A Day In Seoul

I went to Jinhyeung's house for a two-day home stay during the summer vacation. It was my first time to visit Seoul. There I saw how different a developing country is from a developed one. Though of course, Manila is almost like Seoul, sans subways. We took the KTX train from Daejeon City to Seoul Gwangyeokshi (major/special city) and it was expectedly fast. In Korea, ppali-ppali is enmeshed with all aspects of their lives: transportation, eating, walking, working, etc.

The Kim Family, our host, was very generous to prepare for us this meal of 5 courses. Expect that you have to eat appetizers, veggies, meat, veggies again, rice and meat, and soup, in a Korean family's table. I thought that these people eat a lot! So here was my first ever home-prepared Korean meal:
[pic above] The rice and some side dishes weren't yet served. The table, after all's been cooked and served, should look more festive; the sight would be enough to make you pe-bo-lo-yo (full).
The host has been very kind to us; hospitality is out of the question. More than the food, more than giving us a place to sleep, I found a home in the very busy, and somewhat impersonal city called Seoul.