Odd Lines

The last image of the DDR this week. The lines of this structure are fascinating.

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Sterile Future

The inside of the DDR is a feast of smooth but oddly angled lines.

I liked the contrast of the bright young autumn tree against the sterile gray of the building itself.

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Dongdaemun Entrance

When you look at old science fiction films about the future you often see crowded back streets with power lines everywhere and neon lights blinding you around every corner.

In many ways this is North East Asia today. In Gangnam you get the sanitised sparkly lights, but in the less posh areas you get something that often reminds you of Blade Runner. And then you get Dongdaemun Design Plaza.

In this photo we have the main entrance to the structure, late at night but still well lit.

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Passed out and nowhere to go

You don't see them often, and certainly not passed out on a busy through fare like Noksapyeong to Itaewon, but the homeless are all around us in Seoul.

For those interested in helping out, there are various groups in various cities that volunteer their time. In Seoul PLUR provides an way for English speakers to help out. One of their programs that is almost always in need of more people is the Sunday evening Seoul Station project.

If walking the street around Seoul Station is not your sort of thing, then you can always go help at one of the soup kitchens.

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White Flower

Its interesting what happens sometimes when you slam a photo with the editor. This little flower, busy opening into full bloom, was nothing special. fter messing about just to see what would happen, this displayed on my screen.

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Hand in Hand

During summer I walked to school quite often. I did so usually when it was raining because that meant I had a very good excuse to walk barefoot.

As I near school I often see mothers with very young children. The area is newly built and mostly populated by younger people getting to the stage where they purchase their first apartments and start having children. Many of the mothers do not work and have the luxury of taking their babies to school every day.

When I took this I was walking behind a family and found the scene of the older sister taking care of her little brother heart warming.

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Yongin Line

A new "subway" line opened this year that runs through Yongin and connects Everland with the subway system.

The line runs on elevated rail and is completely automated. Two cars arrive every few minutes to take you on a journey along the edge of a city many people know very little about. Because there are no drivers the have the front and back ends available for windows, so if you are quick you will have a prime photo real estate at either end.

I went there just as summer was winding down. It might have been nice to see in autumn, but I had other things I wanted to do and missed the window of opportunity.

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Pulling and Grunting

One of the activities in the music textbook is tap dancing. To make tap dancing shoes students were asked to tape bottle tops to the bottom of their shoes. They all brought their own caps, but some did not have tape to fasten the tops to their shoes.

The teacher provided the students without tape with the green duct tape stuff we have here. The stuff sticks like crazy and is strong as anything. I was not there to see how it worked out, but I’m sure it worked like a charm.

In fact, it seemed to have worked so well that when I came into the classroom before the English lesson, there were still students nearly pulling their own feet off to try and remove the tape from their shoes. It was rather amusing seeing a student on one leg, the other sole up, pulling and grunting at their own shoes.

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