see the world as they saw it back in the old times with pure eyes. To remember, that they used to see the world as it is, appriciate its beauty, and recognize that they still can look at world in a good way. I really appriciated the night view of Paris, it is in such a vivid changing color, just like that of the impressionists' paintings. Like their effort to depict the changing colors and its beauty reflected from the light, it was constantly changing and I tried not to miss a moment of it. Then the city flew into the darkness where the lights, cafes, the river, the eiffel tower, Parisiens and wandering travellers existed. It was time to go back to the hostel and get ready for the other journey already. For another eye-opening experience.

  

Remembering Tokyo

 I lived in Tokyo for 1 and half year. It was by far the most interesting city. It is so similar to Korea, yet so different. A ciry full of energy and people. All the best and the worst experiences, I had it in Tokyo. Anywho, I was just going back to the old days, and just thought about my life in this wonderful city.
  Whenever I get gloomy, I went to either Mori Tower in Roppongi, or 東京都庁, the tokyo metropolitan government building. View from up high in Tokyo is compared to nothing, and that really cheered me up. Also I liked to watch Tokyo Tower, just walk around it and watch it lighted up. So here it is. My little memory. It took me 4 hours to finish. I actually don't really like it, and it is so hard to draw all the crazy neon signs and cars on the street. At the end where I had to add some last touch I got really lazy and just made it all blurry and finished it...

Pics of the backyard of my apartment

This is my lovely backyard of the apartment... and since it is getting warmer and warmer lately, I am really looking forward to have bbq party with friends. Just thinking about it makes me happy... because you know... this winter has been so long almost half a year, and I am going to enjoy every second of spring and summer to compensate my pain during the winter. :)