Underground Christmas

Merry belated Christmas everyone!
These pictures may also be belated, as Christmas was 2 days ago, but I thought I'd share some photos from the Gangnam Terminal Underground Shopping Arcade in Banpo, southern Seoul.



The arcade is full of stores selling EVERYTHING. Well, almost everything. There are fresh flowers:

fake flowers and plants:



dinnerware and products for interior decorating...like gourds:



earthenware:



more fake plants/interior decorating products:


plastic fruit:


bags:


And for the last two months of the year, many of the stores are full of all things Christmas:







Sorry for the poor quality of some of these photos. I had a bunch more that were too blurry due to insufficient lighting (I hate using the flash). I was also taking pictures as I walked up and down the strip, making sure not to stop long enough for a store owner to decide he/she did not want me there simply taking pictures.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the photos. I'll try to work on steadying my hands for my next photo shoot :)

Happy holidays, everyone!

DJ For A Day pictures!

So, here they are! These are some pictures from the "DJ for a Day" contest we held in early November, in honor of KPOP Connection's 1st anniversary (November 12). We invited 3 listeners to co-host with Chris and me. Selene, Paul T. and Steve came to our studios and (I hope) had a blast.

Lunch with Selene. (Sophia, Mr. Chae and Joe the intern are on the right).

Selene and Sophia discussing how the show is made

Right before we recorded Paul T's noraebang-themed show

Paul T. and his fiancee, Sophie

Getting ready for Steve's show. There are too many pictures of me with my mouth open like that.

See?

After we recorded the shows, we went to Hongdae to let loose. We had dinner, then went to the noraebang, of course :)

All work and no play makes Yoon-Gook a dull boy...

so he decided to put down the camera and join in on the noraebang fun.

Chris and fellow-KBSer Sue Park picking out songs

Some more food and drinks in Hongdae

Sophia, Chris and I had so much fun doing the specials, even though our guest DJs outshone us :)
I wanted to thank them and all of you who participated in the contest. We wouldn't be here without your love and support! Gamsahamnida!

Here's to another great year of KPOP!